The late great Jerry Jeff Walker tells the story behind MR BOJANGLES
Oldies Songs A Night in Jail, A Lifetime in Song: How Jerry Jeff Walker Turned a Stranger’s Story into “Mr. Bojangles” Few songs in American folk history carry the quiet humanity of…
Roy Orbison – In Dreams (Live From Australia, 1972)
A Dream That Refuses to Fade: Roy Orbison’s “In Dreams” and the haunting beauty of love remembered only in sleep In 1972, during a concert filmed in Australia, Roy Orbison…
John Prine – Sam Stone(on Austin City Limits 1988)
A Quiet Ballad of War’s Lingering Shadows and a Soldier the World Forgot In 1988, John Prine stepped onto the stage of Austin City Limits and performed one of the…
The Everly Brothers – Bowling Green(on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 28, 1971)
A bright country-pop moment on television: “Bowling Green” celebrates small-town joy and the unmistakable harmony of the Everly Brothers On February 28, 1971, the legendary duo The Everly Brothers appeared…
Steve Earle & Emmylou Harris – Goodbye (Herbst Theater in San Francisco, California on September 29, 2022)
A Quiet Farewell in Song: When Two Legendary Voices Meet in “Goodbye” On the evening of September 29, 2022, the historic Herbst Theater in San Francisco filled with anticipation as…
David Cassidy: What Really Killed the Partridge Family Star
Oldies Songs David Cassidy: The Shining Teen Idol Whose Stardom Could Not Silence His Private Sorrows As a specialist in popular music of the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, I see David Cassidy…
David Cassidy ♥ Susan Dey -Dusty Springfield- I Only Want To Be With You
A Joyful Declaration of Love That Captures the Simple, Unshakable Desire to Be Close to the One Who Makes Life Shine Few songs in the early 1960s captured the breathless…
The Life & Legacy of Middle Of The Road’s SALLY CARR
From a Scottish Village to Global Pop Stardom: The Enduring Voice of Sally Carr As someone who has spent decades studying and documenting the popular music of the 1960s through…
Sally Carr – Pretty Boy Blue
“Pretty Boy Blue” – A Gentle Pop Ballad Where Innocence, Longing, and the Fragility of Young Love Quietly Meet Among the many European pop records of the early 1970s, “Pretty…
Iris DeMent – Let the Mystery Be
“Let the Mystery Be” – A Gentle Hymn About Faith, Doubt, and the Quiet Beauty of Not Knowing When Iris DeMent released “Let the Mystery Be” in 1992 on her…