Category: Music

Garth Hudson Returns to Big Pink in 2014

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Rolling Stone magazine recently visited the legendary Big Pink with The Band’s Garth Hudson, returning to the house for the first time since he moved out. In the video, Hudson talks about his experiences at Big Pink with The Band and with Bob Dylan, explaining more about the recording of the famous Basement Tapes.

The video coincides with Bob Dylan’s recent release of The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11. Check out the video of Garth Hudson visiting Big Pink once again, concluding with him playing the piano in the basement.

For more on Big Pink, you may head over to Mashable to check out a short video showing the trip from New York City to Big Pink, narrated by Jeff Bridges.

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    Springsteen and Martin Front U2 for World Aids Day

    With Bono recovering from a bicycle accident, Bruce Springsteen and Coldplay’s Chris Martin filled in for the U2 lead singer at a performance for World AIDS Day on December 1. The performance, in Times Square in New York City, included Springsteen singing “Where the Streets Have No Name” and “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.”

    Coldplay is often compared to U2 for various reasons, so another natural choice for a Bono fill-in was Chris Martin. Check out Martin sang “Beautiful Day” and “With or Without You.” [Update: Unfortunately, videos of these performances are no longer available as of 2024.]

    Nobody can match Bono on these songs, but Springsteen and Martin do a great job, with Springsteen adding a rough edge while Martin most closely matches Bono’s voice. We wish Bono a quick recovery and are thankful that these superstars filled in for a good cause.

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    How a Checkout Line Inspired Marty Brown’s “Love Comes Easy”

    Back in the early 1990s, country singer-songwriter Marty Brown stood in line at Wyndall’s Foodland on U.S. 60 East in Owensboro, Kentucky. In front of Brown, a guy stood watching the cashier scan his groceries. The man watched each price on the cash register until the cashier told him his total. The man responded, “Here, honey. It comes easy, but it goes away hard.”

    When Marty Brown heard the man’s comment, he not only recognized a good line but he also knew they would make good lyrics for a song. Brown later explained to the Owensboro Messenger Inquirer that he never knew who the man was, but he took the words as inspiration for his song, “Love Comes Easy,” which appeared on Here’s to the Honky Tonks (1996).

    Love comes easy,
    But it goes down hard;
    Just when you think you’ve got the right hand,
    You’re holding all the wrong cards.

    And that’s the Story Behind the Song.

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    Willie and Bobbie Nelson: “Who’ll Buy My Memories?”

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    Willie Nelson is releasing a new album, December Day, which features Nelson working with his sister Bobbie Nelson on a mix of songs that includes covers, classics, deep cuts, and new songs. One of the songs on the album is “Who’ll Buy My Memories?” a song referencing the IRS’s seizure of Nelson’s property for back taxes, although it also is a universal song about aging. The song first appeared on Nelson’s The IRS Tapes: Who’ll Buy My Memories?

    Check out the video for the new version of “Who’ll Buy My Memories?”

    December Day: Willie’s Stash, Vol. 1 will be released December 2.

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    Will Hoge Travels “Middle of America” in One Take

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    In his new single “Middle of America,” singer-songwriter Will Hoge sings about characters that would not be out of place in a Bruce Springsteen or John Mellencamp song. From a girl getting a tattoo at a strip mall to a soldier returning from Iraq, they are “chasin’ these small town dreams” where “it’s just another night / In the middle of America.”

    For the video, director Colin Noel goes Martin-Scorsese-Goodfellas style and presents the video in one take as Hoge travels around downtown Gallatin, Tennessee by foot and in a 1961 Chevrolet Impala. Check it out.

    “Middle of America” will appear on Will Hoge’s as-yet-untitled upcoming CD in 2015.

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