Southern Gospel singer-songwriter Joyce "Dottie" Rambo died early this morning (May 11, 2008) when the bus she was in ran read more...
Yes, I know it comes as a shock. Ol’ Buffalo actually listens to music other than Southern Rock and Outlaw Country. I’m read more...
SPEED RACER
We are happy to add a couple of new ongoing features here at GRITZ. The first is our
Eddy Arnold died this morning (May 8, 2008) in Tennessee. The Country Music Hall of Famer was 89 years old.
Billy Bob Thornton and The Boxmasters' video read more...
Greetings from Carolina. We are happy to present our new
IRON MAN
It's been a busy week here in the land of GRITZ and SWAMPLAND... We are very happy to share the latest feature in our Legends read more...
I dreamed I was a teenage Boxmaster... Billy Bob Thornton's ultra cool hillbilly-mod band The Boxmasters will release their read more...
Well, it's 50 degrees at 6:15 PM here in Greenville. Tell me again what the date is? Of course, it was almost 80 degrees yesterday, read more...
Today I'd like to bring back three more classic features from our GRITZ archives, for your enjoyment and information. The read more...
To me there is nothing more fun than spending a few hours thumbing through LPs and CDs at a used record store. I have always loved read more...
Former Garfeel Ruff guitarist
The South's premier country-bluegrass-Americana get together
It was two years ago today that the Southern Rock world lost one of our true pioneers.
FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL
Wow. Looks like great minds do indeed run along the same track. According to
I remember reading about Delaney and
Interesting news story I found regarding the old Capricorn Records Studio building in downtown Macon, Georgia. Be sureto watch the read more...
The jury has returned the verdict. The Stones have officially beat out The Beatles. When I was a kid back in the read more...
We are happy to present our second Guest Blog, this read more...
My old hometown of Spartanburg, SC is turning into the new Athens, with an array of great new bands all over town. In the coming read more...
It's time once again to add a few more Vintage Gritz articles to the archives, and I hope you'll check 'em out for a "blast from read more...
STREET KINGS
I always loved Trick Pony, and had the chance to see them up close and personal several times during the annual
I am happy to present another list of Favorite Southern read more...
Well, I have been burning the midnight oil again, putting together and publishing
Billy Bob Thornton and The Boxmasters have signed read more...
I have been a fan of Delaney and Bonnie since my early high school days, and of all the hundreds (thousands?) of celebrities I have read more...
Gary Rossington says that
I just got word that Lynyd Skynyrd will again host their southern rock cruise called the
There’s been quite a lot of anticipation here in Greenville, SC over the past few months. I mean, everywhere you go you read more...
STOP LOSS
I spoke with our buddy Jimmy Farrar today about his band Gator read more...
"Back When I Knew It All" has been
I just spent an hour on YouTube listening to some mighty great music. In keeping with my
The Allman Brothers Band have announced that they read more...
Shooter Jennings rocks. There's no doubt about it. read more...
I have made lists for as long as I can remember. In fact, somewhere around here I have a spiral notebook I started in 1976 with read more...
In keeping with our mission to bring together the best read more...
I wanted to make sure y'all didn't miss the call from the Southern Foodways Alliance for good Southern recipes.
I woke up at three in the morning last night thinking about
One of our favorite music festivals returns in April. The massive
We are pleased as punch to present our brand spanking new interview with the great
This year GRITZ celebrates our tenth year online. Over the past decade we have gone through a lot of changes, and enjoyed the read more...
HORTON HEARS A WHO
Exactly three years ago today, on March 16, 2005, my world was rocked like it hadn’t been rocked in quite some time. read more...
Congratulations to the following five winners. All of the entries were great, and we really enjoyed reading them. Please continue to read more...
Somehow I missed the first coming of The Black read more...
During the early ‘70’s you could find a dirt track racer running the round track at Greenville Pickens Speedway on read more...
I love it when things like this happen. I was sitting up late tonight writing, as I often do. Beside me a nice hot cup of read more...
The 11th Annual George Lindsey Film Festival was held down in Florence, Alabama last week. I can say from experience, the Festival is read more...
Chris Hicks was chosen as the pic of the week by Zig Zag Live, The well read more...
On April 11th, The Volunteer Jam 2008 Tour kicks off. This year's dates will feature our friends The Charlie Daniels Band, 38 Special read more...
Say you love Southern rock? Well, you’re gonna love SwampdaWamp. The Charlotte, NC based band that is on their way to very top read more...
I am really intrigued with John Rich. I just finished watching the finale of his CMT reality show Gone read more...
THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL
I was on the phone with Delaney Bramlett this afternoon, conducting the first in a series for Swampland called "The Delaney read more...
I spoke to Doug Gray this afternoon. He was in the read more...
I was talking to my friend Dewayne “aka: Rebyll” this afternoon when the conversation shifted to his first live concert read more...
My LIife's Been a Country Song, the fourth album from Capitol Records Nashville artist
GRITZ has lost another good friend. The legendary drummer
The Allman Brothers Band played at Mercer read more...
VANTAGE POINT
The 80th Academy Awards comes to the boob tube this Sunday night, February 24, 2008. Those of you who read GRITZ on a regular read more...
Back in 1991 I was Executive Editor and co-founder of an alternative press entertainment publication called EDGE in read more...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- It's a standing ovation for rock 'n' roll pioneer Little Richard -- and he read more...
"Highway Song" and "Train, Train," "Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie" and "Wishing Well"- all of these read more...
