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Guy Clark, Joe Ely, John Hiatt & Lyle Lovett At The Paramount Theater
2008-05-08 16:00:00 Donning a brace on his right foot, Guy Clark limped across stage with the aid of crutches and a thunderous applause on Monday night at the Paramount Theater. Joe Ely, John Hiatt and Lyle Lovett followed close behind and sat in the same order. The gentlemen two seats to my right diligently jotted down notes ...
Texas Tunesmith Heir Hayes Carll Bears Torch For New Generation
2008-05-07 17:35:00 Chip Frazier feels that Hayes Carll is carrying the torch for the next generation of the Texas/Americana Troubadours. He has the same aspects of humor, songs, and storytelling that made his predecessors–guys like Guy Clark, Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely and Ray Wilie Hubbard–great. Bill Friskics-Warren agrees that Hayes Carll conjures up thoughts ...
Texas Monthly Gets Naked For Special Willie Nelson Cover
2008-04-11 18:25:00 Subscribers of Texas Monthly will receive a copy adorned with a portrait of Willie Nelson on the cover and no text. The preview is pretty flippin’ sweet. Jewel is returning to Nashville Star to join John Rich as a judge and mentor to the contestants. On July 8 George Jones will release Burn Your Playhouse Down (The ...
March ?08 Album Review Wrap-Up
2008-04-09 14:58:00 Carlene Carter - Stronger Born the daughter of June Carter and Carl Smith and step-daughter to Johnny Cash made Carlene Carter an heir to a rich line of country music nobility, but that doesn’t mean you’ll finder her latest album dripping with steel guitars, fiddles, and hillbilly twang. Stronger is at times beautiful and poignant, ...
Family Tradition: The Williams Family Legacy Opens Tomorrow
2008-03-27 17:29:00 Edd Hurt gave a good rundown of Family Tradition: The Williams Family Legacy, the exhibit that opens tomorrow at The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, and a brief history of the Williams family. Luke Bryan scored a co-sponsorship from Longhorn Steakhouse and Jack Daniels. As part of the deal he’ll make 24 appearances ...
Sara Evans Engaged To Alabama Talk Show Host
2008-03-25 16:39:00 Sara Evans’ publicist has confirmed that she is engaged to Alabama talk show host, and former University of Alabama quarterback, Jay Barker. Toby Keith plans to release a 35-song greatest hits package on May 6th that spans his career, starting with “Should Have Been a Cowboy” and concluding with his latest single, “She’s a Hottie.” ...
Album Review: Joe Ely & Joel Guzman - Live Cactus!
2008-03-10 14:05:00 Interstate 10 spans from coast to coast, but perhaps the most lonesome stretch belongs to West Texas. Aside from occasional wildlife sightings and a windmill farm it’s a desolate view–not what one would refer to as a scenic route, but it’s the fastest means of travel from one destination to the next. One could even ...
Aces Beat Kings: Charley Pride Bests Luke Bryan
2007-12-20 17:07:00 Luke Bryan got his butt whipped by Charley Pride at a charity poker event in Las Vegas last week. “I made the final table with Charley. He and I were the chip leaders. There were about four people left, and I got dealt a pair of kings - the money hand. I bet BIG and Charley ...
Patty Griffin Scores Two Awards At AMAs
2007-11-02 16:00:00 Merle Haggard’s latest album, The Bluegrass Sessions, “was produced by a bluegrass musician with bluegrass musicians, recorded at a bluegrass studio, released on a bluegrass label, racked under bluegrass in record stores, aired on bluegrass radio, covered by the bluegrass press, and it’s currently in it’s fourth consecutive week at # 1 on Billboard’s Bluegrass ...
And The Bands Played On: Big State Festival Day Two
2007-10-17 00:59:00 Kelly Willis and The Wrights were on the brink of starting their 12:30 sets when we arrived at the festival grounds on Sunday. Writing the Saturday wrap-up kept us from showing up earlier to watch Colin Gilmore and Ashley Ray. Our famished stomachs led us straight to the nearest food while we half-heartedly listened to ...
Jack Ingram Caged By Brad Paisley
2007-09-05 17:10:00 This past Monday night I was fortunate enough to catch a Gary Allan show at Nutty Brown Cafe. His stage props appeared more death metal than country, but he was in fine form as he covered most of his newer songs — only traveling past Smoke Rings In The Dark for a handful of songs. ...
Album Review: Joe Ely - Silver City
2007-03-07 17:41:09 Joe Ely - Silver City It was barely a month ago that Joe Ely put out Happy Songs From Rattlesnake Gulch, something he describes as the “rough and tumble” side of his road life. Today he released Silver City, an album of ten songs he wrote between 1968 and 1972 but weren’t recorded until the past year and a half. I didn’t review Rattlesnake Gulch here on The 9513, but I did listen to it and it wasn’t my particular style of music. After listening to Silver City I’m happy to say that I actually enjoyed the album. The album starts off with the title track, “Silver City,” which has been recorded before, but this time it’s just Ely. My favorite track “Wounded Knee” is a heavy duty song if you listen to the lyrics - “my daughter was raped by the calvary, I wish them all to hell.” Ely calls the album the “easy side” of things. It’s just his voice, the guitar, and some of the first songs he wrote ... |
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