The Door Is Always Open

Posted by Lance Davis - May 26, 2013 - Faron Young, George Jones, Harlan Howard, Kris Kristofferson, Little Jimmy Dickens, Merle Kilgore, Mickey Newbury, Roger Miller, Sue Brewer, Waylon Jennings, Webb Pierce, Willie Nelson

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Hank Williams, Jr. (L) and Kris Kristofferson

LD Note, 6-17-2021 — Thanks to a heads up from reader Brien Downes, this post now includes the full Door Is Always Open TV broadcast, which begins with a staged half-hour followed by an informal (and totally legendary) 45-minute guitar pull. Both sets are hosted by Waylon Jennings. I’m not going to annotate the stage […]

The Sound of Goodbye

Posted by Lance Davis - April 30, 2009 - Gosdin Brothers, Roger Miller, Vern Gosdin

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As Setting The Woods On Fire and Groover’s Paradise have already noted, country singer, Vern “The Voice” Gosdin (pictured left in front of brother, Rex) passed away on Tuesday at the age of 74. I wrote about The Gosdin Brothers last summer as part of the Clarence White Chronicles. The songs listed below are all […]

John Doe & The Sadies: Songs of Whiskey Dreams

Posted by Lance Davis - April 23, 2009 - Clarence White, John Doe, Knitters, Merle Haggard, Neko Case, Roger Miller, Sadies, X

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“Country Club is the result of a drunken promise or threat I made to Travis & Dallas [Good, of The Sadies] the first night we played together in Toronto. We’re not sure why it sounds like it’s from the sixties. Maybe that’s our favorite era of country music or maybe that’s what we listened to […]