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125. Whatsoever I’ve Feared Has Come To Life
Today’s piece was supposed to be a harrowing tale of liquor, lust, and primer-gray Camaros haunting the new, improved James. In this particular instance a black Trans-Am played the role of the primer-gray Camaro, but the spirit remained. I’ll leave it at that for now. Who knows, maybe I’ll go back to that draft next…
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From the Stacks: George Jones Sings Bob Wills
If you want country the way nature intended it, you can’t do much better than 1962’s George Jones Sings Bob Wills. That is, unless you skip the intermediary George Jones step and pick up some Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys.
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Storm Thorgerson, 1944-2013
Legendary album cover designer Storm Thorgerson succumbed to cancer this week, age 69.
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From the Stacks: Rush – Hemispheres
This is quite likely the least controversial album cover in the Controversial Album Cover Gallery. What rubbed some raw about the Canadian trio’s sixth album was the bare ass on the cover, which of course launched one of the band’s most well-recognized logos.
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Conversations With Adrian Bellue: Wrapping It Up
And so we sat and ate our burgers and talked about life, music, and everything until I was filled to the top with meeting a new friend, and I said, “You’re a really interesting guy.” “Thanks,” he said, and then we packed up and headed to an afternoon gig he was doing at a local…
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One From My Vacation Home
It sounds like the search is narrowing for a suspect in the Boston bombing, and that’s great but there’s so much healing to do. I read today a quote from one spectator who said she’d never attend another public event like that again, which is precisely what terror is all about. It’s crossed my mind,…
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Deep Cuts: Doctor Songs
Larry Spragg, Night Doctor just might be the greatest television vehicle Wayne Rogers never starred in, but there’s still hope. Trapper John recently turned 80, which sounds like just the right age for a comeback. We miss you, Wayne-O! While we wait for that television masterpiece to be produced, let’s listen to some songs about…
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124. When You Change With Every New Day
Tuesday was a woman intent on enjoying life. She approached every experience literally wide-eyed. The intensity with which she focused on every word I spoke was nearly unbearable. She greeted each joke with sincere laughter, and every sob story with sincere sympathy. This was how she approached everyone, but I was smitten.
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From the Stacks: Evie – Come On, Ring Those Bells
The first entry into the Bad Album Cover Hall of Fame to be nominated for a Grammy, please welcome Christian singer Evie’s 1979 Christmas cheese fest Come On, Ring Those Bells.
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From the Stacks: The Charlie Daniels Band – Saddle Tramp
First thing: This album rocks. If you only know The Charlie Daniels Band from “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” you have no idea what great musicians these guys are. The title track of 1976’s Saddle Tramp is right up there with the country-jazz-rock fusion of Little Feat, The Dixie Dregs, and The Marshall Tucker…
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