A new version of Johnny Cash‘s “Cocaine Blues” was released on Thursday, taken from an upcoming compilation of recordings by Grateful Dead sound engineer Owsley “Bear” Stanley. The track was recorded live during Cash’s performance at the Carousel Ballroom in San Francisco in April 1968, and features a foreshadowing introduction …
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In a 1970 newspaper interview, songwriter Kris Kristofferson recalled his arrival in Nashville a few years earlier by saying he “rocketed straight to the bottom.” A couple of years later he would become one of the most-covered songsmiths in town, with songs including “For the Good Times,” “Help Me Make …
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Throughout his career, songwriter John Prine has not only had his remarkable catalog of songs covered by other artists, he has also put his own spin on songs by his influences and peers. The latest in the latter category is Prine’s delicate take on a song Johnny Cash first recorded …
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