Throwback Thursday – Keith Gattis – “Down Again”
Posted on | January 7, 2010 | 1 Comment
1. Keith Gattis is one of country music’s best kept secrets. A longtime guitar player for Dwight Yoakam, he also has almost single-handedly kept Charlie Robison’s recent records stocked with great songs. His last release, 2002’s Big City Blues, provided no more than 5 songs for Mr. Robison, though Keith’s versions often trump his more famous friend’s. “Down Again” is one of these, where Gattis’ circular lyrics accurately illustrate a mercurial post-breakup feeling.
read more »Throwback Thursday – Steve Earle – “What’s A Simple Man To Do?”
Posted on | December 3, 2009 | 1 Comment
Steve Earle hails from Schertz, Texas, just down the road from San Antonio, the home of one Doug Sahm. It is understandable, then, that some of Sahm’s influence might trickle down into Steve’s music. However, Earle chose to pay the man direct tribute on “What’s A Simple Man To Do”, from his 1996 record Jerusalem, which wears Sahm’s influence on its sleeve.
read more »Throwback Thursday – Terry Allen/John Hiatt – “I’m Not That Kat Anymore”
Posted on | November 5, 2009 | 1 Comment
1. Doug Sahm had his own way with the blues. Filtering it through his own blend of British Invasion pop and the Tex-Mex he grew up with in San Antonio (a combination mythologized by Bruce Robison’s It Came From San Antonio), the blues became something else entirely. I covered Sahm’s Doug Sahm and Band on an earlier Throwback Thursday, but today, I would like to check out two versions of “I’m Not That Kat Anymore” filtered through a few near-legends, John Hiatt and Terry Allen. The song describes to a man with an identity crisis, who loudly claims not to be his flaky older self, but whose actions show that not a whole lot has changed.
read more »read more posts »