Tag Archives: Country

SONG OF THE DAY Nancy Sinatra – Friday’s Child

Posted on February 1, 2022 by The Listening Post Blog

It’s not often that I favour a cover version over the original, especially when the original happens to be a Lee Hazelwood track, but this one time I think I ever-so-slightly prefer Nancy Sinatra’s rendition! Friday’s Child was written by … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Jerry Reed – I Feel For You

Posted on January 30, 2022 by The Listening Post Blog

Born in Georgia in 1937, Jerry Reed Hubbard, better known as Jerry Reed, was a singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer and actor who shaped and influenced the sound of country throughout his lengthy career that spanned over five decades. Known and revered … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Chet Atkins – Blues in the Night

Posted on November 24, 2021 by The Listening Post Blog

Even if you don’t recognise today’s song from the title, I dare say you will know the tune when this starts playing, such is the popularity of Blues in the Night! This has been covered dozens of times by an … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Julie Durocher – Bad News

Posted on November 3, 2021 by The Listening Post Blog

Julie Durocher was just 14 when she started recording in the mid-1960’s at Jim Kirchstein’s Sauk City recording emporium. The result of these sessions were two 45s on the Cuca label, but why there was nothing recorded after this, I … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Elvis – Tomorrow Night

Posted on September 25, 2021 by The Listening Post Blog

Growing up listening to Elvis, I only really got to know his more mainstream and movie songs when I was a child as that’s the stuff my Mamma played the most, but those memories solidified an Elvis place in my … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Oscar Hart With Hartones – My Dreams

Posted on May 11, 2021 by The Listening Post Blog

Such is the case sometimes that you come upon a great track, but its so obscure that information is hard to acquire. This is what I’ve found with today’s song! I heard it on a radio show a while back, … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Jonathan Wilson – Desert Raven

Posted on May 8, 2021 by The Listening Post Blog

Desert Raven is a swirling dream that coaxes every part of the senses. Natural and free, this wonderful song smoulders with gentle escapism, offering soul retreat into lush wilderness realms. There is freedom in those dreamy acoustics and solace in … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY The Caribs – Taboo

Posted on April 11, 2021 by The Listening Post Blog

With hints of early ska, reggae, surf and exotica all carefully blended into this intensely dreamy and deliciously sublime fusion of sound, there’s a little bit for everyone in this sonic delight! Issued on Island Records in 1960, Taboo was … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Ray Price – Night Life

Posted on February 2, 2021 by The Listening Post Blog

I sat here listening this for the first time the other day and marvelled at what is going on in this song! It starts off like an ambling country standard and then in-slinks these bluesy slipstreams, whilst the vocals go … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Terry Callier – I’m A Drifter

Posted on January 24, 2021 by The Listening Post Blog

For many years the only version I knew of The Drifter was the gloriously psyched out 1967 rendition by H.P. Lovecraft.  Today’s song is also a cover of the original, but couldn’t sound further apart from Lovecraft’s, but that’s the … Continue reading →

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