Suzy Bogguss – Someday Soon – The Texas Connection
Oldies Songs When “Someday Soon” Found Its Way Home: Suzy Bogguss Brings a Lifelong Song to Jerry Jeff Walker’s Texas Stage There are performances that entertain, and then there are performances that…
Johnny Rodriguez sings “Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico” live on Larry’s Country Diner season 11
More Than Forty Years After It Became a Hit, Johnny Rodriguez Sang “Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico” Like a Man Who Had Truly Traveled Every Mile When Johnny Rodriguez stepped…
The Everly Brothers (w/Buddy Holly’s Crickets) – “Bird Dog” – 1960
Less Than Eighteen Months After Buddy Holly’s Death, His Crickets Joined the Everly Brothers on Stage and Rock and Roll Kept Moving Forward In 1960, audiences attending The Everly Brothers’…
Johnny Rodriguez – Just Get Up And Close The Door – On the evening of June 4, 2014
Oldies Songs At 62, Johnny Rodriguez Walked Onto a Nashville Stage and Reminded Everyone How Country Music Once Broke Hearts With a Whisper On the evening of June 4, 2014, the atmosphere…
Jerry Jeff Walker – Mr. Bojangles – The Texas Connection
“Mr. Bojangles” Began as a Chance Meeting in a New Orleans Jail Cell. Jerry Jeff Walker Turned It Into One of America’s Most Enduring Songs There are songs that become…
The Everly Brothers – I Know Love
“I Know Love” Found The Everly Brothers Older, Wiser, and Singing Together as If the Lost Years Had Never Happened When The Everly Brothers released “I Know Love” on their…
Nancy Griffith – I Wish It Would Rain – Austin, 1990
When Nanci Griffith Sang “I Wish It Would Rain” in Austin, She Turned a Detroit Soul Classic Into a Quiet Texas Memory In 1990, during a memorable performance in Austin,…
Emmylou Harris 1977 interview
A Young Emmylou Harris Once Dreamed of Acting Before Music Changed Her Life Forever Long before she became one of the most revered voices in American roots music, Emmylou Harris…
Billy Joe Shaver – Ride Me Down Easy – No. 1 West – 1989
“Ride Me Down Easy” Was More Than an Outlaw Song. In 1989, Billy Joe Shaver Sang It Like a Man Finally Making Peace With the Road Behind Him In a…
Anne Murray “Snowbird” on The David Frost Show, February 4, 1972
In 1972, Anne Murray Walked Onto The David Frost Show and Quietly Turned “Snowbird” Into One of Television’s Most Comforting Performances On February 4, 1972, a young Anne Murray stood…