Tribute for Another Underated guitarist, Tom Crain
Tom Crain was a guitar player and songwriter who was awesome. He was Charlie Daniels right hand man for 20 albums. He wrote songs like "In America", "Cumberland Mountain Number 9". He sort of had the bluegrass, acoustic side to him, but he and Charlie could
19th Century Songs
Over the course of the last year, I recorded a new EP called "19th Century Songs," which I will be self-releasing. The six songs are bound together by stories of the 19th century events that inspired them. A story of the Donner Party as seen through the
Lost Record of the Week: Linda Ronstadt, Silk Purse
When I was in Nashville a few years ago, I bought a ‘Capitol Years’ Linda Ronstadt compilation. It was four discs: Hand Sown...Home Grown (1969), Silk Purse (1970), Linda Ronstadt (1972), and Heart Like a Wheel (1974). I couldn’t pass up a package like that, knowing she was
John Mellencamp announces first European tour in 19 years
Press release
For the first time in 19 years, John Mellencamp is set to tour the UK and Europe with dates set for late June and July 2011. The No Better Than This tour is designed as a uniquely formatted "evening with," and brings Mellencamp's music
Doo Wop Skeletons in Clinton's Closet
Funk or Die version
Name two artists who came into music via their love of doo wop, exploded into the popular consciousness in the 70's, operated with a deep contempt of the music business, put together ultra talented bands, presented (still present) legendary live shows, used humor to
A Jackson Browne Concert T-Shirt & Nuclear Power
On March 29, 1978, I saw Jackson Browne at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, TN. I was a sophomore in high school that spring, and in my town, it was cool to go to a concert in Memphis and cooler still to come back with a t-shirt. Standard