Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. One of my favourite songs ever recorded is South Dakota-born Sam Outlaw’s ‘Who Do You Think You Are?‘ It’s a gorgeous swooning number with mariachi horns, and somewhere on my phone I have a video of my late mum dancing with my dad to it which I can’t bear to watch. Anyhow, we leave you with this week with the track song ‘Do You Really Love Me?’ – a new song from Outlaw that marries bluegrass instrumentation with themes of modern existential dread, and features pedal steel by JayDee Maness – famous for his work on The Byrds’ 1968 country-rock classic ‘Sweetheart of The Rodeo.’ It’s a welcome return to country following Outlaw’s last album which had a more 80s vibe (but did contain some absolute diamonds such as ‘Polyamorous’). Will stop namechecking Sam Outlaw tracks now! Have a good one.
A mixed bag of new and old recordings. Inspired by the works of George Jones, Sam Outlaw ditched his LA Advertising job, took on his late Mother’s maiden name and enjoyed early success in the UK country charts with debut album "Angelino" and sophomore"Tenderheart" winning a UK Americana Award for…
That's it from us for another weekend dear reader. You can find details of local events around you supporting Palestine here - sorry folks, for as long as this goes on, we are going to keep talking about it. In the meantime we leave you this weekend with a new…
"I Wish that I could hold my mama/ Just once before she leaves/ But I can’t/ No I can’t…" Sam Outlaw will always hold a special place in my heart. I’ve played and waited for those poignant lyrics many, many times... 'Ghost Town' is probably my favourite country track of…
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