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Charlie Louvin It's an annual tradition to look back at year's end to those who've passed on in the previous twelve months. Whether it's just filler for the year's final broadcast of Entertainme]]>text/html2011-05-11T03:14:00+01:00A History of Country Vol. 9: 1957-60
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In Volume 9 of the country history series, we look at the glory years of country, a time when the genre was at its most self-confident and profitable. It was still a vibrant genre, as this collection shows, though the crooners were already beginning to define the genre, a situation that would give rise to the outlaw movement, the protagonists of which were inspired by several of the artists on this mix. Its difficult to say who was the biggest star in 1950s country. The crooner likes of Eddy Arnold were immensely successful, but in terms of sales [...]]]>text/html2011-04-03T23:15:00+01:00In Memoriam March 2011
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The Grim Reaper must be in need of a holiday after his brutally busy month.In fact, we're still finding his victims from last month. For example, the 20 February death of doo wop singer Willie Davis was announced only last week. Among this month's dead are Carl Bunch, a drummer who toured with Buddy Holly & the Crickets in early 1959. He was in hospital due to frostbite sustained on the unheated tourbus which Buddy, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper tried to rescape by taking the flight that killed them. [...]]]>text/html2011-03-19T04:11:00+01:00Ferlin Husky Remembered
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With word received of the passing of country music legend Ferlin Husky, I thought I'd repost the piece I did on him about 3 years ago. (I've also added music and a video.) ----- The Many Sides Of Ferlin Husky If you set out to build yourself a country music star, one of the most important steps might be choosing a suitable name. You might even pick something like Ferlin Husky, which [...]]]>text/html2011-01-26T23:12:00+01:00A History of Country Vol. 7: 1952-53
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In this segment we briefly turn our focus on some of the individuals featured on this mix and the 1950/51 compilation . Pictured on the cover is the 1952 Cadillac in which Hank Williams died of heart failure on New Years Day 1953, aged 30 (though he always looked much older than that). His was the first of a series of young celebrity deaths that created legends for all times. Among the more unexpected names in country must be that of Ole Rasmussen , a western swing bandleader who with [...]]]>text/html2010-02-26T19:32:00+01:00A Closer Look at the Country Music Hall Of Fame's Class of 2010
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A few weeks ago, I offered a list of of artists/industry people who I think should be inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame. The post received the most response of any other that I have written so far. While many of agreed with some of my choices, others had their ideas own ideas. On Tuesday, the Hall announced the names of four new inductees, and each member of the class of 2010 was someone that was either named in the article or by LWMB's readers. Lets take a look at those that will take their [...]]]>text/html2010-02-25T19:25:00+01:00Jimmy Dean, Don Williams, more to be inducted into Country Music Hall of Fame
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Their music's pretty good, but most of all I like the one dude's meat.]]>text/html2008-12-22T01:12:00+01:00Only Three Days Left!
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Ill be closing up shop here on Tuesday evening. Until then, Ill try to get requests and reposts up, but Im also going to be posting some of my favorites. Thanks for all the great comments on the post yesterdayit means a lot that so many people follow this site. And thanks for the requests. I hope I hit on all of them, or at least tried. I hate to be that Santa who delivers something]]>text/html2008-11-19T13:41:00+01:00National Country Music Week (1961)
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Here is a 1961 disc of radio spots, recorded by various country stars, hyping National Country Music Week. These 45 rpm discs were shipped to radio stations in the hopes that they'd hop on the bandwagon and help persuade listeners to get even more enthused about country music. Side A Roy Drusky (:23) George Hamilton (:24) Ferlin Husky (:27 Buck Owens (:29) Minnie Pearl (:29) [...]]]>text/html2008-08-15T18:58:00+01:00The Cold Hard Facts Of Life (MP3s)
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Since there's no such thing as too much overkill, today we're shining the spotlight on a ridiculously generous sampling of The Cold Hard Facts Of Life, one of singer and songwriter Bill Anderson's most expertly-crafted tunes. Sure, Anderson wrote a plethora of great songs, but for my money none of them tops The Cold Hard Facts Of Life. Originally recorded by Porter Wagoner in late 1966, the song tells the story of a hapless chump who returns home from a business trip a few days earlier than expected only to find his wife gettin' busy [...]]]>text/html2008-07-05T16:03:00+01:00Christmas on the Beach Part 3
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13) Lundstroms-The Joys of Christmas Day From their 1981 release "Best of Christmas." They actually have quite a few Christmas releases under their belt. There is one more LP I have to transfer to MP3 to share later on in the year, and I hope to come across more as my collection grows. I can't say I think their music is the best...it capably written and enjoyable and at times it hits a good mark. However, what I appreciate most about this family's music is that Lowell Lundstrom managed to [...]]]>text/html2008-03-30T17:38:52+01:00Crankin? Out The Classics - Country Style
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Listening to the classics is something that people have been doing for a long time, and for many it might evoke thoughts of Mozart and Beethoven. For others it might mean something like classic rock, but the simple truth is that musical classics are any great songs from past eras - and that includes country [...]]]>text/html2008-03-30T13:17:53+01:00Retro Redux: Crankin' Out The Classics - Country Style
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Generating musical classics is not restricted to the likes of Wolfgang or Ludwig. Listening to the classics is something that people have been doing for a long time, and for many it might evoke thoughts of Mozart and Beethoven. For others it might mean something like classic rock, but the simple truth is that musical classics are any great songs from past eras -- and that includes country classics. Even if you're not...]]>text/html2008-03-15T00:26:00+01:00The Merry Month of March!
