Blake Shelton has added a new entry in his “Friends and Heroes” series, releasing an appropriately anxious cover of Eddie Rabbitt’s 1979 hit “Every Which Way but Loose.” It joins Shelton’s recent ...

Since the advent of commercial country music, Nashville has run as its own sealed-off, efficient machine -- a whole major local industry dedicated entirely to cranking out a specific kind of hit song.

The first time I heard the term “yacht rock” was in, of all things, a New York Times podcast based on “The 1619 Project.” The episode, part of an enterprise about the influence of African Americans on ...

Blake Shelton has shared another cover ahead of his Friends and Heroes 2019 Tour, and this time, the singer is trying his hand at "Every Which Way But Loose," originally recorded by country artist ...

For the week starting Feb. 10, 1979, Eddie Rabbitt hit No. 1 on the charts with "Every Which Way But Loose." Co-written by Steve Dorff, Snuff Garrett and Milton Brown, the mid-tempo, pedal ...

A version of this story was originally published in 2022. Eddie Rabbitt grew up in East Orange and became a country music superstar in Nashville, but never stopped being a “Jersey Boy.” One of his ...

Pure X put out their new album, Angel, earlier this year, offering soft psych-rock with songs like “Heaven,” and it’s a vibe they explore further on a new pair of covers. Now the band has shared ...

(CBS 11) - As I write this, it is a rainy day in Texas so today's blog is appropriate! Eddie Rabbit (1941-1998) was a successful country music singer/songwriter from New York (yes, correct, he was ...

“Roadie” didn't get much mileage. You may not remember the 1980 film, which starred Meat Loaf as a “good ol’ boy” roped into a rock 'n' roll tour. You’re far more likely to recall Eddie Rabbitt’s ...

Eddie Rabbitt grew up in East Orange, became a country music superstar in Nashville, but never stopped being a “Jersey Boy.” One of his lesser-known songs endures, nearly a quarter-century after his ...

This week in 1982: United Auto Workers traded wages and benefit concessions for job security in a new contract with Ford Motor Company; 84 workers died as an oil rig sank off Newfound-land; President ...