Women in Texas Music: Stories and Songs is a beautiful anthology of interviews that reads like a relaxed conversation between old friends. Hudson began her journey interviewing musicians whose music spoke to her; however, through speaking with both men and women performers, she found a commonality...
Also recorded by Curly Fox & Texas Ruby (1946), Merle Haggard (1969), Tuba Skinny (2022). From the wiki: “‘Travelin’ Blues’ was written by Jimmie Rodgers and Shelly Lee Alley, and first performed by Rodgers, often referred to as the ‘Father of Country Music’. The song showcases...
He sings about Flo's absence in the most casually heartbroken way: I begged her not to go But another man had changed her mind So I said goodbye to Flo Later, you find out the narrator followed her and her new man and took them both out. At least in this ballad, the narrator ...
Dallas 1pm -Saxonare not from anywhere near Texas but they have toured through our great state many times ... and, I'm pretty sure, I've seen themeverytime. This one's about theassassination of President Kennedy. A dark day but a great song. (lyrics) Baptized in the Rio Grande -So...
An elderly couple from Texas, their case made headlines when they went missing after a fiddling festival in 1997. Fastball lead singer Tony Scalzo remembered, Right away this story sort of struck me. I just started getting these ideas: maybe they don’t want to be found, maybe they’re...
The musicians wouldn't leave the studio until we let them loose on this great tune for a second time gone-collectin-reprise-six-akimbo.mp3 If you haven't been part of the Beanie Baby craze, you must have been spending a lot of time on Mars. There's never been anything like it....
This is Shaboozey’s first No. 1 hit on theBillboardHot 100. It’s also the first song by a Black man to top the Hot 100 and Hot Country Songs charts at the same time. Previously,Beyoncémade history as the first Black artist of any gender to achieve that with “Texas Hold ‘Em...
Yolanda Adams, who was born in Houston, Texas, in 1961, is one of the most influential gospel singers around – partly down to the 10 million record sales she has racked up around the world, but also because she hosts a nationally syndicated television show. In 1983, for the album Save...
Our list of the 40 Songs With Titles Not in the Lyrics isn't conclusive; it couldn't be. There are plenty more songs that don't mention their titles in the lyrics, many of them by the same artists you'll see below. We picked some of our favorites to keep the list manageable."...
Representing the stirring individual instrumental “songs” that have enriched movies – such as Ry Cooder’s “Paris, Texas” or John Williams’“Promontory” from Last Of The Mohicans –is this cue from the soundtrack of the Burt Reynolds movie. “Dueling Banjos” was composed in 1955 by Ar...