Townes Van Zandt

 

Artist:  Townes Van Zandt

Birth Name:  John Townes Van Zandt

Born:  March 7, 1944.  Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Died:  January 1, 1997 (Aged 52).  Smyrna, Tennessee, USA

Genre:  Country, Folk, Blues, Americana, Contemporary Folk, Country Rock, Progressive Country

Occuption:  Musician, Singer, Songwriter

Instruments:  Guitar, Vocals

Townes Van Zandt was an American Singer, Songwriter from Fort Worth, Texas.  He wrote numerous songs such as "Pancho And Lefty", "For The Sake Of The Song", "If I Needed You", "Tecumseh Valley", "Tower Song", "Rex's Blues", and "To Love Is To Fly", that are widely considered masterpieces of American Songwriting.   He was respected for his guitar playing and fingerpicking ability.

Title:  Flyin' Shoes (Limited Edition) (2025) 

Genre:  Country, Folk, Blues, Americana, Contemporary Folk, Country Rock, Progressive Country

Label:  Charly Records

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Loretta (3:45)

 2.  No Place To Fall (3:28)

 3.  Flyin' Shoes (4:21)

 4.  Who Do You Love (3:58)

 5.  When She Don't Need Me (3:09)

Side Two:

 6.  Dollar Bill Blues (2:59)

 7.  Rex's Blues (2:28)

 8.  Pueblo Waltz (3:00)

 9.  Brother Flower (2:52)

10. Snake Song (2:27)

Personnel:

Townes Van Zandt:  Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar

Chips Moman:  Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals

Billy Earl McClelland:  Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals

Randy Scruggs:  Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin

Phillip Donnelly:  Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals

Billy Burnette:  Backing Vocals

Tommy Cogbill:  Bass

Bobby Emmons:  Keyboards

Eddy Anderson:  Drums, Percussion

Jimmy Day:  Steel Guitar

Gary Scruggs:  Harmonica

Spooner Oldham:  Piano

Toni Wine:  Background Vocals

Flyin' Shoes is an album by Townes Van Zandt, originally released o. May 1978 by Tomato Records, remastered and reissued on May 9, 2025 by Charly Records.  Limited Edition Blue Vinyl.

Willie Nelson

Artist:  Willie Nelson 
Birth Name:  Willie Hugh Nelson
Born:  April 29, 1933
Origin:  Abbott, Texas, USA.
Genre:  Country, Country Rock, Outlaw Country, Alternative Country, Progressive Country, Vocals Pop
Occupations:  Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Producer, Actor
Instruments:  Vocals, Guitar

Willie Nelson is an American Country Music Singer, Songwriter and Actor.  He was the one of the key of Outlaw Country that developed from the conservative restrictions of the Nashville Sound, along with Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, and Tompall Glaser in album Wanted! The Outlaw, especially he joined the Country Supergroup The Highwaymen, with Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson.  His music styles uses a variety including Country, Folk, Rock, Blues, Pop and Jazz and he is the Icon in Country Music, influencing the New Country, New Tradition and Alternative Country in 1980s and 1990s.  He was inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame in 1933, and he received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1988, he was also inducted to the National Agricultural Hall Of Fame in 2011.

 

Title:  Oh What A Beautiful World (2025)

Genre:  Country, Country Rock, Outlaw Country, Alternative Country, Progressive Country, Vocals Pop

Label:  Legacy Recordings

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  What Kind Of Love (3:41)

 2.  Banks Of The Old Bandera (3:25)

 3.  The Fly Boy & The Kid (3:51)

 4.  Forty Miles From Nowhere (4:28)

 5.  I Wouldn't Be Me Without You (3:56)

 6.  Making Memories Of Us (4:11)

Side B:

 1.  Oh What A Beautiful World (feat. Rodney Crowell) (4:00)

 2.  Open Season On My Heart (3:52)

 3.  Shame On The Moon (4:27)

 4.  She's Back In Town (3:21)

 5.  Still Learning How To Fly (4:00)

 6.  Stuff That Worlds (4:00)

Personnel:

Willie Nelson:  Lead Vocals, Trigger

Rodney Crowell:  Lead Vocals on Track B1

James Michell:  Electric Guitar

Bobby Terry:  Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Steel Guitar

Glenn Worf:  Bass, Double Bass

Mickey Raphael:  Harmonica

Fred Eltringham:  Drums, Percussion

Jim "Moose" Brown:  Organ, Piano, Wurlitzer Piano

Wyatt Beard:  Background Vocals

Melorine Cannon:  Background Vocals

Buddy Cannon:  Background Vocals

Oh What A Beautiful World is the 77th solo studio album by Willie Nelson, released on April 25, 2025 by Legacy Recordings, featuring Rodney Crowell.

