The Night Elvis Opened for Johnny Cash

Posted by Lance Davis - October 13, 2015 - Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Love you Dad

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My father was a bit of a storyteller and his favorite story to tell was of the time he saw Elvis Presley. Not the second time, on January 18, 1956, at Austin Coliseum, when the King was part of the Hank Snow tour. And not the third time, on April 13, 1956, at Municipal […]

The Roots of Keith Richards

Posted by Lance Davis - May 26, 2014 - Billie Holiday, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, Flying Burrito Brothers, Gram Parsons, Keith Richards, Lester Young, Little Walter, Muddy Waters, Otis Redding, Robert Johnson, Rolling Stones, Slickers, Slim Harpo, Smokey Robinson, Warren Zevon

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I recently finished Keith Richards‘ autobiography, Life (2010), and I don’t know why, but I was surprised at the pathos, honesty, insight, and sense of history. The Rolling Stones have turned into a corporate-sponsored pirate ship, so I think I internalized my disappointment in what their legacy had become. I put off reading Life […]

The Roots of Levon Helm

Posted by Lance Davis - May 27, 2012 - Bill Monroe, Conway Twitty, DJ Fontana, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Levon Helm, Little Richard, Louis Jordan, Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, The Band

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Today would’ve been Levon Helm‘s 72nd birthday. Such a weird, humbling sentence to write. Following his death on April 19, my original plan was to survey his entire career, which in retrospect was absurdly ambitious. I still may do some smaller version of that, but the survey vacuum was quickly filled by the internet, with […]

Wanda Jackson: There’s A Riot Goin’ On

Posted by Lance Davis - January 22, 2009 - Elvis Presley, Joe Maphis, Rosie Flores, Wanda Jackson

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“As far as I know, I was the first woman to do the growlin’ and the hollerin’ and stuff like that. That’s what the guys were doin’ and I liked it. I think the reason I didn’t think about it being unladylike is because I’ve always been very feminine. I didn’t want to look vulgar; […]

Videos From The Vault: RIP Jerry Reed

Posted by Lance Davis - September 9, 2008 - Chet Atkins, Elvis Presley, Jerry Reed

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Sad news at The Adios Lounge. On August 31, we found out that the man born Jerry Reed Hubbard and known professionally as Jerry Reed died at the age of 71 due to complications from emphysema. Reed was also known as the Alabama Wild Man (from his 1968 LP), the Georgia Wild Man (born […]