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damngrumpy said:
. It is the stuff that came
There will always be great acts coming along, country always changes but it never
abandons its roots that I will say for it, it strays but it is still country and i have to
grudgingly admit that.
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I'm glad country has changed because, as much as I liked hank williams and others back then, that
particular music could not be tolerated 'today', it is old, scratchy, tinny sounding, some of those
voices make my skin crawl when I hear them today, and just like most things in life, technology and
deeper talent came along and improved the product, and it moved on, but as you say, kept it's roots.
Hank Williams wrote some of the best songs in history, but his voice was not good at all, he told the
story from his heart, but today that would not have been enough, he would have had to write for 'others' only.
The quality of the singer has come along way.
 
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talloola said:
I'm glad country has changed because, as much as I liked hank williams and others back then, that
particular music could not be tolerated 'today', it is old, scratchy, tinny sounding, some of those
voices make my skin crawl when I hear them today, and just like most things in life, technology and
deeper talent came along and improved the product, and it moved on, but as you say, kept it's roots.
Hank Williams wrote some of the best songs in history, but his voice was not good at all, he told the
story from his heart, but today that would not have been enough, he would have had to write for 'others' only.
The quality of the singer has come along way.
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Now, now, now Talloola- I'm surprised at you. :smile:
 
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I found that one too but having heard Michael Martin Murphy and his son sing the original a long time ago on TNN.....the one by James & Brendan Quinn sounded more like the original, which is why I posted it.
 
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DaSleeper said:
I found that one too but having heard Michael Martin Murphy and his son sing the original a long time ago on TNN.....the one by James & Brendan Quinn sounded more like the original, which is why I posted it.
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yeah, I prefer that one.
 
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JLM said:
Now, now, now Talloola- I'm surprised at you. :smile:
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when I think way back to when I was a teen ager, I see that I followed along quite a bit without
really figuring out what 'I' really liked and 'who' I really was then. My boyfriend, later my husband, loved
all the western music, played the harmonica, and collected hank williams and many of the others, and
I 'just' followed along and enjoyed it too, BUT, years later I searched my own likes and dislikes
when it came to music, and found that I actually was drawn to the semi classical, instrumental, and
some light classical music.

I quite enjoyed much of the italian music my mother in law played, sung in italian, but she also enjoyed
janette mc donald and nelson eddie, which I hated, she told us we just didn't understand good music
because we didn't like them, and she also said elvis presley was a terrible singer, which we rebelled
at, same ole same ole with the generations, (I still love Elvis's voice and songs).

The western stuff was starting to annoy me, and I wanted to step away from that and please myself.

Now, I actually don't listen to much music at all, only the sattelite station, and I can pick out 'just'
what I like, and it is 'never' country music, or rock.

It's more interesting to 'surprise' people than not have any affect on anyone. lol
 
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talloola said:
when I think way back to when I was a teen ager, I see that I followed along quite a bit without
really figuring out what 'I' really liked and 'who' I really was then. My boyfriend, later my husband, loved
all the western music, played the harmonica, and collected hank williams and many of the others, and
I 'just' followed along and enjoyed it too, BUT, years later I searched my own likes and dislikes
when it came to music, and found that I actually was drawn to the semi classical, instrumental, and
some light classical music.

I quite enjoyed much of the italian music my mother in law played, sung in italian, but she also enjoyed
janette mc donald and nelson eddie, which I hated, she told us we just didn't understand good music
because we didn't like them, and she also said elvis presley was a terrible singer, which we rebelled
at, same ole same ole with the generations, (I still love Elvis's voice and songs).

The western stuff was starting to annoy me, and I wanted to step away from that and please myself.

Now, I actually don't listen to much music at all, only the sattelite station, and I can pick out 'just'
what I like, and it is 'never' country music, or rock.

It's more interesting to 'surprise' people than not have any affect on anyone. lol
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Yep, I can remember when Elvis first "arrived on the scene" about 1956 and of course our music teachers at school considered him lewd, crude and rude, with no talent. Don't care what anyone says, Elvis had a good voice.

A great singing voice- a great old song.

