Country and/or Western Archives - Rock and Roll Globe

The Beat Of Michael Nesmith’s Own Drum

May 4, 2021May 4, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 2021, Different Drum: The Lost RCA Victor Recordings, Michael Nesmith, Orville J. “Red” Rhodes, Real Gone Music, Second Disc Records, The Monkees

A new collection digs into the solo career of the most musically diverse Monkee

Country and/or Western North Americana

The Shootouts Make Timeless Country Music For Post-Pandemic Revelry

May 3, 2021May 3, 2021 j. poet 0 Comments Bakersfield, Bob Wills, BR5-49, Bullseye, Chuck Mead, Ennio Morricone, Roy Orbison, Ryan Humbert, Shootouts

Singer/guitarist Ryan Humbert talks with Rock & Roll Globe about thd road to thd band’s great new album Bullseye

Country and/or Western Remembrance Rock

Farewell, Rusty Young

April 16, 2021April 16, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment Jim Messina, Poco, Richie Furay, RIP, Rusty Young

The legendary founder of Poco and an essential architect of Americana, passes away suddenly at age 75

Country and/or Western Remembrance

“It’s My Music, Too”: Farewell Charley Pride

December 14, 2020December 17, 2020 James Porter 1 Comment Bakersfield Sound, Buck Owens, Charley Pride, Coronavirus, Country Music, COVID-19, Delbert McClinton, RIP, Sonny Rollins

The Demon COVID takes another country legend, gone at 86

Country and/or Western Folk North Americana

Bobby Bare Sings Shel Silverstein Plus: Outlaw Country’s Odd Couple Honored at Last

November 27, 2020November 27, 2020 Jim Allen 1 Comment 2020, Bear Family, Bobby Bare, Bobby Bare Sings Shel Silverstein Plus, Shel Silverstein

An epic, overdue box gives the overlooked duo its due

Country and/or Western Dead Folk Rock

Ripple In Still Water: American Beauty At 50

November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 50th anniversary, American Beauty, Attics In My Life, Box of Rain, Grateful Dead, Pigpen, Ripple, Sugar Magonlia, Touch of Grey, Truckin'

A Grateful Dead classic still shines a half-century later

Country and/or Western Elvis

When The King Came To Nashville

November 14, 2020November 14, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1970, Bill Black, Bob Moore, Boots Randolph, DJ Fontana, Elvis Presley, Floyd Cramer, From Elvis In Nashville, Legacy Recordings, Scotty Moore

A must-own new collection chronicles Elvis Presley’s Music City USA era

Beatle Country and/or Western

1970: The Year Ringo Starr Went Country

November 6, 2020November 7, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 1970, All Things Must Pass, Bad Boy, Beaucoups of Blues, Buddy Harmon, Charlie Daniels, DJ Fontana, Elvis Presley, George Harrison, I Wanna Be Santa Claus, Jerry Reed, Ringo, Ringo Rama, Ringo Starr, Roy Orbison, Stop and Smell the Roses, The Beatles, The Jordanaires, Times Takes Time

On his second LP, the Beatles drummer headed to Nashville to channel his inner George Jones

Country and/or Western Remembrance

Farewell to a Truly Iconic Individual: R.I.P. Billy Joe Shaver

October 29, 2020October 29, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Billy Gibbons, Billy Joe Shaver, Bobby Bare, Kris Kristofferson, RIP, Shaver, Tanya Tucker, Tom T. Hall, ZZ Top

The outlaw country great was 81

Country and/or Western Remembrance

Jerry Jeff Walker Was The Outlaw’s Outlaw

October 27, 2020October 27, 2020 James Porter 1 Comment Circus Maximus, Jerry Jeff Walker, Mr. Bojangles, Outlaw Country, RIP, Sammy Davis Jr.

Standing in his own field, the country great created a body of work that became a category all its’ own

Country and/or Western

Strangers When We Met: Merle Haggard’s Debut Album at 55

October 13, 2020October 13, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1965, Bakersfield Sound, Johnny Cash, Liz Anderson, Merle Haggard, Merle Haggard and the Strangers, Strangers, The Byrds. The Everly Brothers

Looking back at the opening salvo of the country great’s vast musical canon

Blues Country and/or Western Rock Roots

John Oates’ Nashville Dreams Come True

October 3, 2020October 3, 2020 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Don Gibson, Guthrie Trapp, Hall & Oates, Hall and Oates, Jimmie Rodgers, John Oates, Josh “Daddy” Day, Live In Nashville, Mississippi John Hurt, Nate Smith, Russ Pahl, Sam Bush, Steve Mackay, The Good Road Band

Talking with one half of the iconic pop duo Hall & Oates about his roots in early American music

Country and/or Western Remembrance

We Got Hooked on Mac Davis

October 1, 2020October 3, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Bobby Goldsboro, Bruno Mars, Cheaper to Keep Her, Conway Twitty, Dolly Parton, Frank Sinatra, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash, Kenny Rogers, Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, King of the Hill, Lou Rawls, Mac Davis, Merle Haggard, Murder She Wrote, North Dallas Forty, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, Tammy Wynette, The Muppets, The Sting II, Webster

The iconic country singer, songwriter and actor dead at age 78

Country and/or Western Folk North Americana

My Baby Needs A Shepherd: Red Dirt Girl Turns 20

September 17, 2020November 5, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, Emmylou Harris, Guy Clark, Nonesuch, Patti Scialfa, Patty Griffin, Red Dirt Girl, Wrecking Ball

Emmylou Harris dug deep and struck Grammy gold with her country-folk classic

Country and/or Western

ALBUMS: Colter Wall Makes Cowboy Music From Canada

September 2, 2020September 3, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments 2020, Canada, Colter Wall, Country Music, Marty Robbins, Patrick Lyons, Western Swing, Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs, Woody Guthrie

It’s all holstein sofas, wagon wheel chandeliers and Louis L’Amour novels on Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs

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