John Prine & Steve Goodman – City of New Orleans
Oldies Songs A rolling hymn to memory, movement, and the quiet brotherhood found along the rails of American folk music Few songs in the American folk canon feel as lived in, as…
Guy Clark – Magnolia Wind
A quiet meditation on love, impermanence, and the fragile beauty that passes like a magnolia wind Released in 2002 on the album The Dark, “Magnolia Wind” stands as one of…
Linda Ronstadt – Hurt so Bad (Live in Hollywood, CA 4/24/1980)
Linda Ronstadt – Hurt So Bad: When Pain Is Sung as a Living Truth On the night of April 24, 1980, at Television Center Studios in Hollywood, California, Hurt So…
The Price of Fame and the Collapse of Jerry Lee Lewis
When Genius Meets Its Reckoning: The Price of Fame and the Fall of Jerry Lee Lewis In the late months of 1957, Jerry Lee Lewis stood at the very summit…
Jerry Lee Lewis – Wild One
A Portrait of Untamed Youth and Rock and Roll Defiance at Its Rawest Core Few recordings capture the reckless pulse of early rock and roll as vividly as “Wild One”,…
Steve Earle – Feel Alright
A Defiant Smile After the Fall: A Song About Survival, Dignity, and the Hard Road Back Released in 1996, “Feel Alright” often referred to by its opening refrain “I Feel…
Carl Perkins – Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby
The Wry Charm of Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby — A Rockabilly Twist on Fame, Desire, and Musical Legacy When you lay a vintage vinyl groove into the groove…
Carl Perkins – Matchbox
“Matchbox” and the Restless Spirit of Early Rockabilly: A Song About Pride, Poverty, and Defiance When Carl Perkins recorded “Matchbox” in December 1956 at Sun Records, it arrived quietly, almost…
Waylon Jennings – I’ve Always Been Crazy
A Defiant Confession and a Hard-Won Peace from the Heart of Outlaw Country Released in 1978, “I’ve Always Been Crazy” stands as one of the most revealing and self aware…
Vince Gill – I Still Believe in You
A Quiet Promise of Faith and Endurance, Sung with the Gentle Conviction of a Man Who Has Loved, Failed, and Chosen to Believe Again Released in June 1992, I Still…