Merle Haggard – That’s The Way Life Goes
Oldies Songs After the Prisons, the Freight Trains, and the Hard Luck Stories, Merle Haggard Came Back to a Simple Truth: “Honey, I Love You Too.” There is something quietly remarkable about…
Anne Murray and Jann Arden – Somebody’s Always Saying Goodbye
Oldies Songs Anne Murray and Jann Arden Deliver a Timeless Farewell in “Somebody’s Always Saying Goodbye” In the 2008 television special Anne Murray: Friends & Legends, two of Canada’s most respected voices…
Anne Murray & Dusty Springfield – I Just Fall in Love Again
A Dream Duet Across Time: When Anne Murray Finally Sang With the Voice She Had Admired for a Lifetime Some musical collaborations are planned in recording studios. Others happen on…
Cory Wells – Waiting For You
Cory Wells and the Quiet Power of Waiting For You Among the many recordings that defined the late 1970s, some songs achieved lasting recognition through chart success, while others earned…
Guy Clark – Magdalene – Clarksville, Austin, TX 2007
A Midnight Bus, a Dream of Mexico, and the Song That Followed Guy Clark for More Than Thirty Years In 2007, inside a friend’s home in Austin, Texas, Guy Clark…
Nanci Griffith – Boots of Spanish Leather
“Boots of Spanish Leather” Was Never Really About the Boots. In Nanci Griffith’s Hands, It Became a Quiet Goodbye Between Two Hearts Drifting Apart. There are songs that tell stories,…
Fats Domino – My girl Josephine – New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2004
One Year Before Hurricane Katrina, Fats Domino Sat at a Piano in New Orleans and Gave the City Back Its Own Sound In the spring of 2004, Fats Domino took…
Anne Murray tribute at the Juno Awards 1993 with k.d.lang
A Young Dreamer from Alberta Once Wanted to Sing Like Anne Murray. In 1993, k.d. lang Stood on Canada’s Biggest Stage and Finally Got to Tell Her. Some Hall of…
Steve Earle – “Pancho And Lefty” (Townes Van Zandt cover) – House Of Strombo
He Called Townes Van Zandt the Greatest Songwriter in the World. Years Later, Steve Earle Sang “Pancho and Lefty” Like a Farewell Letter to the Man Who Taught Him How…
Carrie Underwood, Emmylou Harris & Bonnie Raitt – “Blue Bayou” (Linda Ronstadt) 2014
Three Generations Sang “Blue Bayou” for Linda Ronstadt Because the Woman Being Honored Could No Longer Sing It Herself In April 2014, the stage of the Rock & Roll Hall…