“Can you imagine us years from today Sharing a park bench quietly? How terribly strange to be seventy” Old Friends by Paul Simon Old Friends was written by Paul Simon at age twenty-four. That to me is an amazing fact. How could a person of that age possibly even dare to write a song from […]
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You can’t roller-skate in a buffalo herd You can’t roller-skate in a buffalo herd You can’t roller-skate in a buffalo herd But you can be happy if you have a mind to” Written and performed by Roger Miller This month’s song lyric goes way back to when I was in Junior High School in Houston, […]
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“Well I lay my head on the railroad track Waiting on the Double E But the train don’t run by here no more Poor poor pitiful me” – Written by Warren Zevon Warren Zevon wrote and recorded “Poor Poor Pitiful Me” in 1976 on his self-titled album produced by Jackson Browne. It is surmised that […]
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PLEASE YOURSELF “But it’s all right now I learned my lesson well You see, you can’t please everyone So you got to please yourself” Garden Party by Rick Nelson “Garden Party” is a 1972 country rock song written by Rick Nelson and recorded by him and the Stone Canyon Band on the album Garden Party. […]
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“Let the music keep our spirits high Let the buildings keep our children dry Let creation reveal its secrets by and by, by and by When the light that’s lost within us reaches the sky” Before the Deluge, Jackson Browne Before the Deluge is a song from Jackson Browne’s third album, Late for the Sky. […]
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Americana Highways brings you this video premiere of Monica Taylor’s song “Rescues,” from her forthcoming album TRAINS, RIVERS, & TRAILS, which will release July 29th on Horton Records. The album was produced by Travis Fite, Jared Tyler, and Monica Taylor Fite; engineered by Travis Fite; and mixed by Jared Tyler. Musicians on the album are […]
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“How does it feel, how does it feel? To be without a home Like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone” “Like a Rolling Stone” by Bob Dylan from Highway 61 Revisited “Like a Rolling Stone” was released in 1965 on the album Highway 61 Revisited. Clocking in at over 6 minutes, the song set a […]
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“Money, It’s a crime Share it fairly, but don’t take a slice of my pie Money, So they say Is the root of all evil today” Written by Roger Waters and recorded by Pink Floyd “Money” is a song off Pink Floyd’s record breaking album “Dark Side of the Moon”. Released in 1973 on Harvest […]
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“Ignore the man behind the curtain Ignore the puppets strings Ignore the lies and nonsense Of those who would be king” Wind of Change by Randy Lewis Brown I don’t normally use my own songs when I write about music stuff but this particular lyrical reference to the title song from my upcoming album was […]
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“In the dime stores and bus stations, People talk of situations, Read books, repeat quotations, Draw conclusions on the wall. Some speak of the future, My love she speaks softly, She knows there’s no success like failure And that failure’s no success at all” Love Minus Zero/No Limit by Bob Dylan I have been a […]
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