For our money, the late 70’s early ’80s created some very underrated music on the country music front. While the fan base may have declined for artists like Johnny, Merle, Waylon, and Jerry Lee the songwriting and passion eas still first-rate.
Category: Of the Day
Video of the Day: Dent May – Sea Salt and Caramel
Dent May, with his spirited mix of Beach Boys Bedroom-Pop and Americana, specializes in delivering retro goodness to the masses. Looking forward to his upcoming release, Late Checkout that fuses together Motown inspired Soul and Power Pop for an ear-pleasing retro journey.
Song of the Day: Leon Bridges – Mississippi Kisses
One of the hidden gems on Leon Bridges’ 2016 record, Coming Home.
Video of the Day: A Thousand Horses – A Song To Remember
A Thousand Horses has a record coming out later this year. Here, is their latest single, a swaying breakup song anthem. “Take a short cut to the jukebox to a bar stool and a pack of smokes even though I quit.”
“A Song To Remember is about being stuck in the purgatory of heartbreak and dealing with the rollercoaster of emotions that comes along with it,” says guitarist Bill Satcher, of the latest heartwarming anthem from Nashville’s countrified foursome A Thousand Horses. One of those arm-swaying singalongs you could readily imagine being played in arenas, while retaining a dive bar-friendly sense of contemplation intimacy.
Video of the Day: Cher and Raquel Welch – I’m A Woman
Vintage Cher and Raquel from the Highly unerrated Cher show, circa 1975.
Video of the Day: Leopold And His Fiction – It’s How I Feel
There is a healthy dose of Post Punk in the Iggy Pop mold along with a dose of wham glam, thank you, ma’am, in this new song from Leopold and His Fiction.
Song of the Day: Michele Phillips – Aloha Louie
Michele Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas released her first solo record in 1975 that featured the single “Aloha Louie,”
Video of the Day: The Long Ryders – Run Dusty Run
One of the original American bands The Long Ryders performs “Run Dusty Run” from a 1986 show at the Roxy in Los Angeles.
Video of the Day: Crown Lands – End of the Road
With their new video rock duo Crown Lands pays tribute to the indigenous women who have gone missing or have been murdered on Yellowhead High 16 in British Columbia, a stretch of highway known as the Highway of Tears.
Song of the Day: The Fruitbats – Today
One of the best Power Pop bands currently applying their trade, Here, the Fruitbats do an excellent job on the Smashing Pumpkins cover.
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