Lucinda Williams – Drunken Angel
Oldies Songs A Song for the Fallen Troubadour: Remembering a Brilliant Life Through Drunken Angel Released in 1998 on the landmark album Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, “Drunken Angel” by Lucinda…
Jerry Jeff Walker – LA Freeway(Jerry Jeff with John Inman recorded live in Austin in 1984 for the PBS series, “Austin Pickers”
A Song About Leaving the City Behind and Finding Freedom on the Open Road When Jerry Jeff Walker sat down in Austin in 1984 to perform LA Freeway for the…
Don McLean – Empty Chairs
When Love Is Gone and Silence Remains: The Quiet Heartbreak Inside “Empty Chairs” Few songs in the early 1970s captured the fragile loneliness of lost love as gently and honestly…
Guy Clark – The Cape(Recorded live at Marathon Recorders in Nashville as part of the Music Fog Marathon during the 2011 Americana Music Festival)
A song about courage, youth, and the quiet bravery of growing older, “The Cape” became one of the most heartfelt moments of Guy Clark’s later performances. In September 2011, inside…
The Everly Brothers – Kentucky(live from Chequers, 1968)
A Tender Return to Home and Harmony in Kentucky Few sibling harmonies in American popular music have ever sounded as effortless or as emotionally direct as those of The Everly…
Billy Joe Shaver – Sweet Mama(live at the Farm Aid concert in Austin, Texas on July 4, 1986.)
A Rough-Edged Love Song from the Heart of Texas: Billy Joe Shaver’s “Sweet Mama” When Billy Joe Shaver stepped onto the stage at the Farm Aid concert in Austin, Texas…
The Everly Brothers – Love is Strange(1983 – in the Royal Albert Hall London)
When Two Voices Found Each Other Again: The Everly Brothers Turn a Simple Love Song into a Reunion Memory On the evening of September 23, 1983, one of the most…
Billy Joe Shaver performs “Georgia on a Fast Train” during his 1985 Austin City Limits appearance
A Lone Texas Troubadour and the Song That Captured the Spirit of the Open Road When Billy Joe Shaver stepped onto the stage of Austin City Limits in 1985 and…
Steve Earle – Fort Worth Blues
A Quiet Farewell from Afar: When Steve Earle Sang His Last Goodbye to Townes Van Zandt In 1997, American singer-songwriter Steve Earle released one of the most heartfelt recordings of…
Billy Joe Shaver – Live Forever (live at the Farm Aid concert in New Orleans, Louisiana on September 18, 1994)
“Live Forever” – Billy Joe Shaver’s Quiet Promise That True Songs Never Die On September 18, 1994, during the annual Farm Aid concert in New Orleans, Louisiana, one of country…