I know that some, if not most do not know Rusty Wier or his music, and this is a tragedy beyond the fact that the legendary Austin, Texas songwriter died Friday at the age of 65 from Cancer. He was one of the original Austin Outlaws; a founder of the scene. He was a great […]
Over his career Kid Rock has done quite a remarkable thing. No, I’m not talking about bridging the genres of rock, rap, and country. I’m talking about being able to make a successful career out of being a glorified trailer park king, while at the same time besmirching the image of trailer park kings all […]
Helldorado of hank3.com has announced that Hank Williams III will be playing a series of free concerts at the legendary Layla’s Bluegrass Inn on Broadway in Nashville at the end of the year. Layla’s is one of the last true honky-tonks on Nashville’s music row, and Hank III is one of a very small stable […]
Last night Outlaw Radio Chicago interviewed Bob Wayne who dropped a few very tantalizing nuggets about some upcoming tours he will be involved in. Wayne, who is currently bivouacked at Andy Gibson’s house near Nashville helping him do some recording, remarked on plans to tour opening for the Northwest-based bands The Supersuckers and Zeke in […]
Of all the rough characters the Outlaw Country music scene can boast, only one has a glass eye and is a former gang leader and pimp. Only one when asked once by a 20/20 reporter if he carried a gun, and if so could he see it answered, “Which one?” because he notoriously carried two […]
Dear Capitol Records Nashville, When firefighters came to protest at your building in support of Ronnie Milsap and Bleve Music, you forced them away. My guess is they would have not met the same reception if the building was on fire, and you or your family were inside. Yet your actions are precluding dollars from […]
To read about the conflict between Ronnie Milsap and Capitol Records Nashville, click here, and to read about Milsap’s first protest click here. I know some of you might be tired of this story, and others might think that the Milsap/Adkins song is not worth defending. But this might be the most important story I […]
The Devil Makes Three is one of those bands that I have had the privilege to watch go from cutting their teeth playing for small crowds in dive bars to being one of the best-drawing, most successful punk-inspired string bands on the West Coast. The Devil Makes Three was ahead of the curve so to […]
Well you asked for it, and now you’ve got it. You can now go to forum.savingcountrymusic.com and post and chat about whatever you dern well please! You can also get your ass there by going to the website and clicking on the “Forum” button on the top gray bar. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help me by […]
What, you thought I was kidding when I said Taylor Swift was now #1 in my crosshairs, didn’t you? DIDN’T YOU? And them some criticized me when I wrote about how the Kanye/Taylor MTV Incident might have been staged, because the issue was “so yesterday.” And others worried that Saving Country Music was going to […]
We like to rag on people around here like Jennifer Love Hewitt and 80’s pop star “Tiffany” for “Going Country.” This has prompted a few to criticize me and others for thinking anyone that didn’t start in country cannot “go country” or dabble in the music, or that I have some predisposed problem with rock […]
I’m happy to report that there is good news on the fight between Bleve Records, Ronnie Milsap, and Capitol Records Nashville. Capitol has been filing legal briefs to keep Bleve Records from releasing a Milsap single that also features Capitol artist Trace Adkins. Bleve, a label that was set up by a retired police officer […]
I hate to admit it, but before Pete Berwick contacted me and asked me if I could review his latest album, Just Another Day In Hell, I had never heard the name. But luckily my embarrassment can be drowned out by that somewhat ecstatic feeling you get when you discover a new artist whose music […]
When I first started savingcountrymusic.com, I thought about adding a forum, a message board, but for a few reasons I decided to delay it. Well recently I have had quite a few people mentioning the idea to me, and with the rapidly increasing traffic to the website I am exploring the idea. The main appeal […]
Hank III has just announced some tour dates starting in the south and heading up to the Midwest. Here are the dates as of now, but you can check the Tour Page to see if more dates are added to this tour later. Those Poor Bastards will be opening. Nov 2 2009 8:00P The Catalyst […]
Rockabilly perennial Brian Setzer has had a long, strange, unique career. To a passive bystander, it may seem like he has disappeared and reappeared over they years to ride one retro craze or another, though in truth he has been in the drivers seat for most of the “crazes” that have afforded his music mainstream […]
Unfortunately in the current music climate, if you want to put out a legit album, the first thing you have to do is call a lawyer. And then cross your fingers that you still don’t get sued. Or in the case of someone like Hank III, you have to sue your own record label just […]
(For details on the Hank Williams birthday contest, click here.) A lot of us involved in the Reinstate Hank Williams movement talk at length about his importance to The Grand Ole Opry and country music. But we may not emphasize his importance on music as a whole, or on American culture and even the culture […]
According to the Country Music Hall of Fame Website, Hank III will be performing there on Oct. 10th at 1:30 PM. Admission is free, or is included in the admission to the Hall. Here is the official info: “Hank Williams III, like his father, blends the honky-tonk and country blues of his grandfather with the […]
I really hate harping on this whole Taylor Swift, Kanye West embrolio. But I feel the need to state in full why some have the opinion that the moment might have been staged. Some have asserted this as an opinion, but that opinion is based on facts and a documented history from MTV and Taylor […]
The birthday of the King of Country Music is coming up on Thursday (Sept. 17th), and to commemorate it I am running a contest. The winner will get a spanking new copy of the three disc set Hank Williams: The Unreleased Recordings. No kidding! The winner will also get a bumper sticker from Big G’s […]
Yeah, I heard about Taylor Swift being “dissed” by “Kanye” at some contrived MTV awards show. The fact that anyone capable of growing pubic hair would watch that garbage is beyond me. I rolled up to CNN.com this morning, and even though we have two wars going on, are in the midst of one of […]
You might be asking yourself as you saunter up to this album review, “Now why would he be reviewing an album from 2003?” Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers have put out three other albums since Cockadoodledon’t (the band’s only release on Bloodshot Records) and it is hardly old enough to tag it as a “vintage” review. […]
When I fill out my MySpace REAL Country Awards, without question Rachel Brooke and Lonesome Wyatt’s collaboration A Bitter Harvest will make an appearance, or two or three. Well they have been compiling dates and have just announced their complete “Bitter Harvest” tour, appropriately starting in the spooky month of Rocktober (horns up). Despite my […]
