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Ridin’ That Train, Pt.2
Episode #25-06 airing 02-05-25

Sing Out! Posted on Feb 5, 2025 by Betty DruckenmillerFeb 4, 2025

Moving on down the line, more songs about trains, the people who ride them, and the places they go. Songs and tunes from Mike Bryant with Paul Brown, Frank Lee, Steve Goodman, Norman Blake and Merle Haggard. All aboard … … Continue reading →

Posted in The Sing Out! Radio Magazine | Tagged Asleep at the Wheel, Frank Lee, Jim Kweskin, Johnny Cash, Kate Campbell, Merle Haggard, Mike Bryant, Nashville Bluegrass Band, Norman Blake, Paul Brown, SORM Playlists, Steve Goodman, The Sing Out! Radio Magazine, Tom Druckenmiller | Leave a reply

Honky Tonkin’, Part 2
Episode #19-05 | airing 01-30-19

Sing Out! Posted on Jan 30, 2019 by Tom DruckenmillerJan 29, 2019

As noted last show, we’re not talking about the working man’s taverns and clubs in the South … we’re sharing some of the best music popularized in those kinds of venues! For this week’s show, we’ll continue featuring classic and … Continue reading →

Posted in The Sing Out! Radio Magazine | Tagged Buck Owens, Dolly Parton, Jim & Jesse, Jim Lauderdale, Lefty Frizell, Merle Haggard, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Ray Price, Tracy Nelson, Willie Nelson

Swing Time!
Episode #18-17 | airing 04-25-18

Sing Out! Posted on Apr 25, 2018 by Tom DruckenmillerApr 25, 2018

When we think of swing music, visions of big bands from the 1930s and ’40s usually come to mind. Although most of the big bands are gone, the musical style is still very much in vogue. This week we’ll listen … Continue reading →

Posted in The Sing Out! Radio Magazine | Tagged Bob Wills, David Grisman, Merle Haggard, Swing, Tom Druckenmiller

“Billy Paul” and the Elegist of Music City

Sing Out! Posted on May 2, 2016 by Ken BiggerMay 2, 2016
Vince Gill (promotional image, photo credit: JWright)

Introduction Those of you who follow us on Facebook know that we often recognize artists’ birthdays. That’s mostly my work. With plenty of thinking about mortality in our blog posts, it’s worth celebrating the musicians that help us find our way … Continue reading →

Posted in Murder Ballad Monday | Tagged A World Without Haggard, Billy Paul, elegy, George Jones, Go Rest High on That Mountain, Keith Whitley, Merle Haggard, Patty Loveless, Sad One Comin' On, Vince Gill

Jon Langford interview, Part Two

Sing Out! Posted on Jul 17, 2013 by Alison CuddyJan 7, 2015

Jon Langford (Photo by Barry Phipps, courtesy the artist and Bloodshot Records) Today we continue our conversation with transplanted Chicagoan and jack-of-all-trades (music, art, comic interludes, storytelling) Jon Langford. You can read Part One here; Part Three appears Friday. Today … Continue reading →

Posted in Murder Ballad Monday | Tagged Country Music, Frankie and Johnny, Johnny Cash, Jon Langford, Joni Mitchell, Merle Haggard, Murder Ballad, The Band, The Louvin Brothers

Life in Prison

Sing Out! Posted on Mar 29, 2013 by Ken BiggerJan 7, 2015

Did you happen to watch the American Masters biography of Haggard that I posted earlier this week? It’s long, so no worries if you didn’t, but Gillian Welch makes an important comment in the interview with her in that documentary.“I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Murder Ballad Monday | Tagged Big Joe Burke, Life in Prison, Merle Haggard, The Byrds

Let my guitar playing friend do my request

Sing Out! Posted on Mar 27, 2013 by Ken BiggerJan 7, 2015

Jerry Garcia I first remember hearing Merle Haggard’s song “Sing Me Back Home,” which we introduced in the previous post, in a cover version performed by Richard Shindell. It’s possible I heard a taped Grateful Dead version before then, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Murder Ballad Monday | Tagged Edith Frost, Everly Brothers, Flying Burrito Brothers, Gram Parsons, Grateful Dead, Joan Baez, Keith Richards, Marianne Faithfull, Merle Haggard, Seldom Scene, Sing Me Back Home, The Byrds, Virgil Shaw

Sing Me Back Home

Sing Out! Posted on Mar 25, 2013 by Ken BiggerJan 7, 2015

Merle Haggard‘s 1968 hit, “Sing Me Back Home” gives us three chords and the truth about compassion and the power of music. In it, we hear forgiveness and reconciliation, but with an unwavering certainty of outcome. There is clinging to … Continue reading →

Posted in Murder Ballad Monday | Tagged Iris DeMent, Irma Jackson, Mama Tried, Mama's Opry, Merle Haggard, Okie from Muskogee, Phil Ochs, Sing Me Back Home, Willie Nelson

Outlaws, Bandits, and Troubadours

Sing Out! Posted on Apr 4, 2012 by Ken BiggerJan 5, 2015

Steve Earle and Townes Van Zandt After such a long post last time, I plan for this one to be long on music and short on text.  If there’s a narrative to capture here, it’s that I think “Pancho and … Continue reading →

Posted in Murder Ballad Monday | Tagged David Rawlings, Dick Gaughan, Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, Hammerlock, Merle Haggard, Pancho and Lefty, Poozies, Steve Earle, Townes Van Zandt, Willie Nelson

They would lay Jesus Christ in his grave

Sing Out! Posted on Feb 28, 2012 by Ken BiggerJan 7, 2015

Woody Guthrie Working Class Hero Less graphically than “On a Hill Lone and Gray,” Woody Guthrie provides his own rendering of the Jesus story.  In this one, the multitude is still implicated, but in a slightly different way; and, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Murder Ballad Monday | Tagged Blue Highway, Captain Kidd, Great Big Sea, Jesse James, Jesus Christ, Merle Haggard, Pete Seeger, The Jolly Rogues, The Southern Harmony, Will Kaufman, Wondrous Love, Woody Guthrie

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