from HonkyTonkJunkie.com
I read quite a few country music blogs and lately I’ve seen a lot of posts that complain about the current state of country music coming out of Nashville. I’ve written quite a bit about this myself and more often than not the subject has come up in interviews I’ve conducted with different bands and [...]
In my last article I dared to name five songs that I think ruined country music. They are by no means the only five, they just happen to be the five I despise the most. The article was re-posted on several sites and spawned hundreds of responses both in agreement and disagreement with not necessarily [...]
Many times you don’t notice something when you’re right in the middle of it. Who knew back in the 1990′s when everyone was enjoying all those silly line dances that we were actually witnessing the demise of country music? I sure didn’t, I actually moved to Nashville in 1995 because I wanted to be closer [...]
I am neither an autograph collector nor a reseller but there has been a time or three where I wanted to meet a celebrity and providing them with something to sign gave me my in. Reading the stories on hollywoodautographnews.com has given me a lot of insight as to how cranky some celebrities can be [...]
I stopped making New Year’s resolutions a couple of decades ago because I always picked the wrong ones and I always failed. This time, though, as 2010 rolled into 2011, I decided I was going to pick the right one and follow through no matter what. Regrettably, I never got to see Waylon Jennings, Johnny [...]
I believe a music video should be only one of three things: a performance, a literal depiction of the story like Martina McBride’s Independence Day, or something funny. That’s it. Don’t try to throw any extra messages in it unless they are inherent in the song itself. A recent example of a video gone wrong [...]
Yes, it’s Country Music Association (CMA) awards time again so of course that means it’s also time for the 2nd Annual Honky Tonk Junkie Music Awards. My approach to the award process is quite a bit different then that of our mainstream counterparts. First of all, there are no nominations, only winners. There is none [...]
A while back I got criticized for playing the Hank Williams song, Honky Tonk Blues, on HonkyTonkJunkie.com. But how can that be, you ask? It’s Hank Williams and it’s got the words honky tonk in it; wouldn’t that song be tailor-made for the station? Well, yes. Sort of. True, it was written by Hank Williams [...]
I spent the better part of four years half-assed looking around Los Angeles for a decent venue that plays live country music, that was near my home, that I could go to and have a drink once in a while. I had heard of two but for some reason, I never went. It wasn’t until last [...]
If one were to take a good look at me, one could make a few assumptions. One would be that I eat too much of the wrong things and don’t get enough exercise. That assumption would be true but that’s not the one I want to talk about. Ever. If the honky tonk tattoos, band [...]
August 8, 2011
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