Rodney Crowell – Bluebird Wine
Oldies Songs A Young Songwriter’s Promise Bottled in Melody and Memory In the mid 1970s, before the awards, before the Nashville establishment fully opened its doors, a young Texas songwriter named Rodney…
Mud – Big Sleep
Oldies Songs A Dreamy Glam-Rock Lullaby About Escape and Restlessness When Mud released “The Big Sleep” in 1975, it arrived not as a raucous stomp in the glitter-splashed tradition of glam rock,…
Chuck Negron – O Come All Ye Faithful
A Sacred Hymn Reimagined Through the Soulful Voice of Chuck Negron Few songs carry the spiritual gravity and centuries-old resonance of “O Come All Ye Faithful.” When interpreted by Chuck…
Chuck Negron – Grown Up Christmas List
A Tender Prayer for a Better World, Sung with the Wisdom of Time and the Innocence of Youth When “Grown-Up Christmas List” is mentioned, many listeners immediately recall the luminous…
John Prine & Iris DeMent – Who’s Gonna Take The Garbage Out
A Tender Duet About Domestic Love, Quiet Devotion, and the Humor Hidden in Everyday Marriage When “Who’s Gonna Take the Garbage Out” was released in 1999 on In Spite of…
Emmylou Harris, Ricky Skaggs, Linda Ronstadt – Gold Watch And Chain (1979)
A Circle Unbroken: When Three Voices Turned “Gold Watch And Chain” Into a Testament of Loyalty and Loss In 1979, during a remarkable live collaboration, Emmylou Harris, Ricky Skaggs, and…
Three Dog Night – One is the Lonliest Number
A solitary cry in a crowded world — “One” turns loneliness into a universal anthem of the human heart. When Three Dog Night released “One” in early 1969, they could…
Cory Wells – Walk Away
A Quiet Farewell to Love’s Last Illusion When Cory Wells released “Walk Away” as a solo single in 1978, he stepped briefly out of the powerful three-voice blend that had…
Ritchie Valens – In a Turkish Town
A Tender Promise Across the Sea, Sung by a Young Voice Too Soon Silenced When Ritchie Valens released his self-titled debut album, Ritchie Valens, in early 1959, the world was…
Billy Joe Shaver – Serious Souls
Serious Souls – A Lament for the Restless, the Faithful, and the Misunderstood When Billy Joe Shaver released his debut album Old Five and Dimers Like Me in 1973 on…