Maria McKee: Life Is Bittersweet Originally aired on Dutch TV February 19, 1996 Annotated Video Timeline Thanks to longtime Adios Lounge reader, Marc Nichol, for recently turning me onto this Dutch documentary about Maria McKee. (Oh internet, is there anything you can’t do?) It serves as the third part of my Maria Trilogy, following my [...]
Read MoreTV Special Originally aired November 5, 1984 Annotated timeline below Waylon Jennings hosts this amazing tribute to Sue Brewer, den mother to many of Nashville’s best singer/songwriters in the 1960s and ’70s. While her resume states that she managed George Jones‘ club, Possum Holler, and worked at Music City News, a now-defunct industry magazine, her [...]
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BOZMO IS: Bo Moore: lead vocals, lefty rhythm guitar, songwriting Jeremy Mendicino: righty lead guitar, backup vocals, production John Jannetty: bass Josh “J-Raff” Carrasco: drums If you’re an oldish fart like me (43 and counting), you’ve probably heard a thousand or so variations on the following laments. “MUSIC SUCKS TODAY! THEY DON’T MAKE ‘EM [...]
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“And where will you be in 1993? Still sitting in the same chair Sinning is for sinners and I’m just a beginner But, I’ve never really been touched there” –Soul Asylum, “Never Really Been,” 1986 “You gotta sin to get saved.” –Maria McKee, 1993 It’s largely overlooked, if not outright dismissed, but Maria McKee‘s [...]
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To celebrate my 5-year anniversary — coming up on April 25 — Adios Lounge T-shirts are now available to purchase for only $20. WOO HOO! Big thanks to Rick Roth of Mirror Image Screen Printing for knocking these out of the park. They’ve actually been done for awhile, but between family concerns and two [...]
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