Notable 2011 deaths in country music
Dec 29, 2011, 8:00am
City Pages - Gimme Noise
City Pages - Gimme Noise
Artist: Kitty Wells
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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
Today's topic: pop hits -- or songs that should have been. Katy Perry and Rihanna can rack up No. 1 singles in their sleep. Between them, they've had 16 in the last six years. But the leading ladies of pop haven't always had it so easy. Here are five of the most egregious examples currently in heavy rotation on my iPod. 1) Susanna Hoffs: "My Side of the Bed" Considering how hot the Bangles were in the late '80s, one might have expected the 1991 debut solo single from the band's lead singer to have [...]
It might have escaped the notice of most folks, but a recent news article has reported the death of country music pioneer Johnnie Wright, who passed away at age 97 in the Tennessee home that he still shared with his wife of 74 years, country superstar Kitty Wells . Although his famous spouse is probably more remembered now, Wright was a long-time star in his own right and even had a number-one song, "Hello Vietnam," which later found new life on the soundtrack of Full Metal Jacket . The Tennessee-born [...]
The result is a finely crafted album that recalls the vintage sound of country music past. Kitty Wells was best known for her megahit from the '50s, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels". That song made her the first female country singer to top the U.S. country charts. She became the first contemporary female country star and set the template for the plainspoken, tough talking country female vocalists that followed in her wake. Fans have christened Wells the "Queen of Country Music", and modern singer-songwriter Laura Cantrell certainly shares...
In the slipstream of Johnny Cash came what would become known as the Outlaw Movement, an informal response to Nashville's easy listening, corporate and safe style, often recorded in Texas, reviving the honky tonk sounds of Hank Williams with strong lyrical content. Starting in the mid-'60s with singers like Bobby Bare, Tompall Glaser and Johnny Darrell, the sub-genre's standard bearers would include Waylon Jennings and his wife Jessi Colter, Willie Nelson (after he grew his hair), Kris Kristofferson, Leon Russell, Billy Joe Shaver, Hank Williams Jr, Jerry Jeff Walker and Gram Parsons. More traditionally-minded country stars, many mentored [...]
Kitty Wells Dresses: Songs Of The Queen Of Country Music is the fifth full-length from New York City singer/songwriter Laura Cantrell, and as you probably deduced from the album's title, the LP pays tribute to country music's first female star. Cantrell recorded the 10-track record in Nashville, the city where both she and Wells were [...]
Laura Cantrell Kitty Wells Dresses (Songs Of The Queen Of Country Music) Diesel Only Records [2011] Fire Note Says: Laura Cantrell shines on her tribute to the great Kitty Wells! Album Review: Some might be scratching their heads figuring out who Kitty Wells is but Americana darling Laura Cantrell gives you a solid lesson here on her new, mostly covers, record Kitty Wells Dresses . At [...]
In the late 1950s and early '60s country was in a good shape. The likes of Johnny Cash, George Jones, Jim Reeves, Patsy Cline (who like Reeves would die in a plane crash), Don Gibson, Kitty Wells, Marty Robbins, Skeeter Davis, Ray Price, Faron Young, Ernest Tubb, ex-boxer Lefty Frizzell and Wanda Jackson were recording prodigious success, even in rivalry with its progeny, rock & roll.These were the comfort years before the social upheaval of the 1960s put into question old certainties, even in the world of country music. By now, country was no longer confined to the [...]
Laura Cantrell - Rolling Stone once said that the Nashville-raised singer's crystalline voice was "pitched somewhere between the bluesy realism of Lucinda Williams and the vintage femininity of Kitty Wells", something used to fine effect on this new album of covers (and the title track original) from one of country music's trail-blazing '50's icons...Cantrell has found major success across the pond with late, great BBC DJ John Peel naming one of her 2000 debut "my favourite record of the last ten years and possibly my life" // Release : Kitty Wells Dresses: Songs [...]
My CD copy of this album turned up last week and it's a real treat, one of my favourite albums of 2011 so far - not going to say much more about it, just let the music do the talking and the lady herself tell you a little more through her recent appearance on the Beeb, here's the interview with the venerable Bob Harris and two live cuts from the album. Laura Cantrell - Interview 1 Laura Cantrell - Kitty Wells Dresses Laura Cantrell [...]
John Peel and Beat Surrender favourite Laura Cantrell's upcoming album is available for pre-order , Kitty Wells Dresses is released on Shoeshine Records and hits the shops in April. Here's the title track as recorded for Radio Free Songclub along from where you can get some more treats. Laura Cantrell - Kitty Wells' Dresses Here's Laura covering another country legend from one of those wonderful Peel Sessions. Laura Cantrell - Pretty Paper [...]
