WFMU's Beware of the Blog ❤ When you're looking at listener Greg G , you're lookin' at Country . Grab a six pack and tune in this Thursday evening when he drops by our Jersey City… Read full post »
Setting The Woods On Fire ❤ Something tells me this is going to be the year of Merle Haggard around here. Sure, everybody knows who Merle is, but have you ever really contemplated the greatness of… Read full post »
Setting The Woods On Fire ❤ Well, there you have it. This is probably the last of my series on the “original” version of Gram Parsons’ songs. This installment focuses on Gram’s solo albums. The first… Read full post »
Star Maker Machine ❤ Merle Haggard : Workin' Man Blues [purchase ]Merle Haggard was always a champion of the common man... the working man. He captured the life of the working man perfectly here… Read full post »
Setting The Woods On Fire ❤ I've already posted the Safe At Home and Sweetheart Of The Rodeo "originals." Now it's time for the "original" versions of the covers recorded by The Flying Burrito Brothers during… Read full post »
Setting The Woods On Fire ❤ Before joining The Byrds for Sweetheart Of The Rodeo , Gram Parsons (and what was left of the International Submarine Band ) recorded another album of country rock called Safe… Read full post »
Setting The Woods On Fire ❤ One of the things I like to do here at Setting The Woods On Fire is to compile what I call the "original" version of well-known cover albums. It's no… Read full post »
There's Always Someone Cooler Than You ❤ Cela fait toujours bizarre de voir des noms tels que Julie Roberts ou Ashton Shepard cités dans les colonnes de Pitchfork mais reconnaissons que, régulièrement, on est agréablement surpris et… Read full post »
Setting The Woods On Fire ❤ Last week's theme at Star Maker Machine was the fifty states. Going through my “state” songs, I wasn't surprised to see that Texas, California, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee inspired more… Read full post »
Setting The Woods On Fire ❤ Before I take the family over to mom and dad’s for a BBQ, here's a 4th of July mix: Mickey Newbury – An American Trilogy (mp3) ( buy album )Albert… Read full post »
There's Always Someone Cooler Than You ❤ Cela fait toujours bizarre de voir des noms tels que Julie Roberts ou Ashton Shepard cités dans les colonnes de Pitchfork mais reconnaissons que, régulièrement, on est agréablement surpris et… Read full post »
Setting The Woods On Fire ❤ Merle just barely edged out George to make it into the top three. I've got no problem with that... You can probably guess the top 2. Here's the balance of… Read full post »
the leather canary ❤ chicago's got a lot going for it right about now; the summer's officially begun, blues fest is in full swing, the cubs have the best record in baseball, the bulls… Read full post »
Ceci N'est Pas un Blog ❤ If you were to make a top 10 list of your favourite country music singers, who would feature? Who would you agonise over having to boot to number 11? This… Read full post »
bag of songs ❤ A little Mothers' Day mix for you today. And don't forget to visit or call your mother today, remember, you wouldn't be here without her. Merle Haggard - Mama Tried… Read full post »
Setting The Woods On Fire ❤ I need to take a break. It’s time to catch up on my beauty sleep, advance my sputtering career, and actually listen to some music for a change. (Blogging is… Read full post »
Setting The Woods On Fire ❤ In 1981, British rock Elvis Costello went to Nashville to record a country covers album called Almost Blue . I blogged about it in an earlier post .I recently picked… Read full post »
Funeral Pudding ❤ I have some time now I guess to get a post-sxsw post together since I just quit my job. My hours at work have been forged and falsely reported, a… Read full post »
This Recording ❤ Our journey through the world of iTunes playlists continues, as we visit the country western mind of Vince Vaughn. What does Vince listen to when he’s not saying “let’s make… Read full post »
ninebullets.net ❤ IMO, Pancho and Lefty is one of the saddest songs ever written. I don’t know why it affects me in such a way but it does. Pancho and Lefty was… Read full post »
Setting The Woods On Fire ❤ Yesterday's post on For The Sake Of The Song told the unfortunate story of a man under a court order to buy 124,000 roses for his wife. After reading the… Read full post »
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