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Jack Williams replied to Dave Crotts's discussion 'Best Show I Skipped (with deep regrets)'
"I've got a couple.
In 1992, Johnny Cash was playing solo at the old Birchmere in Alexandria, VA. I thought about going. However, at the time I was more into bluegrass/old timey/newgrass country music and not yet into…"
Jack Williams replied to Jeff Burger's discussion 'Favorite Springsteen Songs?'
"I'm Going Down is a great song. The others that I think are great on that album are No Surrender, Bobby Jean, Darlington County, and yes, the title track. I'd be fine if I never heard Glory Days ever again.
I saw Bruce…"
Jack Williams replied to Jeff Burger's discussion 'Favorite Springsteen Cover Versions?'
"Stolen Car - Patty Griffin
Mansion on the Hill - Emmylou Harris
State Trooper - Cowboy Junkies
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Jack Williams commented on Kim Ruehl's blog post 'Shovels + Rope, Emmylou Harris, Buddy Miller top Americana Awards Nominees'
"@Brendan: I agree with you on the Emmylou/Rodney album and would say the same applies to the Buddy and Jim album. They're both excellent albums, but I think of them as the country/roots music equivalent of comfort…"
Jack Williams replied to Lost Hills's discussion 'The Poet Laureate of Alt. Country?'
"Ray Wylie's a little more swampy, greasy blues rock than honky tonk these days. His latest (The Grifter's Hymnal) is one of my favorites by him and was my favorite album year. And it's rocking. The song in the video…"
Jack Williams commented on Gillian Turnbull's blog post 'Why I Don’t Like Girl Singers'
""Think Janis Joplin. How many people actually like her? I don’t."
That statement struck me. Not so much that you don't like her, but that you also seem to think that not many others do, either. "
Jack Williams commented on Michael Bialas's blog post 'Traveling Along the Low Highway, Steve Earle Sees Woody Guthrie’s America'
"Thank you, Michael. I really enjoyed this.
I'm happy to say that I think Steve's new album is excellent. For me, it's easily his strongest since Transcendental Blues."
Jack Williams commented on Michael Verity's blog post 'CD Review - Florida Georgia Line - Here's To The Good Times'
"""Cruise," a song with a hook so heavy it could sink a ship, is "Pour Some Sugar On Me" dressed up in Lynyrd Skynyrd's clothing."
Uh, no. I find it difficult to imagine a fan of Lynyrd…"
Jack Williams commented on hyperbolium.com's blog post 'CD Reissue Review: Steve Forbert - Alive on Arrival / Jackrabbit Slim (Blue Corn, 2013)'
"His latest (Over With You) is quite good. Maybe my favorite since Mission of the Crossroad Palms."
Jack Williams commented on Gillian Turnbull's blog post 'Canadian Country Music = Lacklustre'
"Hey, I remember that Stampeders song. The 45 was in our house (can't remember if it was mine or not) and for some reason, I remember that it had the grey Bell Records label on it. Best I can figure is that I…"
Jack Williams replied to Terry Roland's discussion 'What Are Bob Dylan's 10 Greatest Songs'
"Love Senor and the Street Legal album in general. What really puts that line over for me is Bob's singing. Especially when he gets low on 'bogged down in a mag-a-netic field." Also,the opening line kills me: …"
Jack Williams replied to Terry Foldenauer's discussion '5 Most Overrated Bands or Singers'
"My best friend was (is?) a huge Queen and Styx fan, so I'm pretty familier with a good amount of the work of both bands. Ended up buying some of Queen's early albums on CD, but not any Styx. That said, I'd say that if I…"
Jack Williams commented on Mando Lines's blog post 'Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin'
"Thanks, Mando Lines. I enjoyed this.
I saw them together about 20 years ago (ouch!) at the old Birchmere in the DC area. Hadn't even heard of Shawn Colvin at the time. I think her Fat City album was recently out. …"
Jack Williams replied to Hal Bogerd's discussion 'Conclave mixtape suggestions?'
"I know this is a week late, but I just saw Nick Cave two nights ago and he played this one. I'm sure God was in the house last week.
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Jack Williams commented on Kim Ruehl's blog post 'On Michelle Shocked and syncopation'
"Thanks for the responses, Farmers. Agreed that belligerence is a strange way to respond given some of the specific words that she used.
"Where's the follow up? Was it an intentional stunt to get press? Was it misunderstood? I…"
Jack Williams commented on Kim Ruehl's blog post 'On Michelle Shocked and syncopation'
"You did read the part where I said "for the time being", right? If you haven't read the article, it's got a fairly long statement from a person who was at the show (Colin Epstein). "
Jack Williams commented on Kim Ruehl's blog post 'On Michelle Shocked and syncopation'
"Here's another Chris Willman article on the event in question. Includes a take from an attendee who's willing to give Michelle Shocked some slack for the time being."
Jack Williams replied to steviedal's discussion 'The one band/singer you'd love to see live ......'
"Oops. Forgot a big one:
Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives. "
Jack Williams commented on Kim Ruehl's blog post 'On Michelle Shocked and syncopation'
"Well, Kim, for someone with a "feeble understanding of Christianity", you sure have that "turn the other cheek" stuff down pretty well. Well done."
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- At 7:21am on April 16, 2013,
NoDepression said… Hi Jack,
Just wanted to take a moment to thank you for your recent comment on a review here on No Depression. It means a lot to the folks who blog and post other content here to know that it's being noticed and appreciated. Since the majority of content on this site is crowd-sourced, community involvement is what makes everything here on ND possible. So, thanks again for taking the time to post comments - we really appreciate it!
- Lucca at No Depression
- At 11:03am on February 10, 2013,
Fred Boenig said…
- At 12:20pm on January 20, 2012,
Will James said… Welcome Jack to Gram Parsons InterNational.
- At 4:55pm on February 21, 2011,
tom hollandsworth said… - great meeting you two at cayamo! not sure what to do every night at 6 pm now--going to excellent concerts all day was pretty easy to get used to. hope your trip home was ok and that your week goes well. keep in touch! tom
- At 11:04am on November 12, 2010,
Sue Abel said… - Hey friend! :-)
- At 2:58pm on December 14, 2009,
No Depression said… - Hi Jack - Welcome to the No Depression community! We hope you're finding everything okay. Please let us know if you have any questions or feedback (here are some FAQs in case anything's confusing). Thanks for joining. Cheers!
Kim
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