Dwight Yoakam – Close Up the Honky Tonks
Oldies Songs A Year After Buck Owens’ Passing, Dwight Yoakam Sang “Close Up the Honky Tonks” Like a Promise to Keep Bakersfield Alive When Dwight Yoakam performed “Close Up the Honky Tonks”…
Ricky Van Shelton and Jack Greene – Statue of a Fool – in 1989 from a Ralph Emory TV show
Twenty Years After Making It a Hit, Jack Greene Shared “Statue of a Fool” With the Man Who Brought It Back to Life In 1989, a performance on television became…
Bonnie Raitt – Nothing Seems To Matter (Live 1977)
Before the Grammys and the Hall of Fame, “Nothing Seems To Matter” captured a young Bonnie Raitt singing about the quiet loneliness that follows love down an endless highway. In…
John Prine – “Knockin On Your Screen Door” with the Denver Symphony Orchestra at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheater, Denver, Colorado
At 71, John Prine Wasn’t Asking About Fame or Politics. He Was Asking a Simpler Question: Where Did All the Neighbors Go? When John Prine stood beneath the towering red…
Three Dog Night – Joy To The World (1971)
Oldies Songs Chuck Negron Remembered Through Three Dog Night’s Timeless Anthem “Joy To The World” The music world is mourning the loss of Chuck Negron, a founding member and one of the…
Showaddywaddy interview – full group
Showaddywaddy in 1975: The Friendship, Humor and Rock ’n’ Roll Spirit Behind a Rising British Phenomenon In a rare 1975 television appearance on Look North, all eight members of Showaddywaddy…
The Idiot – Stan Rogers
The Enduring Power of Stan Rogers’ “The Idiot” More than four decades after its release, “The Idiot” remains one of the most compelling songs in the catalog of Canadian folk…
Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens – Act Naturally (Live at 96 CMAs)
Oldies Songs When Buck Owens and Dwight Yoakam Shared the CMA Stage, Country Music’s Past and Present Sang the Same Song In 1996, the audience at the Country Music Association Awards witnessed…
Anne Murray Live Performance of ‘Bluebird’
Twenty Years After “Snowbird” Launched Her Career, Another Bird Carried Anne Murray Through One of the Final Great Chapters of Her Hit-Making Journey Thirty-five years ago, Anne Murray proved that…
John Prine & Iris DeMent – In Spite Of Ourselves – Ireland 2000
A Love Song That Celebrates Every Flaw, Proving That Real Devotion Begins Where Perfection Ends In the year 2000, when John Prine and Iris DeMent stepped onto the stage of…