The Cox Theater in Macon, Georgia is gonna rock on Wednesday, February 27 when The Chris Hicks Band and Special Guests will be read more...
JUMPER
St. Louis native Steve Gerber, creator of the "Howard the Duck" comic book series, died Feb. 11 in Las Vegas while awaiting read more...
Trumpeter John Brunious, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band's leader and senior member, died Tuesday, February 12, 2008 in Orlando, read more...
This may be the only time in history that the stars have lined up like this. Literally. If you check out the GRITZ CD read more...
I have a little ceramic box that sits on my dresser in the bed room. It’s red and has a multi-color lid with the word read more...
A wise man once said, “Man does not live by Southern Rock alone.” Well, there have been times when I would argue that read more...
I was pleasantly surprised by last night's Grammy Awards show. Celebrating 50 years of Grammy’s, they seemed to pull out all read more...
Let me just cut to the chase. I am a huge fan pf Mississippi singer songwriter Paul
It was a night to remember at Nashville's famed Bluebird Cafe on February 1st as Tim Krekel performed songs from his read more...
I have been aware of the Lynyrd Skynyrd read more...
I really hope everyone is enjoying the new look of GRITZ, as well as our “Mothership” Swampland.com. The powers that be read more...
John Rich, who along with Big Kenny Alphin makes up genre-bending duo Big & Rich, will release a solo album later this year on read more...
The late great Allen Collins. This photo from Kent Griffith shows Collins during the first ever concert by Rossington Collins read more...
Enterprise, Alabama will host the first annual BamaJam Music & Arts Festival scheduled to take place, Thursday, Friday and read more...
I am very happy to report that GRITZ will soon present an all new interview with Southern music legend Delaney Bramlett. Delaney was read more...
The State of South Carolina will honor Rhythm & Blues pioneer Nappy Brown with an official state proclamation declaring February read more...
I simply could not believe my luck. I was at Barnes and Noble, drinking a cup of coffee and reading various read more...
THE EYE
Greetings fellow babies. It's Superbowl Sunday and I am chilling on the sofa with a cold brewskie waiting to see New England and New read more...
It's been a while since I was this excited over an indie release. Winter Park, Florida's Galloway & Kelliher have released one read more...
It's time for another new post from our interviews archives. We are happy to present the interview I conducted back in 2000 with read more...
Gary Rossington and his wife Dale Krantz Rossington take a break during January's Simple Man Cruise that brought fans up close and read more...
Nashville star John Rich (Big & Rich) hosts Gone Country, a new show on CMT that brings musicians from the world of rock and read more...
(Nashville, TN)- Fans will have the opportunity to enjoy some of the best music imaginable when Rock & Roll Hall of Fame members, read more...
I was going through my files today and ran across an article I wrote back in 1999 about
On January 29th it will be seven months. Seven months since
I have been a Jewel fan since her first video. I love her voice, her songwriting and her cuteness. That is why I was thrilled to get read more...
I am happy as a clam to present the first in our series of "Guest Blogs." This one concerns the legendary Delbert McClinton read more...
It’s 9:45 PM on Saturday night January 19th, 2008. I just dropped an e-mail to our friend
I was talking to my old friend Ricky Godfrey on the telephone yesterday. Rick is living in Nashville, but he still returns home read more...
CLOVERFIELD
Today's photo was taken in 1987 during the Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour. The Rossington Band was opening. On this night, Steve read more...
We are happy to poresent the latest in our Legends of Southern Rock series, The Outlaws. The Outlaws are one of the South's all time read more...
In 1981 The Marshall Tucker Band played Madison Square read more...
I was talking to one of my pals down Florida way the other day when the conversation shifted to great Southern Rock songs.We started read more...
On Friday, January 19th, the Opry Live broadcast on GAC will feature the induction of it's newest member, the legendary
According to his website, Dickey Betts will be joining Kid Rock on tour this read more...
The Second Annual Big House Museum Benefit will be held in read more...
Oddly enough, I would have never even dreamed of becoming a writer during my days in grade school and high school. I really wanted to read more...
A reader reports that Doc Holliday Band played a read more...
Scott Boyer and Tommy Talton are back in Duck Tape Studio in Decatur, Alabama this weekend for "phase 2" in read more...
JUNO
Cowboy is back in the studio at Duck Tape Studios with
Happy New Year to all of our readers, and once again, allow me to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your continued support of read more...
NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS
Lots of great music rocked my world in 2007. Here are my choices for the 15 best of the best. Feel free to log on and comment. Let me read more...
The Outlaws, who had just finished recording a new album when founding member Hughie Thomasson passed away, have announced that they read more...
Greetings from South Carolina... Since I have received so many e-mails and calls, I thought I would post this. I know read more...
My association with The Marshall Tucker Band has read more...
A classic photo of Capricorn Records recording artists, Grinderswitch, Dedicated to the memories of Dru Lombar, Joe Dan Petty and read more...
Charlie Daniels will be inducted as the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry on January 19, 2008 at the Ryman Auditorium in read more...
Mama Inez Hill, the co-owner of Macon's H&H Restaurant has passed away at 94. Inez Hill, 94, died early this read more...
Well, 2007 wasn’t the best year ever for movies, but we did hit on a few real winners. It seemed the theme of the year was war, read more...
The Brothers of the Southland with Bo Bice CD is now available for a limited time as an advance download of the CD. The read more...