Some years ago, the brains at Rolling Stone grappled to identify the first ever rock & roll record. In the final face-off, they picked Elvis Presley's debut single That's All Right, a cover of R&B singer Arthur Crudup's song, over Bill Haley's Rock Around The Clock (itself a cover, though the song was actually written for the former western swing singer). It is, of course, a fruitless mission to identify a "first" rock & roll song, because the genre is a jumble of diverse influences that convened, not always simultaneously, in an untidy evolution. One might [...]
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 Year's 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 [...]
Country music is a fertile field for answer records. So here we'll look at three answer records from that genre. Kitty Well's response to Hank Thompson was a massive hit, a breakthrough for country's first female superstar that outsold the hit song it was responding to. And I defy anyone not to like, even secretly, these songs — few things annoy me so much than people claiming categorically that they hate "all country music". * * * Should he stay or should he go now? [...]
Country music is a fertile field for answer records. So here we'll look at three answer records from that genre. Kitty Well's response to Hank Thompson was a massive hit, a breakthrough for country's first female superstar that outsold the hit song it was responding to. And I defy anyone not to like, even secretly, these songs — few things annoy me so much than people claiming categorically that they hate "all country music". * * * Should he stay or should he go now? [...]
FIVE GREAT SONGS BY FIVE GREAT FEMALE SINGERS THAT SHOULD HAVE GONE TO NO. 1
Oct 14, 2011, 7:35am
THEME FOR GREAT CITIES
THEME FOR GREAT CITIES
Today's topic: pop hits -- or songs that should have been. Katy Perry and Rihanna can rack up No. 1 singles in their sleep. Between them, they've had 16 in the last six years. But the leading ladies of pop haven't always had it so easy. Here are five of the most egregious examples currently in heavy rotation on my iPod. 1) Susanna Hoffs: "My Side of the Bed" Considering how hot the Bangles were in the late '80s, one might have expected the 1991 debut solo single from the band's lead singer to have [...]
Johnnie Wright Still Remembered By Fans
Sep 29, 2011, 12:12am
Geezer Music Club
Geezer Music Club
It might have escaped the notice of most folks, but a recent news article has reported the death of country music pioneer Johnnie Wright, who passed away at age 97 in the Tennessee home that he still shared with his wife of 74 years, country superstar Kitty Wells . Although his famous spouse is probably more remembered now, Wright was a long-time star in his own right and even had a number-one song, "Hello Vietnam," which later found new life on the soundtrack of Full Metal Jacket . The Tennessee-born [...]
Laura Cantrell: Kitty Wells Dresses, Songs of the Queen of Country Music
Jul 29, 2011, 1:59am
PopMatters
PopMatters
The result is a finely crafted album that recalls the vintage sound of country music past. Kitty Wells was best known for her megahit from the '50s, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels". That song made her the first female country singer to top the U.S. country charts. She became the first contemporary female country star and set the template for the plainspoken, tough talking country female vocalists that followed in her wake. Fans have christened Wells the "Queen of Country Music", and modern singer-songwriter Laura Cantrell certainly shares...
A History of Country Vol. 11: 1965-68
Jul 28, 2011, 12:12am
Any Major Dude With Half A Heart
Any Major Dude With Half A Heart
In the slipstream of Johnny Cash came what would become known as the Outlaw Movement, an informal response to Nashville's easy listening, corporate and safe style, often recorded in Texas, reviving the honky tonk sounds of Hank Williams with strong lyrical content. Starting in the mid-'60s with singers like Bobby Bare, Tompall Glaser and Johnny Darrell, the sub-genre's standard bearers would include Waylon Jennings and his wife Jessi Colter, Willie Nelson (after he grew his hair), Kris Kristofferson, Leon Russell, Billy Joe Shaver, Hank Williams Jr, Jerry Jeff Walker and Gram Parsons. More traditionally-minded country stars, many mentored [...]
From The Desk Of Laura Cantrell: Kitty Wells
Jul 18, 2011, 12:00pm
MAGNET
MAGNETLaura Cantrell: Kitty Wells Dresses (Songs Of The Queen Of Country Music)
Jun 23, 2011, 6:59am
The Fire Note
The Fire Note
Laura Cantrell Kitty Wells Dresses (Songs Of The Queen Of Country Music) Diesel Only Records [2011] Fire Note Says: Laura Cantrell shines on her tribute to the great Kitty Wells! Album Review: Some might be scratching their heads figuring out who Kitty Wells is but Americana darling Laura Cantrell gives you a solid lesson here on her new, mostly covers, record Kitty Wells Dresses . At [...]
