Both Kinds of Music
If anyone’s going to the Nashville Boogie this weekend, come over to the Presidential Ballroom and dance to the tunes I’ll be spinning at 5 and 6:30pm. Dug out a bunch of old rockabilly CDs just for the occasion. Bringin’ some vinyl too.
New exhibit opening at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum this Friday May 25th.
“Willie Nelson. Waylon Jennings. Kris Kristofferson. Jessi Colter. Bobby Bare. Jerry Jeff Walker. David Allan Coe. Cowboy Jack Clement. Tom T. Hall. Billy Joe Shaver. Guy Clark. Townes Van Zandt. Tompall Glaser. Today, all names synonymous with the word “outlaw,” but 40 years ago they started a musical revolution by creating music and a culture that shook the status quo on Music Row and cemented their place in country music history and beyond.
The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum’s upcoming major exhibition, Outlaws & Armadillos: Country’s Roaring ’70s, will explore this era of cultural and artistic exchange between Nashville, Tenn., and Austin, Texas, revealing untold stories and never-seen artifacts. The exhibition, which opens May 25 for a nearly three-year run, will explore the complicated, surprising relationship between the two cities.“
Johnny Cash - One Piece at a Time
Little Jimmy Dickens photographed by Jeff Riedel
I just read a story about Jimmy from Peter Cooper’s book, Johnny’s Cash and Charley’s Pride, where he used to go on the Opry and introduce “May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose” by saying, “Here’s my latest hit. It’s from 1965.”
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“So many of my contemporaries dabble in a classic sound but there’s always some sort of new innovative twist. My new innovative twist is that there isn’t one. It’s important to exercise your creative muscles, but for me the genre of country music was perfected in 1965 and anything after that, albeit good, was experimentation. When it comes to making country music, my mantra is, ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.’” - Joshua Hedley
That’s exactly the problem with it. This brings nothing new to the table and suffers for it. I can pull out a dozen albums from the countrypolian era (designed specifically to make the music palatable to city folk by pulling out the “hillbilly” elements) that are technically perfect but also bland, formulaic and forgettable, which is what this is. Grade: Dull Thud
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“I love songs about horses, railroads, land, Judgment Day, family, hard times, whiskey, courtship, marriage, adultery, separation, murder, war, prison, rambling, damnation, home, salvation, death, pride, humor, piety, rebellion, patriotism, larceny, determination, tragedy, rowdiness, heartbreak and love. And Mother. And God.”
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“Yep. That’s how I wanna go out. Just like Pecos Bill, riding a twister off into the sunset.“ I said those words in a dream I had once.
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Lone Star Statesmen #VinylRanch @asleepatthewheel1969 (at Houston, Texas)
And he’s been on break ever since. #theultimatecoaster #makeanotherbobwillstributerecord
Friends, the Ameripolitan Music Award nomination process ends today (Friday 9/22) and I’m submitting my name in the DJ category. If you can spare a minute, send an email to nominations@ameripolitan.com that says Ameripolitan DJ: Don Sticksel, Both Kinds of Music KCHUNG Radio 1630 AM, Los Angeles.
If you don’t know what Ameripolitan is, it’s kind of like the country underground. Where honky tonk, rockabilly, western swing and outlaw music all intersect. Along with classic country, it’s what I play on my radio show.
Should you want to nominate others, I’ve included who I have on my ballot and a Spotify playlist I put together so you can hear whether you like any of them.
Much obliged.
“It’s Gatorade…aids your gator.”
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