Hey! Y'all like country?

Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sat, 07/21/2018 - 11:00am

Bakersfield? Buck Owens? What?

Gotta have a train song

Some serious booze, like a Whiskey River

I guess it's time for Willie and some of his friends

Trucks, needs a trucker song

Weed, whites and wine? Unimaginable profligacy

Gamblers, and shoot-em-ups, west Texas cowboys, too

Shoot-em-ups? Yeah, isn't it really a all salute to Gary Cooper?

So, I guess, maybe, the ultimate, or el perfecto, as it were

~fini~

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sat, 07/21/2018 - 10:55am

Yee Haw, Y'all. I'll be out intermittantly, and here, ditto.

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Submitted by detroitmechworks on Sat, 07/21/2018 - 12:13pm

I like pretty much everything...

Although I find I don't like too much country since it turned into white gangster rap with pickup trucks. (I slightly exaggerate, but it has the same "look at me, I'm rich and famous" mentality these days.)

On the other hand, there some I do like, although I admit it falls more into "Bluegrass"

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVpHOrk328s]

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Submitted by Azazello on Sat, 07/21/2018 - 12:42pm

Love Alison Krauss.

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That whole show is available as a CD and on YouTube where you'll find both a short version, 1 hr. 56 min. and a long version, 3 hr. 53 min.

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sat, 07/21/2018 - 1:02pm

Agreed, cowboy hat pop was perfectly described as hip-hop

@detroitmechworks for people who hate/fear blacks. Years ago there was a local rdio station calling itself "young country" which I proclaimed to be music for doo-doo kickers.

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Submitted by Azazello on Sat, 07/21/2018 - 12:54pm

Hell yeah, I like country. You know I do.

And not just country-inspired rock either, I like the real deal. Bakersfield, of course, but also some mainstream country and just about anything with a G-run in it. My all-time favorite C&W album is probably this one.
Here's Merle from his later, jazz-inspired period. Great song.
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHagnw7Hts8 width:500 height:300]

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sat, 07/21/2018 - 1:05pm

Cool, and thanks for reading. Country, of course, is where you

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find it.

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sat, 07/21/2018 - 1:19pm

Anything with a G run -- how much of a G run?

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Submitted by Azazello on Sat, 07/21/2018 - 1:31pm

I meant the Lester Flatt G-run.

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There's a bunch in here.
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zANkMkkI0-g width:500 height:300]

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Submitted by JtC on Sat, 07/21/2018 - 1:13pm

Ayup...

old and new and all in between. Fer instance:

With a little swing:

Gotta' have some pickin":

Country gotta' have some steel:

And of course some fiddle:

And for those that know me a bit better, my favorite, some 'grass:

Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sat, 07/21/2018 - 1:27pm

Well, that's a major addition and a big thanks from me. I

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especially love me some Bob Wills, so extra thanks for that.

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sat, 07/21/2018 - 3:50pm

Grass, did you say grass?

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how 'bout the intersection of grass and fiddle

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Submitted by QMS on Sat, 07/21/2018 - 7:48pm