Don Williams – Rake and Ramblin’ Man (1978)
Oldies Songs Don Williams – “Rake and Ramblin’ Man”: The End of the Road for the Wild Life and the Dawn of True Adulthood Ah, 1978. That year held a certain kind…
Anne Murray – You Needed Me
Oldies Songs An Ode to Unconditional Love and Finding Yourself in Another’s Care Forty-seven years ago, in the late summer of 1978, a quiet Canadian singer named Anne Murray unexpectedly found herself…
Don Williams – If Hollywood Don’t Need You (Honey I Still Do) (1982)
Don Williams – “If Hollywood Don’t Need You (Honey I Still Do)”: The Gentle Giant’s Enduring Promise of Home Oh, how the years fly by. It seems like only yesterday…
Ronnie Milsap – Am I Losing You
Music Legend A Velvet Voice Revives A Classic Cry of the Heart There are certain songs, woven into the fabric of country music’s golden age, that feel less like compositions and more…
Jim Reeves – Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)
The Ethereal Duet That Brought Two Country Legends Back to Life There are certain songs that, the moment the first notes drift out of the speaker, instantly transport us back…
Vern Gosdin – I’m Still Crazy
The Haunting Confession of a Man Who Just Can’t Let Go There are certain voices in country music that don’t just sing a song; they inhabit it, breathing genuine, palpable…
Don Williams – Old Coyote Town
Don Williams – Old Coyote Town: A Wistful, Heart-Tugging Farewell to the Ghosts of Home There is a particular kind of ache reserved for the memory of a place that…
Marty Robbins – Song of the Bandit
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
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
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…
Donny Osmond – Do You Want Me
The Agony and Ecstasy of First Love, Crooned by a Teen Idol Ah, the early 1970s. For a generation of young women, this was the decade when innocence and Tiger…
The Osmonds – Peace
An Anthem for the Heart: The Unseen Depth of the Osmonds’ Plea When we look back at the 1970s, the name The Osmonds instantly conjures up images of teen idol…
Marty Robbins – Man Walks Among Us
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…
Charley Pride – Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone
That Lonesome Road to San Antone: Charley Pride’s Perfect Ode to Heartbreak on the Highway Oh, the memories that song conjures. If you’re like me, you can’t hear the opening…
George Jones – Her Name Is…
The song is a masterful, raw portrait of an enduring, unforgettable love, cleverly inviting the listener to fill in the blank with the name of their own true heartbreak. If…
George Jones & Tammy Wynette – God’s Gonna Get ‘Cha (For That)
When the Possum and the First Lady Called Out the Hypocrites Ah, the 1970s. For those of us who tuned into Country radio then, the names George Jones and Tammy…
George Jones & Tammy Wynette – It’s So Sweet
The Echo of a Perfect Storm: When Love and Harmony Collided There are certain songs, friends, that don’t just hold a melody; they hold a lifetime of memories, a raw,…
Marty Robbins – Joli Girl
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)
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)
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…
Don Williams – Back in My Younger Days (1990)
Don Williams’ “Back in My Younger Days” (1990): A Tender, Late-Career Reflection on Love’s Transformative Power Ah, the sound of Don Williams. Just the name conjures a sense of calm,…
Don Williams – Then It’s Love (1986)
Don Williams’ “Then It’s Love” (1986): Finding the Undefinable in the Gentle Giant’s Late-Career Glow There are certain songs that, the moment the first notes drift out of the speaker,…
Don Williams – Heartbeat in the Darkness (1986)
Don Williams’ “Heartbeat in the Darkness”: A Gentle Reminder of What Truly Endures in a Fleeting World As the calendar pages flipped toward the mid-1980s, the world was awash in…
Don Williams – I Recall a Gypsy Woman (1973)
Don Williams’ “I Recall a Gypsy Woman”: The Quiet, Resonant Echo of a Fading Memory There are songs that simply pass through the air, and then there are those that…
Barry Blue – (Dancin’) On A Saturday Night
When Glam Rock Met the Dance Floor: The Pure, Unadulterated Joy of Saturday Night Ah, to be young again, with a whole weekend stretching out before you! If you remember…
Marty Robbins – Old Red
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…
Charley Pride – Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’
The Simple, Undying Secret of a Happy Heart Ah, the early 1970s. The air was a little heavier, the world felt a little more complicated, but then, a melody would…
George Jones & Tammy Wynette – Let’s All Go Down to the River
That Old-Time Religion and the Turmoil of Two Legends Oh, the memories that flood back when that familiar, jaunty piano intro kicks in! Long before the tragic end of their…
George Jones & Tammy Wynette – Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms
The Warmth and Comfort of a Timeless Embrace: A Country Standard Reborn There are certain songs, friends, that have been sung so many times by so many artists that they…
Don Williams – Diamonds To Dust
Don Williams – Diamonds To Dust: The Melancholy Truth of Love’s Erosion by the Relentless March of Time There is a serene gravity to the music of Don Williams, an…