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Booze Blues: 10 Great Drinking Songs

Booze Blues: 10 Great Drinking Songs One of the most unfortunate injustices of life is how the things that offer the most pleasure, if only fleetingly, often do so much damage. No wonder the words "guilty" and "pleasure" get along so well. That goes double (preferably of vodka, or tequila) for drinking, a seemingly endless fountain of pleasure the night of and torturous hell the morning after. Thankfully, the simple pleasures of drinking songs are healthier, and they can continue indefinitely, as long as you want to press "repeat." Country music would dominate any list of the best ones (and where else could [...]

Tour Dates: Peter Frampton’s Guitar Circus

Tour Dates: Peter Frampton’s Guitar Circus While many people's knowledge about Peter Frampton starts and ends with his 1976 double-live album Frampton Comes Alive , the guitar-player has been impressing audiences since the age of 18, when he was a founding member of the blues-rock act Humble Pie. This summer Frampton will put his guitar playing on display as he's lined up an impressive package toured dubbed Frampton's Guitar Circus. Joining Frampton at various stops in the support slot on the  lengthy summer run  is a meaty [...]

George Jones, 1931-2013: He Stopped Loving Her Today

To fully understand the greatness of George Jones, you must first grasp the profound effect he had on his fellow artists -- his country antecedents, his peers and his Nashville descendants. No other singer in the history of country music was as inspirational as Jones, who died on April 26 in Nashville at age 81. I arrived at his altar relatively late, at age 10, when he was cresting Billboard's country singles chart with his signature song, "He Stopped Loving Her Today," a No. 1 comeback hit in 1980 that was my mother's favorite song at the [...]

Tonight in L.A.: Savages, Passion Pit, Yeasayer, Dave Stewart, Merle Haggard, Sky Ferreira, Alpha/Beta

Tonight in L.A.: Savages, Passion Pit, Yeasayer, Dave Stewart, Merle Haggard, Sky Ferreira, Alpha/Beta T'was the Thursday before Coachella and all through the city ... ► U.K. quartet Savages quickened our pulse at SXSW ; now the band has an album titled "Silence Yourself" coming May 7 on Matador records, and the quartet brings its primal post-punk to the Echo tonight. No Bra opens. ► Passion Pit and Tanlines [the latter was impressed at last fall's FYF Fest ] do a Coachella warm-up at Club Nokia. ► Another prelude to the desert features Yeasayer , Wild Nothing [...]

The Week Ahead: April 8-14

Passion Pit - Carried Away
Incoming: Coachella, Rihanna, Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, Angel Olsen, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Broadheds, the Bad Things, Heloise & the Savoir Faire, How to Destroy Angels, Sky Ferreira, Local H, Beach House, Passion Pit, Dave Stewart, yeasayer, Merle Haggard, Savages, the Wanted, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Dianna Reeves, Los Tigres del Norte, Lucero, Mudhoney, Drop the Lime Above: That's Passion Pit's video for "Carried Away," which will be easy to do this weekend, so be careful. Passion Pit plays Club Nokia on Thursday and Day 1 [...]

Shows of Interest, April 8 – 14, 2013

Our San Diego picks for the week* // Follow Owl and Bear on Facebook and Twitter for contests, MP3s, and links that don't make it onto the blog.

The Owl and Bear Podcast vol. 177

The Owl and Bear Podcast vol. 177 I turned twenty-one in prison doing life without parole // Follow Owl and Bear on Facebook and Twitter for contests, MP3s, and links that don't make it onto the blog.
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Graded on a Curve: Merle Haggard, Swinging Doors

Graded on a Curve: Merle Haggard, Swinging Doors Merle Haggard is a man who needs no introduction. His music, however, is best served by a thoughtful entry-point that reflects his emergence as one of country music’s truly singular figures, so the fact that his amazing third LP Swinging Doors has been given a fresh 180gm pressing is stupendous news. As the first LP he recorded with his estimable backing band the Strangers, it’s not the only Haggard record you’ll need, but it does establish the beginnings of a very fruitful period and essays with precision the attributes that make him such a valuable artist. [...]

Last Night: Merle Haggard at Stafford Centre

Merle Haggard Stafford Centre March 21, 2013 Thursday night at the Stafford Centre, I watched Merle Haggard play some of the greatest songs from arguably country music's greatest period while si... Continue reading "Last Night: Merle Haggard at Stafford Centre" >

Merle Haggard: The Complete ‘60s Capitol Singles

Merle Haggard: The Complete ‘60s Capitol Singles Haggard’s original 1960s Capitol singles – A’s and B’s As with their collections of singles on Wanda Jackson and George Jones , Ominvore’s anthology of twenty-eight Merle Haggard sides – fourteen A’s and their respective B’s – shows off a perspective not covered by greatest hits collections or original album reissues. In addition to Haggard’s thirteen charting 1960s Capitol A-sides (eight of which topped the charts), the set includes the non-charting “Shade Tree Fix-it-Man.” Haggard wrote all but one of the A-sides (“The Fugitive,” penned by Liz Anderson), and most of [...]

