David Frizzell: I’m Gonna Hire A Wino to Decorate Our Home
Matt says: A wife resorts to desperate measures to stop her husband’s bar-hopping in this 1982 song from the brother of country legend Lefty Frizzell.
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Shakespeare and me
I’D like to take you back 56 years to an afternoon that changed my life. It was the spring of 1965, I was 15 and in the fifth form at … Continue readingShakespeare and me
Merle Haggard: The Bottle Let Me Down
A 1966 hit by the bard of Bakersfield and his band the Strangers.
Loretta Lynn: Don’t Come Home A Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ On Your Mind)
Loretta tells it like it is on this proto-feminist favourite from 1967, says our friend Matt.
Webb Pierce: There Stands The Glass
Matt says: ‘Plaintive classic by the 50s Nashville superstar now best remembered for his guitar-shaped swimming pool’.
The Tymes: So Much in Love
This was written by group member George Williams with Bill Jackson and released in 1963. It was their first hit single, topping the US chart and reaching No 21 in … Continue readingThe Tymes: So Much in Love
Gary Stewart: She’s Acting Single (I’m Drinking Doubles)
Given everyone’s increased alcohol intake during curfew, (not me, doctor, I’m still sticking to my 21 units [a day]!) I’m pleased to introduce another short season of country songs by … Continue readingGary Stewart: She’s Acting Single (I’m Drinking Doubles)
Hooked on Cowboy Junkies
IN a previous column about the American band 10,000 Maniacs I wondered how many would-be listeners were put off by the name. The same applies to the Canadian outfit Cowboy Junkies. They … Continue readingHooked on Cowboy Junkies
Richard Thompson: Shaky Nancy
Remastered version of one of the standout tracks on Henry the Human Fly, Thompson’s underappreciated debut solo album from 1972. ‘She’s a hard girl, Nancy’.
Robin Dransfield: I Once Had a Dog
Nice stuff from the Harrogate-born folkster. Time he got another dog, if you ask me.