Last Rites of Ransom Pride Movie

December 5th, 2009

Film was a huge element to the original Outlaw Country movement, with people like Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson becoming outright leading men stars in films like Barbarossa and Songwriter. But in the last couple of decades the film cameras, and guns, have been silent. Until now. . .

Last Rites of Ransom Pride is a [...]

Filled Under: News

New Music From Old Artists

October 14th, 2009

Lately so much music has been coming out from oldtime artists I follow, I can hardly keep up. Hopefully in the future I will have features or reviews on all of these projects, but in the meantime here they all are to bring you up to speed. If there’s one album you like to see [...]

Filled Under: Random Notes

Toby Keith vs. Kris Kristofferson . . or not?

April 12th, 2009

I first heard about this story earlier in the week, and was waiting for the dust to settle a little to try to discern what exactly had happened and why. Now I think I know. And though this might cause me to start by day off by giving up my Post Toasties to the porcelain [...]

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The Highwaymen & Hank VS. The Here and Now

September 6th, 2008

I found this on Charlie G’s page. It’s about as poignant and true as it gets. Sure, these old farts are straining to harmonize and the whole thing seems a little contrived, but the verses are so true it hurts.
Charlie G. pointed out in the comments of my last blog that [...]

Filled Under: Causes, News, Outlaw History

The Legacy of the Outlaw Country Concerts

June 13th, 2008

Before I get into the meat of this post, I need to do some house cleaning:
For those of you that did not see the bulletin from the Hank 3 music page the other day, they announced that the much delayed Damn Right, Rebel Proud album will have additional tracks on it when it is [...]

Filled Under: Outlaw History