Americana One http://sun209.com/ News and reviews since 2010 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:36:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Americana One false episodic Americana One peggypaulson@comcast.net Copyright Ken Paulson 2019 Copyright Ken Paulson 2019 podcast Americana One http://sun209.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/americana-one-logo-1.jpg http://sun209.com TV-G Weekly The day I met Chip http://sun209.com/the-day-i-met-chip/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:34:18 +0000 https://sun209.com/?p=14066 By Ken Paulson – Our friend Chip Taylor passed away a couple of weeks ago. The man who wrote “Wild Thing,” “Angel of the Morning” and many more substantive songs was one of a kind. When I met him in 1993, he had all but disappeared into a career as a professional gambler. I was […]

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]]> Jimmie Dale Gilmore in Houston http://sun209.com/jimmie-dale-gilmore-in-houston/ Wed, 11 Feb 2026 04:47:34 +0000 https://sun209.com/?p=14058 By Paul T. Mueller Show recap – Jimmie Dale Gilmore and the West Texas Exiles, McGonigel’s Mucky Duck, Houston, 2.7.26 It’s surely a measure of Jimmie Dale Gilmore’s stature in the roots-music community that when his musical partner Dave Alvin is unable to accompany him as scheduled, few ticketholders seem to take the venue up […]

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]]> 12 Songs By Randy Newman http://sun209.com/12-songs-by-randy-newman/ Mon, 26 Jan 2026 20:31:26 +0000 https://sun209.com/?p=14047 By Bill Lloyd 12 Songs -1970 My entry point in being a Newman fan was Harry Nilsson’s album, Nilsson Sings Newman that featured Harry singing multi-overdubbed vocals to Randy’s stark piano. I knew that album well..and later got deep into Sail Away, Good Ol’ Boys and Little Criminals. 12 Songs is one of those albums […]

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]]> McMurtry in concert http://sun209.com/james-mcmurtry-2/ Sun, 18 Jan 2026 15:18:14 +0000 https://sun209.com/?p=14026 Heights Theater 2026 By Paul T. Mueller You might think that after about four decades as a touring musician, a guy might want to slow down a bit, take it a little easier. If you were thinking about James McMurtry in that context, you’d be mistaken. The Texas-based singer songwriter is still performing with much […]

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]]> King Crimson 1973 http://sun209.com/king-crimson-1973/ Mon, 12 Jan 2026 02:49:27 +0000 https://sun209.com/?p=14006 By Bill Lloyd King Crimson Larks Tongue in Aspic (1973) You gotta hope that you don’t have a mouthful of coffee when, about four minutes into the opening title track, the delicate sounds give way to a riff that Black Sabbath would be proud of. There’s a dynamic shift that shakes the room. When people […]

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]]> I am a Patriot http://sun209.com/i-am-a-patriot/ Sun, 11 Jan 2026 22:37:44 +0000 https://sun209.com/?p=14003 By Ken Paulson Music Matters is a radio feature celebrating free speech in music. In 1984, during Ronald Reagan’s first term as president, Steven Van Zandt wrote a powerful song explaining that he loved his country even when he deeply disagreed with the government. Reagan had very successfully used the American flag and other patriotic […]

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]]> RIP Jim McBride http://sun209.com/rip-jim-mcbride/ Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:55:49 +0000 https://sun209.com/?p=13996 Jim McBride, a highly successful songwriter whose credits included Alan Jackson’s hit “Chattahoochee” has passed away. McBride, an inductee into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, wrote hits for Conway Twitty. Johnny Lee, Waylon Jennings, Tammy Cochran and Wade Hayes, but his greatest successes were with Jackson, a then-emerging country artists. Together the two wrote […]

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]]> Judee Sill 1971 http://sun209.com/judee-sill-1971/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:51:01 +0000 https://sun209.com/?p=13981 By Bill Lloyd – Judee Sill’s debut album on Asylum records is still a wonder. This album slayed me once again. Literate songs that never stray too far into lighter fare.nothing too offhand. Weighty topics..religion, abandonment, redemption. Her voice makes it feel honest, confessional, wise and searching all at once. Her accent sounds Midwest, but […]

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]]> Uncle Lenny’s Country Cafe http://sun209.com/uncle-lennys-country-cafe/ Wed, 24 Dec 2025 00:30:42 +0000 https://sun209.com/?p=13971 By Ken Paulson – Nashville is a music-fueled community full of venues, so it’s special when you come across a place that’s decidedly – and delightfully – different. Uncle Lenny’s Country Cafe, located in Fairview, Tennessee, has been around for just a year and it’s only now expanding its musical offerings. It’s had a head […]

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]]> Revisiting “Bookends” http://sun209.com/appreciation-of-simon-and-garfunkel-bookends-album/ Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:50:56 +0000 https://sun209.com/?p=14039 By Bill Lloyd Easing into the day with coffee and a favorite album. This morning, it was one of my favorite ever albums. Simon and Garfunkel’s Bookends didn’t sell as well as Bridge Over Troubled Water, but it’s still my favorite. When I first bought a cd player because Foster & Lloyd’s first album came […]

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