Steely Dan & Tom Scott – I Got the News
Oldies Songs That Unsettling Funk: A Cynical Chronicle of Hollywood Hangers-On and the High Price of Being Hip. Ah, Steely Dan. Just the mention of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen evokes the…
Townes Van Zandt – Lungs
A Prophetic Cry from the Abyss: The Collapsing Lungs of Faith and Hope. If Nanci Griffith painted sun-drenched, gentle scenes of abiding love, Townes Van Zandt descended into the darkest…
Guy Clark – Texas Cookin’
An Authentic, Culinary Ode to the True Soul and Spirit of Texas. Pull up a chair, friends, and pour a cold one. When we talk about the great Texas songwriters—the…
Guy Clark – Let Him Roll
The Poignant Ballad of a Broken Man, His Bottle, and a Dallas Whore, Where Heaven is Just a Faded Memory. The music of Guy Clark has always felt less like…
Ted Nugent – Stormtroopin’
A Relentless, Three-Minute Blast of Raw, Anti-Authoritarian Hard Rock Fury. For those of us who lived through the golden age of hard rock, the transition from the sprawling, blues-soaked introspection…
Ted Nugent – Stranglehold
An eight-minute, blues-infused declaration of raw, untamed rock and roll dominance. The Nuge Takes Center Stage Ah, the mid-seventies. A time when vinyl ruled the roost and rock was shedding…
Ted Nugent – Cat Scratch Fever
The Ultimate Hard Rock Riff: Ted Nugent’s “Cat Scratch Fever” Shifting gears from the acoustic melancholy of folk-country, we dive headfirst into the raw, unapologetic roar of hard rock with…
Guy Clark – Rita Ballou
The Texan Bard’s Ballad: Guy Clark’s “Rita Ballou” Moving from the collaborative tribute of Sheryl Crow and Emmylou Harris, we delve deeper into the roots of the singer-songwriter tradition with…
Steve Earle, Townes Van Zandt & Guy Clark – My Old Friend The Blues
Embracing the Inevitable Companion: How Sorrow Becomes Your Steadfast Kin A heartfelt, blues-tinged ballad that reframes melancholy as a faithful and reliable presence in a life full of disappointing human…
Chris Norman & Suzi Quatro – The Growing Years
When Rock and Pop Icons Meet Again: A Look Back at Shared History A surprisingly tender examination of how relationships, even professional ones, mature over time, shifting from youthful heat…