People have been coming to America, for some reason or another, for a very long time. Some sought freedom of religion. Some yearned for economic
Tag: Music
The History and a Song: Arlo Guthrie’s “The City of New Orleans”
Many years ago, a railway was defined as a “track for steam carriages.” This is an extremely inadequate definition with our modern standards. The modern
The History and a Song: Gordon Lightfoot’s “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”
I was born in the early 1980s when the popularity of Canadian born folk-rock/folk-pop singer Gordon Lightfoot was still high. He had many hits in
The History and a Song: Ry Cooder’s “Feelin’ Bad Blues”
After suggesting movies for my wife to watch, one of the movies that I recommended was the coming-of-age drama Crossroads. The movie was inspired by the faustian
The Song Stuck in my head: The Civil Wars’s “20 Years”
I was never a Grey’s Anatomy fan but I do pay attention to (and have always been impressed with) their use of perfectly placed songs
The Million Dollar Quartet: An iconic recording
Musicians can become icons in not only the music world but in all of popular culture. While most of you can name a lot of
