Bruce Robison Gives Away His Secret For Writing Hit Songs
- In their latest crop of reviews The Austin Chronicle stamps three stars apiece on The Derailers – Under the Influence of Buck, Dale Watson – The Little Darlin’ Sessions, and Sam Baker – Pretty World.
- Judging from all the glowing reviews for The Little Darlin’ Sessions you wouldn’t know why Dale Watson protested its release. Steve Horowitz writes, “The songs themselves are a hoot, if you enjoy wallowing in the black humor brought on by despair” and “then there are the tracks that are so sad that it makes one want to start drinking.”
- My contempt for city traffic usually keeps me from making the drive from South Austin to the North, but I’ve often been tempted by Dale Watson’s frequent appearances at Ginny’s Little Longhorn Saloon. Take Country Back has a nice writeup of this infamous Austin honky-tonk.
- A post office in Bakersfield, CA will named in honor of Buck Owens.
- Phil Vassar and his wife have filed for divorce.
- Inspired by hearing Bill Anderson’s version of “Give It Away” and comparing it to George Strait’s, Eamon McLoughlin wants your help putting together a list of songs with two versions that sound completely different.
- Denise Jackson’s book, It’s All About Him: Finding the Love of My Life, debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times Bestseller list. My girlfriend went to buy it last week, but the local Borders only ordered six copies and were already sold out. Anybody else had a chance to read it yet?
- A touching article about the full circle Porter Wagoner has made with the release of Wagonmaster.
- Kris Kristofferson has been cast to play the head of a corporate crime organization in an indie drama entitled “Powder Blue.”
- Bruce Robison celebrated his third No. 1 hit (”Wrapped”) this week and says that he has a pretty reliable way of telling when one of his songs is gonna be a hit: his wife gets pregnant.
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