Guy Clark

Artist:  Guy Clark

Birth Name:  Guy Charles Clark

Born:  November 6, 1941.  Monahans, Texas, USA

Died:  May 17, 2016 (Aged 74).  Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Genre:  Country, Texas Country, Outlaw Country, Folk, Americana, Progressive Country, Alternative Country

Occupation:  Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Producer

Instruments:  Guitar, Vocals

Guy Clark wan an American Folk and Country Singer, Songwriter.  He released more than 2 albums and his songs have been recorded by other artists, including Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Buffett, Lyle Lovett, Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner, Emmylou Harris. Rodney Crowell, Steve Earle, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Kathy Mattea, and Chris Stapleton.  He won the 2014 Grammy Award for Best Folk Album My Favorite Picture Of You.

Title:  Dublin Blues (Deluxe Edition) (2025) 

Genre:  Country, Texas Country, Outlaw Country, Folk, Americana, Progressive Country, Alternative Country

Label:  Compass Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Dublin Bues (4:24)

 2.  Black Diamond Strings (3:53)

 3.  Shut Up And Talk To Me (3:31)

 4.  Stuff That Works (5:09)

 5.  Hank Williams Said It Best (4:47)

Side B:

 1.  The Cape (3:43)

 2.  Baby Took A Limo To Memphis (4:11)

 3.  Tryin' To Try (3:17)

 4.  Hangin' Your Life On The Wall (feat. Ramblin' Jack Elliott) (3:35)

 5.  The Randall Knife (5:34)

Personnel:

Guy Clark:  Vocals, Guitar

Sam Bush:  Mandolin

Travis Clark:  Bass

Rodney Crowell:  Guitar, Background Vocals

Ramblin' Jack Elliott:  Background Vocals

Nanci Griffith:  Background Vocals

Emmylou Harris:  Background Vocals

Kathy Mattea:  Background Vocals

Suzi Ragsdale:  Background Vocals

Donivan Cowart:  Background Vocals

Jelly Roll Johnson:  Harmonica

Kenny Malone:  Drums, Percussion, Conga, Tambourine, Triangle, Shaker, Bell Tree, Irish drum

Darrell Scott:  Guitar, Dobro, Mandolin, Penny Whistle, Slide Guitar

Verlon Thompson:  Guitar, Harmonica, Background Vocals

Jonathan Yudkin:  Violin

Dublin Blues is an album by Guy Clark, originally released on April 4, 1995 by Asylum Records, remastered and reissued on April 25, 2025 by Compass Records, featuring Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Rodney Cowell, Sam Bush, Emmylou Harris, Nanci Griffith, Kathy Mattea, and many more!.  30th Anniversary Edition Dublin Blue Vinyl.

 

Robert Earl Keen

 

Artist:  Robert Earl Keen
Born:  January 11, 1956
Origin:  Houston, Texas, USA
Genre:  Americana, Country Folk, Alternative Country, Contemporary Folk, Progressive Country, Country
Occupation:  Singer, Songwriter
Instruments:  Guitar, Mandolin

Robert Earl Keen is an American Singer and Songwriter from Houston, Texas.  His songs have been covered by several different artists including George Strait, Joe Ely, Lyle Lovett, Nanci Griffith, Dixie Chicks and The Highwaymen.  He played with different music styles, from Folk, Country and Bluegrass to Rock.  He has inducted into The Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall Of Fame in 2012.

