Buck Owens – Under the Influence of Love
Heartache Wears a Smile in the Honky-Tonk Glow of Lost Devotion When Buck Owens released “Under the Influence of Love” in 1961, it didn’t storm the charts with fanfare—it wasn’t…
Heartache Wears a Smile in the Honky-Tonk Glow of Lost Devotion When Buck Owens released “Under the Influence of Love” in 1961, it didn’t storm the charts with fanfare—it wasn’t…
“Swamp River Days” feels like a homecoming you can hear—John Fogerty stepping back into his own mythic bayou, not to relive the past, but to make peace with it and…
A Soaring Ode to Discovery, Spirit, and the Boundless Majesty of the Sea When John Denver released “Calypso” in 1975 as part of his multi-platinum album Windsong, it charted as…
A Fragile Plea for Solace Amid Life’s Unrelenting Storms First appearing on her 1974 breakthrough album Heart Like a Wheel, Linda Ronstadt’s rendition of “Keep Me From Blowing Away” stands…
A Timeless Whisper of Innocence and Longing, Rendered Through a Voice That Could Bend Stardust When Linda Ronstadt released her luminous interpretation of “When You Wish Upon a Star” on…
A quiet companion of sorrow — “Trouble and Me” is a small, tender confession that turns loneliness into a familiar presence. Buck Owens’ gentle admission in “Trouble and Me” sits…
A Rollicking Rebellion Wrapped in Rhinestones and Twang Released in 1965 as a B-side to Buck Owens’ single I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail, “Wham Bam” may not have…
“Up Around the Bend” is the sound of escape without denial—an open-road promise that somewhere, just past the next curve, life can feel lighter again. Few rock records offer freedom…
“Longshot” is John Fogerty grinning into the headwind—an underdog’s love-song that knows the odds, yet keeps throwing its heart forward anyway. “Longshot” closes John Fogerty’s album Revival, released October 2,…
When childhood hope grows older but never disappears There is a special tenderness in the way Linda Ronstadt sings A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes—as if she’s standing…