It was the year 1999 when I first bumped into a fine young country musician called Brad Paisley releasing his debut album called “Who needs pictures”, and just into his third or fourth song in that unforgettable piece of work I knew without the shadow of a doubt that he would have a fantastic career in country music, and I was right. Now, just months shy of his 20th anniversary in mainstream country, he is working in his yet-to-be-released new album from which some months ago we listened to the first song delivered, Bucked off, and now we have just listened to “My miracle”, co-written by Paisley and Gary Nicholson, which is nothing but a tribute to Paisley’s wife of 16 years, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, and spares no gushing bit of sentiment in describing his own whiskey-into-wine brush with divinity. “How could I not have faith in the god that created her?” he sings in the refrain, seeing no less than a miraculous moment in meeting the love of his life, which happened on the set of Paisley’s own music video for 2002’s “I’m Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin’ Song).” Just to remember that moment from 2002, we’ll go back in time to remember the song where Bradley met his wife: I’m gonna miss her.
Luke Combs is releasing next week his new single “Beer never broke my heart”, even though he has been performing it live in some concerts, from which we have extracted this live piece. In our next show we will try to get hold of that studio version to play it, just as we have done with the last single released by Bruce Springsteen, song called “Hello Sunshine” included in what, according to Bruce himself, is going to be a country album. Even though the song is not a country song “per se”, we will take the chance right here right now of getting our own opinion of it. “Hello Sunshine”.
Singer-songwriter and guitarist Molly Tuttle has just released her first full-length solo LP on independent label Compass Records, and the 25-year-old performer has already stocked up on groundbreaking industry awards. Between her expressive, crystalline voice and astounding flatpicking guitar skills, Tuttle has made history as the International Bluegrass Music Association’s first-ever female Guitar Player of the Year (in 2017 and 2018) and the only female artist to take home a member-voted prize (Instrumentalist of the Year) at 2018’s Americana Honors & Awards ceremony.
A sort of high-wattage Alison Krauss-Taylor Swift hybrid — Tuttle effortlessly delivers a mélange of styles to accompany her powerful guitar licks throughout. This time we have listened to two songs included in her album “When you’re ready”, just released. The songs were “When you’re ready”, giving name to the album, and “Sleepwalking”.
When You’re Ready, produced by Ryan Hewitt (the Avett Brothers, Lumineers), also features Jason Isbell on backing vocals and Sierra Hull in a guest spot on mandolin. We’ll say goodby to this fantastic album with two songs: the first one is “Clue”, and the second is the LP’s opening cut, “Million Miles,” one Tuttle co-penned with Steve Poltz, who started writing the song in the Nineties with his one-time musical colaborator Jewel before the pair abandoned it.
Honky tonker Deryl Dodd grew up in Dallas, TX, where he favored football over music throughout his formative years. When an injury permanently derailed his athletic career, his fellow students at Baylor University encouraged him to begin performing his music in public, and soon he was one of the biggest attractions on the Waco club circuit. After graduating in 1987, he pursued music full-time, moving in 1991 to Nashville to form a band with his friend Brett Beavers. After supporting Martina McBride during her 1992 tour opening for Garth Brooks, Dodd sang backing vocals on McBride's second LP before embarking on a solo career. He also played in Tracy Lawrence's band and sang harmony on records by Radney Foster and George Ducas. After a 1994 demo deal fell through, Dodd issued his debut album, One Ride in Vegas, in 1996. A self-titled effort followed two years later. Shortly after his 1998 album was released, Dodd was planning national tour, opening for Tim McGraw and Brooks & Dunn, but his plans were foiled when he was diagnosed with an acute case of viral encephalitis. Dodd was bedridden for six months, per doctor's orders. He then went through a rehabilitation period lasting a year and a half, during which he had to relearn how to play the guitar. After playing songwriter nights in Nashville, Dodd ditched his deal with Columbia Records in favor of Lucky Dog, a Sony imprint dedicated to Texas music. 2002's Pearl Snaps appeared on Lucky Dog. He returned to Texas, where he was fortunate enough to be invited to record Live at Billy Bob's Texas, which was issued in August 2003. After returning to Texas, things continually went up, including the sales of his 2004 album Pearl Snaps. In 2006, Dodd released Full Circle on DualTone Nashville.
After a halt in his career he released an album called “Random as I am” from 2011, and then in 2017 another called “Long Hard Ride”. This time we have listened to his song “I’m so outta style”, from an upcoming album yet to be announced. His most important hit anyway comes from 1996, his unforgettable “One Ride in Vegas”, a fantastic waltz we will just go back in time to listen to Deryl Dodd.
A superstar in his home state of Texas and a cult hero elsewhere, singer and songwriter Pat Green goes back to basics on his new single included in the soundtrack of the movie “The Last Whistle”, and American Football movie premiered only in the United States.
Texas native Pat Green got his start in country music while still attending college in the mid-'90s. As a teenager, Green had quickly taken to the sounds of several Lone Star State performers: Robert Earl Keen, Waylon Jennings, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Willie Nelson. He started writing songs at age 18 while studying at Texas Tech, and was eager and earnest to make something more happen with music. He has released really good albums during his career, includin his last one to day, his 12th from 2015's Home. Green's first album of new material since breaking ties with BNA Records, Home was recorded without the input of a record company, and finds the country star recording with his road band instead of studio pickers, giving the material a warmth and immediacy that should remind fans of Green's fabled live shows. Home also finds Green sharing the microphone with some famous and talented friends; fellow Texas tunesmith Lyle Lovett duets with Green on "Girls from Texas" (already a radio hit in the Lone Star State before the album was released), while Sheryl Crow and Delbert McClinton also contribute guest vocals. From this album we will listen to the song “May the good times never end”, and we will finish today’s show listening to an independent female singer also from the state of Texas, from 1998, around the time of the debut of Deryl Dodd and Pat Green. Her name is Danielle Myers, and she only released one album from which we’ll listen to two beautiful songs called “Cowgirl’s Cadillac” and “Spin my heart”.
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