Gram Parsons left behind almost no video of his performances so any surviving footage is worth watching on that basis alone. That this clip comes from just seven months before his death only adds to its significance. It’s from a late February 1973 show at Liberty Hall in Houston, with the Fallen Angels — Emmylou […]
Now & Then: Silverada’s Living Proof and the reach of Against the Wind
Silverada’s Living Proof pushes the band farther from straight honky-tonk and closer to heartland rock without dropping its Texas country foundation. With keyboards taking a larger role and pedal steel no longer central to the arrangements, the record has a broader, more reflective sound. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band’s Against the Wind makes a useful comparison because it also pairs a seasoned road band with songs about work, age, relationships and the consequences of staying in motion for years.Silverada’s Living Proof pushes the band farther from straight honky-tonk and closer to heartland rock without dropping its Texas country foundation. With keyboards taking a larger role and pedal steel no longer central to the arrangements, the record has a broader, more reflective sound. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band’s Against the Wind makes a useful comparison because it also pairs a seasoned road band with songs about work, age, relationships and the consequences of staying in motion for years.Silverada’s Living Proof pushes the band farther from straight honky-tonk and closer to heartland rock without dropping its Texas country foundation. With keyboards taking a larger role and pedal steel no longer central to the arrangements, the record has a broader, more reflective sound. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band’s Against the Wind makes a useful comparison because it also pairs a seasoned road band with songs about work, age, relationships and the consequences of staying in motion for years.Silverada’s Living Proof pushes the band farther from straight honky-tonk and closer to heartland rock without dropping its Texas country foundation. With keyboards taking a larger role and pedal steel no longer central to the arrangements, the record has a broader, more reflective sound. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band’s Against the Wind makes a useful comparison because it also pairs a seasoned road band with songs about work, age, relationships and the consequences of staying in motion for years.Silverada’s Living Proof pushes the band farther from straight honky-tonk and closer to heartland rock without dropping its Texas country foundation. With keyboards taking a larger role and pedal steel no longer central to the arrangements, the record has a broader, more reflective sound. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band’s Against the Wind makes a useful comparison because it also pairs a seasoned road band with songs about work, age, relationships and the consequences of staying in motion for years.Silverada’s Living Proof pushes the band farther from straight honky-tonk and closer to heartland rock without dropping its Texas country foundation. With keyboards taking a larger role and pedal steel no longer central to the arrangements, the record has a broader, more reflective sound. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band’s Against the Wind makes a useful comparison because it also pairs a seasoned road band with songs about work, age, relationships and the consequences of staying in motion for years.Silverada’s Living Proof pushes the band farther from straight honky-tonk and closer to heartland rock without dropping its Texas country foundation. With keyboards taking a larger role and pedal steel no longer central to the arrangements, the record has a broader, more reflective sound. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band’s Against the Wind makes a useful comparison because it also pairs a seasoned road band with songs about work, age, relationships and the consequences of staying in motion for years.Silverada’s Living Proof pushes the band farther from straight honky-tonk and closer to heartland rock without dropping its Texas country foundation. With keyboards taking a larger role and pedal steel no longer central to the arrangements, the record has a broader, more reflective sound. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band’s Against the Wind makes a useful comparison because it also pairs a seasoned road band with songs about work, age, relationships and the consequences of staying in motion for years.Silverada’s Living Proof pushes the band farther from straight honky-tonk and closer to heartland rock without dropping its Texas country foundation. With keyboards taking a larger role and pedal steel no longer central to the arrangements, the record has a broader, more reflective sound. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band’s Against the Wind makes a useful comparison because it also pairs a seasoned road band with songs about work, age, relationships and the consequences of staying in motion for years.Silverada’s Living Proof pushes the band farther from straight honky-tonk and closer to heartland rock without dropping its Texas country foundation. With keyboards taking a larger role and pedal steel no longer central to the arrangements, the record has a broader, more reflective sound. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band’s Against the Wind makes a useful comparison because it also pairs a seasoned road band with songs about work, age, relationships and the consequences of staying in motion for years.Silverada’s Living Proof pushes the band farther from straight honky-tonk and closer to heartland rock without dropping its Texas country foundation. With keyboards taking a larger role and pedal steel no longer central to the arrangements, the record has a broader, more reflective sound. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band’s Against the Wind makes a useful comparison because it also pairs a seasoned road band with songs about work, age, relationships and the consequences of staying in motion for years.Silverada’s Living Proof pushes the band farther from straight honky-tonk and closer to heartland rock without dropping its Texas country foundation. With keyboards taking a larger role and pedal steel no longer central to the arrangements, the record has a broader, more reflective sound. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band’s Against the Wind makes a useful comparison because it also pairs a seasoned road band with songs about work, age, relationships and the consequences of staying in motion for years.Silverada’s Living Proof pushes the band farther from straight honky-tonk and closer to heartland rock without dropping its Texas country foundation. With keyboards taking a larger role and pedal steel no longer central to the arrangements, the record has a broader, more reflective sound. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band’s Against the Wind makes a useful comparison because it also pairs a seasoned road band with songs about work, age, relationships and the consequences of staying in motion for years.Silverada’s Living Proof pushes the band farther from straight honky-tonk and closer to heartland rock without dropping its Texas country foundation. With keyboards taking a larger role and pedal steel no longer central to the arrangements, the record has a broader, more reflective sound. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band’s Against the Wind makes a useful comparison because it also pairs a seasoned road band with songs about work, age, relationships and the consequences of staying in motion for years.
Readers’ Pick: Silverada – Living Proof
You picked Silverada – Living Proof as your favorite new release for the week of August 7, 2026.
Bronwyn – Rattlin’ Bones
It seems like there are two trajectories young bluegrass musicians follow when they break into awareness by the broader Americana audience. One arc is to toil away for years perfecting your entire craft before bursting onto the scene with arena shows. I’m looking at you Billy and Molly. The other, more linear path, is exemplified […]
Ruthie Foster: The Long Road to Saying Yes
Photo Courtesy Big Feat PR For Ruthie Foster, the road to music began with a child’s stubborn curiosity: sitting close to the television, trying to convince her siblings that the Grammy Awards mattered. She watched singers like Janis Ian and Roberta Flack step into the light and sensed something larger than fame. Music was not […]
Alicia Blue on Tour Salads and Her Painful First Gig
Singer-songwriter Alicia Blue talks about the inspiration behind the first song she ever wrote, the shift from indirectly paying to play to getting paid for it, and the Bob Dylan quote about destiny that shaped how she guards her own focus.
Monday Morning Video – Maggie Rose & Old Crow Medicine Show
What happens when you pair Maggie Rose’s voice with Old Crow Medicine Show’s string-band muscle and turn them loose on John Prine’s “Angel From Montgomery.” Give a listen and find out.
Now & Then: GA-20 with Charlie Musselwhite’s BLUES NOW and the reach of Hoodoo Man Blues
GA-20 and Charlie Musselwhite’s BLUES NOW is built around a simple idea: keep the band lean, leave room in the arrangements, and let the interaction between guitar, harmonica, and voice carry the record. That makes Junior Wells’ 1965 Hoodoo Man Blues a useful predecessor. The two albums come from very different moments, but both treat electric blues as band music first, with little interest in unnecessary studio polish.
Readers’ Pick: GA-20 with Charlie Musselwhite – BLUES NOW
You picked GA-20 with Charlie Musselwhite – BLUES NOW as your favorite new release for the week of July 31, 2026.
GA-20 with Charlie Musselwhite – Blues Now
It’s chemistry. Matthew Stubbs and Charlie Musselhite have worked together off-and-on for at least 15 years, with Stubbs initially a sideman in Musselwhite’s band. Now, with Stubbs new role as lead guitarist for GA-20, the pair are once again tearing it up on their new album, Blues Now. Musselwhite himself, at age 82, has ascended […]