A History of Country Vol. 10: 1961-64 – The Comfort Years
Jun 15, 2011, 1:03am Any Major Dude With Half A Heart
Any Major Dude With Half A Heart
In the late 1950s and early '60s country was in a good shape. The likes of Johnny Cash, George Jones, Jim Reeves, Patsy Cline (who like Reeves would die in a plane crash), Don Gibson, Kitty Wells, Marty Robbins, Skeeter Davis, Ray Price, Faron Young, Ernest Tubb, ex-boxer Lefty Frizzell and Wanda Jackson were recording prodigious success, even in rivalry with its progeny, rock & roll.These were the comfort years before the social upheaval of the 1960s put into question old certainties, even in the world of country music. By now, country was no longer confined to the [...]
Laura Cantrell - Kitty Wells Dresses
May 16, 2011, 2:32pm
Direct Current
Direct Current
Artist: Laura Cantrell Title: Kitty Wells Dresses Link Text: Laura Cantrell - "Kitty Wells Dresses" File Name: Laura Cantrell -- Kitty Wells Dresses.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps
Artist: Laura Cantrell Title: Kitty Wells Dresses Sampler Link Text: Laura Cantrell - Kitty Wells Dresses Sampler (Excerpts) File Name: Laura Cantrell - Kitty Wells Dresses Sampler.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
Laura Cantrell "Kitty Wells Dresses" (Spit & Polish 2011)
May 5, 2011, 1:00pm
Beat Surrender
Beat Surrender
My CD copy of this album turned up last week and it's a real treat, one of my favourite albums of 2011 so far - not going to say much more about it, just let the music do the talking and the lady herself tell you a little more through her recent appearance on the Beeb, here's the interview with the venerable Bob Harris and two live cuts from the album. Laura Cantrell - Interview 1 Laura Cantrell - Kitty Wells Dresses Laura Cantrell [...]
- Laura Cantrell - I Don't Claim To Be An Angel
- Laura Cantrell - Interview 1
- Laura Cantrell - Interview 2
- Laura Cantrell - Kitty Wells Dresses
Artist: Laura Cantrell Title: I Don't Claim To Be An Angel Link Text: Laura Cantrell - I Don’t Claim To Be An Angel File Name: Laura-Cantrell-I-Dont-Claim-To -Be-An-Angel.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps Genre: Country Year: 2011
Artist: Laura Cantrell Title: Interview 1 Link Text: Laura Cantrell - Interview 1 File Name: Laura-Cantrell-Interview-1.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps Genre: Country Year: 2011
Artist: Laura Cantrell Title: Interview 2 Link Text: Laura Cantrell - Interview 2 File Name: Laura-Cantrell-Interview-2.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps Genre: Country Year: 2011
Artist: Laura Cantrell Title: Kitty Wells Dresses Link Text: Laura Cantrell - Kitty Wells Dresses File Name: Laura-Cantrell-Kitty-Wells-Dre sses.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps Genre: Country Year: 2011
More Back Chat from Kitty Wells
Apr 6, 2011, 2:37am
Carnival Saloon
Carnival SaloonA few weeks ago I posted a couple of Kitty Wells' answer songs . I've since found another. (I'll Always Be Your) Fraulein is a reply to Bobby Helms' massive 1957 hit Fraulein and simply tells the story from the girlfriend's perspective. Here's the pair. MP3: Bobby Helms - Fraulein Buy Behind The Legend Of The Original Radio Stars at Amazon [...]
More Back Chat from Kitty Wells
Apr 6, 2011, 2:31am Carnival Saloon
Carnival SaloonA few weeks ago I posted a couple of Kitty Wells' answer songs . I've since found another. (I'll Always Be Your) Fraulein is a reply to Bobby Helms' massive 1957 hit Fraulein and simply tells the story from the girlfriend's perspective. Here's the pair. MP3: Bobby Helms - Fraulein Buy Behind The Legend Of The Original Radio Stars at Amazon [...]
Artist: Bobby Helms Title: Fraulein Link Text: Bobby Helms - Fraulein File Name: 03_-_fraulein.mp3 Bitrate: 250 kbps Genre: Country Year: 2007
Laura Cantrell Covers The Legendary Kitty Wells
Apr 1, 2011, 3:24pm
The Daily Rind
The Daily RindNashville-born, New York-based country/folk artist Laura Cantrell will release an album entitled Kitty Wells Dresses: Songs of the Queen of Country Music, on Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Cantrell will celebrate the CD release of Kitty Wells Dresses with a special full band show at Hill Country BBQ in New York ...