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March is a special kind of month. I think outside of the Christmas season, this is the most holiday enriched time of the year (and don't tell me Christmas is just one day...we've already been around that topic!) This month we have (just to name a few)... 12 Girl Scouts Founded 16 Palm Sunday 17 St Patrick's [...]]]>text/html2008-02-03T06:34:41+01:00The Many Sides Of Ferlin Husky
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If you set out to build yourself a country music star, one of the most important steps might be choosing a suitable name. You might even pick something like Ferlin Husky, which sounds like the perfect moniker for a country music singer. But it turns out that the fledgling singer born with that name chose [...]]]>text/html2007-12-03T17:03:00+01:00EAR FARM's December 3rd Mix: Today's Musical Birthdays
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Today is my birthday, so I thought we might take a brief look and listen to some of the musicians (past and present) with whom I share a December 3rd birthday. Antonio Soler (December 3, 1729) - "was a Spanish composer whose works span the late Baroque and early Classical music eras. He is best known for his keyboard sonatas, an important contribution to the harpsichord, fortepiano and organ repertoire." Listen: "Concert en Fa Major, Nm IV: I. Afectuoso - Andante Non Largo" performed by Montserrat Torrent & Maria [...]]]>
In Volume 9 of the country history series, we look at the glory years of country, a time when the genre was at its most self-confident and profitable. It was still a vibrant genre, as this collection shows, though the crooners were already beginning to define the genre, a situation that would give rise to the outlaw movement, the protagonists of which were inspired by several of the artists on this mix. Its difficult to say who was the biggest star in 1950s country. The crooner likes of Eddy Arnold were immensely successful, but in terms of sales [...]]]>
The Grim Reaper must be in need of a holiday after his brutally busy month.In fact, we're still finding his victims from last month. For example, the 20 February death of doo wop singer Willie Davis was announced only last week. Among this month's dead are Carl Bunch, a drummer who toured with Buddy Holly & the Crickets in early 1959. He was in hospital due to frostbite sustained on the unheated tourbus which Buddy, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper tried to rescape by taking the flight that killed them. [...]]]>
With word received of the passing of country music legend Ferlin Husky, I thought I'd repost the piece I did on him about 3 years ago. (I've also added music and a video.) ----- The Many Sides Of Ferlin Husky If you set out to build yourself a country music star, one of the most important steps might be choosing a suitable name. You might even pick something like Ferlin Husky, which [...]]]>
In this segment we briefly turn our focus on some of the individuals featured on this mix and the 1950/51 compilation . Pictured on the cover is the 1952 Cadillac in which Hank Williams died of heart failure on New Years Day 1953, aged 30 (though he always looked much older than that). His was the first of a series of young celebrity deaths that created legends for all times. Among the more unexpected names in country must be that of Ole Rasmussen , a western swing bandleader who with [...]]]>
A few weeks ago, I offered a list of of artists/industry people who I think should be inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame. The post received the most response of any other that I have written so far. While many of agreed with some of my choices, others had their ideas own ideas. On Tuesday, the Hall announced the names of four new inductees, and each member of the class of 2010 was someone that was either named in the article or by LWMB's readers. Lets take a look at those that will take their [...]]]>
Here is a 1961 disc of radio spots, recorded by various country stars, hyping National Country Music Week. These 45 rpm discs were shipped to radio stations in the hopes that they'd hop on the bandwagon and help persuade listeners to get even more enthused about country music. Side A Roy Drusky (:23) George Hamilton (:24) Ferlin Husky (:27 Buck Owens (:29) Minnie Pearl (:29) [...]]]>
Since there's no such thing as too much overkill, today we're shining the spotlight on a ridiculously generous sampling of The Cold Hard Facts Of Life, one of singer and songwriter Bill Anderson's most expertly-crafted tunes. Sure, Anderson wrote a plethora of great songs, but for my money none of them tops The Cold Hard Facts Of Life. Originally recorded by Porter Wagoner in late 1966, the song tells the story of a hapless chump who returns home from a business trip a few days earlier than expected only to find his wife gettin' busy [...]]]>
March is a special kind of month. I think outside of the Christmas season, this is the most holiday enriched time of the year (and don't tell me Christmas is just one day...we've already been around that topic!) This month we have (just to name a few)... 12 Girl Scouts Founded 16 Palm Sunday 17 St Patrick's [...]]]>