You know, Country & Western!
This ain't your Dad's country music. It's your Granddad's! None of that new Nashville bullshit either. This is where you'll find what I consider the best in Country (Classic and Alt), Folk, and Americana.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Driving down 35, I saw a sign for Clear Lake and immediately thought Buddy Holly. In all the years of living in MN, I never went down there (because who wants to go to Iowa). We made a detour to see the crash site in the middle of a farm field - a half mile off a dirt road.
Note: if you’re gonna leave something at a memorial, at least leave something cool.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the legendary Deke Dickerson is on Tumblr.
Musician, producer, collector, host of his annual Guitar Geek Festival, keeper of knowledge and a huge influence on me from all those shows I’ve seen him play over the years at Lee’s Liquor Lounge before I bailed out of MN.
(Source: Spotify)
Waylon Jennings, Buddy Holly and Tommy Allsup - Jan 31, 1959
Photo courtesy Buddy Holly online
Tennessee Ernie Ford & The Everly Brothers - Rattlesnake Daddy
Another classic Ernie Ford moment; three dudes playing the same guitar.
Roy Orbison - Dream Baby
Was this crowd forced to sit there for assembly? He’s tearing it up!
Elvis Presley - That’s Alright Mama
With Scotty Moore & Bill Black.
Jerry Reed - Chuck Berry Medley (Promised Land, Johnny B Goode, School Day, Maybelline, Memphis Tennessee)
At his prime and totally smokes it!
Elvis Presley - Blue Moon of Kentucky (live from the Louisiana Hayride)
<3
The hair! That jacket! Just when you think you’ve seen every possible picture of The King…
