Steve Earle – Feel Alright
Oldies Songs 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…
Rodney Crowell – It Ain’t Over Yet
A Quiet Conversation About Endurance, Friendship, and the Grace of Not Giving Up Released in 2017, “It Ain’t Over Yet” stands as one of the emotional pillars of Rodney Crowell’s…
Emmylou Harris – Brand New Dance
A song about renewal after heartbreak, where movement becomes memory and hope quietly finds its way back Released on October 16, 1990, Brand New Dance marked a pivotal and deeply…
Jerry Lee Lewis – Breathless
A SONG THAT CAPTURED THE MOMENT WHEN ROCK AND ROLL LEARNED TO HOLD ITS BREATH When Jerry Lee Lewis released “Breathless” in February 1958 on Sun Records, the song arrived…
Blaze Foley – You’ll Get Yours Aplenty
A Stark Folk Testament About Moral Reckoning and the Invisible Lives Left Behind Few songs in the American folk canon confront social injustice with the unfiltered bluntness of “You’ll Get…
Bob Dylan – Shelter from the Storm
A SONG ABOUT MERCY, REFUGE, AND THE QUIET HOPE OF BEING SAVED WHEN THE WORLD TURNS COLD When “Shelter from the Storm” appeared in early 1975 on Bob Dylan’s fifteenth…