By Joel Francis When the Rolling Stones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, a tuxedo-clad Mick Jagger famously announced “Tonight we’re all on our best behavior — and we’re being rewarded for 25 years of bad behavior.” That irony is on full display throughout eight of the DVDs in [...]
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Johnny Cash – “Flesh and Blood”
Posted in Song Review, tagged country music, God's love, Johnny Cash, love songs, the Man in Black, three types of love on October 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Johnny Cash – “Flesh and Blood,” Pop #54, Country #1 By Joel Francis Johnny and June had only been married for three years when Cash penned this love song for his wife. In that time, Cash had rejuvenated his career with two hugely successful live albums recorded in prisons and earned his own weekly television [...]
Stuck in a Moment: 9/11 and U2
Posted in Music history, tagged 50 Cent, 9/11, America: A Tribute to Heroes, American history, American holidays, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, David Cone, Day of Infamy, George Brett, interfaith worship, Jay-Z, Johnny Cash, July 4th, Kanye West, Love and Theft, Passion, perfect game, Peter Gabriel, prayer, Sept. 11, terrorist attacks, The Blueprint, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Rising, U2, World Trade Center, Yankee Stadium on September 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
(Above: U2 encourage America to “Walk On” in a live appearance broadcast less than two weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks.) By Joel Francis U2’s “All That You Can’t Leave Behind” had been out for nearly a year the morning two planes slammed into the World Trade Center, another collided with the Pentagon and a [...]
Little Arkansas Rocks
Posted in Music history, tagged Al Green, Ardent, Aretha Franklin, Arkansas, B.B. King, Big Star, Bill Clinton, blues, blues music, bluesmen, Brooks & Dunn, Charlie Rich, Conway Twitty, Delta Blues, Dixie Flyers, Elmore James, Evanescence, Flamin' Groovies, Garth Brooks, George Strait, Glen Campbell, Jim Dickinson, Jimmy Witherspoon, Joe Bishop, John Hughes, Johnny Cash, Levon Helm, Louis Jordan, Luther Allison, Luther Dickinson, Mudhoney, musicians from Arkansas, Ne-Yo, North Mississippi Allstars, Pharoah Sanders, Replacements, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Rolling Stones, Roosevelt Sykes, Rufus Thomas, Shawn Camp, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Smokie Norfull, Son Seals, Sonny Boy Williamson, Sonny Rollins, Stax, The Band, Tommy Cash, West Memphis, Willie Big Eyes Smith, Woodchopper's Ball on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
(Above: Al Hibbler, who wrote “Unchained Melody,” attended school for the blind in Little Rock, Ark.) By Joel Francis At a recent concert in Fayetteville, Ark., jazz legend Sonny Rollins remarked at how happy he was to be playing Louis Jordan’s home state for the first time. Arkansas has never been known as either cutting-edge [...]
The Day the Music Survived
Posted in Music history, tagged American Pie, Bill Haley, Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley Beat, Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Buddy Holly, Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry, Don McLean, Elvis Costello, Elvis Preley, Eric Clapton, Fats Domino, Fender Stratocaster, Jeff Beck, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimi Hendrix, Joel Francis, Johnny Cash, Little Richard, Neil Diamond, Not Fade Away, Stevie Ray Vaughan, the Beach Boys, the Beatles, the day the music died, the Rolling Stones, Weezer, White Stripes, Woodstock on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Above: “True Love Ways” is The Daily Record’s favorite Buddy Holly song. By Joel Francis Fifty years ago this week, the plane carrying Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper crashed in an Iowa cornfield, claiming its passengers and 22-year-old pilot Roger Peterson. The event became known as “The Day the Music Died,” but [...]
“Willie Nelson: An Epic Life” by Joe Nick Patoski
Posted in book review, tagged book review, country music, Joe Nick Patoski, Johnny Cash, June Carter, outlaw country, Paul English, red headed stranger, Walk the Line, Willie Nelson on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Joel Francis “Epic” is the key word in the title of Joe Nick Patoski’s 567-page biography on Willie Nelson. Drawn from dozens of interviews and scores of oral histories, books and articles, Patoski paints a comprehensive picture of his fellow Texan. If Patoski skimps on Nelson’s childhood – less than 50 pages are devoted [...]
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