Marty Robbins – “A White Sport Coat (and a Pink Carnation)”
Oldies Songs Marty Robbins’ “A White Sport Coat (And a Pink Carnation)”: The Perfect Snapshot of 1957 Heartbreak If there is one song that perfectly captures that brief, shimmering moment when the…
Marty Robbins – “Ribbon of Darkness,”
Marty Robbins’ “Ribbon of Darkness”: The Gentle Bridge Between Folk Poetry and Country Gold There are certain moments in music history when two seemingly disparate worlds touch, and from that…
Don Williams and Marty Robbins Appeared Together in 1977 on the Marty Robbins Spotlight Show
Great Songs When Gentle Souls Met: Don Williams and Marty Robbins on the Marty Robbins Spotlight Show, 1977 There are rare moments in country music when two legends share not just a…
When a Son Sings His Father’s Love Song — “My Woman, My Woman, My Wife” Lives Again
When a Son Sings His Father’s Love Song — “My Woman, My Woman, My Wife” Lives Again There are few moments more moving in country music than when Ronny Robbins…
Marty Robbins – “Love Me or Leave Me Alone”
Marty Robbins – “Love Me or Leave Me Alone”: The Quiet, Tentative First Step of a Legend in the Making There is a singular, almost sacred sense of history attached…
Marty Robbins – Doggone Cowboy
Marty Robbins – Doggone Cowboy: A Spirited, Melancholy Toast to the Solitary Life of the American West. The brilliance of Marty Robbins lay not just in his voice, but in…
Marty Robbins – Saddle Tramp
Marty Robbins – Saddle Tramp: The Unhurried Philosophy of Freedom on the Open Range Ah, the wide-open spaces of the imagination! When the name Marty Robbins drifts across a melody,…
Marty Robbins – The Master’s Call
Marty Robbins – The Master’s Call: A Tale of Redemption and Divine Intervention on the Lonely Trail Ah, there are certain songs, aren’t there? The ones that truly settle in…
Marty Robbins – El Paso (1959)
Marty Robbins’ “El Paso”: A Timeless Ballad of Doomed Love and the Price of Passion There are some songs, my friends, that are not just melodies; they are fully realized,…
Marty Robbins – Big Iron (1960)
Marty Robbins’ “Big Iron”: The Ballad of the Swift Ranger and the Outlaw’s Reckoning Ah, now this is a song that takes you back, doesn’t it? Back to a time…