The Creative Act: A Way of Being (2023)

“I set out to write a book about what to do to make a great work of art. Instead, it revealed itself to be a book on how to be.” —Rick Rubin Just look at that beard. Music producers are known for finding a particular sound, but Rick Rubin is known for something else: creating […]

roots underground

“Thank a Trucker” Album release by George Arlis Highfill, Aug. 22, 2023. George Highfill’s new country album, “Thank a Trucker”, will be released worldwide on Aug 22, 2023.   After 25 years, George Highfill returns with a classic country album dedicated to our nation’s truck drivers. Steven David Austin is a musician and music critic […]

Max Richter

The Blue Notebooks is the second album by German-born British producer and composer Max Richter, released on 26 February 2004.

Long Tall Woman in a Black Dress

Ok anyone born after 1990 hasn’t heard of the “Hollies”, but they may have heard of “Crosby Stills and Nash”.  The Nash is Graham Nash. He and Allan Clarke were the “Hollies”.  They rivaled the Beatles and were their equals in the late 60’s. “Long Tall Woman in a Black Dress“,

Jonathan Edwards

https://youtu.be/ADOwvYyh2achttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9lK_RInD6M&list=RDEMMofNqQM15F4Ha3856tpZ8A&start_radio=1

Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks

One of the best violin solos ever in popular music but know one no's it.

Songs I want my kid to hear. yago is slang for you go (as in where do you go).  It is actually two words:  ya and go. It is a word we use everyday, as in where do ya go, how do ya go, and when do ya go.  We just combined the ya and go […]

Gentle on My Mind

This is another of those great trivia songs. Who wrote it?John Hartford 1967Kris Kristofferson, Glenn Campbell, Johnny Cash, and others recorded it, but the right answer is the amazing John Hartford. Here it is!

City of New Orleans

One of the great trivia questions. Who wrote City of New Orleans? Steve Goodman 1971You’ll get answers from Kris Kristofferson, Arlo Guthrie, Jerry Jeff Walker, and on and on but it’s a rare bird that says Steve Goodman

True love ways

Bubby Holley; 1958For my whole life I thought the title to this song was “True Love Waits’ but it’s “True Love Ways”, who new.If you’re to young to remember him you need to check him out. Amazing sound that Buddy put an orchestra to.Beautiful.The movie about Buddy played by Gary Busey is great. I’ll try […]

Hollis Brown

Bob Dylan; 1964The Times they are a Changin.This song got on because it was the darkest song I’d eve heard.