Jimmy Hall's
Rockin' Camel Music, based in Gadsden, Alabama, has been creating quite a buzz over the past couple of years. They have been compared read more...
One of my songs that seems to be going over well these days is called "Painting Her Toenails." It's just a simple tune read more...
AWAKE
The jam following the banquet at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel last Friday night during the annual Angelus Benefit found our own read more...
Picture of the day. Cartoonist Guy Gilchrist ("Nancy," "The Muppetts") and drummer Towson Engsberg (Tommy Crain read more...
Billy Bob Thornton's band (his hillbilly band) The read more...
John Carter Cash, son of famed country music couple Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, took some time out of his extremely busy read more...
The Dixie Chicks have a new controversy on their hands. Lead singer Natalie Maines is urging people to contribute money to a defense read more...
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Former Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle has read more...
Gritz man Michael Buffalo Smith hangs out with country r&b legend T. Graham Brown at the Angelus event in Tampa, read more...
SATURDAY Well today was the last big hurrah for this year’s Angelus event, the all day outdoor read more...
FRIDAY We started off the day downstairs on the banquet room for breakfast, hanging out with friends read more...
It was a beautiful day for a drive to Florida, and my old buddy Scott Greene and I set sail for the annual Angelus weekend down in read more...
There's still time for you to win a copy of the new DVD/CD package The Carolina Dreams Tour by The Marshall Tucker Band! read more...
Taking a break outside Duck Tape Studios during the recording of the new Cowboy album, Scott Boyer, Johnny Sandlin and Tommy Talton. read more...
Tommy Talton is no doubt best known for his work read more...
Southern Fried John Hammond This true “lost treasure” read more...
Artimus Pyle, a former drummer for Lynyrd Skynyrd, has been jailed in Florida on charges that he failed to properly register read more...
The Marshall Tucker Band was at their peak in the summer of 1977, and now you can relive the magic of the original lineup of Toy and read more...
by Michael Buffalo Smith GRITZ went into the studio with Cowboy for the recording of their all new album, their first in 36 read more...
Our friend Charlie Daniels has been asked to read more...
The entire original read more...
Well, here I am in Decatur, Alabama, a stone's throw away from Muscle Shoals. I only have a minute to report that recording on the read more...
Cooking onstage during the recent Jam 4 George Memorial Concert are George's son Justin McCorkle, founding Marshall Tucker Band read more...
Lions for Lambs
A three-CD set of the Marshall Tucker Band read more...
I made my way down to Rome, Georgia for my third ever visit to the High Lonesome Saloon, a place that is quickly becoming one of my read more...
MACON, GA - John C. "Scooter" Herring, 67, of Macon, died Saturday, November 10, 2007. Memorial services will be held read more...
GRITZ is happy to present an exclusive interview with one of the South's finest musicians and human beings, Scott Boyer. From his read more...
Jimmie Van Zant and his wfe Zohra at CMAs talking about his new read more...
If a picture is truly worth a thousand words, how much are a thousand pictures worth? Due to popular demand, we read more...
The photographs just keep coming into the GRITZ offices! Here are some more great scenes from The Jam 4 George. Photos read more...
Wofford College weren’t the only ones having a homecoming in Spartanburg, SC last Saturday, November 3. Barnett Park downtown read more...
Buffalo is seen here with founding Marshall Tucker Band member, flute and sax player Jerry Eubanks, moments before the finale jam at read more...
Warren Haynes Presents: The 19th Annual Christmas Jam will take place this year on Saturday, December 15, 2007 at the Asheville Civic read more...
Porter Wagoner died Sunday in Nashville. He was 80 and lived read more...
Film Reviews by Michael Buffalo Smith SAW IV
Both The New York Times and
Well, here I am back in Athens, Georgia at The Foundry Inn and Spa, a really cool and historical hotel that also features one read more...
October 24, 2007 I was really taken aback to hear Country Music Hall of Famer Porter Wagoner has been read more...
Photo of the day features famed guitarist Marc Ford (left) and our own James Calemine (right). Be sure to read about James' latest read more...
Here's your chance to win a pair of tickets to the Jam for George memorial concert in Spartanburg, SC. We have a few pairs of tickets read more...
I only saw Lynyrd Skynyrd, the original Lynyrd read more...
Spartanburg, SC - George McCorkle, an read more...
Our primary goal of the trip, besides handing out the videos, was to shoot the camel on top of the read more...
Shootin’ The Camel on the Top of the Mountain Part read more...
“BEAUTIFUL DOOR” AMONG THE HIGHEST ALBUM DEBUTS THIS WEEK (October 9, read more...
I'd like to take a minute to make sure that all "friends of GRITZ" drop by all of the other sections of
Down the road from me in Bishopville, South Carolina, there lives a man named Pearl. Pearl Fryar, a sixty-six year old African read more...
A "Skynyrd Tribute Weekend" will be held Oct. 19 and 20 at Sharky's Place in the Quality Inn & read more...
News just in from mule.net. Warren Haynes Presents: The 19th Annual read more...
Jimmy Herring may be the king of all "hired guns" in Southern rock. He jumped in and filled the
Well, I've said it before and I'll say it again - YouTube rocks. Whoever came up with that idea is a genius, and I feel very lucky to read more...
This GRITZ file photo was taken during the time when Jack Pearson was playing in The
Welcome to the first installment of Buffalo's Book Club. I figured, if Oprah can have one, so can I. The only thing is, I read more...
