Country Music

[vwnotrunning]

I play my Roger Miller CDs more than I listen to the Radio. I also try to make it to the Roger Miller Festival each year!

 

[RobertN]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMw2LKarXfw&feature=related]BILLY JACK WILLS - Tobacco Chewing Boogie - YouTube[/ame]

 

[wolc123]

I like the old stuff also. Johnny Cash (Country Boy) really had a voice when compared to most of today's artists. Nothing wrong with Roger Miller (I aint coming home tonight), Patsy Cline (Crazy), Merle Haggert (The way I am), Waylon (Bob Wills is still the King), and Hank Jr (Montana Cafe) either. Check out those songs on Youtube.

 

[Pete Judd]

I like Slim Dusty, he has been dead for a couple of years now but old school. Maybe I am as well. Here is a link to one of the songs Banjo Patterson written songs that he would perform. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW7rgnNqgjE]Slim Dusty - The Man From Snowy River - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Pete Judd]

He also did trucking songs. Over 100 albums in his long life. Very few here in the US know about him, but he did appear at least once at the Grand Old Opre thing in Nashville.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x5UsEsIYag[/ame]

 

[Red Horse]

He also did trucking songs. Over 100 albums in his long life. Very few here in the US know about him, but he did appear at least once at the Grand Old Opre thing in Nashville.
Slim Dusty - No1 Lights On The Hill! - YouTube

Road trains! That's a half days' work checking tires on your pre-trip!:laughing:

 

[Pete Judd]

I used to vacation down under, every year until the dollar went to heck, 3 weeks at at a time, the people still hold a great place in are hearts, but have had the road trains coming at us on dirt roads and learned to pull over for a couple of minutes to let the dust clear down so you can see to go on.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I'm not a big country music fan but IMO Patsy Cline was is best female singer (country or otherwise) of all time!

On the other end of the spectrum, can somebody explain Taylor Swift to me? Is she suppose to be a singer or just-another-pretty-face?

You and I agree 100%. Patsy Cline is the best of the best. Taylor Swift? She's supposed to be a singer, but she ain't. Rumor has it that her daddy has lots of money and bought her way in. That from somebody in Nashville.

 

[ccride]

He also did trucking songs. Over 100 albums in his long life. Very few here in the US know about him, but he did appear at least once at the Grand Old Opre thing in Nashville.
Slim Dusty - No1 Lights On The Hill! - YouTube

I like. :thumbsup: Never heard of him before, thanks for the link.

 

[MikeA57]

I was neck deep in the music industry for years as a player, then later as a recording engineer. I was also on the board of governors in NARAS (Grammys). I played in a country band in my early 20s and it was the most fun I ever had. I got out of the music business years ago because it just wasn't fun anymore. I listen to today's country music but mostly because that's all my sons aged 14 & 7, want to listen to (at least while I'm around). I grow to like a lot of the stuff simply because I hear it so much. But, most all of it pales in comparison to the old stuff.

I don't usually watch any of the awards shows but the whole family sat down and watched the ACM awards and when Carrie Underwood came out and started singing that song Good Girl, I told my wife and kids "There's not one shred of anything related to country in the song!" Not the song, not the production of it, not her outfit, NOTHING!!!! It kind of ticked me off, but then I just had to realize that I am not who they are playing to. I don't buy CDs or mp3s unless it's something I really really find that I like.

Here's an artist that I found that I do like:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miIeU_kIljk&feature=related]gillian welch tennessee - YouTube[/ame]

The whole album is good.