http://youtu.be/v2ssbgThljU If there actually is an “americana” genre, this should play during orientation. From 1959’s Rio Bravo, this is American cinema and American music at its best. Ricky Nelson and Dean Martin harmonizing, John Wayne admiring, and Walter Brennan basically being the old prospector.
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I originally wrote this piece in April 2009 for Star Maker Machine. However, I think it deserves a revisit, in no small part because this really is a Sammy Hagar Weekend. There’s the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco, the Matador at 21: Lost Weekend in Vegas, and dozens of glorious college football […]
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Will Johnson – Just To Know What You’ve Been Dreaming Vultures Await, 2004 Undertow “When you’re not around, You know nothing makes a sound, In the silence where I drown” A big thank you to my good friend, Will Johnson, for reminding me that music remains one of the few reliable maps of the […]
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“What a sweet, sweet life this is, Don’t know where I’m going wouldn’t matter if I did” –Joey Kneiser, “Through The Screen Door” Adios Lounge readers should already know that LD (hearts) Glossary [proof here] [more proof here] [oh and here]. Their album Feral Fire is one of the best releases of 2010 and I […]
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How fundamentally badass is Creedence Clearwater Revival? They appeal to everybody over the age of embryo and younger than 102. Men and women. Whites, blacks, and all manner of ethnicity in between. Fancypants intellectuals and working class mulletheads. They’re beloved for heavy rock songs with big, fat guitar tones, twangy, backporch country, and high, […]
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