The 2025 Harley-Davidson Homecoming Fest Just Got Interesting
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Whoever is booking/curating this thing has done their homework, and really knows their stuff. Let’s hope the rest of the lineup comes together with similar results.
Jesco White on the Squidbillies
2 CommentsSo apparently something happened with Michael Jackson yesterday. His penis exploded or something, I don’t know. I tried to think of something to write about it, but since Michael Jackson has just about as much to do with country music as pop country radio does, instead I think I’ll talk about a stoner cartoon about […]
Johnny Paycheck Petition for the Hall of Fame
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It’s rare you can pull out the term “Hard Country” and have it make sense and fit like a glove on an artist, but that is exactly what describes Johnny Paycheck. And he’s was an Outlaw too, in the truest sense of the word. It is for all of these reasons that Johnny Paycheck fans want him considered for the Country Music Hall of Fame, and have started an online petition.
Native Americans and Country Music
5 CommentsI’ve got so many great readers and supporters, and it seems like everyone has something they try to support beyond REAL country music. I wish I had more time to investigate and be more involved in all of these great causes, but there is only so much time in the day, as they say. I […]
Album Review : Steve Earle’s “Townes”
0 CommentsThe Hardcore Troubadour, Steve Earle, is back with the follow up to his 2007 Grammy award winning Washington Square Serenade, but this time Earle takes on fifteen cuts from his hero, Townes Van Zandt. Simply entitled, Townes, the album is an array of songs most meaningful to Earle of the cult singer-songwriter. Earle once said […]
Conclusion: Six Gun Britt & American Idol
1 CommentIn my last post I talked about how singer/songwriter Six Gun Britt had decided to try out for American Idol. Inspired by her residents and co-workers at the nursing home she worked at in Kentucky, Six Gun Britt went out a grueling journey to Atlanta and back, and this was the conclusion in Six Gun’s […]
Six Gun Britt to Tackle American Idol
8 CommentsYes I know, Fox Television’s American Idol is a Barbie and Ken-style prancing poodle popularity contest that promotes celebrity worship and rabid consumerism, and is causing a general decay and homogenization of our culture to a prim and prissy style of music that is heroically void of soul. BUT, just indulge me for a second, […]
Preview & Pre-Order “A Bitter Harvest”
2 CommentsMy personal most anticipated release of 2009, A Bitter Harvest, which is a collaboration between Rachel Brooke and Lonesome Wyatt of Those Poor Bastards, is now available for previewing and pre-order! The album is available on CD, vinyl, and a limited edition white vinyl (only 100 copies), and they all can be pre-ordered by CLICKING […]
New Bob Wayne Album + Bob & Hank III News!
0 CommentsThe greatness that is Bob Wayne just announced through his MySpace site that: “NEW LIVE DOUBLE C.D. COMING SOON!!!!” “Just finishing up a few final touches but its soundin KILLER!! im thinkin it will be available next week! We should also have the D.V.D. and a T-SHIRT up also in the store….so keep your eyes […]
Shake Up in The .357 String Band
2 CommentsYesterday, the .357 String Band announced that founding member and mandolin player Jayke Orvis would be leaving the band. Here is an excerpt from their MySpace blog announcing the decision: “Due to differences in opinion on both the creative as well as business aspects of the band, Jayke Orvis is no longer a member of […]
Stripped Down, What Is Country Music ?
6 CommentsA few days ago I was thinking, what is country music when you strip it all down? When you remove the business, the show? For example, maybe when you stripped down Rock n’ Roll it would be a group of guys in a basement or a garage jamming out, or a juke box blaring in […]
NO CHRIS BROWN IN COUNTRY !!!
60 CommentsI’ve been up in pop douche Chris Brown’s kitchen even BEFORE he took a closed fist to his girlfriend Rihanna. Back in December (2008) this knucklehead recorded a song with country’s superlative sellout Tim McGraw called “Human”, and afterwards said “It’s incredible, I wanted to do something more along the country line. That’s a bigger […]
Dogs and Country Music
6 CommentsWhat do dogs have to do with country music? Well, not much really, but more than you might think. When I first started this thing, I was amazed how many people involved in dog rescue contacted me, especially people involved with rescuing and rehabilitating pit bulls. Like one of my readers pointed out a few […]