If you’re in Austin this week you’re gonna smell a lot of smoke. Some from cigarettes and pot, plenty from BBQ, and a shit-ton from hipster d-nozzles blowin’ smoke up your ass about their favorite crappy buzz band. Granted, there’ll be hidden gems galore. That’s how SXSW works. However, with champeenship rock ‘n’ roll […]
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Bob Forrest Documentary Premiere Sunday, March 13, 2011 5:30pm – 8:30pm Alamo Drafthouse Cinema – South Lamar 1120 South Lamar St, Austin, 78701 If you’re in Austin this Sunday, either for the Film Fest or on deck for rock ‘n’ roll boot camp, you need to get your ass to the Alamo Drafthouse on South […]
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“One of the things Bob (Wills) used to say was ‘get it,’ which meant to come on as strong as you could. Junior Barnard had the ability to turn it on and keep it there. He had an aggressive, hard-swinging style that was like rock ‘n’ roll for its time. Junior was a great guitarist.” […]
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Merle Haggard And The Strangers – Corrine, Corrina Civic Center, Philadelphia February 14, 1970* Featuring Chubby Wise on fiddle https://app.box.com/shared/static/obkfd8q9ni.mp3 * I’ve read conflicting reports that this show was recorded on 2/14/70 and 3/14/70, but the Valentine’s date seems more credible. A couple of weeks ago, I asserted that Merle Haggard is the greatest […]
Read MoreHardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, San Francisco, CA October 8, 2006 I’m proud to say Iris DeMent emerges from the same Orange County, California, background as me (her: Buena Park, me: La Habra & Huntington Beach). This song may be folk music superficially, but lyrically it’s punk as fuck. If Iris says justice sinks to the […]
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