Joe Brown was always on tour with his ‘bruvvers’ when treading the boards and hence the leap into the arms of the wonderful Montreal-based combo The Barr Brothers with this redemptive track from their wonderful 2014 album ‘Sleeping Operator’. The video is strangely moving but that could just be the fact that I have been locked in a room for the past few days suffering from the feverish peaks and troughs of Covid.
Keeping with the "brothers" motif, this week we go from The Barr Brothers to The Louvin Brothers, Ira and Charlie. Their 1956 single 'You're Running Wild,' written by Donnie Winters and Ray Edenton, reached #7 on the American country music chart with 'Cash on the Barrel Head' as the B-side. It…
Handed the baton by Emily with Fleetwood Mac's 'Dreams' to follow 'Dream' takes me to the Everly Brothers - but rather than pick their well-known song in the same vein 'All I Have To Do is Dream' I'm choosing a personal favourite, 'So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)',…
John Fogerty might be one for his powerful lyrics and strong message, but one of the most powerful messages ever delivered was by the Avett Brothers in their 2017 album ‘True Sadness’. The first track on the album, ‘Ain’t No Man’ is a song all about self-motivation and the fact…
Riding the one eyed horse into dead town the scales fell from his eyes. Music was the only true god at once profane and divine
The dust blew through his mind as he considered the offering...
And then he scored it out of ten and waited for the world to wake up
