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Okkervil River

Willie Nelson On Austin City Limits, 1974 & More ACL Goodness

November 5, 2009

I was watchin’ M. Ward & Okkervil River on Austin City Limits this morning, and somehow slid over onto the internet, where I discovered that the PBS website is showing the pilot episode of ACL — Willie Nelson in 1974. That’s like discovering gold:
Willie Nelson on Austin City Limits, 1974
And if you missed this episode [...]

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Don’t Lose Me Now, Don’t Lose Me Now

June 24, 2009

The last time I gushed over Okkervil River was a couple years ago, with the release of The Stage Names, an album that fully blindsided me and  still makes me ache. (Go get it. Really. Please?)
Today my gush concerns 2005’s Black Sheep Boy, an album that was much gushed-over upon its release, but didn’t stick [...]

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Twofer Wednesday

August 8, 2007

It’s double-shot Tuesday, er, Wednesday over here at K-VEG. You got the Lee Baby, you got the Lee Baby Simms show… Listen to me again. This new Okkervil River record is somethin else. I’m already on my fourth+ listen. The kind of songwriting that seems simultaneously complex and offhand. So crazy good. [...]

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