Recommend Some Good Old Country Music
mr.brett
678 Posts
I generally think that country is a lame version of the blues. Please to recommmand some good old country music.
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Check out these artists:
-George Jones.
-Loretta Lynn.
-Roy Acuff.
-Patsy Cline.
-Hank Williams.
-Willie Nelson (duh!).
-Ernest Tubb.
-Tom T. Hall.
-Tammy Wynette.
-Merle Haggard.
-Johnny Cash.
-Ray Charles (don't sleep).
-Marty Robbins.
-Don Gibson.
-Charley Pride.
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
two of the best
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
i beat ya to it! , but for cereal, Jimmie is THAT DOOD. If you like Hank, you need to check for Jimmie to see where he got it.
I have this cd called "Song's that Elvis Loved" , and I'm far from an Elvis fan but it has some real good country blues/country/bluegrass tracks on it as well as some cool opera.
Good post.
Very much so, judging by all the lame string bands that have sprung up in Chicago alone...
yeah, but you forgot to identify the picture[/b]. now how's a country novice s'posed to know who that is?
How so?
And if that's what you think country is, what are you looking for that will change your mind? Several of these artists we've named had some kind of blues influence (and they do it well, IMO)...
Good post response.
Well, first, let me say that this view is founded on ignorance and I would never seriously argue this with anyone. That said, I think that blues is the ultimate folk expression of the hardships, struggles and joys that people dealt with in the past. Basically, country speaks on the same things, but with less soul. I know enough to know that this generalization is pretty pathetic and didn't really mean for it to be taken too seriously.
I dunno about that, less soul? If you listen to old country (30-40s) its basically pre-war blues sung by white guys. Alot of the same songs even. If you enjoy stuff like the Mississippi Sheiks, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Skip James, etc. then most would like early country blues.
I think he's killin' it right now, based on his last album (and the live show I saw last winter).
Super easy to find (dollar bin common) and some of his stuff is really good.
definitely have love for hank williams and johnny cash too.
>>Old To New
Matt Bauer
Elizabeth Cotton
Carter Family ("Wildwood Flowers" is a tremendous song - Anita Carter's "Farewell")
Blue Sky Boys ("Story of the Knoxville Girl" is pretty gangsta)
Stanley Brothers
Lucinda Williams' first few albums
Texas Gladden & Hobart Smith (see "In the Willow Garden")
Woody Guthrie
Osbourne Brothers
Townes Van Zandt
Terry Allen
Flatts & Scruggs
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Anything Dolly Parton, consistent through the mid-'70s
Willie Nelson
Merle Haggard
Waylon Jennings
more...
gahhh!
Johnny Horton
Old Merle Haggard
Buck Owens
Bob Wills
HANK
Woody Guthrie
Old Crow Medicine Show
Jerry Lee Lewis
the "country" I like.
I actually dropped that in a set one time in Boston at my residency and it went over so big that I was told I counldn't play it anymore - apparently heads were getting a little rowdy.
Glad this thread came up though....I'd love to know about older country that's heavy on the slide guitar and is real mellow and sort of jazzy....that shit's mad fuckwitable.