The Supremes: You Can’t Hurry Love
In tribute to the Supremes’ Mary Wilson, who has died at the age of 76, here is the group’s seventh No 1 in America. I have never been a big … Continue readingThe Supremes: You Can’t Hurry Love
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Jerry Jeff Walker with Carole King: I’ll Be Your San Antone Rose
Last in Matt’s short season of Texas tunes, for which many thanks. He says this is a ‘laid-back 1979 version of a song by Susanna Clark, wife of legendary Texan … Continue readingJerry Jeff Walker with Carole King: I’ll Be Your San Antone Rose
Willie Nelson: Dallas
Approaching the end of Matt’s Texas season now. He tells us: ‘Nelson cut this jazzy tune for his little-known 1968 album of songs about his home state, Texas In My … Continue readingWillie Nelson: Dallas
The Bee Gees: Massachusetts
I was never a Bee Gees fan but this is tuneful. It was written by the group – brothers Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb – and in 1967 it was … Continue readingThe Bee Gees: Massachusetts
George Strait: Amarillo By Morning
No 5 in Matt’s country suite. He says: ‘This plaintive rodeo song was a 1983 hit for the honky-tonk crooner from Poteet, Texas.’
Adam Faith: Someone Else’s Baby
Written by Perry Ford and Les Vandyke and released in 1960, this was Adam Faith’s third hit single. The first two (What Do You Want? and Poor Me) were chart-toppers but this stuck … Continue readingAdam Faith: Someone Else’s Baby
Red Steagall: Under The X In Texas
Sez Matt: ‘The singer and cowboy poet cut this western swinger for his classic 1976 LP, Lone Star Beer and Bob Wills Music.’
Tim & Jeff, Buckley & Son Part 2
LAST week we left Tim Buckley having given his first, brilliant, British concert in October 1968. That December he went back into the studio to record his third studio album, Happy Sad. … Continue readingTim & Jeff, Buckley & Son Part 2
Johnny Cash: Dirty Old Egg Sucking Dog
I was about to report this man to the police for libel and threatening behaviour. Then I discovered that he’s brown bread. Serves the bastard right is what I say. … Continue readingJohnny Cash: Dirty Old Egg Sucking Dog
Nanci Griffith: Lone Star State of Mind
Matt says: ‘The South Texas-born singer was missing home when she wrote this bluegrass-flavoured number in 1987.’