Satchel's Pawn Shop - They may catch up with you
Louisville is best-known as a sports town. It's the home of the Kentucky Derby, the renowned Louisville Slugger baseball bats are made there, the University of Louisville has a fine men's basketball team, and it's the birthplace of Muhammad Ali. Until recently, the
Michael Parrish Band - Don't shoot me, I'm not the piano player
Anyone who ever did hang time with the late Townes Van Zandt has tales to tell, and Michael Parrish is no exception. First time they met, at a mid-'80s Townes gig in New England, where Parrish was then the piano-playing half of a country blues duo called
Elvis Presley - Fanfare for the Common Man
PART I
Throughout the '70s, right up until his death 20 years ago on August 16, 1977, Elvis Presley regularly performed Hank Williams' classic "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" at his sold-out arena shows. "I'd like to sing a
Clodhopper - Old-school American Music
Late last summer, Clodhopper visited the Tractor Tavern in Seattle to open for the Red House Painters. My lasting impression turned out not to be from he headliner, but rather the opening act, which energized the crowd with their take on old-timey mountain songs and their quietly personal originals.
Bobby Bare Jr. - All in the Bare family
Bobby Bare Jr. was just 7 years old, but he remembers the last night the Ryman Auditorium hosted the Grand Ole Opry: "It was dark, and there were tons of people everywhere." He was onstage, singing his duet, "Daddy What If," with his father. They'
Tom Skinner - Times Have Changed / Bob Childers - Nothin' More Natural
In Oklahoma there is a spirited roots-oriented music that is simply referred to as red dirt music. The tag didnt come from any record company publicist or music journalist but from the musicians themselves, who all migrated to the college town of Stillwater, Oklahoma in the 70s and 80s.