Human history is bloody and wrought with atrocity, what most of us would call true evil. Though as you read that line, you may be asking yourself a question: “What ‘history’? It’s happening today!” And this is certainly true. We haven’t really changed much as humanity. We in the West, particularly America, constantly gripe about
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In any music genre, especially country music, you hear a lot about successful songwriters who’ve penned hit tunes. One thing you might not know, however, is that very rarely does a songwriter just fly solo. The days of Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark creating their own music start to finish, in some
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When it comes to American music, there is no other genre that represents the cultural roots of the nation quite like country music. The greats like Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Marty Robbins and many others helped pave the way for those hits you hear on country radio today while you’re driving to work.
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Have you heard of the excellent country music songwriter by the name of Elvis Nash? Well, you’re on his website right now, so take a few minutes and listen to some of his fantastic music on the homepage here. Nashville California is a fan site, more than anything, for true fans of country music. But
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Do you remember what country music radio was like in 1991? Or perhaps the more salient question: Can you believe 1991 was 30 years ago? Well, some of us are older and can’t believe it’s been literally three decades since the ‘90s. But here we are, nevertheless, still writing, singing, and listening to great country
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Born in 1943 and raised in South Philadelphia, James Joseph Croce, better known as Jim Croce, was one of America’s finest folk singer-songwriters. While technically not a country music songwriter, and someone you may not hear much of on country music hit radio, the fact is that Jim Croce’s music has a special place with
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Country music fans might love their country, but they don’t shrug off other genres of music. It’s widely known through a variety of marketing research that fans of radio country music also listen to other genres like rock (especially southern rock) and the blues. In fact, the blues play a crucial role in country music.
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Classic country fans seem to get awfully worked up when they hear a new song drop on the radio that doesn’t growl like Conway Twitter, inflect like George Jones, or wail like Hank Williams singing the blues. “Country music is dead and gone,” they shout! “In my day, country was real country.” Well, that’s
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Most songwriters in America, and in the world in general, struggle and stumble to climb up that daunting wall of success. For most of us, we’re told “No” like it’s our first name. Many songwriters do end up successful. Some get a big hit. Some get some sync play on TV, or some
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No matter which genre of music you like, no matter your style and no matter your age, everyone knows a Bob Dylan song! We could write a multi-volume encyclopedia of Dylan’s songs; that’s how long he’s been a songwriter, and how long he’s been putting out music. Bob Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, is our
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