• Hank Williams Liberated The American Voice For Bob Dylan And Many Others

    Jan 1, 2025
    America, Freedom, music
    beatles, bob-dylan, country music, Elvis, freedom of speech, Hank Williams, Paul Siebel, The American Voice, The First Amendment, Your Cheating Heart
    Hank Williams Liberated The American Voice For Bob Dylan And Many Others

    On January First, 1953, Hank Williams died of heart failure in the back seat of a car on the way to a gig. (He had hired a student to drive him from Alabama to West Virginia to be there. Dedication.) Hank liberated the pop music voice to sound wholeheartedly and powerfully American with unparalleled directness…

  • Paul McCartney’s Ram: My Favourite Symphony

    Dec 14, 2024
    music, Review
    beatles, john-lennon, linda-mccartney, music, paul-mccartney, ram, the-beatles
    Paul McCartney’s Ram: My Favourite Symphony

    Paul McCartney’s homespun classic album, Ram, is my favourite Symphony. It has all the grandeur, playfulness and adventure of the Beatles at their best but, unlike any Beatles album, is a total embodiment of love, celebrating his life with his wife Linda partially replacing his former partner John Lennon in his music.. Notes on the…

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