Gram Parsons - Sacred Hearts And Fallen Angels: The Gram Parsons Anthology
Except for a brief period in the early '80s, when I now believe I was trying so hard I put a clothespin over my crap detector, I never really "got" Gram Parsons as a country artist. And as a country-rock harbinger, he definitely institutionalized some of
West Texas rivers and wind-blown campfire tunes
Driving west on I-10 from Austin, the desert creeps up on you, gradually revealing itself mile after mile after mile until the entire landscape has changed. The winding rivers, lazy lakes, scrubby trees and colorful flowers of the Texas Hill Country finally give way to barren creekbeds, rocky outcroppings,
Eric Taylor - Deep dark soul of the sweet sunny south
Townes is dead and Guy is co-writing these days. Eric Taylor is drinking Hennessy cognac, watching people watch him, then flipping through a black notebook where he keeps the songs.
It's Anderson Fair in Houston, or the Sandwich Factory in Spartanburg, South Carolina, or a house concert
Little Feat - Hotcakes And Outtakes: 30 Years Of Little Feat
Little Feat has really been a series of different bands with only two constants, keyboardist Bill Payne and drummer Richie Hayward, and a long shadow cast by the late Lowell George. Hotcakes And Outtakes allows for some perspective on the band's three-decade career. It also demonstrates how
Gram Parsons - Another Side Of This Life: The Lost Recordings of Gram Parsons 1965-1966
Gram Parsons gets heavy credit as one of the pioneers and true talents of country rock. In the 27 years since his death, no one has matched the beautiful fragility of his voice or his novelistic sense of country songwriting (i.e., "$1000 Wedding"). Though Parsons may not
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - San Antonio Rose
Bob Wills is in the Country Music Hall of Fame, and when there's a tribute to his music and memory, it's no surprise to see Merle Haggard or Willie Nelson or Marty Stuart taking part. But did his bands play much country music? He had the