Bobby Bare – Tequila Sheila 1980
Oldies Songs A Humorous Honky Tonk Tale With a Hollywood Twist: Bobby Bare’s “Tequila Sheila” Turned a Barroom Ballad Into Country Music Theater Not every classic country song is built on heartbreak.…
George Strait – I Can Still Make Cheyenne (Live From The Astrodome)
Some Dreams Cost a Marriage. George Strait’s “I Can Still Make Cheyenne” Remains One of Country Music’s Most Heartbreaking Choices. When George Strait performed “I Can Still Make Cheyenne” during…
James Taylor – Carolina In My Mind (BBC In Concert, 11/16/1970)
He Said He Had No Home. Yet He Could Not Stop Missing One. James Taylor’s “Carolina in My Mind” Turned Homesickness Into One of Music’s Most Timeless Songs. Before singing…
Jerry Lee Lewis – High School Confidential (From “Jerry Lee Lewis and Friends”)
He Wasn’t the Wild Teenager Anymore. But One Song Was All It Took for Jerry Lee Lewis to Turn Back the Clock. The years had softened Jerry Lee Lewis, but…
Guy Clark – Desperadoes Waiting for a Train – from Guy Clark’s 70th Birthday Concert
At 70, Guy Clark Was No Longer Singing About the Old Man. He Had Become Him. There are performances that preserve a great song, and there are performances that completely…
The First & The Worst – Rosanne Cash & Rodney Crowell – “I Don’t Know Why You Don’t Want Me” (2017)
A Grammy Heartbreak Became a Grammy Triumph: Rosanne Cash and Rodney Crowell Finally Share “I Don’t Know Why You Don’t Want Me” on Stage Some songs become hits the moment…
Bay City Rollers – Let’s Go
Oldies Songs Bay City Rollers Bring Timeless Energy to “Let’s Go” with Classic Bubblegum Pop Charm The Bay City Rollers remain one of the defining names of 1970s pop music, and their…
Gordon Lightfoot – I’m Not Sayin’ / Ribbon of Darkness
Gordon Lightfoot’s Timeless Poetry Lives On Through “I’m Not Sayin’” and “Ribbon of Darkness” Few songwriters have earned the kind of admiration that Gordon Lightfoot continues to receive decades after…
Dwight Yoakam – I Sang Dixie
A Quiet Farewell to a Forgotten Dream: Why Dwight Yoakam’s “I Sang Dixie” Still Breaks Hearts Decades Later When Dwight Yoakam released “I Sang Dixie” in October 1988, country music…
Dwight Yoakam performing A Thousand Miles From Nowhere at Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa, CA on July 20, 2023
A Song of Distance, Heartache, and Memory: Dwight Yoakam Brings “A Thousand Miles From Nowhere” Back to Life in Costa Mesa Before revisiting one of the most beloved songs of…