Rodney Crowell: Chinaberry Sidewalks Tour

An intimate evening of music and reminiscences  from country singer-songwriter great Rodney Crowell, one of a select number of solo stops around the country as the artist tours in support of his new autobiography Chinaberry Sidewalks (Jan 2011, Knopf Publishing).

New Year's Eve, 1955
The four beer-blitzed couples dancing in the cramped living room of my parents' shotgun duplex were wearing on my nerves. In particular, I didn't like the sound of their singing along with my prized Hank Williams 78s. Coon hunting with my grandfather, I'd heard bluetick hounds howl with more intonation than this nasal pack of yahoos. For a while I tried contenting myself with sticking my fingers in my ears and staring squinty-eyed at the scuff-mark patterns forming on the linoleum, hoping a likeness of Jesus or Eisenhower — the only famous images I knew of at the time other than "ole Hank," as my father and I referred to our favorite singer — would stare up at me from beneath the dancers' feet. But when all I could summon up was a swarm of black stubby snakes, I gave up and went back to being in a funk…. [Read more of Chinaberry Sidewalks, Chapter One at New York Times, excerpt courtesy of Knopf]

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Rodney Crowell

Rodney J. Crowell (born August 7, 1950) is a American country music singer/songwriter who is considered to be part of both the alternative country and the mainstream country music camps. For three years he was part of Emmylou Harris' "Hot Band"; later he...