Tom “Tomcat” Courtney hails from Waco, Texas where he was born January 23, 1929. His Dad played ragtime piano and his mother, who died when he...
I’d only been in San Diego about a week. It was September and it was hot. My uncle Tony called them Santa Ana winds. They sure...
If you were around here on the West Coast in the ’40s or ’50s chances are you came in contact with Tex Williams. He was, along...
I’ve been hosting a radio show this past year or so on the world music webcast, which is actually an Internet show and requires that you...
I’ve been hosting a radio show this past year or so on the world music webcast, which is actually an Internet show and requires that you...
Every year at the Roots Festival, it’s a meeting of old and new, with the kinds of music presented, but for me it’s also a coming...
I’m always curious about how songs evolve, and I guess there’s no better documentation of that than by listening to recordings. Take Hank Williams’ “Lovesick Blues,”...
Tom Waits has a couple of new CDs out and in spots he still sounds like the old Tom I remember from our days at the...
I’ve been hosting a radio show this past year or so on the world music webcast, which is actually an Internet show and requires that you...
