Monday, August 23, 2010

Some thoughts on Heartworn Highways (1981)


  • Who knew Steve Earle was such a hunk? I'd do him, hands down. Literally with my hands down. Wink wink.

  • Gamble Rogers was painfully unfunny. Shut up and sing.

  • It's a disgrace that Larry Jon Wilson (R.I.P.) didn't become a superstar. Between 1975 and 1979 he released four flawless, funky country/soul albums that top even the mighty Jim Ford. And thirty years later one contemplative comeback album which I can't help but compare to the albums Johnny Cash made right before the end. Only even better. An imposing man with the timbre of god himself.

  • David Allan Coe is a fucking badass. He doesn't give a shit about you, and he would kick your ass.

  • The impromptu jam of Silent Night was divine.

  • Townes Van Zandt was the Johnny Knoxville of country music. Fucking maniac.

  • That guy who owned the tavern should carry subtitles around with him.

  • I want Guy Clark's guitar-building skills. Wouldn't mind his wife either.

  • Some highlights (check out Steve Earle on the left in the second clip - be still, my heart):











    (mp3) Guy Clark - That old time feeling
    (mp3) David Allen Coe - I still sing the old songs
    (mp3) Rodney Crowell - Bluebird wine
    (mp3) Larry Jon Wilson - Ohoopee river bottomland
    (mp3) Rodney Crowell, Guy Clark, Susannah Clark, Steve Young, Steve Earle & Richard Dobson - Silent night

    Buy Heartworn Highways.
    Buy the soundtrack.




    1 comments:

    Dollface said...

    Haven't wandered over to this side in a while. Somehow I'd never gotten exposed to Larry Jon Wilson, and the more I hear, that's absolutely criminal. Thanks.