Bowie made “Bewlay Brothers” compact. After an intro of twelve-string acoustic guitar and Ronson’s tremolo-shrouded Les Paul (which sounds like an organ—on stage, Mike Garson did the line on keyboard), the song plays out across three verses and refrains of equal length, and a ...
He listened to herTales of Tilaon CD, fell in love with the stories, and declared, “I’m going to put you on stage!” Thank-you, Wilford and Beverly! She has produced four CD’s of her original music, plays guitar, piano, mandolin, and banjo. Find her online:mycarolynmurset.com...
9. Roger Miller, Chug-a-Lug Phillips 9. Roger Miller, 'Chug-a-Lug' Hey, is it just that we’ve gone crazy from writing about (so far) 91 drinking songs while staying (pretty much) stone-cold sober, or does this bouncy little number from 1964, which features awesome vocal effects, ...
Because on this song, it seems like Paycheck is claiming what we now know to be a fairly benign — heck, even watery — brew will “set your head on fire and make your kidneys scream” on this, the B-side to his legendary 1978 single "Take This Job and Shove it." Actually, we’...
Kenny Rogers is best known for warm pop hits, but he's got some shockingly dark material in his catalog, too, like "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town." This song was written by Mel Tillis, and it's been recorded by everyone from Waylon Jennings to George Jones to Roger Miller. ...
9. Roger Miller, 'Chug-a-Lug' Phillips 9. Roger Miller, 'Chug-a-Lug' Hey, is it just that we’ve gone crazy from writing about (so far) 91 drinking songs while staying (pretty much) stone-cold sober, or does this bouncy little number from 1964, which features awesome vocal effects...
30s and ’40s. To a time when pictures told a story, when you could go to the movies and take the family, when you could lose yourself in fantasy, when you got chills at the final fadeout….” Movie critic, Roger Ebert, taking on those who felt the film a little too weepy, ...