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 Pitfalls of the City are Extremely Real

Posted by Lance Davis - February 20, 2011 - Backsliders, Bicycle Thief, Bob Forrest, Chris Hillman, Dwight Yoakam, Emmylou Harris, Flaco Jimenez, Gram Parsons, Iris Dement, Merle Haggard, Warren Zevon, Willie Nelson

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Like California, Los Angeles has been rebuked and scorned in book, film, song, musical, vaudeville, pretty much every medium dating back to protozoan wall art. It’s easy to hate LA. I don’t have much of a problem with the city, beyond traffic, but the entertainment-industrial complex is a whoremaker chewing up everything in its […]

RIP Jerry Wexler

Posted by Lance Davis - August 18, 2008 - Atlantic Records, Big Joe Turner, Bob Dylan, Booker T and the MGs, Champion Jack Dupree, Dire Straits, Doug Sahm, Dr. John, Drifters, Dusty Springfield, Etta James, James Booker, Jerry Wexler, LaVern Baker, Meters, Professor Longhair, Ray Charles, Solomon Burke, Stax, Willie Nelson, Wilson Pickett

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The Adios Lounge would be remiss if it didn’t acknowledge the passing of Jerry Wexler, who died Friday at the age of 91. I’ve often said that if I could live anyone else’s life in history, I’d live Jerry Wexler’s. He coined the phrase “rhythm and blues” while writing for Billboard. He helped create rock […]