The 6th Billboard #1 hit single- “Tom Dooley”- The Kingston Trio. #1 for 1 week November 17, 1958. Capitol Records. Written by Thomas Land. Genre: Folk. Time: 3:01. B-Side:”Ruby Red.” […]
Albums WOODY GUTHRIE: DUST BOWL BALLADS: 1940: FOLK,COUNTRY: GRADE: A++. CD: A classic which holds up today nearly 80 years later as it did at the time of release. All […]
ALBUMS THE CARTER FAMILY: ANCHORED IN LOVE: THEIR COMPLETE VICTOR RECORDINGS 1927-28: 1993: COUNTRY: GRADE: A+. CD: The Carter Family -A.P. Carter, his wife Sara and A.P.’s sister-in-law Maybelle went […]
ALBUMS KEN BURNS: COUNTRY MUSIC SOUNDTRACK: 2019: DISC 3-4-5: COUNTRY: GRADE: A+. APPLE. HANK WILLIAMS: THE ORIGINAL SINGLES COLLECTION:1990:3 DISCS: COUNTRY: GRADE: A++. IPOD: 3 DISCS 84 TRACKS. ERNEST TUBB: […]
This Must Be The Place: Massachusetts”- Arlo Guthrie. Arlo Guthrie is a long time resident of Washington, Massachusetts which is located in Western Massachusetts. His song “Massachusetts” is on his […]
This week I watched the recent PBS documentary Woodstock- Three Days That Defined a Generation. It is excellent- it does feature the music- but also how the concert came to […]
It was fifty years ago today- Friday August 15, 1969- the setting Max Yasgur’s 600 acre Dairy Farm in Bethel, New York- The Woodstock Concert began. It would last from […]
