KORT is Lambchop frontman Kurt Wagner and solo singer/songwriter Cortney Tidwell, and with covers album Invariable Heartache (City Slang), the duo has recorded a sort of love letter to its hometown of Nashville and the city’s musical past. Eleven of the LP’s dozen tracks were originally recorded in the ’60s and ’70s for the Music City-based Chart Records (a label with huge familial ties for Tidwell), and the 12th song was cut by Tidwell’s mom, Connie Eaton, in 1975 for ABC Dunhill. And while the heartfelt Invariable Heartache is certainly ensconced in Nashville’s storied musical history, it’s a thoroughly modern statement by two of the town’s brightest hopes for Music City’s future being as fertile as its past. Wagner and Tidwell will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our new Q&A with them.
Wagner: Now before I go too far here, let me just say that being a fan of the Tennessee Titans has become synonymous with heartache on a grand scale—a national scale, if you will. Most sporting fans at some point will admit to a certain pain or twinge inflicted with the rollercoaster of misfortunes that being a fan can bring about. Losing, It’s a part of winning, right? Those of us in KORT who follow our local team have grown to absorb more than our share of disappointment and dread. This season was no exception, and I sit before you a broken man. It even has been suggested that, in fact, any team that I support is doomed to fail in whatever contest that I manage to witness. It is suggested that I am in some way “the cooler.” Sadly, I would like to disagree, but I am now inclined to believe this after this season’s performance. If you love your team and want them to succeed on the field of competition, keep me away from your televisions.
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One reply on “KORT’s Kurt Wagner Is Gonna Love You Now: The Tennessee Titans”
try the pain watching them when they were the Houston Oilers. People were volunteering to drive the bus of shame when they slithered off to torture the fine people of Tennessee.