Son Volt, 'Bakersfield' -- Song Premiere

Filed under: Exclusive , New Music , New Releases Rounder Records Rejoice, lovers of cow punk! Son Volt has returned to put a bit of country-fried rock 'n' roll in your life. The band's upcoming album Honky Tonk is coming to record stores on March 6, and you can hear their new single "Bakersfield" right here. "I wanted to acknowledge and pay homage to the country music that came out [...]

Tonite at the Longhorn Ballroom

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News: Ominvore Recordings Chronicles Country Music Pioneers With Collections By Wanda Jackson, George Jones, Merle Haggard

Omnivore Recordings will release definitive compilations by three giants of country and rockabilly music - Wanda Jackson, Merle Haggard and George Jones - on February 12, 2013. Having released musical appetizers in the form of ten-inch vinyl EPs on Record Store Day's Back to Black Friday, Omnivore will serve the main course on compact disc in the form of Merle Haggard's The Complete '60s Capitol Singles, George Jones' The Complete United Artists Solo Singles, and Wanda Jackson's The Best of the Classic Capitol Singles. All three compilations feature A & B sides from the artists' most influential years. The [...]

I Vote I Count: Election Mixtape 2012

Artist:Agnostic Front
Title:Fascist Attitude
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Genre:Punk-Hardcore
Year:1984
Artist:Bad Sports
Title:Can't Just Be Friends
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Genre:Punk
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Artist:Black Flag
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Genre:Old School Punk
Year:1981
Artist:Brett Dennen
Title:There Is So Much More
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Genre:Country
Year:2006
Artist:Bridge and Tunnel
Title:Wartime Souvenirs
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Artist:Bright Eyes
Title:Lets Not Shit Ourselves
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Year:2002
Artist:Charles Bradley
Title:The World (Is Going Up In Flames)
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Year:2011
Artist:Dan Mangan
Title:Post-War Blues
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Genre:Indie
Year:2011
Artist:Goldrush
Title:We Will Not Be Machines
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Genre:Alternative & Punk
Year:2007
Artist:Howth
Title:Belly of the Beast
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Artist:Merle Haggard
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Artist:Phantogram
Title:When I'm Small
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Genre:Indie
Year:2009
Artist:Straylight Run
Title:With God on Our Side
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Genre:Rock
Year:2005
Artist:The Cold Front
Title:Full Circle
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Artist:Theophilus London
Title:Why Even Try
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Genre:Hip-Hop/Rap
Year:2011
Artist:Titus Andronicus
Title:Four Score And Seven
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Genre:Alternative
Artist:Uniform Choice
Title:Screaming For Change
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Upcoming: Cypress Hill, Merle Haggard, The Wallflowers, Roberta Flack, Etc.

Everclear - Santa Monica
The 71's, The Rocketboys: Fri., Dec. 14, 8 p.m., $10/$14. Fitzgerald's, 2706 White Oak, Houston. Authority Zero: Fri., Nov. 23, 8 p.m., $12/$14. Scout Bar Clear Lake, 18307 Egret Bay Blvd., Hou... Continue reading "Upcoming: Cypress Hill, Merle Haggard, The Wallflowers, Roberta Flack, Etc. " >

Merle Haggard and Kris Kristofferson at the State Theatre, 7/25/12

Help Me Make It Through The Night
Photos by Erik Hess See also: Merle Haggard and Kris Kristofferson at Mystic Lake Casino, 2/27/11 Merle Haggard and the Strangers With Kris Kristofferson State Theatre, Minneapolis Wednesday, July

Hank Williams Jr. – Old School, New Rules (2012)

Hank Williams Jr. "I'm Gonna Get Drunk and Play hank Williams (feat. Brad Paisley)
Sadly, the latest from Hank Jr. is pretty much everything that I hoped it wouldn’t be. There’s a lot of grousing about the government, a lot of trying to convince us he’s just a good ole boy like us, and at least three songs that reference his being fired from Monday Night Football over comments about the president. In the [...]

Let the "Good Time" Roll!: 9 Odes to Joy

Let the "Good Time" Roll!: 9 Odes to Joy "I feel every artist is inherently granted one shot at singing about having a good time in his or her life, and six months ago, I realized I hadn't cashed in my chips yet," Adam Young (aka Owl City) recently told MTV News . A blind man could see that's just Young's way of rationalizing the chasing of an easy hit by hooking up with pop's It Girl of the moment. (And indeed, "Good Time" by Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen debuted on Billboard's Hot 100 this week at No. 18.) But [...]

How Merle Haggard Turned Me On To Bedhead

I was fortunate enough to speak with legend Merle Haggard for this week's print edition of the Observer. Aside from being in awe each time he mentioned Willie Nelson, Lake Shasta (his home for man... Continue reading "How Merle Haggard Turned Me On To Bedhead" >

The Age of Aquarius: Okie from Muskogee

The Age of Aquarius: Okie from Muskogee Merle Haggard : Okie from Muskogee [ purchase ] No compilation of hippie music is complete without acknowledging its counterpart, the anti-hippie song. And no song better embodies the counter-counter-culture than Merle Haggard's "Okie from Muskogee." Haggard released the song twice in 1969 (as a studio recording and again as a live record), at the height of the anti-war protests. Its lyrics take a broad swipe at the hippie ethos. "We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee," Haggard boasts in the song's opening salvo. "We don't let our hair grow long [...]
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