So how bout it. Am I the only one on here? What artists do you like?
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So how bout it. Am I the only one on here? What artists do you like?
It's about all we ever listen to, but we prefer the somewhat older country music.
johhny cash is my hero, walon, hank and hank junior, new stuff like sugarland. mostly 70s outlaw country.
Try to stay away from the amphetamines....
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Originally Posted by Deerhunter1995
Used to love it back in the 60s/70s,but that music made me drink large quantitys of Alcohol and indulge in unatural (consensual of coarse) sex acts,Do not listen to that stuff anymore,is very bad music.
Old stuff I like was Hank Williams Sr., Jimmie Rodgers, the singing brakeman, the Carter Family stuff from the 1930s and '40s, Ernest Tubb, Roy Acuff, Lefty Frizell ..... new stuff; Waylon Jennings, Billy Joe Shaver, David Allan Coe, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash. I'm not familiar enough with the new stuff to name names but I like some of it.
Been a country music fan for most of my life. I too prefer classic country music and haven't really warmed up to a lot of the pop/country little girl garbage that seems to be all the rage these days. IMHO no kiddin' country music comes from folks like George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, etc. My tastes however run the gammot from the old classic stuff to people like George Strait, Alan Jackson, Clint Black, etc. Not all the modern stuff is garbage though either, I also dig Brad Paisley, Montgomery Gentry, Zac Brown Band, and (don't tell anyone) but every once in a while Rascal Flatts sounds good to me.
Have you or has anyone else heard of Hank Williams III? Yes, if you didn't know, there is another Hank around. He's probably my favorite out of the three. Check him out:Quote:
Originally Posted by Deerhunter1995
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpEDvVnlGsM
I also like a lot of the older stuff, and although I'm not happy to admit it some of the newer stuff. I hate the really poppy stuff like Rascal Flatts and Sugarland, but Brad Paisley, Jason Aldean, etc. aren't bad.
This made me laugh...Quote:
Originally Posted by pixelfixed
Well slap my fanny and call me a queer city boy if'n I didn't just leap orfa ma stool and do some fancy steppin' knee slappin' footstompin' just then. Loved it. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Zjgilbert
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I'm still undecided on HWIII. I love Hank Williams, but I don't like Jr. at all. HWIII seems really contrived to me, like he's trying too hard to fulfill a legacy and is hitting every cliche he can on the way down.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zjgilbert
you got it lol i idolis him because he went from a dirt poor farmers boy and rose to be somebody. yea he hit a few rough patches but he did it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slartibartfast
I'm not so sure about that. Hank III's sound varies from his grandfather's enough to where I'd say it's his own, but he still talks about how he doesn't like his dad's music because it spawned today's country music. Also, in Not Everybody Likes Us he sings "Kid Rock's a yank, he ain't no son of Hank..." so yea I could see where you're coming from. However, he didn't start out doing this style of music and his latest three cds, This Ain't Country Music which was unreleased to the public, Hellbilly Joker, and Attention Deficit Domination are far from his normal sound. I think he just enjoys playing whatever he's in the mood for. However, I really wish he would just stick with the country stuff. On that note however, here's more Hank III. This song has elements of that newer stuff that I was talking about, but still keeps the roots.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChesterCopperpot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvw8WXLaYEw&feature=related
A few of my favorites:
Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger - YouTube
Waylon Jennings - Bob Wills is Still the King (Studio Version) - YouTube
Of course Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard - Today I Started Loving You Again - YouTube
And when I listen to Merle, I can't help but bring up this song:
MERLE HAGGARD - It's Been A Great Afternoon - YouTube
And last but certainly not least...IMHO, if you don't dig George Jones and this song in particular, you should immediately suspend listening to any music of any genre.
George Jones-He Stopped Loving Her Today.... - YouTube
The thing about most of these guys (and certainly Johnny Cash) is that if you read their biography and had no idea who they were you'd probably say, "country singer." Not so with the modern rabble of cutesy pop stars like Taylor Swift or Kenny Chesney. The latter however (IMHO) is a capable musician and song writer but most of his stuff sounds like a jingle to a commercial.
George Jones is by far my favorite country artist. I also enjoy Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, David Allen Coe, Hank Williams, Jerry Jeff Walker and Merle Haggard. Bluegrass is another favorite as well, with the Stanley Brothers and Bill Monroe in the rotation.
If you like bluegrass, check out Old and In The Way. It was a Jerry Garcia (of the Greatful Dead) bluegrass side project. Rumor has it that bluegrass was Jerry's first love.
I was almost with you on that HWIII tune until the 'nu metal' screams in the chorus. Just uncalled for. I guess we'll agree to disagree.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zjgilbert
1OldGI has some great stuff. I would add this one for Merle Haggard:
Merle Haggard - Mama Tried - YouTube
And my favorite Hank Williams, just for effect:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xu71i89xvs
And another, City of New Orleans, by the Highwaymen: Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, and Waylon Jennings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs6zkct7QtU
It took me years but I have learned
that "Men cannot live on Johnny Cash alone".
-- Thanks JohnA c.1967 who said it first.
I like me some odd Johnny Cash (the earlier stuff, although the 'Cash' stuff from the 90's ain't bad either), Merle Haggard, Kris Kristofferson. Although the past year I've been listening a lot to Flatts & Scrugs, and some random Bluegrass I could find (which isn't that much, here up north).
We'll agree it sucks and is indeed uncalled for lol. Aside from those parts i really enjoy the song.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChesterCopperpot
I'm pretty unhappy with country music these days. Back in the old days there was a lot of great songwriters and artists. Hank Jr was always rubbish and he was the beginning of the end of Country Music as far as I'm concerned. Now we have Hick-Hop and music that is indistuingishable from the worst of pop music except for the southern accent of the singer. That isn't country music by a long shot.
Of course, everyone likes Johnny Cash and Hank Sr.. I was also a big fan of Bobby Bear and some of his group, too. Someone who doesn't get nearly enough recognition is John Prine, though. He has written some excellent stuff, and he's still performing, too. Good country music is about how the songwriter feels, great country music is when the songwriter can tell you about how you feel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1uIFs-pNdc
And this is another. It has some good pickin' and it's a beautiful song too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOTbg39-I5Q
I suppose Jewish music would be considered Country Music: Itzhak Perlman plays Klezmer - YouTube
I suppose a certain kind of it lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChesterCopperpot
I loves me some KlezmerQuote:
Originally Posted by ChesterCopperpot
Sounds a bit like Zydeco to meQuote:
Originally Posted by ChesterCopperpot
Cajun Song : "L'anse aux pailles" - YouTube
Here's my Father in law (Elliette's dad)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9tP2basHBA&feature=related
A soul interpretation of a Country classic: Ray Charles, Ring of Fire.
Ray Charles - Ring of Fire - YouTube
I only liked Cash from when what he did was more blues than country. I think slow blues is more fit to communicate deep thought / reflection than fast country music like might be played at a fair.Quote:
Originally Posted by joesixpack
Country's just not my thing.
I'd call this blues, more than country, no?
Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down - YouTube
That's more gospel than blues, even though the two are related. Blues is very different, as well as gospel. That Johnny Cash video, while really good, only touches on a few of the facets of both types of music. It has also been put through the filter of Hollywood in what they consider blues and gospel. Sadly, late era Johnny Cash has been picked over by vultures and is hardly representative of his true music and influence on American music.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruno