A Country Fan Appreciates the Catalog of Neil Diamond

Neil Diamond. The Jewish Elvis Presley as some have referred to him over the years. But country? That’s probably not what you think of when you think Neil Diamond.
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Neil Diamond. The Jewish Elvis Presley as some have referred to him over the years. But country? That’s probably not what you think of when you think Neil Diamond.
Beth Nielsen Chapman, Brent Mason, Bruce Bouton, Chet Atkins, Chris Isaak, Dan Dugmore, David Hungate, Deep Purple, Emmylou Harris, Hal Ketchum, Johnny Cash, Mark Knopfler, Neil Diamond, Pete Seeger, Raul Malo, Richard Bennett, Rick Rubin, Rodney Crowell, T.G. Sheppard, The Bellamy Brothers, The Notorious Cherry Bombs, Tommy Overstreet, Tony Brown, Vince Gill, Waylon Jennings
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2014 in country music did not see the passing of titans of the genre like we experienced in 2013 when George Jones, Ray Price, Tompall Glaser, and many more passed away, but was more the story of the vital side players, songwriters, session musicians, and storytellers who are so important to making the country music of others sound great.
Arthur Smith, Bob Montgomery, Bobby Keys, Chip Young, Dawn Sears, George Hamilton IV, George Riddle, Ian McLagan, James Alan Shelton, James Hand, Jesse Winchester, Jimmy C. Newman, Larry Henley, Lois Johnson, Neil Reshen, Paul Craft, Pete Seeger, Phil Everly, Ralph Stanley, Ronny Spears, Steve Fromholz, Tommy Ramone, Waylon Jennings, Weldon Myrick, Will Indian, Willie Nelson
Though The Kossoy Sisters were surrounded by the folk revival, much of the inspiration and compositions for their music originated farther south in the Southern Appalachians. Their focus was gospel and primitive country murder ballads. Most importantly, that innocence and purity that the world had scarcely heard since those original Ralph Peer Bristol Sessions was present in their music.
Bowling Green, Jimmie Rodgers, O Brother Where Art Thou, Pete Seeger, Ralph Peer, Review, The Bristol Sessions, The Carter Family, The Kassoy Sisters, The Weavers
The great American folk singing legend and banjo player Pete Seeger passed away on January 27th, All but appropriate then that on the very next day, January 28th, one of our generation’s most venerable folk musicians, Duluth, Minnesota’s Charlie Parr released his 12th full-length album, and one that arguably mark’s the artist’s most bold, and most ambitious undertaking yet.
Alan Sparhawk, Charlie Parr, Hollandale, Low, Pete Seeger, Review