24 October 2025

24 October 2025 - The Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia

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Yep, Charlie Daniels was from Wilmington, North Carolina and spend most of his childhood there.  His career spanned more than 50 years, star...
23 October 2025

23 October 2025 - Minor Threat - Straight Edge

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In the early 1980s, the hardcore scene in Washington D.C. was exploding, and one of its leaders was Ian MacKaye, the frontman and principal ...
22 October 2025

22 October 2025 - Daniel Johnston - Walking The Cow

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Daniel Johnston is very likely a name you do not know.  His origins were in the great state of West Virginia - and started making lo-fi musi...
21 October 2025

21 October 2025 - Grace Potter And The Nocturnals - Paris (Ooh La La)

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Grace Potter is from Vermont, and she formed her band in Vermont in 2002.   The band broke up in 2015, not coincidentally the same time Pott...
20 October 2025

20 October 2025 - James Brown - It's A Man's Man's Man's World

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James Brown may have made his money in Atlanta, but he was born into poverty in South Carolina.   This song, written by Brown and Betty Jean...
17 October 2025

17 October 2025 - Loretta Lynn - Fist City

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By the way, the other possible Kentucky artist is almost inarguably the best-known artist from Kentucky - Loretta Lynn.  The coal miner'...

17 October 2025 - Sturgill Simpson - Railroad of Sin

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It wasn't impossible to not do a country artist when it came to Kentucky.   The reality was, it came down to two choices for me.  Sturgi...