Marty Robbins – Restless Cattle
Oldies Songs Marty Robbins – Restless Cattle: A Quiet Moment of Midnight Reflection on the Trail While Marty Robbins is rightfully celebrated for his dramatic gunfighter ballads and heart-rending love songs, the…
Marty Robbins – They’re Hanging Me Tonight
Marty Robbins – They’re Hanging Me Tonight: The Somber, Rain-Swept End of a Jealous Heart There is a unique gravitas to the story-songs of the American West, tales of doomed…
Don Gibson – Blue Blue Day
Don Gibson – Blue Blue Day: Finding a Brighter Spot on the Gloomy Horizon In the catalog of Don Gibson, a songwriter famously dubbed “The Sad Poet,” the 1958 hit…
Don Gibson – I Can’t Stop Loving You
Don Gibson – I Can’t Stop Loving You: The Country Ballad That Ray Charles Elevated to Eternal Stardom If “Oh Lonesome Me” was the infectious earworm that first broke Don…
Don Gibson – Sea of Heartbreak
Don Gibson – Sea of Heartbreak: A Timeless Ballad That Launched a Thousand Tears (and Just as Many Great Covers) When we talk about songs that possess a rare kind…
Don Gibson – Oh Lonesome Me (1957)
Don Gibson – Oh Lonesome Me: The Unexpectedly Upbeat Soundtrack to a Solitary Heart There are songs that simply mark a time, and then there are songs that become the…
Don Williams – I Need You to Want Me
Don Williams’ “I Need You to Want Me”: A Country-Pop Whisper of Vulnerability and Pure Affection There’s a beautiful, soft side to Don Williams, the Gentle Giant, that sometimes gets…
Don Williams – Goodbye Isn’t Really Good at All
Don Williams’ “Goodbye Isn’t Really Good at All”: The Gentle Acknowledgment of Enduring Heartache There are songs that shout their pain, and then there are songs that simply sigh. Don…
Don Williams – She’s in Love with a Rodeo Man
Don Williams’ “She’s in Love with a Rodeo Man”: A Quiet Ode to Loyalty and the Lonesome Road Ah, my friend, let’s talk about Don Williams. The Gentle Giant of…
Marty Robbins – Making Believe
Marty Robbins: “Making Believe”—The Quiet Agony of a Love Lived Only in the Mind’s Eye There’s a beautiful tragedy in certain country songs, a kind of deep, resigned melancholy that…