Marty Robbins – Some Memories Just Won’t Die
The Swan Song’s Tenacious Echo: When Love’s Phantom Refuses to Fade There are certain songs that, the moment the first gentle chords float into the air, carry an almost unbearable…
The Swan Song’s Tenacious Echo: When Love’s Phantom Refuses to Fade There are certain songs that, the moment the first gentle chords float into the air, carry an almost unbearable…
The Farewell Ballad that Accidentally Gave Birth to Fuzz Rock Ah, the early 1960s. That sweet, melancholic era when a broken heart could still be dressed in a tuxedo of…
Marty Robbins – Song of the Bandit: The Lonesome Echo of the Range, Carried on the Second Wind of the Balladeer Gather ’round, and let your mind drift back to…
Marty Robbins – Singing The Blues: The Golden Crossroads Where Nashville Charm Met Universal Heartbreak There are certain songs that don’t just mark a point in a career; they mark…
Marty Robbins – Old Red: A Poignant Trail Song of Loyalty and Loss That Echoes the Heart of the Old West Ah, the sound of Marty Robbins… it has a…
The Prophet of the Prairie: A Dirge for the Wild West There are certain songs that, the moment you hear that familiar, haunting melody and the velvet tremor of the…
Marty Robbins – Joli Girl: A Sweet, Swinging Snapshot of Urban Romance from the Unexpected Cowboy of Country Now here is a delightful departure, a song that perfectly illustrates just…
Marty Robbins – Aloha Oe (Farewell To Thee): The Quiet Heart of the Cowboy Crooner, Bridging the Arizona Desert to the Shores of Hawaii There are few voices in the…
Marty Robbins’ “Streets of Laredo” (1960): The Immortal Lament of the Dying Cowboy There are songs that pass through generations, evolving like an old river carving a new path, yet…
When a Song Becomes a Tragic Western Movie in Three Minutes Ah, the 1960s. For those of us who grew up with the radio humming in the background, this was…