THE KINGDOM
Well, we didn't actually sit down together this time, but I was drinking tea and speaking with my buddy Billy Bob read more...
Sydney White
We here at Swampland want to let everyone know about a message that
The Jam for George Concert is scheduled for Saturday, November 3, 2007 beginning at 1 PM at Barnett Park in downtown Spartanburg, SC. read more...
Here's a great shot of Otis Redding's family: Zelma Redding, Rodgers Redding, Karla Redding Andrews, Dexter Redding, and other read more...
I am really happy to announce that GRITZ is now available in Really Simple Syndication. (RSS) That is, you can get updates and links read more...
Devon Allman and Honeytribe rocked the walls of 550 Blues in Macon, Georgia on Saturday, September 22nd. (Photo by John read more...
I have been a subscriber to Hittin’ The Note magazine for read more...
On a whim I set sail for Macon, Georgia last Tuesday to catch an acoustic performance by
Well, it took me a little longer than expected to gather the quotes from a few of Hughie's friends for our Hughie Thomasson
Well, the news is out.
Athens - We are sad to announce the death of Jeffrey Stuart Collins, 46, who died on September 15, 2007 from an apparent read more...
Franklin Wilkie, who joined The Marshall Tucker Band in 1980 following the death of founder Tommy Caldwell, has been charged with read more...
You can watch the entire Farm Aid concert on streaming video at farmaid.org, now read more...
Louisiana's Tom Coerver has been in our corner since the beginning of GRITZ. A great musician and a staunch supporter, he is read more...
MR. WOODCOCK
Hi Gang. We are all still trying to cope with loss of yet another friend and Southern rock icon,
Jackie Williams passed away on September 8, 2007 at the age of 50, following a single car accident in Nashville. Jackie read more...
3:10 TO YUMA
Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Steve Gaines has been read more...
Dennis and Donnie Winters of The Winters Brothers backstage in Macon recently. Check out the archived interview I did with
I'll never forget the first time I heard the music of Danny Brooks. It was a few years ago, and my friend and staff member Mitch read more...
SPARTANBURG, SC - The highly anticipated Jam for George: A Concert Honoring The Memory of George McCorkle, will take place in read more...
Here's a shot of Hughie and Henry just after the Outlaws reunion, holding up their print copies of GRITZ Magazine. The photo was read more...
Hughie Thomasson, founding member of The Outlaws, read more...
The Allman Brothers Band return to their old stomping read more...
Our friend, the late great George McCorkle was reunited with singer Doug Gray of The Marshall Tucker Band just months before George's read more...
HALLOWEEN
Billy Bob Thornton and his long time buddy and guitarist Mike Shipp photographed by your's truly backstage at the House of Blues in read more...
Labor Day weekend. I'm very thankful I'm not flying, judging from news reports on our over crowded airports and skies, I am, however, read more...
Southern Rock legend Dickey Betts is seen here circa 1995 onstage with The Allman Brothers Band. Be sure to check out our
This is a photo sent in by a GRITZ reader that features Greg T. Walker, Charlie Hargrett and Bobby Barth of Blackfoot rocking the read more...
Today's photo was taken back when Georgia's Jimmy Carter was running for President of the United States. He is shown here with
HAIRSPRAY
Dear Y'all, Swampland and Gritz are proud to present the latest in our series of Legends of Southern Rock. The one, the only read more...
SPARTANBURG, SC - Former Marshall Tucker Band drummer David "Ace" Allen was admitted to the hospital yesterday following a read more...
Thursday morning I got up early and made my way to the beach. I was bound and determined to get in a beach walk, so at 8 am I read more...
I can remember exactly where I was when I heard that Elvis was dead. I was in my Barracuda, turning left into the Westgate Mall in read more...
I have been having a lot of trouble with Mapquest lately. Used to be, I could depend on those wonderful internet cats to read more...
I have become a certified YOUTUBE addict. Especially since our friends at Peckster Vision have started posting some of the footage read more...
It looks as though Willie Nelson is planning to bring some serious Southern music along for Farm Aid's first ever New York event. read more...
It was announced today that The Georgia Music Hall of Fame will induct Lynyrd read more...
I returned to Macon, Georgia again this week for the Benefit for Sid Yochim (aka: Benefit for a Brother) on Saturday night read more...
A Benefit for a Brother, Sid Yochim, will take place in Macon, Georgia this Saturday, August 4th. Tickets are on sale now.
Kid Rock has announced an October 9th release date for his upcoming album, the long awaited follow-up to 2003's Kid Rock. read more...
Hair-metal band Poison has released a full album of cover tunes, including songs made famous by The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, read more...
I’ve been down to Macon, Georgia several times over the past few months, and every time I visit I feel the spirit of Duane read more...
I knew going in that it was going to be a busy, busy weekend. What I also knew was that it would be one of the most music filled, read more...
It's been a busy few weeks around here for the ol' Gritzman, and things are just getting busier. I like it that way. Next read more...
I read more...
One of my all time favorite songs during the seventies was "Please Be With Me" by Cowboy, a song I first heard on the read more...
TOMMY TALTON says that he and SCOTT BOYER have been writing new material for a read more...
The International Bluegrass Music Association's (IBMA) annual World of Bluegrass takes place in Nashville, Tennessee October 1-7 at read more...
ATLANTA, GA – Atlanta-based independent label King Mojo Records has announced the signing of a national read more...
A Charlo, Montana man has been arrested for impersonating Merle Haggard's son, Noel Haggard, The Daily Inter Lake reports.
