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Reissue CDs Weekly: For The Good Times - The Songs Of Kris Kristofferson
An unexpected brush with punk from the writer of ‘Help me Make it Through the Night’
by Kieron TylerSunday, 21 February 2021
Kris Kristofferson: a unique package
The ninth track on this collection of interpretations of songs written by Kris Kristofferson is so surprising it’s bewildering. The commentary in the booklet of
For The Good Times – The Songs Of Kris Kristofferson notes its “sneering Joe Strummer-like delivery” and that the “guitar-heavy riff is very Clash-like.” Baffling.
Film Archivist Unearths Footage of 14-Year-Old Dolly Parton
Dollywood theme park and the benevolent force responsible for the
Dolly Parton was a teenage dreamer in East Tennessee.
Thanks to Knoxville-area film archivist Matthew Reeves, we can now see 14-year-old Parton perform at an outdoor event organized by Smoky Mountain celebrity and
As both the footage and the accompanying studio recording of Making Believe establish, Parton developed at a young age into the singer-songwriter and live performer that d go on to change popular music.
Per Reeves YouTube description, the silent 8mm home movie footage was shot by Haroldine Worthington in Fountain City, Tennessee at the gas station parking lot at the corner of Essary Road and Broadway.
This mid-tempo song opens simply with a guitar and a voice, almost angrily, declaring, “
There is no good reason I should have to be so alone.” The rest of the song is a balance between frustration and empathy, with a driving beat stopping things from ever getting too sad; you can almost see Natalie Maines laughing in frustration as she sings, “
God help me, am I the only one who’s ever felt this way?”
10 Never Say Die
“Never Say Die” is an optimistically (and purposefully) naive love song. Another mid-tempo song balanced somewhere between ballad and waltz, it has Maines’ narrator lying in the dark, declaring that “
Formed in 1989 by Laura Lynch, Robin Lynn Macy and sisters Martie and Emily Erwin (now Martie Maguire and Emily Strayer), the Chicks released three albums as an independent band, in 1990, 1992 and 1993. In the summer of 1995, the then-trio (Macy had departed in 92) signed a developmental deal with Sony Music Nashville. Natalie Maines replaced Lynch as the Chicks lead singer, and Sony signed the revamped group as the first artists on their newly revived Monument Records imprint.
In October of 1997, the Chicks released I Can Love You Better as the first single from
Wide Open Spaces; the song reached the Top 10 on the country charts (No. 7). The album s following three singles There s Your Trouble, Wide Open Spaces and You Were Mine all reached No. 1, while the disc s fifth and final single, Tonight the Heartache s on Me, also earned a Top 10 spot (No. 6).
Remember When the Chicks Released Their Major Label Debut Album?
The Chicks were already veterans of the recording studio when they released their major-label debut album,
Wide Open Spaces, on Jan. 27, 1998. The group switched up their approach completely for the album, which changed not only their career, but also the entire trajectory of contemporary country music.
Formed under the name Dixie Chicks in 1989, the group s original lineup included Laura Lynch, Robin Lynn Macy and sisters Martie and Emily Erwin (now Martie Maguire and Emily Strayer). That lineup performed extensively in and around Texas, focusing on traditional bluegrass and country music and even wearing old-timey stage costumes.