Kitty Wells Answers Back
Mar 26, 2011, 7:15am Carnival Saloon
Carnival SaloonCarnival Saloon regulars with long memories will know that I love 'answer songs'. In my recent post about Wanda Jackson's My Big Iron Skillet I mentioned Kitty Wells' 1952 single It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels , which was an answer song to Hank Thompson's The Wild Side of Life. What I didn't know until someone commented about that post on Facebook was that Kitty's second big hit Paying For That Back Street Affair was an answer song to the Webb Pierce track Back Street Affair. [...]
- Hank Thompson - The Wild Side Of Life
- Kitty Wells - Paying For That Back Street Affair
- Webb Pierce - Back Street Affair
Artist: Hank Thompson Title: The Wild Side Of Life Link Text: Hank Thompson - The Wild Side of Life File Name: 04_-_the_wild_side_of_life.mp3 Genre: Country Year: 2003
Artist: Kitty Wells Title: Paying For That Back Street Affair Link Text: Kitty Wells - Paying For That Back Street Affair File Name: 22_-_paying_for_that_back_stre et_affair.mp3 Genre: Country Year: 2010
Artist: Webb Pierce Title: Back Street Affair Link Text: Webb Pierce - Back Street Affair File Name: 26_webb_pierce_-_back_street_a ffair.mp3 Bitrate: 216 kbps Genre: Country Year: 2004
Laura Cantrell "Kitty Wells Dresses"
Mar 12, 2011, 1:00pm Beat Surrender
Beat Surrender
John Peel and Beat Surrender favourite Laura Cantrell's upcoming album is available for pre-order , Kitty Wells Dresses is released on Shoeshine Records and hits the shops in April. Here's the title track as recorded for Radio Free Songclub along from where you can get some more treats. Laura Cantrell - Kitty Wells' Dresses Here's Laura covering another country legend from one of those wonderful Peel Sessions. Laura Cantrell - Pretty Paper [...]
Artist: Laura Cantrell Title: Kitty Wells' Dresses Link Text: Laura Cantrell - Kitty Wells’ Dresses File Name: Laura-Cantrell-Kitty-Wells-Dre sses.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps Genre: Other Year: 2010
Artist: Laura Cantrell Title: Pretty Paper Link Text: Laura Cantrell - Pretty Paper File Name: Laura-Cantrell-Pretty-Paper.mp 3 Bitrate: 128 kbps Genre: Alt-country Year: 2003
A History of Country Vol. 8: 1954-56
Mar 8, 2011, 11:00pm Any Major Dude With Half A Heart
Any Major Dude With Half A Heart
Some years ago, the brains at Rolling Stone grappled to identify the first ever rock & roll record. In the final face-off, they picked Elvis Presley's debut single That's All Right, a cover of R&B singer Arthur Crudup's song, over Bill Haley's Rock Around The Clock (itself a cover, though the song was actually written for the former western swing singer). It is, of course, a fruitless mission to identify a "first" rock & roll song, because the genre is a jumble of diverse influences that convened, not always simultaneously, in an untidy evolution. One might [...]
A History of Country Vol. 7: 1952-53
Jan 26, 2011, 6:12pm Any Major Dude With Half A Heart
Any Major Dude With Half A Heart
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 Year's 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 [...]
Review: Wanda Jackson, 'The Party Ain't Over'
Jan 25, 2011, 9:00am
Cover Me
Cover MeWanda Jackson hooks up with Jack White with an uneven result.
Answer Records Vol. 4
Apr 6, 2010, 6:26pm Any Major Dude With Half A Heart
Any Major Dude With Half A Heart
Country music is a fertile field for answer records. So here we'll look at three answer records from that genre. Kitty Well's response to Hank Thompson was a massive hit, a breakthrough for country's first female superstar that outsold the hit song it was responding to. And I defy anyone not to like, even secretly, these songs — few things annoy me so much than people claiming categorically that they hate "all country music". * * * Should he stay or should he go now? [...]
Answer Records Vol. 5
Apr 6, 2010, 6:26pm Any Major Dude With Half A Heart
Any Major Dude With Half A Heart
Country music is a fertile field for answer records. So here we'll look at three answer records from that genre. Kitty Well's response to Hank Thompson was a massive hit, a breakthrough for country's first female superstar that outsold the hit song it was responding to. And I defy anyone not to like, even secretly, these songs — few things annoy me so much than people claiming categorically that they hate "all country music". * * * Should he stay or should he go now? [...]
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