On the heals of their gold CD Get Right With the Man and a Top 10 single, brothers Johnny and Donnie Van Zant are poised to read more...
Big & Rich and Brad Paisley enjoyed having the top country song and album on Billboard for the week ending July 21 with read more...
It was slightly overcast in Spartanburg, SC this morning and a bit cooler than it has been. Well, at least until about halfway read more...
A memorial service and visitation for George McCorkle will be held on Sunday July 1, 2007 from 4:00-8:00PM.at Carthage read more...
George McCorkle of the original Marshall Tucker Band died this morning, Friday, June 29th at 11:30 in a Nashville Hospital. He was read more...
Well, after a bunch of calls and e-mails asking for it, the Gritz Movie Reviews are back! Please check out our two latest reviews - read more...
The original plan was to go down to Macon a couple of days early and hang out with my friends Dave and Peggy Peck, prior to the read more...
We have received some very sad news here at GRITZ. Our long time friend George McCorkle, a founding member of The Marshall read more...
The benefit concert scheduled for June 23rd has been changed to August 4th. Tickets are on sale read more...
It was a perfect weekend for a festival. Just ask anyone who attended Bonaroo, and if they can remember the weekend, read more...
Greetings! Well, GRITZ is now back, bigger and better, thanks to some hard work from the Swampland team. You may have notced that the read more...
Rome, GA - The Rome Braves announce today that Southern rock legend Jimmy Hall will perform the National Anthem at the 48th South read more...
Many of you know Sid Yochim, a member of the
NOLENSVILLE, TN - The Winters Brothers Band will read more...
In case anyone is wondering, the ol' Buffalo has been down for the count for a while lately, which explains my lack of blogging. read more...
If there’s one single most defining event in the history of Southern Rock, it has to be the Volunteer Jam, especially read more...
Southern guitar gods Warren Haynes and Steve Morse will read more...
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends... I must begin by apologizing for the recent “down read more...
Terry O'Neil "Topper" Price, one of the most recognizable figures on Birmingham's music scene, died read more...
Topper Price, a well loved and respected singer and harp player from Alabama, was found dead today. No details are available as of read more...
Lynyrd Skynyrd and Hank Williams Jr. are currently touring together on the read more...
It has been quite a week here in the land of Gritz and honey.
The Volunteer Jam Tour of 2007 kicked off in style on Friday night with
There is finally something fresh and new on the radio dial, and the real surprise is that it is a part of the mega-million corporate read more...
What a great three weeks it has been. First, there was the first Scott Boyer Benefit down in
The Academy of Country Music has announced that country music movers and shakers Harlan Howard, Waylon Jennings, Jack Lameier, read more...
The second of two benefit concerts for ailing Southern Rock icon Scott Boyer was held on Wednesday, April 18th in Birmingham, read more...
What a day. It was a beautiful day for a drive from my home in Greenville, SC to the big city of Birmingham, Alabama. About five and a read more...
4/16/07 Emmylou Harris opened a new animal shelter in Nashville, Tennessee. Harris started the humane shelter in memory of read more...
Muscle Shoals musician Scott Boyer has always been one of the first to pitch in when one of his fellow players needed a hand.
The last time I was at The Georgia Theatre in Athens, Georgia was several read more...
NASHVILLE, Tennessee-- The Hendersonville, Tennesse home of the late Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash has been destroyed by a fire read more...
I can still remember the first time I went to a movie alone as a child. Actually, I was with my sister, but you know what I mean. I must read more...
Okay, I’ll admit it. I sometimes spend way too much time sitting on the sofa in front of that infernal read more...
After a fun day with the Lopates (see my previous blog) we found ourselves at the Shoals Theatre in downtown Florence, Alabama for what read more...
(Toto, I Don’t Think We’re in Long Branch Any More) Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007
The first of two benefit shows for former Cowboy member Scott Boyer will take place this coming Wednesday, April 4th, at the Shoals read more...
It's getting close to that time again. Time for Merlefest, the biggest and best Americana music festival of all. Every year around this read more...
There's a gator in the bushes, he's callin' my name! Yep! This week Swampland.com is proud to tip the hat to some of the read more...
Stars of country, classic rock and southern rock show their respect for one of the greatest bands ever on a new tribute to read more...
STUBHUB FORGES NEW PARTNERSHIP TO PROVIDE FANS EXCLUSIVE FRONT ROW ACCESS TO LYNYRD SKYNYRD, HANK WILLIAMS JR. SPRING TOUR
We realize there are problems viewing the site, and we are working to correct these problems right now. The site is being updated, and read more...
Whatever happened to radio anyhow? I mean, radio today just plain sucks. Sure, you can find some interesting programming here and there read more...
SHOALS & BIRMINGHAM BENEFIT CONCERTS SET FOR FORMER CAPRICORN ARTIST SCOTT BOYER
Half way through last night’s American Idol results show, I found myself asking the same question I ask myself every read more...
As I sit down to write, the window near my desk is open, a cool breeze is blowing through, the sun is shining and the birds are singing. read more...
I just love music. I always have. All types of music, from good Southern rock to Outlaw Country, rhythm and blues to sweet soul, read more...
Recently, we decided to take off, pretty much on a whim, and set sail for the shore. Jill and I had visited before, but it would read more...
Three Southern groups, Lynyrd read more...
Rome, GA - The Rome Braves along with Classic Rock KZ 106 and Miller Lite announce that southern rock legends , The Marshall Tucker read more...
