Johnny Cash's Rambler a graceful, hopeful new chapter
Chicago Sun Times critic Martha Hume finds The Rambler a concept album showing a peace with life and a gentler faith. Cash spans styles, crafts intricate music, and avoids dogmatic cynicism, delivering honest, humane storytelling about fallible people.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Johnny Cash
Cash
Sun Records
ABC
Nashville
Folsom Prison
the Rambler
CBS
Country music crosses into pop and easy listening
Billboard notes country music exploding into pop and easy listening as a changing industry. The piece cites Waylon Jennings Willie Nelson Tompall Glaser Don Williams Jessi Colter and Dolly Parton expanding crossover appeal amid a liberal 1970s shift away from Nashville confines.
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Billboard
Vassar Clements
New York
Bottom Line
Nashville
Tenn
Hicks
Waylon Jennings
Willie Nelson
Tompall Glaser
Don Williams
Jessi Colter
Dolly Parton
Country crossover shift harms traditional music
A discussion notes country stars like Olivia Newton-John and Emmylou Harris crossing over while others add drums and horns for pop sounds. It argues that fear of stigma and profit motive push many artists away from traditional country, diluting the genre’s roots as pop fame grows.
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Olivia Newton-John
Emmylou Harris
John Denver
Jerry Jeff Walker
Jimmy Buffet
Nebraska State Fair and Weekend Music Lineup
All's Fair These and other entertainers headline this year's Nebraska State Fair at Sports Complex. Crystal Blue Persuasion and Mony Mony echo a Tommy James dance Sunday night at Star-Lite Ballroom near Wahoo with $7.50 price, drinks on site. Also the Bob Riedy Chicago Blues Band with Sam Lay and Carey Bell performs at Zoo Bar with a Labor Day bash featuring Little Jimmy Valentine & The Heart Murmers.
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State Fairgrounds
Tommy James
Wahoo
Bob Riedy
Chicago
Sam Lay
Carey Bell
Zoo Bar
Lay
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Butterfield
Bell
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Little Jimmy Valentine
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