These 1957 pics come to us via the invaluable Life magazine photo archives.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Monday, June 28, 2010
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
Tennessee Rooster Fight (MP3)
Howington Brothers - Tennessee Rooster Fight (2:13)
Lord only knows how the Howington Brothers were able to convince the good folks at Decca to release a cockfighting 45.
Speaking of cockfighting, below is a picture I snapped while having breakfast at South Of The Border in Dillon, SC last summer. Not too many restaurants are willing to put velvet cockfighting paintings on the wall for their customers to enjoy so I thought it would be worth noting.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Restless
This is one of those song titles that seems to have a pretty high batting average, from Stax and Hi in Memphis all the way to the pre-Columbian United Kingdom.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Happy Summer Sooooooouuuuuuulllllllll-stice!
Here's the annual Summer Soul-stice Show presented to you by Gaylord Fields & Debbie D.
Tune In Now!
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Friday, June 18, 2010
Streets Of Baltimore (MP3)
Tompall & The Glaser Brother - Streets Of Baltimore (3:10)
Streets Of Baltimore, a top 10 hit for singer Bobby Bare in 1966, remains one of hist best known numbers. Here's a version by the song's author Tompall Glaser (who shared writing credit with legendary songwriter Harlan Howard) that is heard far less frequently.
Like a lot of people, I suppose, the first version I ever heard, back when I was first dipping my toe into the world of country music, was the one recorded by Gram Parsons in the early 1970s. Later, I heard the Bobby Bare version, which was, in fact, the original. Glaser, despite being one of the song's authors, did not record it until several months after Bare's song had already peaked on the charts. Plenty of others have recorded the song as well, including Emmylou Harris, Charley Pride, and contemporary honky-tonkers Red Meat. For my money, though, the Tompall Glaser version remains the best of the bunch. Give a listen to his soulful trembling baritone as he reveals the sad truth about his crumbling marriage to a woman who ultimately dumps him to lead the life of a party girl.
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