A writer’s view of a favourite artist’s best and least favourite album
If you grow up as a music fan and have aspirations to become a musician – life is treating you a little unfairly if the only place you can buy records back in the seventies was […]
Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, John Cougar Mellencamp, John Mellencamp; the professional name has varied over the years, but whatever you call him, John Mellencamp (birth name) has had a long, varied and very successful career, reputedly […]
In 1974, aged 20, Earle hitchhiked to Nashville to find one of his favourite songwriters, Guy Clark. Earle managed to blag a role in Clark’s band as a bassist and played on his 1975 album “Old […]
It’s easy to overlook what a talent Rodney Crowell is (and a bona fide pioneer of Americana music). He is an extremely intuitive and empathetic songwriter, an accomplished guitarist and has a pleasing and recognisable voice. […]
Has Guy Clark ever recorded a bad song or released an unlistenable album? Certainly not, so why, you may be wondering include his catalogue in this series? Well, it is because Guy Clark was an acknowledged […]
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