Bob Dylan, Neil Young,
Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams. All of them are different styles, but those are the songs that make the times. They’re the songs that last through time. Dolly Parton
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If there ever was
If there ever was a poet for the working class Billy Joe Shaver and Merle Haggard would be my nomination David Allan Coe
I think my brand
I think my brand of country music is that’s been influenced by not just the rough-stock rodeo side or Ted Nugent’s let’s get crazy style, but also the stand-up and sing style’s like George Strait and Merle Haggard, and also the wild side of Chris Ledoux Cody Johnson
The haggard aspect of
The haggard aspect of the little old man was wonderfully suited to the place; he might have groped among old churches and tombs and deserted houses and gathered all the spoils with his own hands. There was nothing in the whole collection but was in keeping with himself nothing that looked older or more worn … Read more
[W.H.R.] Rivers is the
[W.H.R.] Rivers is the Rider Haggard of anthropology; I shall be the Conrad. Bronislaw Malinowski
I try to write
I try to write like the writers I admire – I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase… So Im always looking for that angle in my own work. Brad Paisley
You think back to
You think back to Tele players, and James Burton was the one who started it all. He inspired Roy Nichols (guitar for Merle Haggard & the Strangers), Don Rich (guitar for Buck Owens & the Buckaroos), and guys like that to push the envelope and expand on that sound… I really identify with that kind … Read more
Reverend Ted Haggard’s followers
Reverend Ted Haggard’s followers still think he’s not gay. I’m not kidding. In their world, there are no gay people. There are just straight people who are sinning. They don’t want to do it, but the Devil makes them! He targets people like Reverend Ted. That’s how it happened. The Devil got hold of Reverend … Read more
New Rule: There is
New Rule: There is no devil, so stop blaming your screw-ups on him. Last week, one of the biggest evangelical leaders in America, the Reverend Ted Haggard, was outed for drugs and extramarital gay sex with a male prostitute. Or as Fox News reported it, ‘John Kerry hates our troops’. Bill Maher
The Bowery was a
The Bowery was a place that would let us do original songs – not just covers – but we would have to work for tips, so we learned how to work an audience. In order to keep our jobs, we had to keep people happy, so that meant playing the latest Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ … Read more