Classic Album Review-Mother Maybelle Carter “A Living Legend”
This week, we've been all over the country music map, from the 1980's style of John Anderson, to some folk-influenced country from Johnny Cash and Eddy Arnold, to the multi-genred sounds of Jimmy Buffett.
Categories: Classic Album Reviews Tags: Carter Family, classic country, country albums, Country Music, country oldies, Mother Maybelle Carter
Classic Album Review-Jimmy Buffett “Songs You Know By Heart”
One of my favorite album titles is the subject of today's Classic Album Review.
Categories: Classic Album Reviews Tags: Cheeseburger In Paradise, classic country, Come Monday, country albums, Country Music, country oldies, Greatest Hits, Jimmy Buffett, Margaritaville, Son Of A Son Of A Sailor
Classic Album Review-Eddy Arnold “Folk Song Book”
Yesterday, we entered the realm of country-folk with Johnny Cash's “Orange Blossom Special” release, and today, we stay on that style of music, but with an album that was released a year prior to Cash's.
Categories: Classic Album Reviews Tags: classic country, country albums, Country Music, country oldies, Eddy Arnold, Folk Song Book, Molly
Classic Album Review-Johnny Cash “Orange Blossom Special”
Today, we take a look back at one of Johnny Cash's classics.
Categories: Classic Album Reviews Tags: classic country, country albums, Country Music, country oldies, It Ain't Me Babe, Johnny Cash, Orange Blossom Special
Classic Album Review-John Anderson “Wild & Blue”
From 1982, comes a release from John Anderson. “Wild & Blue” was released in 1982, giving John his first top ten album, as it peaked at number three.
Categories: Classic Album Reviews Tags: classic country, country albums, Country Music, country oldies, Goin' Down Hill, John Anderson, Swingin', Wild And Blue
Classic Album Review-”Tompall & The Glaser Brothers Greatest Hits”
As we reach the weekend, we end the week with a look back at the Greatest Hits compilation from Tompall & The Glaser Brothers.
Categories: Classic Album Reviews Tags: California Girl, classic country, country albums, Country Music, country oldies, Greatest Hits, Jim Glaser, Rings, The Glaser Brothers, Tompall Glaser
Classic Album Review-Dolly Parton “Here You Come Again”
A new direction. That's the best way to describe today's classic album from Dolly Parton. “Here You Come Again” was a new musical direction, heading into a more polished, pop-infused sound that, while it turned off some of her fans,...
Categories: Classic Album Reviews Tags: classic country, country albums, Country Music, country oldies, Dolly Parton, Here You Come Again, It's All Wrong But It's All Right, Two Doors Down
Classic Album Review-”Lefty Frizzell’s Greatest Hits”
Today's Classic Album Review places us in the year 1966, for a greatest hits package from one of the most influential acts in country music history, Lefty Frizzell.
Categories: Classic Album Reviews Tags: Always Late, classic country, country albums, Country Music, country oldies, Greatest Hits, I Love You A Thousand Ways, If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time, Lefty Frizzell, Saginaw Michigan, The Long Black Veil
Classic Album Review – Charley Pride “I’m Just Me”
Summer, 1971. “Marcus Welby” and “Flip Wilson” own television. Pittsburgh and Baltimore are on a collision course for the World Series, Richard Petty and Bobby Allison dominate NASCAR, Kissinger visits China while President Nixon announces he will visit, and to no one's surprise, at the top of the bestselling country albums, is Charley Pride.
Categories: Classic Album Reviews Tags: Charley Pride, classic country, country albums, Country Music, country oldies, I'd Rather Love You, I'm Just Me
Classic Album Review-Sylvia “Snapshot”
We start the week with a bit of 1980's country-pop from Sylvia.
