John Michael Montgomery Plots His Final Farewell
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Even though many of his top songs are as cherished as any in country, his legacy was always overshadowed by Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, and the other big artists who emerged in the ’90s decade.
Bucket City Brings You The Music
5 CommentsWe talk about the artists in insurgent country all the time, but I also like to pull the curtain back and give props to the behind the scenes people who work their arses off, lot’s of times for moderate pay if any pay at all, to help bring the music to you. People like Hank […]
The Triggerman is On The Move
0 CommentsMy heroic dry spell of shows is about to come to an end my friends, because I am hitting the road and bearing down on various ports of call to take in some of the best good ole country music this fine country has to offer! Gas prices? Meh, my plan is to keep the […]
Let’s Get Bill Monroe’s Mug on a Stamp!
0 CommentsYeah, I know. I’ve been hassling you a lot here lately to ink your John Hancock on all kinds of things, whether it be the Reinstate Hank petition, or the petitions to get Gram Parsons and Johnny Paycheck into the Country Music Hall of Fame. But petitions and movements are one way the Underground and […]
IBWIP is Back w/ A Bitter Harvest
7 CommentsToday is the release date of my most anticipated album of the year, A Bitter Harvest, which is a collaboration between Lonesome Wyatt of Those Poor Bastards and Rachel Brooke. And your outlets for independent/Outlaw country news and interviews are all over this release like a bad rash. First, Jashie P of Outlaw Radio will […]
Vintage Album Review – Geronimo’s Cadillac
1 CommentBefore Willie Nelson moved down to Austin, TX to ignite the Outlaw country movement in earnest, there were two guys in the early 70’s, each with three names, that had made the Austin music scene something worth moving to: Jerry Jeff Walker and Michael Martin Murphey. Sure there were a lot of other great acts […]
Not An Expert, Just a Fan.
7 CommentsWhen Newsweek published an article calling out pop country a while back, I declared this was an important moment: a mainstream news outlet shining a big light on the sham of Nashville. Another reason I knew it was important was because Nashville took it like a shot right across the bow and came out swinging. […]
Hank III Tour Reviews & NEW SONG !
1 CommentWell Hank Williams III has been on an east coast junket with Lucky Tubb and some good reviews, pictures, and videos have been rolling in. Cathy’s Reinstate Hank Bandwagon has a good review with pictures HERE from the shows at Headliners in Louisville, KY and Bogart’s in Cincinnati. There’s also another review of the Cincinnati […]
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 […]