Foo - Your favorite country song...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh11hZcCSno

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsRNCvHXHHU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9JjUH5NofI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2aeRg_yMSE

Patsy Cline FTW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJPZTa4rZpo

Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Ts4M3irWM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeJ4kp1AwY4

Love the message in the lyrics.

Nice...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utdhk0ri9zY&feature=related

Purists may prefer an original Townes Van Zandt version, no argument with that stand...
But, I love Willie and Bob and put them both together, then
add the words of Townes and you have perfection.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsR0Y-sWk-E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAOVRkSCWmg

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frB-M4plKC8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXr8gxSjmq8

Anything by Johnny Cash...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zol906ltPU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWhgLjim6Rc

Chet and Jerry... don't try this at home. :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni8KBhnebwE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWRDk-gLZ3c

It was even recorded in Nashville!

Shreddin' and bendin'... metalheads take note.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaiyW_UDuG0&feature=related

Sixty-fiver choices are like the special reserve at the back of the wine cellar - the really good stuff.

thanks for reminding me about Don Williams. Its been a couple of years and I had forgotten just how much I like his stuff.

Mother Maybelle Carter...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8szdi1D7OE

With Sara Carter in 1970... they were true pioneers of this genre of music starting their recording history in 1927 and country, bluegrass, folk, pop and and even rock and roll owe them a great debt.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3eWqcR5WCY&feature=related

If you play a guitar it may be because Maybelle Carter is one of the first musicians to popularize an instrument that is essential to country music...

"It has been noted by that 'by the end of the twenties, Maybelle Carter "scratch" ... was the most widely imitated guitar style in music. Nobody did as much to popularize the guitar, because from the beginning, her playing was distinctive as any voice.'"
—quoted in The Bristol Sessions: Writings About the Big Bang of Country Music (2005)"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfmB-8onoMo

Still my favorite:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq3S6sgtywo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5k6R4Z1BC8

When did we stop making good story-telling songs?

Bob's Country Bunker has both kinds of music, Country AND Western!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV3zlk4AoWs


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1duLfhcHQXo&feature=related

Marty Robbins is great. I like Big Iron.

Bob's Country Bunker has both kinds of music, Country AND Western!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV3zlk4AoWs


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1duLfhcHQXo&feature=related

Hey! That ain't no Hank Williams song.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLprAUar11U&ob=av2e

Anything by Johnny Cash...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zol906ltPU&feature=related

+1 You beat me to it.

The Birthplace of Johnny Cash (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsland,_Arkansas)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It7107ELQvY

My favourite Texan... genius does not even begin to describe Lyle Lovett.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4evzpIVnMVs&feature=related

That's easy, it's President Obama singing Boogie Back to Texas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GJA8DgTPQ4&feature=related

Not really a country song...but hey, it is Cash

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go&feature=related

Going deep... this is one of the very earliest "country" songs recorded by A.C Roberston and Henry Gilliland in 1922.

The origins of country music stem back hundreds of years and evolved from the traditional folk music of the Maritimes and Appalachians and blended Scottish and Irish songs with black southern influences which brought the banjo and the steel guitar was borrowed from Hawaii as early as 1922.

It is truly international as the influences of country music can be traced to every corner of the globe.

Arkansas Traveller - 1922


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZXGL4tJ4qc&feature=related

This old time music is the music I grew up with... my grandparents had a massive collection of music dating back to the 20's and 30's and were never much for television and my aunts and uncles leaned how to play listening to these old recordings and by jamming with neighbours and friends when they would come together.

I used to see Lyle Lovett sitting at the counter of the Deluxe Burger Bar in College Station Texas back before he made it big. He had the same hair, but dressed in college grunge chic and looked more than a bit hungover on many an occasion.

Not really a country song...but hey, it is Cash

Johnny Cash could cover anything... Trent Reznor said that Cash's cover of Hurt was they way it was supposed to be.

Right now its:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKZqGJONH68&ob=av3e
But for all time it's:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYQViYm92hg

One of Canada's favourite sons and the incomparable Anita Carter...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw8lVU0m0XI&feature=related

Classic...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WXYjm74WFI&feature=related

Sixty, I started to quote one of your posts but you keep posting more greatness every time, so I gave up! :D In speaking of the influences in country music, I've noticed a lot of the Hank Williams Senior-era stuff will contain moments that to my ear are reminiscent of a lot of late 19th century church hymns. I'm not terribly knowledgeable musically, and I'm sure there are legitimate terms for what I'm trying to say. Something in a way a lot of the songs build up to the chorus, the tempo, maybe just the overall structure even. I may also hear similarities because I grew up in the South going to church with a lot of older Southerners, and their accents may affect the songs some so that they sound similar to me. And I'm mainly speaking of the vocals. I went to a church that didn't believe in using musical instruments, so I tend to notice the vocals more than the instruments. (I'm actually that way with lots of music).

Lamplight, a lot of country music is based on old church hymns.

Lamplight, a lot of country music is based on old church hymns.

