Posts Tagged Waylon Jennings

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April 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 52: Waylon Jennings – “Honky Tonk Heroes”

Funny that I’d never heard this album because I’m a Waylon Jennings fan – and also, about 15-20 years ago I got pretty hooked on country and in particular the whole outlaw movement, of which this album is key. I also got right into Billy Joe Shaver’s works – as a writer, in particular – […]

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November 9, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Karl Blau: Introducing Karl Blau

Karl Blau Introducing Raven Marching Band Records/Bella Union It’s one of those ironic “Introducing” titles given that Karl Blau has recorded some 40 albums across the last 20 years, many self-released, hand-cut covers, CD-Rs…so maybe this is also not all that ironic, for Introducing Karl Blau might a) be the first time you’ve heard of […]

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March 8, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Mary G. Hurd: Kris Kristofferson – Country Highwayman

Kris Kristofferson: Country Highwayman Mary G. Hurd Rowman & Littlefield Publishers While we wait – and wait – for some sort of memoir from Kristofferson, Mary G. Hurd takes a scholarly “overview” approach to this text which aims to study “the arc of Kristofferson’s creative output”. So we start with 1970 and his launch to […]