May 15, 2008

Drive-By Truckers @ 9:30 Club

Posted by Sean Moores at 6:28 AM

Drive-By Truckers
May 9 & 10, 2008
9:30 Club, Washington, D.C.

Though the symbolism likely was unintended, Drive-By Truckers’ cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “Adam Raised a Cain” during the second show of a two-night run at D.C.’s 9:30 Club presented an interesting parallel. On tour to support their eighth well-received album, the Truckers have a lot in common with the “Darkness on the Edge of Town”-era E Street Band. They aren’t appearing on the cover of Time and Newsweek simultaneously, as The Boss did three years before that album in the fall of 1975, but DBT have very much come into their own as a battle-scarred, road-tested touring band. As Springsteen made the jump from Jersey Shore ragamuffin to bona fide Rock Star, Drive-By Truckers have made the move from club rockers to a critically acclaimed outfit with a rabid fan base.

May 14, 2008

FUN FACT (PART II)

Posted by Hal Bogerd at 5:22 PM
There's a long history of social commentary in rock music and here's the latest comment, "Come Clean", from underappreciated power popster Parthenon Huxley. Enjoy! Astute HickoryWind readers will ask where the fact is. Don't worry, you always get your money's worth at HickoryWind. According to Burney le Boeuf, a behavioral...

May 13, 2008

Back away from the bleach ...

Posted by Stacy Chandler at 12:47 PM

Oh, Ryan Adams. I think the headline says pretty much all that needs to be said here.

Fun fact

Posted by Stacy Chandler at 1:09 AM

Q. Do you know which artist has had the most musical performances on "The Tonight Show"? (And, as a follow up, do you care?)

A. Assuming all goes according to plan, the winner -- Dwight Yoakam -- shall be crowned this week. Dwight is slated to play the show Thursday, which will take him to 24 performances on the show, starting in 1986. He breaks a tie (23 performances) with Mr. Lyle Lovett.

"Jay [Leno] and I always joked about it," Yoakam told The Associated Press on Monday. "I guess Lyle and I have made a career of doing Jay's show."

Whether he was promoting a new record or a new movie (remember "Slingblade"?), he always brought his guitar, he told the AP. "I figured since I was there I might as well sing," he said.

Good call, Dwight. Now step it up, Lyle!

May 11, 2008

Victor Camozzi’s “3 Peso Cigar”

Posted by Hal Bogerd at 8:44 PM
The Mood: Sitting around a campfire late at night listening to a liquored up Robert Earl Keen Jr. and Jerry Jeff Walker trading songs (I know Victor will take that as a compliment-it is). The Band: sounds great with some excellent slide guitar by Marty Muse. The Recording: (see The...