One of the most respected country music songwriters of all time would have to be Harlan Howard, who composed over 4,000 songs during his long career, many of them classics. But he would have been the first to give credit to DJ turned singer Charlie Walker, who helped give a boost to the songwriter's early career with his 1958 hit record of Howard's honky-tonk piece, "Pick Me Up on Your Way Down." Although he grew up on a Texas cotton farm, Charlie Walker's family was supportive when he decided to try to break into music as [...]
Some Japanese wiseguy named Hokekyo Sho once proclaimed that ´at the third cup, wine drinks the man´. He got pretty famous with that one, and he just may have been right, too. Which hardly ever stops me from pouring said cup, but that´s another story... Here´s a grand cru , slightly country-flavoured tenpack with a velvety aftertaste about a mighty fine drink. "Strawberries, cherries and an angel´s kiss in spring, my summer wine is really made from all these things..." Salud ! Charlie Walker - Who Will Buy The Wine MP3 [...]
Nashville's The Dynamites ft. Charlie Walker will release their second long-player, Burn It Down , this coming September 15th through Outta Sight Records . Fans of Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings, James Brown, Motown, Memphis, gospel and jazz will all fall in love Charlie Walker and his Dynamites. MP3 : The Dynamites ft. Charlie Walker - Burn It Down The band will also be performing at Radio [...]
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While we weren't exactly able to get super-close for most of the Outside Lands shows, we did manage to get a few shots that we thought you might enjoy. Check out some shots below, and keep an eye out: we were lucky enough to get up close for one of the gigs, and we got some great shots! You'll have to check back though, we're not going to ruin the surprise... Manu Chao [...]
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A couple of weeks back, Debbie blogged on the topic of the "jody grind" phenomenon, wherein a military soldier (or sometimes a prisoner) is the victim of a cheating mate back home. The term originated as informal shorthand for "Joe The Grinder," a mythical character in jazz and blues tunes who was known for making time with the wives or girlfriends of far away military men. Though most jody songs may well have their roots in jazz, blues, and soul music, there are also quite a few country jody songs. In my ceaseless efforts to [...]
1958 Charlie Walker, Pick Me Up On Your Way Down. Jean Shepard, He's My Baby. Here's to the late bloomers. Charlie Walker, born in Copeville, Texas, in 1926, had been playing professionally since World War II, as a guitarist and singer with Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers. And with the Eighth Army Signal Corps, Walker served in postwar Japan, playing country music on the radio to homesick
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