Townes Van Zandt and Blaze Foley from Austin Pickers 1984
Oldies Songs In 1984, Townes Van Zandt and Blaze Foley Sat Together in Austin and Played Music Like Two Old Souls Trying to Outsing Loneliness There is something almost painfully intimate about…
Johnny Rodriguez – How Could I Love Her So Much – Live Trader’s Village in San Antonio 1/19/14
By 2014, Johnny Rodriguez Wasn’t Singing About Heartbreak Anymore. He Was Remembering It. At Trader’s Village in San Antonio, “How Could I Love Her So Much” no longer sounded like…
Anne Murray – Cry Me A River – Croonin’ TV Special
Anne Murray Didn’t Sing “Cry Me A River” With Anger. She Sang It With Experience. On the 1993 CBC special Croonin’, Anne Murray transformed a famous torch song into something…
The Everly Brothers – All I Have To Do Is Dream -Melbourne, 1989
By 1989, The Everly Brothers Were No Longer Singing About Young Love. They Were Singing About Memory. In Melbourne, Don and Phil Everly performed “All I Have To Do Is…
Townes Van Zandt – Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold
“Townes Van Zandt Could Make Self Destruction Sound Like Poetry.” In “Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold,” the smile was gentle, the melody was easy, but beneath it lived one of…
Emmylou Harris – May you never be alone like me
“Emmylou Harris Didn’t Sing Hank Williams. She Mourned Him.” In “May You Never Be Alone Like Me,” the loneliness of Hank Williams found a second life inside the fragile grace…
Emmylou Harris 1994 UK TV – Prayer in Open D
In a Quiet British Television Studio, Emmylou Harris Turned “Prayer in Open D” Into a Moment of Pure Reflection In 1994, during a beautifully understated appearance on the British television…
The Everly Brothers – May 16, 1987, World Theater, St. Paul, Minnesota
On a Warm Night in Minnesota, The Everly Brothers Turned a Radio Show Into a Living Memory of America’s Musical Past On May 16, 1987, inside the historic World Theater…
Ray Charles,Anne Murray & Glen Campbell Medley (live)
THREE LEGENDARY VOICES STOOD TOGETHER IN 1970 AND TURNED A TELEVISION STAGE INTO PURE AMERICAN MUSIC HISTORY There are certain television performances that feel larger than entertainment. They become snapshots…
Nanci Griffith & Jerry Jeff Walker – Morning Song For Sally
A Quiet Morning of Memory and Music, When Nanci Griffith Welcomed Jerry Jeff Walker to Sing “Morning Song for Sally” There are performances that entertain, and then there are performances…