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...This "Vintage Collection," released in 1996, is one of a series from Capitol Records (other artists featured include Merle Haggard, the Louvin Brothers and Hank Thompson). Sadly, it has been discontinued. All the tracks were recorded at Nashville's Columbia Studio B, the famed Quonset Hut on Music Row, with producer Pappy Daily lining up the city's finest session men - the legendary "A Team" - including Buddy Emmons on pedal steel, Hargus "Pig" Robbins on piano and Curtis McPeak on banjo. It's well worth seeking out on Ebay or in the bargain bins...
...pedal steel guitar is the descendant of the lap steel, which came into vogue around 1915 with the Hawaiian music craze and gradually worked its way into the American mainstream via the music of Bob Wills, Hank Williams, Alvino Rey and Santo & Johnny ("Sleepwalk"). American manufacturers like Rickenbacker and Gibson began making instruments to suit this new style of music, essentially flat slabs of wood, metal or Bakelite outfitted with a pickup and six or eight strings set about an inch above a painted-on fretboard. A guitar in name only, the steel guitar is played seated...
...ways to resolve the Napster question. "We walked out of Edgar's office, and Thomas and I looked at each other, and it just clicked," says Andreas Schmidt, president of the Bertelsmann E Commerce Group, who orchestrated the partnership. That day Schmidt got on the phone to Napster CEO Hank Barry and began eight weeks of intense transcontinental negotiations, from San Francisco to Miami, New York City to Gutersloh...
...Jones just sounds so sad, it's painful. He's as sad-sounding as Hank Williams at his most abject. Of course, the difference is that Jones can sing, whereas Williams can only wail. Some words are clipped, some are stretched and played with, as only Jones can do. Some lines are almost whispered; others cried out - all beautifully set up by man who really understands what to do with lyrics. It's a pity that this is not a better recording, because the musicianship is also mighty tasty, with some pulsating pedal steel, a well-stroked fiddle...
...into one giant protective plastic shell. But what Roy (pronounced Wah) accomplished last week made headlines even in a country with actual news. In a 5-4 victory over Washington, Roy, 35, broke the 30-year-old record for most career wins by a goalkeeper (448), making him the Hank Aaron of hockey. Was it thanks to his superstitious routine of talking to the goalposts? "To be honest with you, everything went so fast in that game that I didn't really have a chance to have a talk with them," says Roy. "They'll forgive...