When Big Iron Rode Again: Mike Ness Revisits a Western Legend
Best Oldies Songs Gunslinger’s Ghost Rides Once More Through Electric Dust and Memory When Mike Ness released “Big Iron” on his 1999 solo debut Cheating at Solitaire, he was not chasing chart dominance…
Brian Connolly – Alexander Graham Bell
Fallen Idol’s Bitter Lament Disguised as a Rock Anthem Released in 1974 as the debut solo single from Brian Connolly, “Alexander Graham Bell” emerged during a turbulent interlude between his…
Emmylou Harris & Don Williams – Long Walk From Childhood
Gentle Reckoning With the Distance Between Innocence and Experience When Emmylou Harris and Don Williams recorded “Long Walk From Childhood” for Harris’s 1981 album Cimarron, they were not chasing the…
Emmylou Harris – Bury Me Beneath The Willow
Lament of Love and Loss Rooted in the Old, Unforgiving Soil of Tradition When Emmylou Harris recorded “Bury Me Beneath The Willow” for her 1975 debut solo album Pieces of…
Fats Domino – Dave Bartholomew: “It Keeps Raining”
Lament Where the Weather Becomes the Heart’s Own Storm When Fats Domino released “It Keeps Rainin’” in 1961, the record climbed to No. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 and…
Linda Ronstadt – It’s So Easy
Love So Effortless It Becomes a Declaration of Independence Released in 1977 as a single from Simple Dreams, “It’s So Easy” by Linda Ronstadt surged to No. 5 on the…
Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty – The Letter
Letter That Carries the Weight of Longing Across Distance and Time When “The Letter” appeared as a duet between Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty, it continued a partnership that had…
Don Williams – Live In Ireland (2016)
Quiet Master Returns to the Stage Where His Voice Meant the Most When Don Williams released Live In Ireland (2016), it was more than another concert document in a long…
Brian Connolly – Hellraiser
Cry from the Glam Abyss Where Stardom and Self-Destruction Collide Released in 1973 as the title track of Hellraiser, the third studio album by Brian Connolly’s band Sweet, “Hellraiser” stormed…
Conway Twitty – I Need Your Lovin Kiss
Man stripped of bravado, confessing that a single kiss is the only thing standing between him and emotional ruin. Released in 1957, “I Need Your Lovin’ Kiss” by Conway Twitty…