Lefty Frizzell: The Honky-Tonk Life of Country Music's Greatest Singer
When I first read this book's subtitle, I thought the author's view might be a little slanted. When I finished the book, I realized he was only stating the facts.
Cooper gives the reader the good, the bad and the ugly in both Lefty's
Country Dick: Wild, True
Country Dick Montana, drummer and vocalist for the Beat Farmers, died November 8th, 1995, after collapsing onstage at the Longhorn Saloon in Whistler, British Columbia in front of a sold-out crowd. He was 40. The cause of death was a heart attack caused by an aneurysm.
Hours after his
Lincoln '65 - "Dreams" b/w "Jellyfish"
Pity there are no credits on the sleeve, for this is as fine an intro as you could hope for. Alternating male and female vocalists offer two gentle songs somekinda kin to Tarnation and Mazzy Star if maybe the Cowboy Junkies were backing. Not finished, of course but one hell
John Mellencamp - Mr. Happy Go Lucky
While not as hit-packed as Scarecrow or an artistic triumph on the level of The Lonesome Jubilee, John Mellencamp's latest proves he still matters. He's hasn't abandoned his rural fix; aside from all those Hootie songs, "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You
Cake - Fashion Nugget
So there was Rosanne Cash, chatting about a few of her favorite things on "Four on the Floor" --VH1's now-defunct pop-crit version of "The McLaughlin Group" -- when, suddenly, she rose out of her seat and simultaneously began shaking the seven year ache
Kelly Hogan - The Whistle Only Dogs Can Hear
If Kelly Hogan is remembered only as the leader of the Jody Grind, fans of contemporary pop music would be the worse for it. The short-lived Atlanta quartet's jazzy tendencies preceded the "cocktail nation" craze by a few years, and as a result pigeonholed Hogan