Before Bobbie Nelson passed away in March 2022, longtime fan Amanda Shires recruited her to collaborate on the upcoming album Loving You. Ahead of its release on June 23rd via Silver Knife/Ato, Shires has shared their spin on George Gershwin’s “Summertime,” featuring none other than Nelson’s brother Willie Nelson.
Loving You comprises 10 beloved classic tunes reimagined by Shires and Nelson, including “Dream a Little Dream of Me,” “Over the Rainbow,” and of course, “Loving You.” Recorded in Austin, the record is billed as Shires’ “mission to pay respect to the only woman she saw working in a band and pursuing a career as a sideman.”
“I first saw Bobbie playing when I was 16 or so at some festival somewhere in Texas where I grew up,” Shires explains of the iconic pianist in a press release. “I saw her perform many times over the years and always admired the...
Loving You comprises 10 beloved classic tunes reimagined by Shires and Nelson, including “Dream a Little Dream of Me,” “Over the Rainbow,” and of course, “Loving You.” Recorded in Austin, the record is billed as Shires’ “mission to pay respect to the only woman she saw working in a band and pursuing a career as a sideman.”
“I first saw Bobbie playing when I was 16 or so at some festival somewhere in Texas where I grew up,” Shires explains of the iconic pianist in a press release. “I saw her perform many times over the years and always admired the...
- 4/26/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
For my money, there is no one better at opening an episode than Vince Gilligan and company. No one. And tonight’s Better Call Saul episode “Amarillo” boasts a doozy. With Ernest Tubb crooning “Waltz Across Texas” as his accompaniment, Jimmy strikes a classic cowboy pose. You know the one. The stuff cowboy-silhouette yard art is made of. Decked in a Stetson, armadillo bolo tie and cowboy boots — apparently Wrangler does not make business suits — our guy leans against a wall that’s painted like a giant Texas flag. He’s, indeed, in Amarillo. A passenger van pulls up and the driver gets out, apologizing … Continue reading →
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- 3/1/2016
- by Lori Acken
- ChannelGuideMag
This story first appeared in The Hollywood Reporter's Afm Daily on Nov. 8. Three decades ago, actress Anne Archer and her husband, Terry Jastrow, formerly an Emmy-winning sports producer, brought their first joint creative venture, Waltz Across Texas, to the American Film Market. Critics, including The Hollywood Reporter’s own, thought the film — an opposites-attract love story between an ambitious Texas oilman (Jastrow) and an East Coast geologist (Archer) — was quite predictable. But the couple received high praise for their entrepreneurial efforts behind the scenes. Spending months in Jastrow’s native Texas, the pair, who had wed in 1979,
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- 11/9/2014
- by Paige Phelan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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