Is the County still alive? - Yes it is...

16 Horsepower

Hipster Magnum, this is for you:

Conway Twitty

My good friend JAW sent me this one. Hell yeah, this is good.

RIP George Jones - September 12, 1931 – April 26, 2013

"You changed a beggar into a king"

Best Cover: Nico

Nico, fine version:

These days (...again)

"Don't confront me with my failures, I have not forgotten them" - Jackson Browne - 16 year old singer-songwriter.

George Jones - Heartaches and hangovers

...and here's something for the folks that don't like to burn another honky tonk town down...the purity of regret; here's George Jones ;-)

Blaze Foley - the Duct Tape Messiah

Who was Blaze Foley ? In 2011 Kevin Triplett finished his 12 year old project, the documentary of Blaze Foley, and it was finally released. Austin singer/songwriter Foley from Austin was shot and killed by the son of an elderly man he tried to defend.... Before that....


Support and order the movie from Kevin at http://www.blazefoleymovie.com/





..and Merle Haggard took "If I could only fly", one of his songs, to his heart...

Beachwood Sparks - new cosmic country-rock

Ever since the first Beachwood Sparks album back in early 2000s I really liked their new-old-modern-cosmic-indie-country-rock (what the hell!).

Now they've finally returned with a brand new album, "The Tarnished Gold", and I must say that it really blows my mind. The californesque feel is intense, the steel guitars are floating great, and it has a real dreamy, calm atmosphere to it. I really spot alot of the Byrds' "The Notorious Byrd Brothers" here. So if you like re-invented 60/70s california pop and country rock, don't be a fool - check them out!

From New L.A. Folk Festival 2012

Woody Guthrie documentary

Hi folks, here's an interesting documentary about the very important Mr. Woody Guthrie - movie from 1988, when people from his age still was alive (Woody was born in 1912). Nice!

Townes Van Zandt

The Monkees - NOT

He was a Monkee, but he knew that country music was good, great and fantastic. Thank you Mike: 

Again John Phillips

Merle Haggard

Johnny's Christmas