YouTube - Hank Locklin - Galway Bay (1963)

Classic Patsy

 
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Goober said:
A Link for you and everyone else to check out

100 Greatest Country Music Artists

I am sure there are a number of lists compiled in a variety of ways but this is just one of many.
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I don't think the person who compiled that list is too knowledgable about country music - Floyd Kramer, really??????????????

Hank Thompson, Hank Locklin and Bill Anderson aren't even mentioned. Buck Owens is a little over rated and Porter Wagoner and Slim Whitman are far under rated as is Kitty Wells and Hank Snow. I have no problem with Johnny Cash and Hank Williams, but I think Kitty Wells Hank Snow and Hank Thompson should all be in the top 10.
 
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JLM said:
I don't think the person who compiled that list is too knowledgable about country music - Floyd Kramer, really??????????????

Hank Thompson, Hank Locklin and Bill Anderson aren't even mentioned. Buck Owens is a little over rated and Porter Wagoner and Slim Whitman are far under rated as is Kitty Wells and Hank Snow. I have no problem with Johnny Cash and Hank Williams, but I think Kitty Wells Hank Snow and Hank Thompson should all be in the top 10.
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Like I mentioned - a number of lists and then you have differing criteria for each that compiles a list - i find the list a good reference point for names that i cannot remember - Basically - That is about all it is worth.

JLM said:
I don't think the person who compiled that list is too knowledgable about country music - Floyd Kramer, really??????????????

Hank Thompson, Hank Locklin and Bill Anderson aren't even mentioned. Buck Owens is a little over rated and Porter Wagoner and Slim Whitman are far under rated as is Kitty Wells and Hank Snow. I have no problem with Johnny Cash and Hank Williams, but I think Kitty Wells Hank Snow and Hank Thompson should all be in the top 10.
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Another you may not have heard for a long time and a Bluegrass link

YouTube - I Saw the Light (Carl Story and his Rambling Mountaineers)

100 Greatest Bluegrass Hits CD

JLM said:
I don't think the person who compiled that list is too knowledgable about country music - Floyd Kramer, really??????????????

Hank Thompson, Hank Locklin and Bill Anderson aren't even mentioned. Buck Owens is a little over rated and Porter Wagoner and Slim Whitman are far under rated as is Kitty Wells and Hank Snow. I have no problem with Johnny Cash and Hank Williams, but I think Kitty Wells Hank Snow and Hank Thompson should all be in the top 10.
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Anudder one eh

YouTube - JOE MAPHIS - NIGHT TRAIN TO MEMPHIS

JLM said:
I don't think the person who compiled that list is too knowledgable about country music - Floyd Kramer, really??????????????

Hank Thompson, Hank Locklin and Bill Anderson aren't even mentioned. Buck Owens is a little over rated and Porter Wagoner and Slim Whitman are far under rated as is Kitty Wells and Hank Snow. I have no problem with Johnny Cash and Hank Williams, but I think Kitty Wells Hank Snow and Hank Thompson should all be in the top 10.
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YouTube - Osborne Brothers - Rocky Top

JLM said:
I don't think the person who compiled that list is too knowledgable about country music - Floyd Kramer, really??????????????

Hank Thompson, Hank Locklin and Bill Anderson aren't even mentioned. Buck Owens is a little over rated and Porter Wagoner and Slim Whitman are far under rated as is Kitty Wells and Hank Snow. I have no problem with Johnny Cash and Hank Williams, but I think Kitty Wells Hank Snow and Hank Thompson should all be in the top 10.
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Now this a good - real good country

YouTube - Wings Of A Snow White Dove ~ Ferlin Husky
 
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back in the 50s, no one had ever heard of country music, it was 'western music'. or western songs, probably the 60s too, don't remember when the 'country' tag was added
and the 'western' was dropped.
 
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talloola said:
back in the 50s, no one had ever heard of country music, it was 'western music'. or western songs, probably the 60s too, don't remember when the 'country' tag was added
and the 'western' was dropped.
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I grew up with "Country and Western" - that was dropped about the early 80s. I suppose "western" never really made sense as the H.Q. was Nashville. Of course in the early days a lot of it was focussed on gunslingers.
 
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