Maria McKee: Wound Up, Shooting Off, Burning Out

Posted by Lance Davis - June 13, 2013 - David Bowie, John Doe, Lone Justice, Maria McKee, Mick Ronson

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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 […]

Keeps Me Wonderin’ What Might’ve Been

Posted by Lance Davis - April 23, 2013 - Dolly Parton, Doug Sahm, George Drakoulias, Jayhawks, LaVern Baker, Lone Justice, Los Angeles, Maria McKee, Sir Douglas Quintet

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Maria McKee, You Gotta Sin To Get Saved, 1993

“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 […]

Lone Justice and the Workin’ Man Blues: 1983-85

Posted by Lance Davis - March 13, 2010 - George Jones, Lone Justice, Maria McKee, Merle Haggard, X

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“My girlhood among the outlaws was salty, bittersweet The things I did I could just kick myself now” –Maria McKee, 1993 If you’re like me, you’ve often said to yourself, “Wouldn’t it be nice if someone put together a 40-45 minute documentary on early Lone Justice? You know, before the band was engulfed by […]