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Tag Archives: country
Hooks, and Rhymes, and Reasons
Clinton, South Carolina, Monday, April 11, 2016, 8:43 a.m. I’ve had a few days to digest it. It’s time for me to pay homage to the great Merle Haggard, who died on his 79th birthday, and it didn’t make me … Continue reading
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Tagged celebration, country, dutton, hooks, legacy, Merle Haggard, monte, songwriting, Tom T. Hall, writing
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My Evolution Is No Revolution
[cb_profit_poster Guitar1]Clinton, S.C., Thursday, November 7, 2013, 12:15 p.m. It’s difficult for people to evolve. The world changes. Public opinion changes. Some folks abandon the past. Some cling to it. I expect most people yield to some things and defend … Continue reading
Whatever Floats Your Boat … or Yacht
[cb_profit_poster Guitar1]Clinton, S.C., Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 10:15 a.m. I’m trying to accept what’s going on in contemporary music. I’m tired of fussing about it. I don’t like “new country” (a term that has been used about as often over … Continue reading
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Tagged americana, books, cash, cass, cleaves, country, downtrodden, dutton, earl, fiction, haggard, internet, ipod, johnny, keen, loretta, lynn, mainstream, mama, merle, monte, music, nashville, novels, populism, porter, radio, rap, robert, satellite, slaid, songwriting, wagoner, writing
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Finding Time for Music
[cb_profit_poster Guitar1]Clinton, S.C., Monday, August 26, 2013, 10:39 a.m. A disadvantage of songwriting is that it detracts from song listening. It’s a good problem to have, all in all, I reckon, or, at least, not a terrible one. It’s just … Continue reading