Album Review – Dwight Yoakam’s “Brighter Days”
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Dwight is different on “Brighter Days.” This is Dwight the dad. This is Dwight the husband. This is Dwight at 68 who did his time in honky tonk hell, and is now basking in hillbilly heaven.
New White Family Movie – Edification or Exploitation
13 CommentsThis all really started when the new movie trailer for The Wild and Wonderful Whites documentary featuring Jesco White and other members of the family was released last week. Just the trailer itself stirred some controversy, making people wonder if this movie was going to attempt to accurately depict the White family, or just be […]
Contest Winners Announced!
3 CommentsWell it is May 1st, and this is the deadline that Outlaw Magazine set for everyone who wanted to have their Reinstate Hank videos in, so I figured that this was as good of a time as any to wrap up the contest I’ve been running. It goes without saying, if people still want to […]
Concert Review – .357 String Band
12 CommentsLet me put it to you as straight as I can people: you need the .357 String Band in your life. Life is better with the .357 String Band. The world is a better place because the .357 String Band is in it. Am I still high as a Georgia pine off of 1 1/2 […]
Wayne Hancock Jams w/ Brian Setzer (+Tony Locke)
5 CommentsOkay first the bad news. For those that did not catch wind of this yet, last week there was some drama in Wayne “The Train” Hancock’s band. Long story short, Wayne’s guitarist Izzy Zaidman assaulted his steel player, Tony Locke, and Tony Locke was hurt really bad. Izzy was kicked out of the band, Tony […]
Shooter Jennings Quitting Country Music?
24 CommentsFirst thoughts that Shooter Jennings might be calling country music quits surfaced when Shooter’s label, Universal South announced that they were releasing a Greatest Hits album, Bad Magick: The Best of Shooter Jennings & 357’s. Since it hasn’t been even five years that Shooter has been doing the country thing, this release seemed a little […]
The Wild and Wonderful Whites Documentary
4 Comments(thanks to Judd Films for the heads up on this.) From producer Johnny Knoxville (who I wrote about at length about in this article) comes a new documentary about the quintessential Outlaw family, The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia. Championed by people like Hank Williams III, and Tom Arnold, reviled by many, loved […]
Wayne Hancock Vids, News & Interviews
2 CommentsWith his new album release, Viper of Melody, Wayne “The Train” Hancock has been all over the place like a bad rash. This is a good thing, because Viper of Melody might be Wayne’s best work to date, and with 15+ years of recording and touring, he’s due for some more exposure. There’s a great […]
Hank III East Coast Tour!! (& Europe ??)
2 CommentsFrom Hank III.com Jun 16 2009 8:00P Headliners Louisville, Kentucky Jun 17 2009 8:00P Bogart’s Cincinnati, Ohio Jun 19 2009 8:00P V Club Huntington, West Virginia Jun 20 2009 8:00P Altar Bar Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Jun 21 2009 8:00P Town Ballroom Buffalo, New York Jun 23 2009 8:00P Toad’s Place New Haven, Connecticut Jun 24 2009 […]
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. […]