Willie Nelson Archives - Rock and Roll Globe

Rob Halford’s ‘Confess’ Is What a Rock Memoir Should Be – Brutally Honest and Funny as Hell

December 28, 2020April 30, 2021 Ken Kurson 2 Comments David Bowie, Judas Priest, Memoir, Mötley Crüe, Ozzy Osbourne, Quiet Riot, Rob Halford, The Clash, The Scorpions, Van Halen, Willie Nelson

Judas Priest singer details a career-long struggle with his sexuality

Rock

The Killer at 85!

October 23, 2020October 23, 2020 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment Bill Clinton, Billy F Gibbons, Bonnie Raitt, Chris Janson, Elton John, Elvis Presley, Great Balls of Fire, Jacob Tolliver, James Burton, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jerry Phillips, Jimmy Swaggart, Joe Walsh, Johnny Cash, Lee Ann Womack, Linda Gail Lewis, Lindsay Ell, Marty Stuart, Mickey Gilley, Mike Love, Priscilla Presley, Roy Orbison, The Beach Boys, Tom Jones, Willie Nelson, Wink Martindale

No one thought Jerry Lee Lewis would be the last man standing, least of all Jerry Lee Lewis

Country and/or Western Soundtracks and Film Scores

“The Lure of Irresponsibility”: Willie Nelson’s Honeysuckle Rose Turns 40

August 12, 2020August 12, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1980, 40th Anniversary, Amy Irving, Dyan Cannon, Emmylou Harris, Hank Cochran, Honeysuckle Rose, Johnny Gimble, On The Road Again, One Trick Pony, Paul Simon, Willie Nelson

Loosely based on the 1939 film Intermezzo, the Red Headed Stranger’s hit Hollywood turn introduced him to a new generation of music fans

North Americana

ALBUMS: Agriculture and Morality

July 9, 2020July 11, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments AC/DC, Agricultural Tragic, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Corb Lund, Don Edwards, Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, Ian Tyson, Marty Robbins, Michael Martin Murphy, Nancy Sinatra, New West, Ray Charles, Red Steagall, The Eagles, Tom Russell, Willie Nelson

On his new album, Corb Lund surveys Heartland happenstance with honesty and integrity

Country and/or Western New Wave Remembrance Soul

Rest In Peace, Sweet Pea Atkinson

May 7, 2020May 7, 2020 Ron Hart 1 Comment Andrew Gold, Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Brick By Brick, Circus Money, Countryman, David Was, Don Was, Dot Com Blues, Elvis Costello, George Jones, I Just Wasn't Made For These Times, I'm Alive, Iggy Pop, Ivan Neville, Jackson Browne, Jimmy Smith, Michael McDonald, Mindi Abair and The Boneshakers, Paula Abdul, Phantom Blues, Richie Sambora, RIP, Sir Harry Bownes, Sweet Pea Atkinson, Taj Mahal, The Hard Stuff, Under The Red Sky, Walter Becker, Was (Not Was), Wayne Kramer, Willie Nelson

Reflecting on the Detroit soul singer’s career beyond Was (Not Was)

Country and/or Western

LISTEN: Willie Nelson @ 87 Mixtape

April 29, 2020April 29, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Happy Birthday, Legacy Recordings, Lost Highway, Merle Haggard, Ray Price, Spotify, Trigger, Willie Nelson, Wynton Marsalis

Wishing a Happy Birthday to the King of Texas by honoring his last 20 years in music

Music Journalism

The Ghost of SXSW 2020: Lost In Austin

March 27, 2020March 27, 2020 Jason Gross 3 Comments 2020, Austin, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Dirty Dog, SXSW, Texas, The Alamo, Willie Nelson

The city struggles with/without live music as clubs and musicians pick up the pieces of a cancelled SXSW

Radio Records

Music In A Time Of Coronavirus

March 18, 2020March 19, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments “Achoo, “Another World, “Don’t Stand So Close to Me, “Isolation, “No Sex, “Sick Again, “Sick as a Dog, “Sick Things, “So Alone, “State of Confusion, “The Lonesome DJ, “Too Sick To Pray, “Touch Me, “Ventilator Blues, “You Got to Take Sick and Die Some of These Days, “You Sound Like You’re Sick, ” “Le Freak (Freak Out), ” Antony and the Johnsons, ” Buzzcocks, ” Chic, ” Gilbert O’Sullivan, ” Golden Earring, ” Ramones, Aerosmith, Alex Chilton, Alice Cooper, Corona, Coronavirus, I’m Sick, Johnny Thunders, Joy Division, Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Muddy Waters, MUDHONEY, Naturally, R.E.M., Rolling Stones, Sparks, The Kinks, The Police, The Specials, Too Much Joy, Warren Zevon, Willie Nelson

10 songs that speak to the uniqueness of a once-every-hundred-years situation

Holiday

Christmas Past: 2019’s Holiday Album Anniversaries

December 22, 2019December 22, 2019 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments 1979, 1994, 25th Anniversary, 40th Anniversary, Kenny G, Mariah Carey, Merry Christmas, Pretty Paper, Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson, Kenny G, and Mariah Carey all have holiday albums hitting major milestones this year

Country and/or Western

Kinky Friedman Is Serious About the Resurrection

December 5, 2019December 5, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments Echo Hill Records, Kinky Friedman, Matlock, Resurrection, Willie Nelson

A freeflowing chat with an American original

Country and/or Western Folk Hip Hop Rock Soul

Happy Independence Day!

July 4, 2019July 4, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments Dolly Parton, Kool and the Gang, Leon Russell, Leonard Cohen, The Feelies, The Grateful Dead, Willie Nelson

Enjoy this YouTube mix of seven great 4th of July performances

Country and/or Western Pop Remembrance Rock Soul

Remembering 9/11 Through Song

September 11, 2018September 13, 2018 Ron Hart 3 Comments 9/11, Billy Joel, Bon Jovi, Neil Young, Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Tom Petty, Willie Nelson

Watch these stirring performances from the America: A Tribute to Heroes Telethon

Country and/or Western

A Conversation With Kinky

September 10, 2018September 10, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Billy Joe Shaver, Jerry Jeff Walker, Kinky Friedman, Kris Kristofferson, Outlaw Country, Texas, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson

The irrepressible Mr. Friedman shares insights and irony

Soul

Today is Willie Nelson’s 85 birthday

April 29, 2018April 11, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments mikal gilmore, Willie Nelson

An old outlaw starts to say adios