All I can say about
Tom Russell is WOW! I am extremely late to the party on Tom but consider me a huge fan! I had heard versions of his songs by other favorite artists, like Doug Sahm's version of St. Olav's Gate, and Johnny Cash's version of Veteran's Day but those versions are no match for Tom's. His latest album
Blood and Candlesmoke (more on that coming up) is a modern masterpiece, and his back catalouge ain't too shabby either. This radio show is evidence of that. Backed by A Truer Sound favorite
Steve Young, Tom plays in support of his then newly released album Poor Man's Dream. The interviews intermixed with the songs are something long time Tom Russell fans will not want to miss, and for new Tom Russell fans (like me) this makes a great intro to his back catalouge. Fans of Guy Clark, Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, Kristofferson, McMurtry, Cash's folky side and just great singer songwriters in general will be doing themselves a disservice to not be familiar with Tom Russell.
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Earlier today I was listening to the new Kristofferson album Closer To The Bone and it struck me how stylistically similar it is to Todd Snider's latest album The Excitement Plan. Couple that with some other recent listens that include the excellent collaborative albums of Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle, and the Gretchen Peters & Tom Russell album One To The Heart, One To The Head (which are both fantastic albums BTW). That got me to thinking about how killer it would be if Kris Kristofferson and Todd Snider made a collaborative album together. Man I would love to hear that.
All I can say about Tom Russell is WOW! I am extremely late to the party on Tom but consider me a huge fan! I had heard versions of his songs by other favorite artists, like Doug Sahm's version of St. Olav's Gate, and Johnny Cash's version of Veteran's Day but those versions are no match for Tom's. His latest album Blood and Candlesmoke (more on that coming up) is a modern masterpiece, and his back catalouge ain't too shabby either. This radio show is evidence of that. Backed by A Truer Sound favorite Steve Young, Tom plays in support of his then newly released album Poor Man's Dream. The interviews intermixed with the songs are something long time Tom Russell fans will not want to miss, and for new Tom Russell fans (like me) this makes a great intro to his back catalouge. Fans of Guy Clark, Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, Kristofferson, McMurtry, Cash's folky side and just great singer songwriters in general will be doing themselves a disservice to not be familiar with Tom Russell.
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