Rodney Reeves Davis, age 54, died February 28, 2007. He was born in read more...
Ain’t nothin’ like the blues. From the distant wail of Son House, to the darkness of Robert Johnson running from the Hell read more...
For the first time ever, VH1 Classic will air the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony LIVE on Monday, March 12 at 8:30 read more...
Bluegrass band Cherryholmes may have a new disc out in June on Skaggs Family Record. The family band, which won the IBMA bluegrass read more...
This morning I heard "Flirtin' with Disaster" on Rock 101 and it prompted me to recall a pivitol Southern Rock moment in my read more...
I remember in our pre-swampland.com days, when we first started Gritz online, some guy read more...
The lineup for the 1st Annual WhiskeyStock Music Fest, happening August 31 – September 3, 2007 has undergone some changes. read more...
Montgomery Gentry will host the Academy of Country Music Celebrity Motorcycle Ride to be held May 13 in Las Vegas. After the ride, a read more...
Willie Nelson may oppose war in Iraq, but also supports the troops with his recently released single, "Whatever Happened To Peace read more...
Memphis prosecutors dropped assault charges against Hank Williams Jr., citing lack of evidence about the 2006 incident. A read more...
Like most boys, I went through my “rockets and space” phase when I was a kid. I collected models of the space ships, and had read more...
BMI Award-winning songwriter Arthur “Guitar Boogie” Smith received the Honorary Life Membership Award from the South read more...
It’s been a whirlwind couple of days, folks, but I have never been more “in my element.” When last we read more...
I made a last minute decision to drive up to Nashville today. I needed to lay down vocals on a demo that Lee Bogan and I wrote a read more...
There has been a real surge of comic book movies over the past few year, and I must admit, I love it. I have been a comics fan my whole read more...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Country star Hank Williams Jr. has filed for divorce from his wife, Mary Jane, claiming she has a problem with read more...
Is it just me? Am I the only one who is sick to death of reality TV? I mean, it has gotten to the point of sheer read more...
Celebrate President’s Day by watching American music masters The Holmes Brothers (Wendell Holmes, Sherman Holmes, Popsy Dixon) read more...
WASHINGTON, Georgia -- Bless Your Heart Music, LLC (BYHM) is celebrating the anniversary of its first year in business by announcing a read more...
Loretta Lynn will receive a honorary doctorate from the Berklee School of Music in March. Lynn will get an Honorary read more...
Coming soon to swampland.com, our next Legends of Southern Rock entry, Molly Hatchet. From their self-titled debut album read more...
Billy Bob Thornton adds his unique vocals to a song on the new Tim McGraw tribute album, Where The Bluegrass Grows. Thornton read more...
The Americana Music Association named Jed Hilly as new Executive Director of the group, it announced Monday. Hilly read more...
Last Friday I received something very special in my mailbox. The postmark was from Germany, and I spotted the return address as read more...
The Dixie Chicks won big at the Grammy awards on Sunday, taking home awards for overall album and record of the read more...
The Police will headline the June 16 date of the Bonnaroo music festival in Manchester, Tennessee, Billboard.com read more...
The 1st Annual WhiskeyStock Music Fest read more...
2/9/07 Last weekend I returned to my old stomping grounds in Athens, Georgia. The purpose of the visit was to record spoken read more...
I love it when a plan comes together. Last week I was all set up and ready, locked and loaded, for my big interview with read more...
Derek Trucks has made the cover of Rolling Stone. Well, he shares the cover anyway - with John Mayer and John read more...
Yesterday was good. Here in Greenville, South Carolina, it felt like spring. The weather was simply amazing. It made me feel like a read more...
What do you get Clay Walker as a gift? For the eighth consecutive year The Crazy4Clay Gang has given a donation to The Band Against MS read more...
Marty Stuart has been tapped to host the 9th Annual Grammy Foundation Music Preservation Project, "The Soul of Country," on read more...
Hank Williams Jr. and Lynyrd Skynyrd are embarking on the Rowdy Frynds tour together this spring. Twenty shows were read more...
Soul2Soul 2007 will be hitting the road this summer with Tim McGraw and Faith Hill joining forces again. The husband and read more...
What a weekend. I had pretty much decided to lay low and take this Saturday and Sunday to build up to the Super Bowl. Yes, you heard read more...
2/5/07 Fat Possum records will be re-releasing vital Townes Van Zandt albums on May 1, 2007. The albums include For the read more...
Fourteen Years After His Death, This Ol’ Cowboy Lives On
2/2/07 Now a spokesman for the National Biodiesel Board, Merle Haggard intends to spread the word on the energy crisis by read more...
I was in the tenth grade in 1972, and I remember having the 45 of “Motorcycle Mama” by a group from Alabama known as read more...
Gov't Mule's MuleTracks.com is approaching read more...
For decades Charlie Daniels has refused to label his read more...
To some folks, hanging out in the recording studio for two days would be just plain boring and tedious. For me it’s more fun than read more...
Van Zant recently began recording the follow-up to their read more...
Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson and Ray Price are joining together to put out a new album, "Last of the New Breed," in March read more...
I have been in the studio this weekend with The Marshall Tucker Band as they work on their new album for the Shout! Factory read more...
1/27/07 On Thursday night, blues legend B.B. King was admitted to The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston for read more...
Greetings from the South, fellow babies. Just a few random notes to let y'all know that I have two new interviews posted read more...
