Guy Clark – The Last Gunfighter Ballad
Oldies Songs A quiet elegy for fading myths, The Last Gunfighter Ballad stands as Guy Clark’s meditation on age, pride, and the slow retreat of the Old West from modern life. Released…
Linda Ronstadt on The Tonight Show – March 3rd, 1983
A Night When Grace, Intelligence, and Song Met Live Television On March 3rd, 1983, Linda Ronstadt appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson at a moment when American television…
Wizzard – Angel Fingers
Oldies Songs A tender teenage love song that blends 1950s innocence with 1970s pop craftsmanship, capturing the fragile beauty of first love and longing. Released in late 1973, “Angel Fingers (A Teen…
Johnny Cash & Emmylou Harris – As Long As I Live
A Promise That Outlives Time, Memory, and Farewell As Long As I Live is not a song that announces itself with drama or spectacle. It arrives quietly, carrying the weight…
John Prine – Quit Hollerin’ At Me
A Quiet Plea for Mercy and Humor in the Small Wars of Everyday Love When “Quit Hollerin’ At Me” first appeared in 1995 on John Prine’s album Lost Dogs and…
Mungo Jerry – In the Summertime
A carefree celebration of youth and freedom, “In the Summertime” captures a fleeting season when life felt lighter, love came easier, and time itself seemed to slow down. When Mungo…
Wizzard – See My Baby Jive
A joyful throwback to lost innocence and teenage love, wrapped in the bright echoes of 1950s rock ’n’ roll nostalgia Released in May 1973, “See My Baby Jive” by Wizzard…
Emmylou Harris Lived A Double Life For 30 Years, And No One Knew—Until Now
Emmylou Harris: The Silver Thread of Americana and the Price of a Song Based on the poignant narrative of her life, this essay explores the profound intersection of artistry, sacrifice,…
Elvis Costello & Emmylou Harris – My Baby’s Gone
A Quiet Conversation Between Two Voices About Loss, Memory, and the Dignity of Restraint When Elvis Costello and Emmylou Harris sing My Baby’s Gone, they are not merely revisiting an…
Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris – Romeo And Juliet
A tender dialogue between regret and grace, where love is remembered not as drama, but as a quiet, lifelong echo. Few songs in popular music age as gracefully as “Romeo…