Album Review – Jeff Crosby’s “Another Petal Falls Off of the Rose”
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In a world of criminally underrated artists, high crimes and midemeanors should be levied against a host of white collar criminals in the music industry for overlooking the work of Jeff Crosby all of these years.
Unknown Hinson on Jimmy Kimmel (+ other stuff)
0 CommentsThe King of Country and Western Troubadours, part time voice actor for Cartoon Network’s Squidbillies, and full-time bad ass guitar player Unknown Hinson is going to be on Jimmy Kimmel Live tomorrow night! (Tue 4-21-09) Unknown Hinson (or at least his other persona, Danny Baker) was in the news recently, swept up in the whole […]
Wayne Hancock’s Viper of Melody
3 CommentsFrom deep in the heart of Texas, the king of Juke Joint Swing Wayne “The Train” Hancock presents his new album Viper of Melody! It will be released through the greatness of Bloodshot Records this Tuesday (4-24) but is available for pre-order now. From what I’ve heard from this album so far it is superb. […]
Country Music Day on Oprah
2 CommentsApparently Tuesday (4-14-09) on the Oprah Winfrey Show there was a “Country Music Special.” Guests included Darius Rucker, Carrie Underwood, Sugarland, and Kenny Chesney. If you’re wondering where the COUNTRY music artists in that list are, so am I. Upper-middle class housewives screeched as fashion-plate stars sang songs written by other people through pitch benders, […]
BR549 & The Beginning of the Neo-Traditionalist Movement
4 CommentsCountry music is an interesting thing. More so than in any other genre of music, you can look back at it’s history and almost see a grand design; an underlying purpose to all of it’s ebbs and flows. Country music has created folk heroes and arch villains within it’s ranks of performers and business handlers. […]
Outlaw Radio Now On SavingCountryMusic.com !!!
2 CommentsFor the past 38 weeks, Outlaw Radio has been playing REAL country music every Tuesday night at 9 PM Central, and interviewing guests like Hank III, Wayne “The Train” Hancock, Joe Buck, Roger Alan Wade, the .357 String Band, and many others. The show is aired live on punkandbeansradio.com, but in the past, if you […]
Toby Keith vs. Kris Kristofferson . . or not?
3 CommentsI first heard about this story earlier in the week, and was waiting for the dust to settle a little to try to discern what exactly had happened and why. Now I think I know. And though this might cause me to start by day off by giving up my Post Toasties to the porcelain […]
Audio Interview with Andy Gibson
10 CommentsOn March 3rd, I traveled up to Portland, OR to catch the Hank III show at the Roseland Theater. Before the show, I sat down with Hank III’s steel guitar player and recording guru Andy Gibson to talk about his mentor Kayton Roberts, his work recording bands like The .357 String Band and Bob Wayne […]
Hank III Vinyl Now on Pre-Order (+new interview)
1 CommentI reported back in late February that Hank Williams III’s first three albums were going to be released on vinyl on April 18th. Well those bad boys are now available for pre-order through Amazon.com. Why pre-order? Well I know that times are tough, but if you’re planning to buy the vinyl albums anyways and you […]
Hank Williams is “Top Music Icon” in Alabama
0 CommentsIn a poll conducted by The Birmingham News in Alabama where over 31,000 ballots were cast in six total rounds since March 5th, Hank Williams was named Alabama’s “Top Music Icon” by the people. I first learned about this contest from the General of European Operations Restless in Amsterdam. Unfortunately I heard about it too […]
Newsweek Calls Out the ACM’s / Pop Country
9 CommentsTonight (Sunday) the joke that is the Academy of Country Music awards will be going down in Las Vegas. Place your bets that this show will SUCK, and I guarantee it will pay off in spades. I was going to write at length of why the ACM’s are a sham of the highest order, but […]
Check out the IBWIP Podcast
0 CommentsThe It Burns When I Pee Podcast needs help people. No, I’m not talking about castration, a flea dip, and electro-shock therapy (though Jeebus knows they could use this as well.) No, they need your ears, simple as that. Sure you could also go to the IBWIP Store and be tempted by the lifted skirt […]
Poppa Chubby & Galea in Vicious Country
2 CommentsTake one of the best living guitar players pound for pound (and Chubby’s got a few pounds to count), and the most bad-ass bass plucking bad housewife whose got more balls than the boys blabbing out bad country on 98.1, and you got yourself some pretty Vicious Country my friends. Vicious Country is full tilt […]