SWAMPLAND HONORS AN AMERICAN MUSICAL TREASURE: The Allman Brothers Band
Nashville, TN – Country music’s living outlaw, Hank Williams Jr., has hit yet read more...
1/23/07 Ann Howard allowed Little Richard Penniman to perform in her Macon, Georgia, nightclub when Penniman was still read more...
The past few years have brought about an onslaught of “All Star” Southern Rock Bands, beginning with
Skaggs Family Records is proud to announce the CD release party for their bright young bluegrass band, Cadillac Sky. The party will be read more...
1/21/07 On Friday, January 19, Circle Sound performed at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City. Circle Sound comprises Rich read more...
Saturday in Macon, Georgia was pretty much a non-stop thrill ride. It all started out at the
When I arrived in Macon yesterday, one of the first things I wanted to do was to pay a visit to
Hi guys. Well, it’s late Thursday night and I have had a simply great day. What can I say? Some days are just diamonds.
I’m happy to announce some really exciting news. Southern rock pioneers Point Blank have reunited and will be heading out to read more...
The Allman Brothers Band have announced their traditional New York City run at Beacon Theatre, announcing 13 read more...
I just got in from one of the best movie musicals I have ever seen. Dreamgirls is a fictional story loosely based on the read more...
Gov't Mule has been one of my very favorite southern bands for many years now. I'll never forget the first time I saw them live. It read more...
Hi gang. The weekend is finally here! I finished reading
Howdy GRITZ Gang! I trust everyone had a great Holiday season and had some good times wih family and friends. I sure did.
Swampland has received the following press release in regard to the long awaited Gimmie Three Days Lynyrd Skynyrd Cruise, January 5-8 read more...
1/1/07 After shattering her shoulder last year, the 71 year-old Loretta Lynn is ready to hit the road. Scheduled stops on read more...
New Year’s Eve was fun this year. We went out for dinner, then came back home to chill out and watch the Garrison Keillor special read more...
Happy New Year everyone! Thank you for reading GRITZ for another year, and a huge thank you for following us into our new read more...
12/29/06 Texas writer Terry Southern's legend lives on. On January 9, 2007, a new set of Beatles stamps become available in read more...
Greetings from the South, where, at least at my house, it is nearly 75 degrees outside. Pretty crazy. Last year at this time we were read more...
12/24/06 On December 28, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band plays an intimate gig at George Street Grocery in Jackson, Mississippi. read more...
Hi y'all. I just wanted to drop a note to say Merry Christmas and yes, I will be doing the "year end blog" as read more...
American Idol winner, Taylor Hicks, joined Outformation onstage in front of a sold-out crowd at Asheville's Stella Blue on December 15 read more...
I love music. I especially love the lyrics. But even more than the words and music, I love the titles. Now, in the field of read more...
Stillwater will host their annual reunion concert in Macon, Georgia on December 29th at Whiskey River. The Southern rock jam will also read more...
NASHVILLE- Charlie Daniels, leader of the Charlie Daniels Band, has announced the legendary Volunteer Jam Tour will, once again, hit read more...
Many thanks to everyone all over the world who sent e-mails, cards, flowers and made calls of condolence regarding my Father. It read more...
Paul Thorn has a great song called "Give Them Their Roses While They're Here." A truer thought has never been voiced in read more...
Howdy everyone. Thanks for dropping by. Stay tuned to GRITZ for a couple of red hot interviews coming in the next few weeks. We will read more...
A huge “thank you” to all of the GRITZ readers who have sent e-mails and called us to congratulate us on the merger with read more...
1. Vince Gill: These Days (MCA) This is one of the most ambitious and outstanding releases I read more...
12/11/06 On September 26, 2006, Last Man Standing, Jerry Lee Lewis' latest CD hit the stores. The collection read more...
I spent most of last week in Nashville and man oh man was it ever fun. I was invited by my friends at SIRIUS Satellite radio to join read more...
Hi friends, and welcome to the new home of Gritz on the web. I am extremely happy to announce the greatest merger to hit the South read more...
MY SECOND VISIT TO A BAR THAT DOESN'T EXIST: PLAYING WITH DONNIE WINTERS, SINGING WITH PAUL THORN AND RECORDING read more...
(Show Dog Nashville) Toby Keith began his country career as one of those cute, curly haired pretty boys, but it didn’t read more...
(Capitol) With this, his fourth release,
(jacksonrohm.com) The first time I ever heard of Jackson Rohm was by way read more...
(beatdaddys.com) Larry Grisham and his band have been burning read more...
scottymoore.net The Mighty Handful is one helluva read more...
(Legacy) The thing that sets this compilation apart from the plethora of others that are always being flooded into the read more...
(Columbia/Legacy) Willie Nelson is a Southern music icon. You’d be hard pressed to find anyone who has read more...
(Lost Highway) Hayes Carll seems to be cut from the very same magic songwriter cloth that Robert Earl Keen, Todd Snyder and read more...
(Mira Vista) www.beyond.fm Florida’s Ghost read more...
macarnold.com Mac Arnold blew everyone’s mind a few short read more...
(Candlefly) jackpearson.com Jack Pearson is one of our read more...
(Spec Records) There are thirteen tracks on
Street Survivors - Deluxe Edition 30th Anniversary (Geffen/UMe) Mere days read more...
Chris Hicks has paid his dues and more. First, as lead guitarist and vocalist for Loose Change, a band that caught the ear of music read more...
