Hank Thompson: A Six Pack To Go
A 1966 swinger from the Texan honky-tonker and his Brazos Valley Boys.
Author: Alan Ashworth
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David Frizzell: I’m Gonna Hire A Wino to Decorate Our Home
Matt says: A wife resorts to desperate measures to stop her husband’s bar-hopping in this 1982 song from the brother of country legend Lefty Frizzell.
Merle Haggard: The Bottle Let Me Down
A 1966 hit by the bard of Bakersfield and his band the Strangers.
Loretta Lynn: Don’t Come Home A Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ On Your Mind)
Loretta tells it like it is on this proto-feminist favourite from 1967, says our friend Matt.
Webb Pierce: There Stands The Glass
Matt says: ‘Plaintive classic by the 50s Nashville superstar now best remembered for his guitar-shaped swimming pool’.
Gary Stewart: She’s Acting Single (I’m Drinking Doubles)
Given everyone’s increased alcohol intake during curfew, (not me, doctor, I’m still sticking to my 21 units [a day]!) I’m pleased to introduce another short season of country songs by … Continue readingGary Stewart: She’s Acting Single (I’m Drinking Doubles)
Hooked on Cowboy Junkies
IN a previous column about the American band 10,000 Maniacs I wondered how many would-be listeners were put off by the name. The same applies to the Canadian outfit Cowboy Junkies. They … Continue readingHooked on Cowboy Junkies
Richard Thompson: Shaky Nancy
Remastered version of one of the standout tracks on Henry the Human Fly, Thompson’s underappreciated debut solo album from 1972. ‘She’s a hard girl, Nancy’.
Hatfield and the North: It Didn’t Matter Anyway
Live version of the song from the 1975 album The Rotters’ Club, which inspired the Jonathan Coe novel and TV series of the same name, both of which I found … Continue readingHatfield and the North: It Didn’t Matter Anyway
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band: Bellerin’ Plain
These guys really could play – and so good-looking too.