Jimmie Allen Found Liable in Sexual Assault Case
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Jimmie Allen has been found liable in a sexual assault case that had a woman accusing him of raping her in a Las Vegas hotel room in 2022, and secretly taping the incident on a hidden phone.
Larry & His Flask Steal Show at Muddy Roots
12 CommentsWell I’m not too sure who the hell Larry is, and why his flask is so predominately edified in the band name. What I do know is that to a man, the attendees of this year’s Muddy Roots Festival stumbled out of the hills of east Tennessee saying Larry and His Flask stole the show, […]
Country Throwdown Cancels Shows / III Disrupts the Charts
15 CommentsOver a year ago I reported that the Warped Tour’s Kevin Lyman was planning a country tour and in preparation of doing so he was relegating the country music fan to a “40%” statistic, singing the praises of Taylor Swift, and opening an office in Nashville to snort cocaine off of hooker’s bellies with Music […]
Album Review – Lucky Tubb’s Hillbilly Fever
17 CommentsWow. Well if you head isn’t already spinning from the caliber of recent REAL country music releases, it will be now. Lucky Tubb & The Modern Day Troubadours team up with the legendary Wayne “The Train” Hancock for an old school comic book style dynamic duo one two punch to the gut of mainstream pop […]
COMPLETE Hank Williams Mother’s Best to Be Released
12 CommentsIn 1951 Hank Williams recorded no less than 143 songs for radio station WSM in Nashville, 72 of which were pre-recorded to run while Williams was on tour, and 40 of which he had never been known to perform. Those recordings, known by bootleggers who’ve traded partial and complete collections for years as the “Mother’s […]
Big News From Hank III Interviews
17 CommentsFor those that missed the Hank III interviews with Outlaw Radio Chicago and Big G of the Real Deal, they are now both archived, HERE and HERE. But for those who are unable or willing to listen to the full interviews, below you will find a summation of the meatier nuggets: From Outlaw Radio: Jashie […]
The Time Willie Nelson Bailed Dennis Hopper Out of Jail
12 CommentsToday we’re met with the sad news that actor Dennis Hopper has died of cancer. As a star in films like Easy Rider, Apocalypse Now and others, and as a long time friend of Willie Nelson, Dennis could could be seen as an honorary country music Outlaw so to speak. Especially since he was right […]
FREE Music From Muddy Roots
6 CommentsYes, I know you are all probably tired of hearing me yap about the Muddy Roots Festival coming up this weekend, but now there is a way for ALL of us to participate, whether we make it out there or not. The Festival, in conjunction with thealternateroot.com has released a FREE compilation of music from […]
Jake Orvis New Album “It’s All Been Said”
16 CommentsJayke “Goddamn” Orivs, (a name I coined, thank you very much) formerly of the .357 String Band and now of The Goddamn Gallows, has finally set a hard and fast release date of June 29th for his solo project called It’s All Been Said. Originally there had been some chatter about it being released in […]
Curb Records Officially Squanders Hank Williams Legacy
55 CommentsToday is the release date of Hank Williams III’s album Rebel Within. This is his sixth and final album with label Curb Records, meaning that he is now a free man, finally done after a 14 year battle with Curb over creative control and timely release of his music. And Hank III isn’t the only […]
Vintage Album Review – Workingman’s Dead
18 CommentsThose that have been around here for a while know that I like to come out of left field with my vintage album suggestions. You already have a big stack of records, no need for me to rehash through them. Still I know some of you are rolling up to this thinking, “What kind of […]
Shaver Mends Ticker, Ready for Muddy Roots
1 CommentEarly last week Outlaw country music legend Billy Joe Shaver had surgery in Austin where they put a stent in a coronary artery. Shaver had a heart attack about 10 years ago, and the surgery allowed him to miss a scheduled arraignment on a felony gun possession charge. Shaver was found not guilty for shooting […]
Willie Bashes Pop Country in TIME
22 CommentsWillie Nelson is an ever evolving animal. Outlaw, to crossover musician and actor, to an unsavory era where it seemed he was palling around with whoever he could to stay “relevant.” Now maybe he has made it full circle, or he’s moved into uncharted territory. Either way, he’s making good music again, deeply entrenched in […]