Billy Joe Shaver – Ride Me Down Easy – No. 1 West – 1989
Oldies Songs “Ride Me Down Easy” Was More Than an Outlaw Song. In 1989, Billy Joe Shaver Sang It Like a Man Finally Making Peace With the Road Behind Him In a…
Anne Murray “Snowbird” on The David Frost Show, February 4, 1972
In 1972, Anne Murray Walked Onto The David Frost Show and Quietly Turned “Snowbird” Into One of Television’s Most Comforting Performances On February 4, 1972, a young Anne Murray stood…
Johnny Rodriguez – Down On The Rio Grande on Pop! Goes The Country in 1979
Down on the Rio Grande and the Borderline Soul of Johnny Rodriguez In 1979, when Johnny Rodriguez stepped onto the stage of Pop! Goes the Country to perform Down on…
Emmylou Harris – Lodi
When Emmylou Harris Sang “Lodi,” It No Longer Sounded Like Escape. It Sounded Like Survival. On January 9, 1992, Emmylou Harris walked onto a late-night television stage and quietly revealed…
Billy Joe Shaver “Ride Me Down Easy” – Live from Austin TX
When Billy Joe Shaver Sang “Ride Me Down Easy” on Austin City Limits, It Felt Less Like a Performance and More Like an Outlaw Cowboy Quietly Making Peace With His…
Anne Murray – Hey Baby!
In the Early 1980s, Anne Murray Took Viewers on a Caribbean Cruise and Quietly Reminded Television Audiences That Charm Never Needed to Be Loud By the time Anne Murray performed…
Jerry Jeff Walker – Last Night I Fell In Love Again (1992)
In 1992, Jerry Jeff Walker Quietly Sang One of the Most Emotionally Mature Love Songs in Country Music… Not About Falling in Love, but About Remembering Why You Stayed For…
Don & Phil join Petula for ‘The Games People Play’ and perform on their own one of the most beautiful renditions of ‘Let It Be Me’
By 1970, The Everly Brothers Were Already Drifting Apart in Real Life… Yet When Don and Phil Sang “Let It Be Me,” They Still Sounded Like One Soul Split Into…
Nanci Griffith (et al.) – Who Knows Where The Time Goes – From Transatlantic Sessions series 2 (1998)
In 1998, Nanci Griffith Sang “Who Knows Where The Time Goes” So Gently That It Felt Less Like a Television Performance and More Like Someone Quietly Accepting Life Itself There…
Anne Murray – A Little Good News – From Anne’s TV special Quebec Winter Carnivale, circa 1984
In the Winter of 1984, Anne Murray Walked Into a Snow Covered Television Special and Quietly Sang One of the Gentlest Protest Songs Ever to Become a Major Hit At…