I’ve been transferring my favorite vinyl to MP3s and ended up revisiting a terrific country-rock (the best description we had pre-Americana) LP called “The Great Timber Rush” by a young band called Timberline. This was an energetic and highly melodic collection of songs in the spirit of Poco’s “Good Feelin’ to Know.” They even had one of those great greet-the-audience…
Gregg Allman tops Americana chart
Gregg Allman is #1 on this week’s Americana Music Association Chart with his new CD “Low Country Blues,” edging out Robert Plant’s “Band of Joy.” What year is this? I’m not complaining. It’s actually pretty astonishing (and encouraging) to see artists you’ve admired for decades find a new home in Americana.
Greg Trooper CD preview
Greg Trooper’s new CD “Upside-Down Town” will be released in a few days. Here’s a live version of “They Call Me Hank” from the new album.
John Oates at the Bluebird Cafe
Nashville has long been the home or hangout of the stars who graced our ’60s and ’70s record collections. John Kay, John Fogerty, Peter Frampton and Felix Cavaliere have all called Nashville home. Now John Oates has established partial residency in Nashville. He showed up at the Bluebird this week to perform in the round with Sam Bush and Jeff…