Tag Archives: Buddy Holly

Your backstage ghost

Posted on April 5, 2013 by John

For forty years, I’ve sung and played; each bar, garage or concert stage has its own ghosts, its private songs. They do not share them all. Some of these venues are long gone, while others stand with different names; those … Continue reading →

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Careful With That Rhinestone Axe, Eugene (Radio Free Nashville)

Posted on October 25, 2005 by John

Johnny Cash said that Nashville’s had a hard time figuring how to sell country to New Yorkers with boots. It’s a national advertising demographic thing now. Well, country ought to be personal and interactive. Nobody in new country makes you … Continue reading →

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