Title:  Gravitational Forces (2001)

Genre:  Americana, Country Folk, Alternative Country, Contemporary Folk, Progressive Country, Country

Label:  Lost Highway

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

 1.  My Home Ain't In The Hall Of Fame (3:04)

 2.  Hello New Orleans (3:01)

 3.  Wild Wind (5:12)

 4.  Not A Drop Of Rain (4:09)

5.  I Still Miss Someone (3:19)

 6.  Fallin' Out (3:25)

 7.  High Plains Jamboree (3:10)

 8.  Walkin' Cane (4:43)

 9.  Goin' Nowhere Blues (4:47)

10. Snowin' On Raton (5:01)

11. Gravitational Forces (2:41)

12. The Road Goes On Forever (7:10)

Personnel:

Robert Earl Keen:  Lead Vocals on All Tracks

Rich Broterton:  Acoustic Gutar on Tracks:  1-7, 9, 11,  Electric Guitar on Tracks:  1-3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, Lead Guitar on Track 1, Baritone Guitar on Tracks: 7, 12, 12-String Guitar on Track 2, Harmony Vocals on Tracks: 3, 5, 8,  10, Slide Guitar on Track 8, 

Bill Whitback:  Bass on Tracks: 1, 3-7, 10-12, U[right Bass on Tracks: 2, 8, 9, Harmony Vocals on Tracks:  1-6, 8, 10, Tic-Tac Bass on Track 7

Gurf Morlix:  Steel Guitar on Track 1, Electric Guitar on Tracks: 1, 6, 9,Baritone Guitar on Tracks: 1, 3, Harmony Vocals on Track 1, Acoustic Guitar on Tracks:  3, 9, Beer Bottle Slide Guitar on Tracks: 2, 4, Lap Steel Guitar on Track 6, Harmonium on Track 5, Mandolin on Track 8

Tom Van Schaik:  Drums on Tracks:  1-9, 11, 12,    Percussion on Tracks: 8, 9, 11

Bryan Duckworth:  Fiddle on Tracks:  5, 7, Mandolin on Track 5

Ian McLagan:  Hammond B-3 Organ on Track 10

Marty Muse:  Steel Guitar on Tracks: 10, 12

Freddie Fletcher:  Pizza Box Percussion

Ray Kennedy:  Electric Guitar on Track 12

Bar Room Party Sound:  Kathy Brotherton, Rich Brotherton, Gurl Morlix, aurie Galbraith, Robert Earl Keen

Gravitational Forces is an album by Robert Earl Keen, released on August 7, 2001 by Lost Highway.  Excellent Album, and Highly Recommended!.

The Flying Burrito Brothers

Artist:  The Flying Burrito Brothers
Origin:  USA
Genre:  Country Rock, Progressive Country, Rock, Roots Rock

Original line-up:

Gram Parsons:  Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Organ
Chris Hillman:  Lead Vocals, Harmony, Guitar, Mandolin
Chris Ethridge:  Bass, Piano
"Sneaky" Pete Kleinow:  Pedal Steel Guitar

The Flying Burrito Brothers was an early Country Rock Band, formed in 1968 by Gram Parsons (Vocals, Guitar Ex The Byrds), Chris Hillman (Vocals, Bass, Mandolin Ex The Byrds), Chris Ethridge (Bass, Piano) and Sneaky Pete Kleinow (Pedal Steel Guitar).  The group is the one of the Country Rock Legends and best known for its influential from the debut album The Gilded Palace Of Sin (1969).

Title:  Live 1976 (2024)

Genre:  Country Rock, Progressive Country, Rock, Roots Rock 

Label:  MIG Music

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Shenandoah Valley Breakdown (1:35)

 2.  White Line Fever (3:22)

 3.  The Wild Side Of Life (4:13)

 4.  Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music) (2:14)

 5.  Diggy Liggy Lo (2:24)

 6.   The Fugitive (3:14)

Side B:

 1.  Toe Tappin' Music (2:56)

 2.  Bordertown (3:38)

 3.  Pride Man (3:57)

 4.  Waitin' For Love To Begin (2:40)

 5.  Truck Drivin' MAn (2:36)

 6.  Orange Blossom Special (4:37)

Personnel:

Joel Scott Hill:  Guitar, Vocals

Peter "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow:  Steel Guitar

Floyd August "Gib" Gilbeau:  Violin, Vocals

Clyde "Skip" Battin". Electric Bass

Ed Ponder:  Drums

Live 1976 is a live album by The Flying Burrito Brothers, December 13, 2024 by MIG Musc, recorded on Monday, October 4, 1976, at the Post-Aula In Bremen, Germany by Radio Bremen.  For Fans of The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Byrds, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The First National Band, The Dillards.

Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Artist:  Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Born:  May 6, 1945.  Amarillo, Texas, USA

Genre:  Country, Progressive Country, Alternative Country, County Folk, Americana, Neo-Traditionalist Country, Outlaw Country, Alternative Country Rock

Occupation:  Singer, Songwriter

Instruments:  Vocals, Guitar

Jimmie Dale Gilmore is an American Country Singer and Songwriter from Amarillo, Texas.  His earliest musical influence was Hank Williams and the Honky Tonk brand of Country Music.  In the 1950s, he was exposed to the emerging Rock & Roll of other Texans such as Roy Orbison and Lubbock native Buddy Holly, as well as to Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley.  He was profoundly influenced in the 1960s by The Beatles and Bob Dylan and the Folk Music and Blues Revival in that decade.  With Joe Ely and Butch Hancock founded The Flatlanders, the group has been performing on and off since 1972.  He has been nominted for three Grammys, Best Contemporary Folk Album for Sprinning Around The Sun i. 1993, Best Comtemporary Folk Album Braver Newer World in 1996, and Best Traditional Folk Album Come On Back in 2005.

Artist:  Jimmie Dale And The Flatlanders

Title:  All American Music (2024)

Genre:  Country, Progressive Country, Alternative Country, County Folk, Americana, Neo-Traditionalist Country, Outlaw Country, Alternative Country Rock

Label:  Omnivore Recordings

Rating:   *****

Format:   CD 

Tracks:

 1.  Dallas (2:50)

 2.  The Heart You Left Behind (2:20)

 3.  She Had Everything (2:09)

 4.  Tonight I'm Gonna Go Downtown (2:44)

 5.  Waiting For A Train (2:33)

 6.  Rose From The Mountain (2:02)

 7.  You've Never Seen Me Cry (2:12)

 8.  Jole's Blon (3:27)

 9.  Bhagvan Decreed (2:47)

10. Keeper Of The Mountain (2:44)

11. Hello Stranger (3:14)

12. Down In My Hometown (2:45)

13. One Day At a Time (3:45)

14. Stars In My Life (3:03)

15. Not Long Ago (2:20)

16. I Know You (2:46)

17. One Road More (2:27)

18. Dallas (Alternate Take) (2:43)

Format:  LP

Tracks:

LP 1:

Side One:

 1.  Dallas (2:50)

 2.  The Heart You Left Behind (2:20)

 3.  She Had Everything (2:09)

 4.  Tonight I'm Gonna Go Downtown (2:44)

 5.  Waiting For A Train (2:33)

 6.  Rose From The Mountain (2:02)

 7.  You've Never Seen Me Cry (2:12)

Side Two:

 1.  Jole's Blon (3:27)

 2.  Bhagvan Decreed (2:47)

 3.  Keeper Of The Mountain (2:44)

 4.  Hello Stranger (3:14)

 5.  Down In My Hometown (2:45)

LP 2:

Side Three:

 1.  One Day At a Time (3:45)

 2.  Stars In My Life (3:03)

 3.  Not Long Ago (2:20)

 4.  I Know You (2:46)

 5.  One Road More (2:27)

 6.  Dallas (Alternate Take) (2:43)

Personnel:

Jimmie Dale Gilmore:  Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar

Joe Ely:  Vocals (Duet), Harmony Vocals, Harmonica, Dobro, Acoustic Guitar

Butch Hancock:  Harmony Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica, Banjo

Sylvester Rice:  Double Bass

Tommy Hancock:  Fiddle

Tony Pearson:  Mandolin, Vocal Harmonies

Steve Wesson:  Autoharp, Saw

All American Music is the collection album by Jimmie Dale And The Flatlanders, originally released in 1973 by Plantation Records, remastered and reissued on November 15, 2024 by Omnivore Recordings.  For Music Collectors.

