Comments on: Oildale Studio Built By Buck Owens Is Closing Its Doors

By: Leeann

Leeann — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:33:05 +0000

I’ve always liked “When It Comes To You” by John Anderson. It’s more before the break up, but I think a break up is inevitable there.

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:54:12 +0000

One of the best psycho break-up songs ever comes from the Nashville based piano playing singer/songwriter session man Steve Conn from his self titled debut CD. The song is titled “I’ve Got Your Dog” and is actually a bit chilling but the musical aspects are superb with Sonny Landreth on guitar laying down some great blues licks. I actually got online radio station KCUV in Denver to air this song and then later a guy called in and dedicated it to his recent ex-girlfriend who was listening and she called in to dedicate Patsy Cline’s “Crazy” back to him in return! (lol)

The second side of Tonio K’s 1979 folk rock debut “Life In The Foodchain” was just brimming with pyscho break-up songs as only Tonio could write them. One example being “How Come I Can’t See You In My Mirror?”. The blitzkreig sonic attack of “H-A-T-R-E-D” stirred Stereo Review writer Steve Simels to name this the best rock album ever at the time. The song included such lines as “Now all of a sudden the tables have turned, you have left me for somebody new! And now its hard to express the resentment I feel for the years that I wasted on you!” followed later by “I wish I could be mellow as say for instance Jackson Browne, but “Fountain of Sorrow” my ass mother &%$#@*@ I hope you wind up in the ground!”. I really think that Tonio had anger management issues……

By: Brody Vercher

Brody Vercher — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:08:52 +0000

Gary Allan’s “Sorry” is a pretty good one, too, but it doesn’t really have any “psycho” lines in it.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:47:54 +0000

Delia’s Gone by Johnny Cash. Now THAT’s breaking up.

By: Chris N.

Chris N. — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:14:03 +0000

I’m gonna blow everybody’s mind and pick “I Will Always Love You” for the Breakup Music Hall of Fame. I’m always shocked when people think that song is some kind of mushy devotional. It’s pretty damn dark:

“Bittersweet memories
That’s all I have, and all I’m taking with me
Goodbye, please don’t cry
‘Cause we both know that I’m not what you need”

By: Brody Vercher

Brody Vercher — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:42:30 +0000

That does sound like a cool experience. While you were talking with Joe did you learn anything about Willie that you hadn’t heard before?

I picked up Volume 5 of the “How To Be Texan” series from Texas Monthly the other day and there’s a really good Willie piece from Patoski in it. The same issue has some good stuff on Townes Van Zandt and Lyle Lovett, too.

By: Linda Banks

Linda Banks — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:33:01 +0000

I could have set there all day and talked with Joe Nick about Willie. That was such a treat — sitting backstage, at the BackYard, talking about Willie, while you’re waiting for Willie to show up. Classify those as good times. :)