Marty Robbins – San Angelo (1960) (Video from Ballad of a Gunfighter, 1964)
A Cowboy’s Farewell Sung in the Shadow of Dust, Distance, and Regret When Marty Robbins released “San Angelo” in 1960 as part of the album Ballads and Songs of the…
A Cowboy’s Farewell Sung in the Shadow of Dust, Distance, and Regret When Marty Robbins released “San Angelo” in 1960 as part of the album Ballads and Songs of the…
A Ballad Where Love and Death Rode Side by Side Across the Texas Dust When Marty Robbins carried “El Paso” onto the stage in his live performances throughout the 1960s…
A Man Kneels Before Love and Learns How Fragile Pride Really Is When Conway Twitty released “Don’t Take It Away” in March of 1979, the song did more than climb…
A Love Affair Dies Quietly When the Heart Finally Admits What the Mouth Has Been Afraid to Say By the time Conway Twitty released “I’m Tired Of Being Something (That…
A love this devoted does not ask for perfection, only the chance to carry another soul through the storm. When Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville recorded “When Something Is Wrong…
WHEN TWO LONELY VOICES MET, COUNTRY MUSIC FOUND ITS MOST HUMAN CONVERSATION There are duet records that succeed because the harmonies are polished, and then there are duet records that…
Love, in Don Williams’ Hands, Was Never About Status but Sanctuary By the time Don Williams recorded “It’s Who You Love” for his 1992 album Currents, he had already spent…
WHEN DON WILLIAMS SANG ABOUT HEARTBREAK, HE MADE IT SOUND LIKE A MAN QUIETLY LIVING WITH THE RUINS Few artists in country music understood emotional restraint better than Don Williams,…
A Glam Rock Anthem That Turned Chaos, Fame, and Rebellion Into Pure Electricity When Sweet released “Hell Raiser” in 1973, the band was no longer merely riding the glitter-soaked wave…
A Hard Rock Cry for Freedom, Sweat, and the Beautiful Chaos of the Early Seventies When Slade released “Hear Me Calling” on the landmark live album Slade Alive! in 1972,…