Marty Robbins – San Angelo
Best Oldies Songs The Doomed Return: A Second Chapter in the Tragic, Romantic Mythology of the Old West For those of us who grew up with the sounds of a dusty, mythic American…
Don Williams – Love Me Over Again
The Quiet Strength of the Gentle Giant’s Tenth Reign A plea for emotional renewal from a lover weary of life’s daily trials. As the decade of bell-bottoms and smooth countrypolitan…
Conway Twitty – The Rose
A High Priest’s Tender Gospel: The Eternal Power of Unselfish Love In the long, storied history of country music, few artists possessed the commanding, yet utterly tender, vocal presence of…
Marty Robbins – Man Walks Among Us
The Lone Voice Crying Out in the Wilderness of Progress A lament for the vanishing beauty of the American West, slowly paved over by man’s march. There are songs that…
Don Williams – Stay Young
The Ageless Gospel of the Gentle Giant An enduring message that wisdom doesn’t require losing the light in your eyes. By the early 1980s, the music landscape was transforming, embracing…
Conway Twitty – Next In Line
The Long, Hard Road to the Top: The Price of Unrequited Devotion The enduring meaning of the quiet bystander who will accept a broken heart just for a chance. There…
Don Williams – I Would Like To See You Again
When a Simple Thought Becomes the Deepest Longing A reflective ballad on the quiet, persistent ache of missing a cherished person from the past. The late 1970s marked a fascinating…
Marty Robbins – El Paso City
The Haunting Echo: A Modern Tale of an Old West Tragedy The Ghost of the Cowboy Flies on a Jet Stream of Destiny. There are certain melodies that settle deep…
Marty Robbins – Faleena (from El Paso)
The Haunting Retelling of a Desert Tragedy A long-form prequel that immortalized the doomed woman whose wicked beauty led a cowboy to his grave. For those of us who grew…
Don Williams – We Should Be Together
The Quiet Power of a Confession Left Unmade There are voices in music that don’t shout; they simply are. They are the sound of reliability, of warmth on a cold…