Culture, skidding

I didn't know scare-maven Stephen King writes a pop column for Entertainment Weekly.  In the current issue he reveals his Top 7 Albums of '07 and there's a few nice choices on there.  He leans generously towards an earthy southern twang, with Steve Earle in the front position, and then with some less desirable fare that shows his age: Ozzy Ozbourne and John Fogarty.  Yet Wilco's Sky Blue Sky gets a nod, an album I'm growing to love more than their other celebrated efforts.  But the prize here is Southern Culture on the Skid's magnanimous cover collection Countrypolitan Favorites, which I've been sampling on iTunes and kinda lovin'.

Comments

[Margaret]

I will say that 'countrypolitan' is a clever little word.

[ab]

And I would like to say I saw 'Southern Culture' in the early days at the Cellar in Blacksburg, 1988 or '89.

I was starting to listen to the Louvin Brothers and SC played 'That Great Atomic Power', endearing them to me right away.

[Bryant]

You're where I first of 'em, pa. You gotta love a group with an album calld "double wide and live."