Brothers of The Southland is one of the best of the plethora of “all star” bands playing today, and their debut CD is a read more...
(Perpetual Obscurity) Paul Thorn hails from Tupelo, Mississippi, in the heart of the Delta country. A former read more...
(Epic/Legacy) When Stevie Ray Vaughan died in 1990, the world of Southern blues and rock and roll was dealt a read more...
(Magnolia Gold) Delaney Bramlett is nothing less than a musical treasure. Now into his fifth decade as a musician, writer, read more...
(Rockin' Camel) With the music business in a state of flux, it is indeed refreshing to come across an artist who isn’t read more...
(www.bobbywhitlock.com) Joined by a stellar group of musicians, music icon, Bobby Whitlock and wife, CoCo Carmel, have read more...
(ATO) All I can say is “wow!” The Mule is burning white hot on both of the two live shows in this read more...
(New West) Athens, Georgia's Drive-By Truckers are the undisputed torch bearers of Southern Rock in the 21st century. They read more...
(Little Train) On their new release, Texas country rockers The Dust Devils com out of the chute with a pure read more...
(Breakin’ Records) Johnny Neel is one funky white boy. He pours the funk on heavy with the opening track, read more...
In my line of work I get to hear some pretty awesome Southern rock and country music. Sometimes I get blown away by the artist and read more...
(Drifter's Church 0010) Some albums are just meant to be heard. Chris Knight recorded 'The Trailer read more...
(Epic Legacy) Released just after his death, Pride and Joy was a must-have VHS compilation of Stevie’s read more...
(Hacktone) In 1993 Arthur Alexander cut one of the most important records of his career, Lonely Just Like read more...
(Raven) Blues man John Hammond has recorded some fine albums during his long and varied career, including the Muscle read more...
myspace.com/hogjawband If you go looking for good read more...
(thedarrenbrothersband.com) I have really enjoyed read more...
oldunion.com Old Union continue to amaze me with their sophomore read more...
(Broadway) After reading Clapton’s book, I sat back, breathed a sigh and said out loud to nobody in particular, read more...
(Sony) I had someone remark the other day that I had not yet reviewed
(Atlantic) There’s no denying that Rock and Roll Jesus is the best record Kid Rock has ever released. read more...
(Amoeba) This double CD documents two live performances by The Flying Burrito Brothers featuring Gram Parsons at read more...
(Shout!Factory) What a great and historic find this is. A remastered live DVD featuring all of the original read more...
(Columbia/Legacy) I was in my early teens when The Johnny Cash Show originally aired. I recall read more...
The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1976 The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1977 (Shout!Factory)
(1968/Dream Spirits Music) jimmydormire.com Jimmy read more...
(Koch/Blue Hat) Deuces is Charlie Daniels’ finest work since Fire On The Mountain. Now I read more...
(Columbia/Legacy) I remember back in the 1980’s when Biograph came out. I thought that was the read more...
(Northern Blues) Oklahoma’s Watermelon Slim is quickly becoming one of my very favorite blues artists. read more...
(Rounder) I have seen many unlikely duos in music over the past say, 20 years, but none more unlikely than the read more...
(New Door/Universal) Billy Bob read more...
(White Horse) Stephen Foster is a major Southern talent. A super pianist and vocalist, Foster is also gifted with an read more...
(Legacy) Waylon Jennings was one of my all time favorite country singers, along with Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and David read more...
(Legacy) Virginia boy Bruce Hornsby can do it all. He has given us Top 40 pop classics like “Mandolin read more...
(Dixie Frog) Texas Southern Rockers Point Blank are back, locked and loaded for bear. This live album proves that the read more...
(Blue Hat/Koch) The CDB put every bit of their heart and soul into these performance, recorded during various shows read more...
(Palo Duro) The Derailers are one hot band. Brian Hofeldt, Ed Adkins, Scott Matthews, Sweet Basil McJagger and Chris read more...
Billy Bob Thornton The Fabulous Boxmasters House of Blues North Myrtle Beach, SC August 16, read more...
(Rte 8 Records) The very first thought that ran through my mind the first time I played the new Johnny Irion CD was, read more...
(Jumping Jack Records) Whether playing the slide-guitar laced smooth groove of “Cool Your Jets” or the read more...
(Rebel Records) The Steep Canyon Rangers are one of the finest bluegrass bands playing today. They read more...
(Atlantic DVD) Let me tell you a story. According to The Rolling Stones and Led read more...
(RCA) The original "American Idol: is back with a rocking new album that is sure to please her gazillion fans read more...
(Legacy) This classic double-album has been given the remaster treatment for it's CD debut. This is a truly read more...
(jojobillingsley.com) JoJo Billingsley, best known as one read more...
(King Mojo) TGZ stands for Toler, Gary and Zinner, namely “Dangerous” Dan Toler, formerly of The Allman read more...
(Broken Bow) Georgia boy Jason Aldean, the Academy of Country Music's Top New Male Vocalist for 2006, is back with a read more...
Florida export Daniel Lee Martin is different. He fits into the mold of the Nashville country formula, but at the same time, read more...
(Zoho Roots) Jimmy Hall is one of the finest singers working today. I don’t say that just because he is the read more...
(South Star Records) The Winters Brothers Band’s 1978 album Coast to Coast is now available on read more...
(Magnatude Records) One of Athens, Georgia’s rockingest ensembles,Tishamingo is back with their third release, read more...
(Blues Avenue) Louisiana guitar man Bob Hart has been ripping it up for years, going al