Well that would certainly explain it. I didn't know that, but I often suspected it. It amazes me how many cultures may influence a genre of music. I also like a lot of teens and 20s Dixieland/New Orleans jazz, which of course also often features the banjo and listening to that I'll sometimes hear similarities to all kinds of things. The clarinet part will often remind me of the way a fiddle is played in country or even bluegrass. And, hopefully posting this in a country music thread won't be a huge problem, but this particular version of this song really emphasizes what I'm thinking of. And to my ear, the vocals remind me of a lot of rock & roll, especially Jerry Lee Lewis.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4widEa0XwQE

Both 'Country' and Bluegrass are descendants of music that dominated the US prior to World War II. Gospel hymns, traditional Appalachian music known as Old Time (often confused with Bluegrass) based on English, French, German, Irish, etc. influences, ragtime, dixieland, and blues all contributed to the development of the two genres that came to be known as Bluegrass and Country. I'd call the genre currently known as Country a product of the 40's and Bluegrass a product of the late 30's.

I ceased to connect the genre name Country with music sold/produced/and aired on dedicated stations around 15 years ago. What is being distributed now is simply pop with a bad accent. Throw in a few Nickelback-esque lyrics about parties, drinking, women, etc and you've got the perfect modern country song.

Sixty, I started to quote one of your posts but you keep posting more greatness every time, so I gave up! :D In speaking of the influences in country music, I've noticed a lot of the Hank Williams Senior-era stuff will contain moments that to my ear are reminiscent of a lot of late 19th century church hymns. I'm not terribly knowledgeable musically, and I'm sure there are legitimate terms for what I'm trying to say. Something in a way a lot of the songs build up to the chorus, the tempo, maybe just the overall structure even. I may also hear similarities because I grew up in the South going to church with a lot of older Southerners, and their accents may affect the songs some so that they sound similar to me. And I'm mainly speaking of the vocals. I went to a church that didn't believe in using musical instruments, so I tend to notice the vocals more than the instruments. (I'm actually that way with lots of music).

Hank Williams Sr credits his musical teachings to Rufus Payne, a black street musician who traded his lessons for meals cooked by William's mother... this blues influence followed and influenced Hank Williams through his career which was cut short at the age of 29. He used cocaine and alcohol to numb the chronic pain he suffered through his life and this really comes out through his music.

Some might argue that this is the greatest country song ever... Lovesick Blues.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xu71i89xvs

Williams was also influenced by Jimmie Rogers who is considered the father of country music... he battled tuberculosis and died during his final recording sessions in 1933.

"Years Ago" was his last recording...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5apwCpkBSsc&feature=related

If you listen to Leadbelly's "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" you should hear some of the base runs are nearly identical to Rodger's style and many blues fans would like to claim Rodgers as one of their own.

This is an old folk song that goes back to the turn of the last century, blues and country have always been very close cousins... one could imagine William's singing this song quite easily.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blI2dXHyBj0

Nirvana fans are usually stunned to discover that this wasn't a new song... and was old when Leadbelly recorded it.

Both 'Country' and Bluegrass are descendants of music that dominated the US prior to World War II. Gospel hymns, traditional Appalachian music known as Old Time (often confused with Bluegrass) based on English, French, German, Irish, etc. influences, ragtime, dixieland, and blues all contributed to the development of the two genres that came to be known as Bluegrass and Country. I'd call the genre currently known as Country a product of the 40's and Bluegrass a product of the late 30's.

I ceased to connect the genre name Country with music sold/produced/and aired on dedicated stations around 15 years ago. What is being distributed now is simply pop with a bad accent. Throw in a few Nickelback-esque lyrics about parties, drinking, women, etc and you've got the perfect modern country song.

Some of my favourite music of all time is pre-war country blues...

Can't be Satisfied, 1930, Big Bill Broozy...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUMTekK5BbE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5WWuQ0yiPA&feature=related

My People!

Johnny Cash on the influence of the Carter Family on country music...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxHptSzDgOg&feature=related

Sara Carter sang lead on the original recordings while Maybelle played guitar and sang background vocals... A.P. carter did not perform on every track and usually sang harmonies.

This was first recorded in 1928 and remains a standard for country and folk musicians.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjc_PShx-fE

Are You Lonesome Tonight... an original Carter family recording (1927).


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22R5IgxP_pg&feature=related

Hard to pick a favorite country tune. Here's a couple that most folks might not think of though...

Greatful Dead doing some folk/country style, off of my favorite Dead album, Bear's Choice:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86bP46BR6qA

I'm a HUGE fan of the honkytonk side of country. One of my favorites was the late, great Ray Condo. Glad I got to see him at least 10 times before he passed:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9wds0j7xyE

REALLY love Dwight Yoakam too, and the Derailers....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=-ieK7Lv9Rbg


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS3sg-iZDo0

Dwight Yoakam is about as amazing as they come... he pulls it all together so well. The Man in Black said Dwight was his favourite country singer which is about as high a compliment as one can get and his writing abilities are second to none.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugRKsG2zzZ4

Recorded right here... Dwight Yoakam and one of the greatest singers (country or otherwise) alive.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw0gdKJ5mpw&feature=related

A couple pages in on a country music thread and Merle Haggard hasn't been mentioned yet?

This is my favorite today.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA67y3mqjMs