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A true Texas Cowboy, and advertised as such, Edward L Crain was born in Texas He worked ranches as well as cattle drives during the 1920s and ’30s, and also played guitar, fiddle, and mandolin
This Eddie Edwards began performing on country and gospel recordings in the early ’90s He sometimes works alongside Richie Furay, the former member of Buffalo Springfield and founder of Poco who found religion
The 2001 lineup for Efatha, the Celtic-inspired band from Lancaster, PA, includes Scott Hertzog, Jessica Kormos, Kristen Anselmo, Steve Smoker, and Bill Lewis The group’s name means to be open, to understand, and to gain revelation, which are certainly qualities they strive to incorporate into their performances
New traditionalist country singer Elbert West had a strong taste of success in the early ’90s when he penned Tracy Lawrence’s first two big hits, “Sticks and Stones” and “Can’t Break It to My Heart
With the name Elbert Williams sounding “so damn hillbilly,” in the words of an Ozark pundit, it is actually surprising that it took until the ’90s before a hillbilly recording credit showed up under that name
In a distinguished career that spanned over 50 years, guitarist and arranger Eldon Shamblin lent his considerable talents to many of country’s biggest stars, including a 10 year stint in one of the greatest band’s of all time, Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys
An important axis of the New York School alongside his mentor John Cage, experimental composer Earle Brown championed an aesthetic that underscored the implicit connections between contemporary music and visual art, expressing the former as an almost tangible, concrete phenomenon; a philosophy best-expressed via the rectangular notations that comprise the score of perhaps his most famous and most revived work, “December 1952
Earl C Whitehead’s band, the Grievous Angels, may borrow their moniker from the title of an album by country-rock pioneer Gram Parsons — but they draw their influence from the three-chord, roots-rock riot of early ’80s groups such as the Blasters, Rank and File and the Long Ryders
The Electric Bonsai Band is a one-man ensemble featuring guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist and songwriter Andrew Ratshin With the slogan “it’s not electric…it’s not a band,” the Electric Bonsai Band continues to expand upon the psychosexual lyrical approach of Ratshin’s 1980s trio, Uncle Bonsai