I'm 75. I've listened to country music my whole life. In these 75 years, I've heard a lot of music. I've seen a lot of artists. Hal Ketchum is truly the most underrated country artist. His voice, is stage presence, his ability to connect with the audience and here's what's most important, you can understand all the words. GONE too SOON! RIP
GUY CLARK WILL NEVER DIE, NEVER, YOU CAN'T BURY THAT DAMN MUCH TALLENT NEVER. MISS YOU OLE SLEPPY JOHN. MAYBE I'LL SEE AROUND SOON.BOB HILBURN. YOU CAME TO BATON ROUGE SOME,I SCROUDED AROUND AND MISSED YOU (LIKE SOME OLD HARRY ASSED HIPPY BUT ILL GET UP WITU OLD FRIEND. I WANT TO WATCH 4:09 YOU AND JIM RUSHING DO SOME GREAT WORK (AINT THE AFTER LIFE GRAND.
Fell in love with these 2 when i was about 13 or 14 in the mid 90s but love this because it's really one their first performances televised on air together. And this is the only time I've seen them do On Down the Line at all! Vince looks like he's having a blast playing on this. The band is spot on. Love their high five at the end too. Lol. I can't get enough of this one!
A few years ago my wife and I were at the Texas State Fair. She was looking around in a tent with stuff for sale, and I hear a familiar singer but wasn't sure who it was. I went out to the Chevy concert stage and there he was. What a great thing to randomly hear him singing and playing.
Was such a huge fan of this gorgeous and extremely talented woman. She was basically Blacklisted from Country Radio after the ridiculous flap over her song "Maybe I Mean Yes" in 1991 which had debuted higher on the charts then any song she had ever had. The absurd bitching by some radical crazies looking for someone to target claimed it was potentially encouraging "Date Rape". Just plain insanity. Obviously, they had zero sense of humor as the video was just light- hearted fun. Not to mention dirty minds. After she had the song voluntarily taken off the radio, and what had been the "Pick Hit" Video removed from CMT, her career never really recovered. Looking back, she should have ignored these folks unreasonable protests or even told those dimwits to shove it! Most anyone would have just that. Garth Brooks didn't remove the video to "The Thunder Rolls" after heavy complaints from Domestic Violence groups. Holly's brilliant 1992 Album that she spent two years producing "Getting It Dunn" was completely snubbed by Country Radio. That album was more than good enough to have made Multi-Platinum sales figures. Loaded with potentially huge songs that never saw the light of day as singles. I still think that there were several tracks on that CD that could have been among her biggest songs ever. "If Your Heart Can't Do The Talking", must have inspired Shania Twain's "If Your Not In It For Love" I'm Outta Here." a few years later I mean Shinia even took the "I'm Outta Here" from the Video to "You Really Had Me Going". "Let Go" which she co-wrote was a real crowd pleaser that Holly had been performing live for sometime. That would have been a great first single and video off "Getting It Dunn". "I laughed Until I Cried" is a powerhouse Ballad. If you consider yourself a big Holly Dunn fan and don't have a copy of "Getting It Dunn" I strongly suggest looking it up. It is well worth tracking down. Should have literally flown off the shelves. After this album which was very poorly promoted flopped in spite of excellent reviews from critics who praised it as her best work, she unexpectedly got the boot by Warner Brothers records. That totally shocked me! I was so bitterly angry and ticked off. That album should have established her as one of the heavyweights of the era. And who knows what would have happened if Holly hadn't pulled "Maybe I Mean Yes?" She deserved so much better.
2024: I remember seeing Ian and Sylvia sitting on gymnasium floor in a Toronto high school in their early days. It made me a fan for life - such an iconic pair.
2024: I remember hearing Ian and Sylvia sitting on a gymnasium floor in a Toronto high school during their early days. I remember e didn't want it to be over.
