New Album Review By Michael Black!

GOTTA post this fine new review. Michael is an outstanding vocalist and musician, recipient of many gold records, and a Nashville fixture for decades. THANK YOU, Michael! “. . . Bill Reid’s new music project, The Blues This Time. is a must have! It’s...

The Blues this Time

IT’S OUT! The Blues This Time, by Bill Reid and the Fewer Sorrows Band, now on all streaming services & music download sites. Take a listen! Great reviews & blurbs by great musicians. Several tunes feature Charlie McCoy, harp, or Jeff Taylor, accordion …...
Frogs for Dinner

Frogs for Dinner

Play Frogs for Dinner. My granddaughters like frogs, so I wrote a tune about frogs. There’s nothing odd about that. Here’s the tune and the story. Picture this: We’re at Hilltop Studios recording it with some other originals and old-time covers. The producer,...
When You’ve Lost That Friend

When You’ve Lost That Friend

Losing a treasured pet is really, really hard. I’m a dog guy, but I understand cat people and horse people, too; any warm, usually furry, friend. We’ve lost many over the years, and a couple of dogs back I wrote a song about them. It’s a little bit...

The Past as Prologue

You’ve probably heard that vinyl is now outselling CDs in the US. The reasons—besides the fact that there are much more convenient ways to carry music than on discs, so long as you don’t care about album covers & liner notes—are pretty audiophile-y, and...