Jerry Jeff Walker – Pot Can’t Call The Kettle Black
Oldies Songs An Ode to Mutual Flaws: The Rambler’s Acceptance of Shared Human Frailty Jerry Jeff Walker’s rollicking 1975 track, “Pot Can’t Call The Kettle Black,” is a grinning, unapologetic anthem of…
Jerry Jeff Walker – Old Five And Dimers Like Me
An Anthem for the Wandering Heart and the Unsung Soul Oh, the road less traveled. Doesn’t that phrase just ring with a certain kind of truth, a beautiful ache for…
Jerry Jeff Walker – Pick Up The Tempo
Life’s Too Short for Slow Dances: A Rousing Call to Embrace the Hustle The moment the opening, vibrant notes of Jerry Jeff Walker’s rendition of “Pick Up The Tempo” kick…
Robert Earl Keen – Gringo Honeymoon
A Fool’s Paradise: The Border Crossing Tale of “Gringo Honeymoon” While Robert Earl Keen is often revered for his sweeping narrative epics like “The Road Goes on Forever” and the…
Robert Earl Keen – Merry Christmas From The Family
No Silent Night Here: The Glorious, God-Awful Truth of a Texas Family Christmas For many of us, the true spirit of the holidays is found not in a Norman Rockwell…
Jerry Jeff Walker – Gettin’ By
The Honesty of the Road: An Anthem for the Glorious Scruffiness of Life In the vast, sun-baked landscape of the early 1970s Outlaw Country movement, few figures shone with the…
Jerry Jeff Walker – Jaded Lover
The Zen of a Broken Heart: How the Outlaw Cowboy Found Beauty in the Bitter Truth of Lost Romance Ah, the 1970s in Texas. If you were a music lover…
Jerry Jeff Walker – Sangria Wine
The Spirit of the Cosmic Cowboy: A Spirited Toast to Friendship, Freedom, and a Simple Red Wine Concoction There are songs that climb the charts, and then there are songs…
Jerry Jeff Walker – Little Bird
The Lone Star Poet’s Gentle Pondering: A Ballad of Transient Love and the Open Road The very mention of Jerry Jeff Walker‘s name conjures the scent of dusty Texas roads,…
Robert Earl Keen – The Road Goes On Forever
Outrunning the Sun: The Ballad of Perpetual Motion and the Unending Party There are songs that capture a moment, and then there are songs that capture a spirit—a restless, defiant…