I'm a little bit country, a little bit rock and roll
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bobbyb5
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- Posted: 09/21/2017 07:20
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First of all I'd like to apologize for using that stupid Donny and Marie Osmond song for the title of this topic. But I just thought it was kind of funny.
This topic is probably just for people like me who mostly listen to rock and other kinds of popular music, but they either don't like country or just aren't really into it. But they have a few country songs that they really love. When I was a kid I listened to oldies radio all the time and in those days they played all the songs from the country charts that had crossed over onto the pop charts and became pop hits. Those are about the only country songs I knew. So the question is: what are your favorite country hits of all time even though you're not a country fan. These are the ones I think are most awesome, and are just great records by any standard. what are YOUR favorite ones?
Guitar Town. Steve Earle
Help Me Make It Through the Night. Sammi Smith
Behind Closed Doors. Charlie Rich
Polk Salad Annie. Tony Joe White
Seven Year Ache. Rosanne Cash
Ring of Fire. Johnny Cash
One's on the Way. Loretta Lynn
Happiest Girl in the Whole USA. Donna Fargo
Mr. Bojangles. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Ode to Billy Joe. Bobbie Gentry
Diggin Up Bones. Randy Travis
Harper Valley PTA. Jeannie C. Riley
Satin Sheets. Jeanne Pruett
I Can Help. Billy Swan
Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me. Mac Davis
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden. Lynn Anderson
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911Turbo
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Location: Toronto 
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- Posted: 09/21/2017 13:04
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i listened to dwight yoakam for awhile (10 years ago); guitars and cadillacs, etc....
for me, it was okay but he was unable to convert me over to country.
it was a nice change!!
Patsy Cline. Amazing songwriter and voice.
My wife and me still listen to her even today on long long drives.
She truly is brillant.
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911Turbo
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- Posted: 09/21/2017 18:04
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also listened to anne murray.
not sure. is she country?
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- Posted: 09/21/2017 18:48
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Some nice choices here. But from a pretty small window in time, they all are. There is some really great stuff out there from much more recent times...just stay as far away from mainstream Nashville as you possibly can.
Lots of alt-country that will appeal to those who are more on the rock side, for sure.
Here is some of what you may been missing since the 80's:
Jason Isbell Listen to anything he's recorded in the last decade since going solo in 2007. Maybe the best current songwriter out there right now.
Lucero A Memphis band with some great songs, a growly voice, and some mean guitar.
The Steeldrivers: Two albums: The Steeldrivers and Reckless. These feature Chris Stapleton pre-Traveler (which I find to be a huge disappointment)...but with this awesome band, he's a monster.
Trampled By Turtles - Bad name, great band. Check out pretty much anything they've done.
Whiskeytown - Especially Strangers Almanac. Ryan Adams in a more controlled environment, great songs.
Ryan Adams - Be careful which albums you pick...but you can't go wrong with Heartbreaker and Cold Roses.
Uncle Tupelo - Jay Farrar (Son Volt) and Jeff Tweedy (Wilco) started here. This is the definition of alt-country. Anodyne is their best work.
Son Volt - Sometimes a little tough to get through...but all of their albums have great rewards.
Wilco - Especially the first two albums...after that, they veer away from alt-country.
Also, check these artists out:
Alison Krauss And Union Station
Cross Canadian Ragweed
Guy Clark
Robert Earl Keen
James McMurtry
Ray Wylie Hubbard
Reckless Kelly
Justin Townes Earle
The Be Good Tanyas
Ryan Bingham
Blue Mountain
The Brothers Comatose
Lucinda Williams
The Wailin' Jennys
Drive-By Truckers
Chris Hillman
Old Crow Medicine Show
Chris Knight
Rank And File
Turnpike Troubadours
...I could go on and on and...
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bobbyb5
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Location: New York
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- Posted: 09/21/2017 20:20
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You've done a lot of assuming of whether, or not I like country city boy.
Anyways, I've got you covered.
You've got the right era. This was the last era where I found you were likely to hear the most knockout classic country hits.
For me, it hasn't happened since. Wish I would have mentioned Roger Miller though. He had at least two of them. And Charley Pride Buck Owens Marty Robbins George Jones all had several also.
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bobbyb5
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Location: New York
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- Posted: 09/21/2017 21:02
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| 911Turbo wrote: | also listened to anne murray.
not sure. is she country? |
At the very beginning of her career she was pretty country and not only that she had several classic country crossover hits, especially
Snowbird
Danny's Song
Love Song
And a cover of The Beatles You Won't See Me that I actually prefer to the original. Imagine that. Heh heh.
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JOSweetHeart
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- Posted: 09/22/2017 01:31
- Post subject: Re: I'm a little bit country, a little bit rock and roll
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^^^ I love that album from Patty Loveless! 😄 😄 😄
| bobbyb5 wrote: | | I Never Promised You a Rose Garden. Lynn Anderson |
Did you know that this song was done first by the late beautiful precious Billy Joe Royal?
God bless you two and his family and Patty always!!!
Holly
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Fischman
RockMonster, JazzMeister, Bluesboy,ClassicalMaster
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- Posted: 09/22/2017 01:50
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I actively detest country: all eras, all styles, all sub-genres (with the exception of some bluegrass).
I grew up in country-land amid people who's family trees don't fork. I will forever associate this mind-numblingly simple music with people who are dead from the neck up.
That said, there are a few exceptions.
I love Glen Campbell. His last album of all new, original music, Ghost on the Canvas (2011) is brilliant from end to end. And while he's deservedly famous as a vocalist, he could do things on a six string that rival the best of rock's greatest guitar wizards.
Speaking of wicked good country guitarists, Jerry Reed also fits that bill. And a fun-loving, good-hearted kick in the pants he is as well. I can stomach him pretty easy.
Although he was capable of so much more, Chet Atkins is usually listed as country, and he's a master picker who has influenced many great guitarists across virtually all possible genres.
Very few could keep up with the above, but one who could was the incomparable Roy Clark. When he set aside the hee-haw nonsense, dude could positively rip. A master indeed.
On the ladies' side, in spite of the twang, Patsy Cline was definitely something special. Other than that, not much of note other than country has some real lookers among its ladies.
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