Hank Williams Sr., “Dust on the Bible,” from The Unreleased Recordings Disc 1 (2008).
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Tag Archives: Country
R.I.P. Glen Campbell & Everybody’s Talking
Glen Travis Campbell, April 22, 1936 – August 8, 2017. Cover of “Everybody’s Talking,” originally written by Fred Neil. One of Glen’s versions was used for the movie Midnight Cowboy.
If I Give My Soul & Johnny Cash & Sunday Music
“If I Give My Soul” by Billy Joe Shaver, sung by Johnny Cash on American Outtakes (1999).
Sunday Music & Jessi Colter & Psalm 136
A friend turned me on to this recording. Jessi Colter, country music hit-maker and wife of the late great Waylon Jennings, puts Psalm 136 to music.
Sunday Extra & Merle Haggard & Where No One Stands Alone
R.I.P. Merle Ronald Haggard. “Where No One Stands Alone,” from Songs for the Mama That Tried (1981).
Desperado & Eagles
We’re losing a lot of them these days. R.I.P. Glenn Frey.
“Desperado” from Desperado (1973).
The Little Drummer Boy & Chet Atkins & Bagpipes
From East Tennessee Christmas (1985).
Steve Thrasher plays all bagpipes and drums here in this multi-track creation.
Hello in There & John Prine
From John Prine’s first album John Prine (1971). I once drove across the U.S. with some other guys listening mostly to John Prine. He’s arguably the best songwriter in the world.
