Category Archives: 70s Rock ”N Roll

Lost Classic: Townes Van Zandt, Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas (1973)

Posted on August 4, 2010 by

Townes Van Zandt occupies an unusual position in country music. On the one hand, he is revered and obsessed over and has become the subject of the kind of mythmaking usually reserved for those who die young and in spectacular … Continue reading →

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Why all the cool kids want to be The Boss

Posted on July 28, 2010 by

Musicians who’ve been around forever can get a bad name. Sometimes it’s because the quality of later work suffers. Sometimes it”s because even if the music is good it can never recapture that feeling of when they were “it”and gave … Continue reading →

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The premise…

Posted on July 27, 2010 by

I’m having trouble describing the music I like. An old friend used to say that there’s only two kinds of music, good and bad, which makes perfect sense to me, but doesn’t really help me explain anything, does it? The … Continue reading →

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