Classic Rewind: Ricky Skaggs – ‘Thanks Again’

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

Classic Rewind: George Jones & Tammy Wynette – ‘We Loved It Away’

Classic Rewind: Dolly Parton – ‘I’m Doing This For Your Sake’

I’d forgotten about this song when Occasional Hope blogged about adoption a few days ago:

Album Review: Brooks & Dunn – ‘Steers & Stripes’

1999’s Tight Rope was a commercial failure by Brooks & Dunn’s standards; it yielded no major radio hits and became the duo’s first studio album not to be certified platinum. Not surprisingly, they made some some changes for their next project, in their attempts to break out of the artistic and commercial rut in [...]

Week ending 11/21/09: #1 singles this week in country music history

1949: Slippin’ Around — Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely (Capitol)
1959: Country Girl – Faron Young (Capitol)
1969: Okie From Muskogee – Merle Haggard (Capitol)
1979: Come With Me – Waylon Jennings (RCA)
1989: Bayou Boys — Eddy Raven (Capitol)
1999: I Love You — Martina McBride (RCA)
2009: Cowboy Casanova – Carrie Underwood (19/Arista)

If they were starting out today …

A lot has been written during the past week about The Night The Music Died. I read an excellent post in the past few days on Twang Nation about the state of modern country music. It speculated that country music icons like Hank Williams and Dolly Parton would not be able to find [...]

Classic Rewind: Kelly Willis – ‘Not Forgotten You’

Week ending 11/14/09: #1 singles this week in country music history

1949: Slippin’ Around — Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely (Capitol)
1959: Country Girl – Faron Young (Capitol)
1969: Okie From Muskogee – Merle Haggard (Capitol)
1979: Come With Me – Waylon Jennings (RCA)
1989: Burnin’ Old Memories – Kathy Mattea (Mercury)
1999: I Love You — Martina McBride (RCA)
2009: Toes – Zac Brown Band (Atlantic)

Classic Rewind: Patty Loveless – ‘I’m That Kind of Girl’

Classic Rewind: Dolly Parton & Vince Gill – ‘I Will Always Love You’

Classic Rewind: George Strait & Alan Jackson – ‘Murder on Music Row’

This just seems appropriate today.

Album Review: Brooks & Dunn – ‘Borderline’

Brooks & Dunn’s fourth studio album for Arista Records was released in April 1996. The title — Borderline – is an unusually though probably unintentionally descriptive one, as it sums up perfectly the quality of this uneven and somewhat disappointing collection.
A month before the album’s release, things got off to a good start [...]

Classic Rewind: Jimmy Fortune with Dailey & Vincent – ‘Elizabeth’

OK, this clip may not be old enough to qualify as a classic, but this is one of my favorite Statler Brothers songs, performed here by member Jimmy Fortune, who wrote the song, along with the bluegrass duo Dailey & Vincent.

Week ending 11/7/09: #1 singles this week in country music history

1949: Slippin’ Around — Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely (Capitol)
1959: The Three Bells — The Browns (RCA)
1969: To See My Angel Cry — Conway Twitty (Decca)
1979: You Decorated My Life – Kenny Rogers (United Artists)
1989: Ace In The Hole – George Strait (MCA)
1999: I Love You — Martina McBride (RCA)
2009: Toes – Zac Brown Band [...]

Rosanne Cash speaks to The Wall Street Journal

Rosanne Cash recently discussed her new album The List with The Wall Street Journal’s Christopher Farley. She spoke about her famous father, and admitted when asked that she doesn’t listen to country radio (sounds like my kind of gal). You can read the interview and view some exclusive live performances by clicking here.

Classic Rewind: Connie Smith – ‘Nobody But A Fool Would Love You’

Album Review: Brooks & Dunn – ‘Brand New Man’

In 1990, Tim DuBois, an executive with Arista Records’ newly established Nashville division, introduced two struggling solo artists named Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn and suggested that they record together as a duo. Few, if any, realized at the time that the meeting would result in the formation of one of the most successful [...]

Classic Rewind: Barbara Mandrell – ‘Midnight Angel’

Week ending 10/31/09: #1 singles this week in country music history

1949: Slippin’ Around — Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely (Capitol)
1959: The Three Bells — The Browns (RCA)
1969: The Ways To Love A Man — Tammy Wynette (Epic)
1979: All The Gold In California — Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers (Columbia)
1989: High Cotton – Alabama (RCA)
1999: I Love You — Martina McBride (RCA)
2009: Only You Can [...]

Classic Rewind: Patty Loveless with Vince Gill – ‘On Down The Line’