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Callin’ Me Home: 50 Years of Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

Posted by Lance Davis - July 29, 2018 - Byrds, Chris Hillman, Clarence White, Fabulous Superlatives, Gram Parsons, Marty Stuart, Mike Campbell, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty
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  On Tuesday I was lucky enough to see the very first 50th anniversary tribute performance of Sweetheart Of The Rodeo at The Theater at Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. It was Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman from The Byrds and Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives as backing band. It’s a partnership that […]

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Love Has Found Me Somehow

Posted by Lance Davis - April 12, 2015 - ? And The Mysterians, Alex Chilton, Baptist Generals, Beatles, Blasters, Bob's Burgers, Bobby Jealousy, Centro-Matic, Dave Alvin, David Bowie, Doug Sahm, Figgs, Glossary, Gram Parsons, Har Mar Superstar, Johnny Thunders, Lydia Loveless, Maria McKee, Mike Nicolai, Muffs, New York Dolls, Queen, Reigning Sound, Sam Cooke
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  On March 26, I, Lance Davis, joined Sarah Espinoza in matrimony. It was a lovely, understated ceremony at the Urban Light installation in front of LACMA (LA County Museum of Art). Urban Light was one of the first places Sarah and I went to on a date because it features 200 street lamps from […]

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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 […]

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Jay Farrar & 8-Track Heavana

Posted by Lance Davis - March 29, 2014 - Bernie Leadon, Bob Dylan, Flying Burrito Brothers, Gram Parsons, Jay Farrar, Jimi Hendrix, Michelle Shocked, Ramones, Rolling Stones, Uncle Tupelo
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Did you know that Jay Farrar of Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt fame published a book last year? Falling Cars And Junkyard Dogs was issued by indie Soft Skull Press and while it’s autobiographical, it’s not a straight linear narrative. In fact, there’s not much narrative at all. It’s autobio through a series of vignettes […]

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Clarence White: Bringing It All Back Home: 1973

Posted by Lance Davis - May 27, 2011 - Arlo Guthrie, Byrds, Clarence White, Country Gazette, Emmylou Harris, Gene Parsons, Gram Parsons, Kentucky Colonels, Muleskinner, New Kentucky Colonels, Roland White, Tony Rice, White Brothers
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“Dry your eyes and stand up straight Bugler’s got a place at the Pearly Gates Say goodbye sugar Oh, say goodbye” And so we come to the final year of Clarence White’s life and the eleventh and final (for now) chapter of my Adios Loungeography. I’ve put off this part of his bio for as […]

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