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04-10-2014, 14:16
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You are probably right that I am not a great fan of country music but I have decided that I would buy 3 CD's in this genre just to explore this a little more - what would you recommend? I have a couple of Emmylou Harris albums, but that's about it.
BTW - nothing with yodelling on it please - there is only so far I am prepared to go...................
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Johnny Cash "the complete:live at San Quentin"
Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson "rattlin' bones"
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so no Jimmie Rodgers I guess
Emmylou of course
and CH's Rattlin Bones is a great album
assume we're talking compilations here
and I'm not sure who you are familiar with
if you already know you can't handle the voice, skip them
try this list
John Prine
Roger Miller
Avett Brothers
George Jones
Ricky Skaggs
Faron Young
Merle Haggard
Don Williams
Townes Van Zandt
Rodney Crowell
Gram Parsons
Randy Travis
Statler Brothers
Bobby Bare
Tom T. Hall
Old Crow Medicine Show
Mark Chesnutt
Steve Earle
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I think you will be impressed with Iris DeMent, J man! One of my favourite country albums worth a listen,,,Jerry Jeff Walker - Viva Terlingua !!!!..a live album of progressive country music!
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Thank you gents - I will explore your options - John Prine I already like. I will not comment further until I have had a listen. Thx for taking the time folks. Appreciated.
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Johnny Horton also J-Man.
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Jerome Wrote:BTW - nothing with yodelling on it please - there is only so far I am prepared to go...................
So no Swiss country for you either. Rather than a particular artist, I'd point somebody new to a genre to compendium albums--that way you get a taste of the broad scale of a genre. Both Columbia Records and RCA Nashville were major players:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Country_Classics Don't know of a set that adequately covers RCA Nashville (they were so huge, it only comes out in bits and pieces) but here's a road map:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_Records_Nashville. Remember with music for us folks down on the ground, it's always about the story. e.g.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMSWAUAKJn0 AND
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cwcETeIUUg << A major cross-over hit for Mr. Young, written by Willie.
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SteveO Wrote:I think you will be impressed with Iris DeMent
You freakin betcha I'm DeMent-ed. Spinning some out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5axlwCBXC8 << duet partner with John Prine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FikZwgj89HI << informal session with EmmyLou Harris
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpQNLZRcNA4 << the audience might find this humorous--I don't--straight up weeper about a stone hypocrite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rme_tFIeKM << real folks, real lives, real situations. Read comment #5 (Steve Roth).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq9LPm7v4GA << another duet thing, this time with That Deeply Flawed Pearl, Steve Earle.
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CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:Johnny Horton also J-Man.
The great forgotten man of Southern music. Remembered if at all for 3 novelty tunes * but he had some songs about Southern life from the ground up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_I9Y76Yb20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnJL4ErQK...12437D02FA << one man can make a difference...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFTZ2--5xTc <<...and then there's this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZqZC24u0iY
** The hits:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KecIdlEAKhU and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50_iRIcxsz0 << funny thing: the battle was fought after the peace treaty was signed--slow communications was to blame and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSt0NEESrUA << lots of Southern and Western men came to this "rush".
Lastly, this fun piece:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe0q8Lq3L2Q << the 7th Cavalry had fewer bullets than there were Native American warriors--never a good situation. BTW it was Westerners specifically the French who taught the Native Americans/First Peoples about taking whole scalps--"counting coup" had previously meant taking only a sliver.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYKWch_MNY0 << I've always felt this way...
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Thx for all the suggestions - will take me quite some time to get through all of this. A compilation of some sort would be a good idea. Steve Earle I know well.
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