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Off The Charts Country Music: August 2011
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Sunday, August 7, 2011. Coming soon: Kenny Chesney, Football, and Spreadsheet Mathematics. Get ready to hear this at a football stadium near you soon. A lot! 8220;Knocking heads and talking trash. It’s slinging mud and dirt and grass.”. That’s from Kenny Chesney’s ballad, The Boy’s of Fall. This song from his excellent Hemingway’s Whiskey. You may even see the school’s dance teams try to bust a few moves during this tune. 8220;You mess with one man, you’ve got us all! Prior to heading to the stadium, che...
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Off The Charts Country Music: Reflections: A Visit With Gram Parsons
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Friday, July 8, 2011. Reflections: A Visit With Gram Parsons. Although his career was too short, he was such an influential musician, that in the psychedelic 1960s, he talked one of the most successful rock bands into releasing a country music record. Gram Parsons, who lies beside me here in eternal rest (picture by Carolle G.) is that influential musician. Gram got the Eight Miles High. Band, The Byrds, to release Sweetheart of the Rodeo. This brought The Byrds to the Grand Ole Opry, where a very young ...
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Off The Charts Country Music: Coming soon: Kenny Chesney, Football, and Spreadsheet Mathematics
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Sunday, August 7, 2011. Coming soon: Kenny Chesney, Football, and Spreadsheet Mathematics. Get ready to hear this at a football stadium near you soon. A lot! 8220;Knocking heads and talking trash. It’s slinging mud and dirt and grass.”. That’s from Kenny Chesney’s ballad, The Boy’s of Fall. This song from his excellent Hemingway’s Whiskey. You may even see the school’s dance teams try to bust a few moves during this tune. 8220;You mess with one man, you’ve got us all! Prior to heading to the stadium, che...
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Off The Charts Country Music: Smoked Meat and Country Music: Houston Rodeo Cookoff
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Saturday, February 25, 2012. Smoked Meat and Country Music: Houston Rodeo Cookoff. Tom Donahue, Bellaire Boys. The weather has been cold every year I’ve attended the World's Championship Bar-B-Que Contest, preceding the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo – always on a Friday. Greg Moore of Rotten Wood Cookers. The first invitation I had was to Rotten Wood Cookers. Jim Davis, Bellaire Boys. When you take Grand Champion in a cookoff of this magnitude, as Rotten Wood Cookers has done, it’s the team̵...
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Off The Charts Country Music: William Elliott Whitmore: Field Songs
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011. William Elliott Whitmore: Field Songs. Question: What impact would this artist have with the backing musicians of, say, classic Ray Price? His answer to that question would probably be this record. And I can’t take my ears off of it. There is no Ray Price Orchestra here. One of his most striking of Whitmore’s eight tracks is Don’t Need It. And that sets the record’s theme, if not his own mission. Is typical of the stark impact and powerful symbolism of his songs. Reflections: A ...
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Off The Charts Country Music: February 2012
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Saturday, February 25, 2012. Smoked Meat and Country Music: Houston Rodeo Cookoff. Tom Donahue, Bellaire Boys. The weather has been cold every year I’ve attended the World's Championship Bar-B-Que Contest, preceding the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo – always on a Friday. Greg Moore of Rotten Wood Cookers. The first invitation I had was to Rotten Wood Cookers. Jim Davis, Bellaire Boys. When you take Grand Champion in a cookoff of this magnitude, as Rotten Wood Cookers has done, it’s the team̵...
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Off The Charts Country Music: Another Visit With Gram Parsons
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Sunday, July 10, 2011. Another Visit With Gram Parsons. Several readers have asked me for more information about my recent visit to Gram Parsons’ resting place. The spot is near New Orleans in the Garden of Memories Cemetery, Metairie, Louisiana (Jefferson Parish). Most requests were for a closer look at his beautiful, elaborate marker, and a listing of what’s printed on it. The marker bears an amazing image of Gram on stage. Gram Parsons, Nov. 7, 1946-Sept. 19, 1973". And he played to people everywhere.
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Off The Charts Country Music: The Burritos: Sound as Ever
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Thursday, July 28, 2011. The Burritos: Sound as Ever. This is a very likable record, and true to the band's name, includes some Gram Parsons covers. Walter Egan produced the record and performs, including a song he co-wrote with the late Parsons, Carolina Calypso. My favorite track is Build a Fire. Which is one of two among the 15 songs that attempts to take the Burritos legacy somewhere new – in this case, approaching a Red Dirt style. And adds some R&B styling with Out of Left Field. 8220;Raise your gl...
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Off The Charts Country Music: Lindi Ortega: Little Red Boots
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011. Lindi Ortega: Little Red Boots. Her 12 frequently playful tracks rarely stray far from a danceable beat, while paying tribute to country roots. She persistently offers challenging lyrics, such as in. Which speaks as the film actor’s ghost. 8220;Hey little boy, don’t you know my name? The Canadian singer-songwriter continues through the subjects of Elvis Presley, personal relationships, and her signature boots of the title track. I hope for many more tastes of Lindi’s music.
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