Mickey Newbury

Check out this playlist of Mickey compositions and their most celebrated cover versions featuring legends like Elvis, Ray Charles, and Joan Baez, along with more recent versions from Bill Callahan and Vampire Weekend. mickeynewbury.ffm.to/sweetmemories.OYD

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Mickey Newbury from the Heaven Help the Child vinyl back cover

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Mickey Newbury in 1968.

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"Oh, the years they went by and I went steadily downhill
Until I had no place left to go
Made all the missions by mornin' and then I made the dives every night
Until I made a wreck of my body and my soul"

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"Oh, I wish I was in Dixie, away, away
In Dixieland I take my stand to live and die in Dixie
'Cause Dixieland, that's where I was born
Early Lord one frosty morning
Look away, look away, look away Dixieland"
Photo by Mary Andrews

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Mickey Newbury

Mickey Newbury 's 'Looks Like Rain ' is back in stores on LP & CD today.
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Mickey Newbury's glossy photo with Elektra, circa 1971

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Mickey Newbury's glossy photo with RCA. circa 1969

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Looks Like Rain is a 1969 concept album by singer-songwriter Mickey Newbury. After recording his debut album with RCA, Newbury was dissatisfied with the resulting album and left RCA to pursue a style closer to his tastes. Pre-order now: fatpossum.com/products/looks-like-rain

"Looks Like Rain is so fine, so mysterious in its pace, dimension, quark strangeness and charm, it defies any attempt at strict categorization or criticism; a rare work of genius." - All Music

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Mickey Newbury

Mickey Newbury quietly shaped the sound of American music. In 1968 alone, he had four Top 5 hits—across five different genre charts. That kind of reach is almost unheard of.

But Newbury wasn’t just a songwriter’s songwriter. He was wildly ambitious in his own recordings—pushing boundaries in production, structure, and emotion long before other contemporaries. His albums were intimate, cinematic, and decades ahead of their time. Rain & train sounds included.

Most of that work has been out of print for years. We're changing that.

Today we're proud to announce that ‪@fat_possum‬ has acquired the master recordings and publishing from Mickey Newbury’s estate. “We’re going to try our best to give Mickey Newbury the credit that he deserves,”says Matthew, founder of Fat Possum Records. To kick things off, we’re launching “Quality Music, Low Price” with vinyl editions of Looks Like Rain, Frisco Mabel Joy, and Heaven Help the Child hitting stores this summer for just $16.

Pre-order now: fatpossum.com/collections/pre-orders

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