For those who like the grittiest edge of country music….here’s Cast King. This is a great recording. Go buy it. Mr. King has passed on now, but I still listen to Saw Mill Man regularly.
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Out of the blue
Back in the 50s a young country singer named Cast King, with his band The Country Drifters, recorded a number of sides on Sun Records, but never made a huge splash. In fact I would not have heard his music at all if not for… Read More
Cast King
When I first heard Saw Mill Man, the recording released by the then 79 year old singer back in 2005, it stopped me in my tracks. It’s a rough recording – nothing slick here – just stark, tough, stripped down performances of a set of… Read More
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