Ricky Van Shelton – I’ll Leave This World Loving You
Oldies Songs HE DIDN’T SING ABOUT FALLING IN LOVE. HE SANG ABOUT CARRYING THAT LOVE TO THE VERY END. When Ricky Van Shelton released I’ll Leave This World Loving You, country music…
Bonnie Raitt Performs ‘Angel From Montgomery’ At the 2022 Billboard Women In Music Awards
SHE STOOD ALONE WITH AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR, SANG A SONG WRITTEN HALF A CENTURY EARLIER, AND TURNED A MODERN AWARDS SHOW INTO A MOMENT OF QUIET HUMANITY In March 2022,…
Freddy Fender – Secret Love
THE MAN FROM TEXAS TOOK A HOLLYWOOD LOVE SONG AND TURNED IT INTO A COUNTRY CLASSIC ALL HIS OWN When people talk about the remarkable year that was 1975 for…
Anne Murray – Save The Last Dance For Me (1996)
A POP HIT CONCEALED ONE OF THE MOST HEART-WRENCHING LOVE STORIES EVER WRITTEN. When Anne Murray performed “Save the Last Dance for Me” in 1996, she wasn’t simply revisiting a…
John Prine – That’s the Way That the World Goes ‘Round – at the Juneau-Douglas HIgh School Auditorium on August 16, 2008
HE THOUGHT FATS DOMINO WAS SINGING ABOUT “GRUMBLY BEANS.” DECADES LATER, JOHN PRINE TURNED THAT CHILDHOOD MISTAKE INTO ONE OF THE FUNNIEST STORIES OF HIS CAREER. When John Prine performed…
Sheryl Crow & Bonnie Raitt – Everything Is Broken – Crossroads 2019
SHE DIDN’T HAVE TO PROVE ANYTHING. NEITHER DID BONNIE RAITT. THAT’S EXACTLY WHY THIS PERFORMANCE FEELS SO GOOD. When Sheryl Crow and Bonnie Raitt stepped onto the stage at the…
Anne Murray & Guests – We Rise Again (1993)
HIS WASN’T JUST A SONG. IT WAS AN ENTIRE PROVINCE SINGING ITS OWN STORY. When Anne Murray stood alongside Rita MacNeil, The Rankin Family, and The Men of the Deeps…
John Prine – Saddle In The Rain – LIVE 1978
HE THANKED THE CROWD, PICKED ONE OF HIS MOST MYSTERIOUS SONGS, AND QUIETLY WALKED OFF INTO THE NIGHT. In 1978, John Prine stood before an audience that had been supporting…
Merle Haggard – “Ramblin’ Fever” live on Pop! Goes The Country in 1977
HE WASN’T ACTING A ROLE. HE WAS SINGING THE STORY OF THE ONLY LIFE HE EVER KNEW. When Merle Haggard stepped onto the stage of Pop! Goes the Country in…
Carl Perkins, Eric Clapton, George Harrison – “Blue Suede Shoes” (Live in Passaic, 1985)
THREE ROCK AND ROLL GIANTS SHARED THE STAGE THAT NIGHT. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT MAN IN THE ROOM WAS THE ONE WHO WROTE THE SONG. On October 21, 1985, at…