Wire from the Bunker: RIP Kinky Friedman
“Thank you for being an American. It’s been a real financial pleasure."
Wire from the Bunker: Tom Russell
I always loved Russell’s sense of irony and dark edge on stage. Tom’s best songs are about as genuine as can be without veering into corn.
Wire from the Bunker: Gordon Lightfoot RIP
I was pretty late in terms of appreciating Gordon Lightfoot’s music so I suppose it makes some sort of sense that I am tardily...
Wire from the Bunker: Hey Joe! Get Well Soon.
his one’s for Joe Ely who has been struggling with his health as of late and hit a particularly rough patch earlier this summer.
Wire from the Bunker: Meet Graham Parker
first heard Graham Parker sometime in the early 80s. My grandparents would come up from Florida every year in the spring.
Wire from the Bunker: Meet Rick Danko
Levon Helm, Richard Manuel, and Rick Danko, the Band – originally known as the Hawks when they backed Bob on his electric blaspheme of...
Wire from the Bunker: RIP Bob Neuwirth
I was so saddened to learn of the passing of the great Bob Neuwirth yesterday. I wrote a long piece about him for Phawker a couple years...
Wire from the Bunker: RIP Tom T. Hall
Tom T. was a giant. In his own unique way worthy of inclusion on the Hillbilly Rushmore alongside the Man in Black, Hank, Hag...
Wire from the Bunker: Peter Case
My contempt for radio – particularly the local variety – has been well-documented in these pages.
Wire from the Bunker: Tony Rice
Rice was long acknowledged as one of the greatest ever, both as a picker and as a vocalist. But outside that rarified jurisdiction...
