HE DIDN’T WALK AWAY FROM MUSIC — HE WALKED TOWARD HOME
Oldies Songs There’s a kind of silence that only comes after decades of applause. Not the empty kind — the peaceful kind.That’s the silence Ricky Van Shelton chose when he stepped off…
Carl Perkins – Blue Suede Shoes (on The Perry Como Show)
A Rockabilly Spark That Lit a Generation, Where “Blue Suede Shoes” Stepped Into History On May 26, 1956, Carl Perkins appeared on The Perry Como Show and performed his breakout…
Emmylou Harris – Bottle Let Me Down
When Even the Bottle Can’t Drown a Memory In February 1975, “The Bottle Let Me Down” found new life through Emmylou Harris on her breakthrough album Pieces of the Sky.…
Gene Vincent – She She Little Sheila
A Rockabilly Spark That Refused to Fade Released in January 1960, “She She Little Sheila” by Gene Vincent arrived at a moment when rock and roll was beginning to evolve,…
Billy Joe Shaver – Willy The Wandering Gypsy And Me
A Song of the Open Road and Unbreakable Bonds, Where Freedom Rides Beside Loyalty Few songs capture the restless spirit of outlaw country quite like Billy Joe Shaver’s “Willy the…
Emmylou Harris & Lauren Alaina – The Song Remembers When (Live from the 17th ACM Honors)
When Memory Sings Louder Than Time, “The Song Remembers When” Becomes a Bridge Between Generations At the 17th ACM Honors, Emmylou Harris and Lauren Alaina came together to perform “The…
Anne Murray – But you know I love you
A Gentle Voice Carrying a Difficult Truth, Where Love Remains Even When Life Pulls Away In the late 1960s, on the Canadian television program “Singalong Jubilee”, a young Anne Murray…
A television interview with Phil Everly about his Kentucky roots
The Quiet Harmony That Helped Shape Rock and Roll’s First Golden Age In 1982, Phil Everly, one half of the legendary The Everly Brothers, sat down for a rare and…
Conway Twitty – I Love You More Today
A Love That Refuses to Fade, Where Yesterday’s Memories Still Outshine Tomorrow’s Promises Released in April 1969, Conway Twitty’s “I Love You More Today” quickly rose to No. 1 on…
Billy Joe Shaver – Black Rose (Red Clay Music Foundry, June 19, 2015)
A Confession Without Excuse, Where “Black Rose” Faces Sin, Choice, and the Weight of Living On June 19, 2015, at the Red Clay Music Foundry, Billy Joe Shaver stood before…