John Anderson: She Just Started Liking Cheatin’ Songs
According to Matt, ‘the gravel-voiced Floridian may have had yesterday’s Moe Bandy tearjerker in mind when he put this on his 1980 debut album’.
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Moe Bandy: I Just Started Hatin’ Cheatin’ Songs Today
Matt says: ‘Magnificent Moe’s at his most maudlin on this classic from 1973.’
Becky Hobbs: Jones on the Jukebox
Continuing his series of country songs about country music, Matt says: ‘The Oklahoma-born singer-songwriter drowns her sorrows ‘a quarter at a time’ listening to George Jones in this slice of … Continue readingBecky Hobbs: Jones on the Jukebox
My top 100 Part 6
SOME readers have remarked that my selections seem heavily biased towards America. I don’t know about that – half of today’s ten are British. We start, however, with a Yank. … Continue readingMy top 100 Part 6
Junior Brown: My Baby Don’t Dance To Nothing But Ernest Tubb
Another short season of selections from our friend Matt is long overdue. This time his theme is country songs about country music. He says:‘Nashville’s probably more obsessed with its own … Continue readingJunior Brown: My Baby Don’t Dance To Nothing But Ernest Tubb
Michael Hurley: Jocko’s Lament
‘When I was a puppy dog, I never had the blues.’ Me neither. Still don’t.
Salute to the English country garden
IF YOU were to watch BBC and Channel 4 gardening programmes (which I don’t) I’m sure you wouldn’t hear much mention of bedding plants such as lobelia, alyssum, begonias and … Continue readingSalute to the English country garden
Van Morrison: Dweller on the Threshold
Cracking track from his 1982 comeback album Beautiful Vision. I struggled for ages to come up with the tune quoted by the brass section towards the end. Then M came … Continue readingVan Morrison: Dweller on the Threshold
Zappa and the Ikettes: Cheepnis
Fascinating studio footage of the song that would appear on the Roxy and Elsewhere album. Ikettes Linda Sims and Debbie Wilson recording with Frank Zappa and the Mothers at Ike … Continue readingZappa and the Ikettes: Cheepnis
Sam Cooke: Only Sixteen
Yet another of those songs that deceived me into thinking I would emerge from my chrysalis on June 14, 1965. Sam Cooke wrote it and it was released in 1959, … Continue readingSam Cooke: Only Sixteen