 

Willie Nelson

 

Artist:  Willie Nelson 
Birth Name:  Willie Hugh Nelson
Born:  April 29, 1933
Origin:  Abbott, Texas, USA.
Genre:  Country, Country Rock, Outlaw Country, Alternative Country, Progressive Country, Vocals Pop
Occupations:  Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Producer, Actor
Instruments:  Vocals, Guitar

Willie Nelson is an American Country Music Singer, Songwriter and Actor.  He was the one of the key of Outlaw Country that developed from the conservative restrictions of the Nashville Sound, along with Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, and Tompall Glaser in album Wanted! The Outlaw, especially he joined the Country Supergroup The Highwaymen, with Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson.  His music styles uses a variety including Country, Folk, Rock, Blues, Pop and Jazz and he is the Icon in Country Music, influencing the New Country, New Tradition and Alternative Country in 1980s and 1990s.  He was inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame in 1933, and he received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1988, he was also inducted to the National Agricultural Hall Of Fame in 2011.

Title:  Last Leaf On The Tree (2024)

Genre:  Country, Country Rock, Outlaw Country, Alternative Country, Progressive Country, Vocals Pop

Label:  Legacy

Rating:   ****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

 1.  Last Leaf (3:14)

 2.  If It Wasn't Broken (3:23)

 3.  Lost Cause (3:32)

 4.  Come Ye (3:34)

 5.  Keep Me In Your Heart (3:35)

 6.  Robbed Blind (4:03)

 7.  House Where Nobody Lives (4:10)

 8.  Are You Ready For The Country? (3:46)

 9.  Do You Realize?? (3:11)

10. Wheels (3:25)

11. Broken Arrow (6:40)

12. Color Of Sound (3:39)

13. The Ghost (5:11)

Personnel:

Willie Nelson:  Lead Vocals, Trigger

Micah Nelson:  Acoustic Guitar on Tracks:  1-9, 11-13, Piano on Tracks:  1-3, 7, 11, Surdo on Tracks:  1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, Percussion on Tracks:  1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, Cello on Tracks:  1, 3, 7, 9, 11, Steel Guitar on Tracks:  1, 6, Background Vocals on Tracks:  2, 3, 5-11, 13, Bass, Drums  on Tracks:  2, 3, 5-9, 13, Electric Guitar on Tracks:  3, 4-7, 9, 11, 13, Clapping on Tracks:  4, 8, 10, Dulcimer on Track 5, Synthesizer on Tracks:  6, 10, Slide Guitar on Track 8, Mellotron on Track 13

Mickey Raphael:  Harmonica on Tracks:  1-9, 13, Jaw Harp on Track 8

Kevin Smith:  Double Bass on Track 1

Aroyn Davis:  Bass on Track 11

Daniel Lanois:  Pedal Steel Guitar  on Track 13

Magatte Sow:  Drums on Track 4

Sam Gendel;  Alto Saxophone on Tracks:  4, 10, 11

Nikita Sorokin:  Violin on Tracks:  2, 5, 9, Fiddle on Track 8

Hariah Steinberger:   Clapping on Track 4

Jeremy Steinberger:   Clapping on Track 4

Format:  LP

Tracks:

LP 1:

Side A:

 1.  Last Leaf (3:14)

 2.  If It Wasn't Broken (3:23)

 3.  Lost Cause (3:32)

 4.  Come Ye (3:34)

Side B:

 1.  Keep Me In Your Heart (3:35)

 2.  Robbed Blind (4:03)

 3.  House Where Nobody Lives (4:10)

LP 2:

Side C:

 1.  Are You Ready For The Country? (3:46)

 2.  Do You Realize?? (3:11)

 3.  Wheels (3:25)

Side D:

 1.  Broken Arrow (6:40)

 2.  Color Of Sound (3:39)

 3.  The Ghost (5:11)

Last Leaf On The Tree is the 76th studio album by Willie Nelson, released on November 1, 2024 by Legacy Recordings, featuring Covers of Neil Young, Warren Zevon, Keith Richard, Nina Simone, Tom Waits Beck, The Flaming Lips, Sunny War.  The Album reached No. 2 on UK Country Albums Chart.