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Post by jbd on Apr 27, 2008 17:57:14 GMT -5
just gimme some:
WAYLON
WILLIE
HANK SR.
HANK JR.
LORETTA LYNN
JERRY REED
GEORGE JONES
MICKEY GILLEY
BUCK OWENS
JIM REEVES
MARTY ROBBINS
PATSY CLINE
JOHNNY CASH
MERLE HAGGARD...
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Post by 55dodger on Apr 28, 2008 0:52:13 GMT -5
just gimme some: WAYLON WILLIE HANK SR. HANK JR. LORETTA LYNN JERRY REED GEORGE JONES MICKEY GILLEY BUCK OWENS JIM REEVES MARTY ROBBINS PATSY CLINE JOHNNY CASH MERLE HAGGARD... And jdb, while we are in the wayback machine, let's include Johnny Horton, Flatts & Scruggs, & Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. |
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Post by jbd on Apr 28, 2008 3:40:47 GMT -5
absolutely! i love all those good ole twangers. also HANK SNOW, PORTER WAGGONER, BILL MONROE, HANK THOMPSON, DAVE DUDLEY, and LEFTY FRIZZEL...
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Post by gremashlo on Jul 5, 2008 8:06:31 GMT -5
I prefer the old-school, rhinestone studded, beer drinkin', hell raisin', truck drivin', honky-tonkin' country music of the 60's & 70's. Nowadays, like Adam said, most country artists are POP artists who can't fit into any other genre at the moment, so add a little twang and it's "country" (Bon Jovi?  ? Country ?). Make up a stupid line dance to go with it and it's REALLY country...  "This is not your father's country music" is I quote I heard on a recent VH1 documentary. Well, thanks, but I'll take my dads country music any day of the week.. I know there was a term called "Countrypolitan" I don't know if it's still used. It is equated with "The Nashville Sound" and is more big production country as opposed to honky tonk country. I'd never checked out this post before, but to show you what REAL "old" C&W was/is... During my dj'ing days, I worked for a horrific, Bram Stoker-inspired AM 5000 watt station in Hell--I mean, DeSoto, Missouri (which I've covered in other purgings--I mean, postings). In late 1985, I was playing the latest TJ Sheppard release (now blissfully passed from my memory). While it was playing, the station manager/owner (a rancid little toad of a man who died horribly of cancer, and I'm sorry, Baby Jesus, but I'm not sorry to say that it could not have happened to a better-selected person) came into the studio. "Do you hear those drums?" he demanded. Well, I said yes, no having a clue where this was all going. "There's drums on that record--that's rock cr@p." And, when the song was finished, he took it off the turntable and prompty broke the record over his knee! "We don't play rock cr@p!" And he left. And, everytime I hear a 'country' song with over-emphasized drumming, I think "rock cr@p" in his "honor". So, that is the official cut-off, from Satan's very own program director--if it has no drums, it is old country...drums? Rock Cr@p. |
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Post by Jughead on Jul 11, 2008 21:38:08 GMT -5
Am I the only Clickster who HATES country music?
My family on both sides LOVES this music, but I for one cannot stand listening to any of it.
Of course, I get revenge on them playing George Jones in the car by blasting Kylie Minogue from my room! MWAH HAHA HAHA!!!!
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Post by dave910 on Jul 12, 2008 2:05:15 GMT -5
I know there was a term called "Countrypolitan" I don't know if it's still used. It is equated with "The Nashville Sound" and is more big production country as opposed to honky tonk country. I'd never checked out this post before, but to show you what REAL "old" C&W was/is... During my dj'ing days, I worked for a horrific, Bram Stoker-inspired AM 5000 watt station in Hell--I mean, DeSoto, Missouri (which I've covered in other purgings--I mean, postings). In late 1985, I was playing the latest TJ Sheppard release (now blissfully passed from my memory). While it was playing, the station manager/owner (a rancid little toad of a man who died horribly of cancer, and I'm sorry, Baby Jesus, but I'm not sorry to say that it could not have happened to a better-selected person) came into the studio. "Do you hear those drums?" he demanded. Well, I said yes, no having a clue where this was all going. "There's drums on that record--that's rock cr@p." And, when the song was finished, he took it off the turntable and prompty broke the record over his knee! "We don't play rock cr@p!" And he left. And, everytime I hear a 'country' song with over-emphasized drumming, I think "rock cr@p" in his "honor". So, that is the official cut-off, from Satan's very own program director--if it has no drums, it is old country...drums? Rock Cr@p. Gremashlo, That's a pretty funny story. I think T.G. Sheppard had a crossover song or two on the pop charts. I do remember "Only One You" back in the early 80's when I was a young lad. Do you remember that song as well? BTW, whatever happened to Sheppard? Maybe his career ended because the drums were too much like the Stones! |
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