Yeah those were both fucking awesome. All Linda Ronstadt albums had a couple pretty good country covers on them. But all her albums immediately before Heart Like a Wheel were almost like country albums. Heart Like a Wheel is when she crossed over to mainly rock, but albums like Silk Purse were more heavily country and she was pretty good at picking good country songs
Anybody ever notice that all current modern- country singers are nothing but models? All the male singers look like models for a cowboy hat catalog, and all the women look like models for a women's Western Wear catalog. And they sing like it too.
Garth Brooks - If Tomorrow Never Comes (beautiful song)
Kenny Rogers - Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town
Dolly Parton - Jolene
Coat of Many Colours (and others)
k d lang - Shadowland album (especially her version of Black Coffee)
Johnny Cash & June Carter-Cash - May The Circle Be Unbroken (and many others from both)
Bob Dylan - Country Pie
Billie Jo Spears - Blanket On The Ground
Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie Joe
The Judds - Love Can Build a Bridge (y'all!)
Gram Parsons
And I love the voice of Carrie Underwood. She's popular but she's very good.
Plus Steve Earle is awesome, I agree.
Ding Ding Ding. We have a winner!!!!! . This is what I was talking about. Those classic country SONGS.. And I'm embarrassed and ashamed that I didn't remember Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town and Jolene. That's exactly the kind of stuff I'm talking about.
Thanks Bobby man.
I like your lists as well dude. You picked a lot of good ones.
Right now I am watching a TV programme called Sisters in Country all about the famous trio of Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris. I knew Dolly's music but I didn't know much (no pun intended) about Linda Ronstadt or Emmylou Harris. Vocally they sound terrific together. Plus I am finding out their solo stuff is pretty good too. I knew Emmylou Harris from her work with Gram Parsons. Linda Ronstadt , I only knew her from a handful of her most famous songs. They all have amazing voices.
I know she's been mentioned but I also love Alison Krauss. I discovered her in the year 2000 and just love her stuff, such a sweet voice. Plus I like the album Raising Sand she did with Robert Plant.
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.
Nice one. A genre I keep meaning to check out more so this will do. I have heard next to nothing in this genre but an album I've listen to a handful of times this year that I highly recommend is this one Kristofferson by Kris Kristofferson
I know she's been mentioned but I also love Alison Krauss. I discovered her in the year 2000 and just love her stuff, such a sweet voice. Plus I like the album Raising Sand she did with Robert Plant.
Four more months until we can see if her Grammy award collection can grow anymore!
God bless you and Alison always!!!
Holly (a fan of her since 1994) _________________ Me & my favorite singer James Otto
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