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That’s the Way Love Goes

Lefty Frizzell‘s “That’s the Way Love Goes” has been on my list to learn for a long time. My father-in-law, being a pretty serious music fan, suggested it among a handful of others shortly after he caught wind of this blog. The song was written by Lefty himself, along with Sanger D. Shafer, was included [...]

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Welcome to the Future

“The 77 writers from all over North America who voted in the 10th annual Country Music Critics Poll named [Brad] Paisley Artist of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year and cited his latest release, American Saturday Night, as the year’s second best album.” – Geoffrey Himes in Nashville Scene. Well, dang. I guess [...]

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American Honey

It’s been a while since my last post, but I finally found some time now that I’ve recovered from the holiday mania, and found some motivating inspiration in the new Lady Antebellum single, “American Honey.” One the whole, I’d rate the song at about a 7 out of 10, but if I could, I’d give [...]

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All I Ask for Anymore

I find it interesting how a good number of country songs have Christian themes, but they aren’t constrained to being gospel. Instead, they qualify as country. Maybe I don’t understand where the line is drawn or what qualifies as gospel, but I always wonder about that when I hear references like “please lord” or “say [...]

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Seven Year Ache

I heard Rosanne Cash’s “Seven Year Ache” on the radio the other day, and it killed me how good it was. Rosanne wrote the song, and Rodney Crowell produced it[1] (who I hope to meet at the 2010 Songwriter’s Symposium in Austin next month). It’s just a phenomenal song that holds up just as well [...]

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