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A rare recording of Gary Clark Jr. performing "Catfish Blues" appears on a new box set celebrating the history of Austin club ...
The funk rock group Living Colour opened an energetic 2025 Songwriters Hall of Fame Thursday night to honor new inductee George Clinton. The gala was held at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New ...
The Beach Boys are known for their catchy tunes, but one of their most popular songs continues to baffle fans who are still ...
People have been listening to the Beach Boys for decades, but it seems there is still some confusion around one of their most ...
The Beach Boys have a number of hits to their name, but one song that continues to baffle fans is "Sloop John B" - and the ...
The Beach Boys formed way back in 1961, and one of their greatest hits is "Sloop John B". But, after 59 years, people still ...
Jimmie Rodgers was one of the artists who helped popularize ... Many credit Tubb, and specifically that song, with creating honky tonk music. However, Tubb likely wouldn’t have his lasting ...
Jimmie Davis, the singing Louisiana politician ... According to his biographer Nolan Porterfield, Rodgers’ songs “altered and shaped the patterns of emerging hillbilly music, materially ...
After two more songs (a cover of a Jimmie Rodgers song and “Silver Wings”), the music stopped long enough for then-Muskogee mayor Bob Brown to present Haggard with a key to the city and ...
A song written by Clayton McMichen and recorded as "Prohibition Has Done Me Wrong" was not issued, possibly because of copyright conflicts with Columbia. Rodgers' penultimate recordings were made ...
And Johnny Cash. A.P. Carter travels around Appalachia with a Black man named Lesley Riddle catching songs. Jimmie Rodgers, who is the Saturday night to the Carter Family Sunday morning — the ...
With the possible exception of Louis Armstrong, Rodgers has influenced more musicians than any other this century. Listening to the songs here, it’s easy to visualize a straight line that begins ...