The Iconic Sho-Bud Steel Guitar Is Officially Back
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A steel guitar crying and moaning in a song is one of the most iconic sounds in all of country music. And if you know anything about steel guitars, then you know about Sho-Bud.
Scott H Biram / Podcasting News
2 CommentsScott H. Biram, the “dirty ol’ one man band” who bridges country, blues and punk, recently ended a very successful European tour by slipping and breaking his lower left leg. It was a break of the compound persuasion. On his stomping leg. Ouch. This has forced Biram to cancel all his March and April tour […]
American Idol / Spears GO COUNTRY
0 CommentsOK people, you might want to perch a paper bag on your knee for this one, ’cause it could get nasty. This week the great cultural deconstructionist and mind-numbing indoctrinator American Idol is going to have “country week.” No, songs by Willie and Waylon will not be featured. Try Sailor Twift, Timberly McGraw, and whatever […]
Reinstate Hank Videos Update
2 CommentsTo sign the petition to Reinstate Hank Williams to the Grand Ole Opry CLICK HERE To learn more about the movement to Reinstate Hank CLICK HERE To learn more about Outlaw Magazine’s request for Reinstate Hank video’s CLICK HERE To learn about my Reinstate Hank video contest CLICK HERE To see an updated list of […]
Pop Country Gets Panned at Houston Rodeo
Down in Houston the Annual Livestock Show and Rodeo has been raging for a little over a week now, and pop country acts have been running through there spewing their plastic form of ear vomit all over the masses. Luckily the forces for REAL country have found an ally down there in the form of […]
Q & A with Andy Gibson
4 CommentsWhile I was at the Hank III show in Portland on 3/3/09, I interviewed the great Andy Gibson. Not only is Andy Hank III’s steel guitar player, he’s also a recording guru whose recorded and performed on albums from such artists as Bob Wayne, The .357 String Band, Honky Tonk Hustlas, and others. I wrote […]
Outlaw Magazine Features & Hank III / Reinstate News
0 CommentsOutlaw Magazine has some great new features up. If you go to the site, scroll down a bit and click on the “Features” tag you can read a great article on Roger Alan Wade, who also speaks about his cousin Johnny Knoxville. Also if you look under the “Live” tab there is a Hank III […]
Those Poor Bastards in Concert (+ Skelton)
1 CommentOne of the reasons that I could justify a 300 mile trip to see Hank III last week, was that the the opening act was the leaders of the Gothic country movement Those Poor Bastards from Madison, WI. I’ve been a fan of their eerily-produced, self described “Old Tyme Hellfire Music” for a while. Lonesome […]
Merle Haggard Receives Award and Gets Rowdy
2 CommentsOn March 3rd, Merle Haggard was receiving a career achievement award from “Country Radio Broadcasters.” At the ceremony the beautiful and talented Emmylou Harris performed a Haggard tune from 1985 called “Kern River,” which ignited Haggard’s memory and his contempt for the corrupt ways of corporate Nashville, and specifically a feud Haggard had over the […]
What The Music Is There For ( a Hank III Concert Review)
3 CommentsOK, I got a review of the Hank III show in Portland at the Roseland Theater on Tue (3-3-09) coming up for the masses, but this one is for all you rabid Hank III fans like me who want to know the whole skinny. First off, the show was absolutely brutal. This was the best […]
The All New SavingCountryMusic.com
6 CommentsCheck out the new re-designed site! Bookmark it, subscribe to the RSS. Generally worship it and frequent it habitually until you need it in your life so bad you think you will die without it. And then pass the savingcountrymusic.com sickness to your friends! Tell ’em all! Just some quick things about the site, for […]
Joey Allcorn, Ray Price, Bobby Bare Tribute Don Helms
1 CommentThis Sunday (3-8-09) at the Texas Troubadour Theater in Nashville there will be a benefit to the late great Don Helms,the last of the Hank Williams Driftin’ Cowboys who passed away in August, 2008. Don Helms was the last of the breed to say the least. He was the final link we had to that […]
COMPLETE Hank III Concert Video from the Roxy in LA !!!
4 CommentsComplete, unedited video of Hank III’s performance at the Roxy on Friday Feb 28 2009 is now available on Mogulus Live!!! This video includes all the country, Hellbilly, and Assjack sets! Wow! To access the video, look at the bottom left of the box for the button that says “On Demand.” Click on that bad […]