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Jack Williams commented on Rev. Eryk Pruitt's blog post 'Father's Day: Songs About Dad'
"Your Dad Did - John Hiatt
Outfit - Jason Isbell/DBT
Randall Knife - Guy Clark
Pull Your Load - Scott Miller
All I got for now. Off to a Father's Day barbecue and it's almost beer o'clock!"
Jack Williams commented on Alan Harrison's blog post 'Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell at Sage Gateshead'
""with Rodney you've got in my humble opinion the best singer!!!-songwriter!!! on this planet."
Jeez. Talk about opening a hornet's nest! :)"
Jack Williams replied to Terry Roland's discussion 'The Unofficial Americana Nominations According to ND Readers'
"Well, by all means, let's dissect what is and what isn't Americana! That's always fun!
Just kidding. For me in my simple role as music fan, the term Americana is useful only in that if someone is described as an Americana …"
Jack Williams replied to Terry Roland's discussion 'The Unofficial Americana Nominations According to ND Readers'
"I think you could say the same about Alejandro Escovedo's last three albums. I think it's terribly surprising if albums by Chuck and Al get passed over by the AMA, because I think they're roots rock and roll…"
Jack Williams replied to Terry Roland's discussion 'The Unofficial Americana Nominations According to ND Readers'
"Oh, you're right, Terry. RWH's album came out right at the end of last year's period. JTE too, I think."
Jack Williams replied to Terry Roland's discussion 'The Unofficial Americana Nominations According to ND Readers'
"The date range is 4/1/2012 - 3/31/2013."
Jack Williams replied to Terry Roland's discussion 'The Unofficial Americana Nominations According to ND Readers'
"I think the Shovels and Rope and John Fullbright albums are solid nominations. I think the other three are very good, too, but I might replace them with three from this list:
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Grifter's Hymnal
Jimbo Mathus -…"
Jack Williams commented on Alan Harrison's blog post 'Steve Earle and the Dukes and Duchesses at Sage Gateshead'
"I'm a big Steve Earle fan and have about 15 of his albums. Steve was in my neck of the woods earlier this month and I opted not to go this time. I had seen him and the D & D (no Allison), along with a Mastersons opening set,…"
Jack Williams replied to Jeff Burger's discussion 'Favorite Springsteen Songs?'
"OK, I'm going to say it. I think Human Touch is a pretty good album. I'll say that it was his worst to date, but then again he released it and Luckytown (which I think is underrated). And I think Luckytown is…"
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…"
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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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