Country music dominating my listening habits these days, part 2

I've got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell. That and country music. My country music fixation continues. Instead of it being a phase, it appears to be growing and growing. I must be mellowing. Say it ain't so...

Here are some tunes to consider:

'Coat of Many Colors' by Dolly Parton
'Lost Highway' by Hank Williams
'Sixteen Tons' by Tennessee Ernie Ford
'Sunday Morning Coming Down' by Johnny Cash
'Coal Miner's Daughter' by Loretta Lynn
'Behind Closed Doors' by Charlie Rich
'The Most Beautiful Girl' by Charlie Rich
'If We Make it Through December' by Merle Haggard
'Kiss an Angel Good Morning' by Charley Pride
'I Can Help' by Billy Swan
'He Loves Me All the Way' by Tammy Wynette
'The Happiest Girl in the U.S.A.' by Donna Fargo
'When You’re Hot, You’re Hot' by Jerry Reed
'My Woman, My Woman, My Wife' by Marty Robbins
'Rose Garden' by Lynn Anderson
'I Ain't Never' by Mel Tillis
'Country Sunshine' by Dottie West

Country music dominating my listening habits these days

For reasons I can't explain, I have been listening to a lot of country music lately. Then again, good music is good music. Here are some tunes you might want to consider:

'Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line' by Waylon Jennings
'Flowers on the Wall' by The Statler Brothers
'King of the Road' by Roger Miller
'Don't Come Home a-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)' by Loretta Lynn
'Jackson' by Johnny Cash with June Carter
'Daddy Sang Bass' by Johnny Cash
'Mama Tried' by Merle Haggard
'Okie from Muskogee' by Merle Haggard
'Harper Valley P.T.A.' by Jeannie C. Riley
'Crying in the Chapel' by Elvis Presley with the Jordanaires
'Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town' by Kenny Rogers & the First Edition
'Skip a Rope' by Henson Cargill
'Wichita Lineman' by Glen Campbell

Bruce Springsteen to headline Bonnaroo 2009

I know I am a few days late on this, but Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will be headlining Bonnaroo 2009 here in Manchester. It was announced last week, but what can I say? I'm a little slow these days. Others performing at the festival will be Phish, Elvis Costello, Merle Haggard, and a lot of bands I have never heard of.

I have only seen Springsteen in concert once. It was in either 1984 or '85 in Murfreesboro at Murphy Center. Before I saw the show, I had heard stories about his prowess in sustaining three- and four-hour concerts. I was skeptical, but I left the show a believer. He and his band were first-rate, and that performance was probably the best concert I have ever seen.

I thought he still had some moves during his performance during the Super Bowl halftime show. However, that performance was only 12-minutes long. Still, after all these years, it looks like he can carry the load.