With ‘Bull Mountain Bridge,’ Gospel-rooted Paul Thorn has a positively jubilant, uplifting tune about a cold-blooded murder. Rejoice! … More Paul Thorn “Bull Mountain Bridge” (2012)
Music City, matted hair, and a message of hope: A short story via Nashville. … More Counting Crows “A Long December” (1996)
You never know where you might meet up with a famous musician at South by Southwest, maybe even the granddaddy of the festival. … More Alejandro Escovedo “Bottom Of The World” (2012) [performed 2016]
They recorded some of rock’s greatest songs, but broke up over a decade ago because the two leaders, brawling brothers, just couldn’t take each other. Could Oasis ever be together again? … More Oasis “Champagne Supernova” (1995)
A true giant of Outlaw Country music and embodiment of its ragged lifestyle, is now gone. Still, Billy Joe Shaver will live forever; how else but through his “best of the best” songs. … More Billy Joe Shaver “I’m Just An Old Chunk Of Coal” (1993)
Aptly capturing the 2020 year, with lyrics written over two decades prior, the Bottle Rockets do as they reliably do: out of a boulder of misery they can still chisel a rock and roll jewel. … More Bottle Rockets “I’ve Been Dying” (1998)
So much of life is about perspective, and so much of one’s perspective changes as they go through life. Um, I think Bob Seger did a better job of explaining. … More Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band “Like A Rock” (1986)
Thin Lizzy’s statuesque leader Phil Lynott, a beloved son of Dublin, and how he unexpectedly helped guide a long-awaited first local pint of Guinness. … More Thin Lizzy “Jailbreak” (1976)
The first rock supergroup with one of the great guitar intros in history, and a song title explained, if not pronounced. … More Cream “SWLABR” (1967)
Giving literal meaning to the term “home studio,” Louis Cole’s unusual full band was as funky as he was foul-mouthed. … More Louis Cole “F It Up” (2018)
