Some Of My Favorite Country & Bluegrass Songs

[tjmurphy]

Jerry - on some of the songs you are posting I can hear the old "vinyl hiss", are you transferring from vinyl to computer program? What unit do you use? I'd like to get some of my old vinyl to computer and on to CD.

[jerryd6818]

The pure country sound of Hank Williams Sr. Your Cheatin' Heart ........

[jerryd6818]

For all you Oklahoma boys, Lefty Frizzell's brother David and Shelly West made beautiful music together when they recorded You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma ........

[tjmurphy]

For all you Oklahoma boys, Lefty Frizzell and Shelly West made beautiful music together when they recorded You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma ........

Good song but not Lefty, his brother David. He and Shelley West were married.

[jerryd6818]

"Silver Threads and Golden Needles", a song written by Jack Rhodes and Dick Reynolds, was first recorded by Wanda Jackson in 1956. The original lyrics, as performed by Jackson, contain a verse not usually included in later versions, which also often differed in other minor details. (Wiki)

Everyone in the music business has recorded this song at one time or another. Some did it better than Jackson but it's the original, done in 1956 with the original country whang. Silver Threads and Golden Needles ........

[jerryd6818]

Did I hear someone say Faron Young? Written by Willie Nelson, it was a #1 hit in 1961 - Hello Walls ........

[jerryd6818]

For all you Oklahoma boys, Lefty Frizzell and Shelly West made beautiful music together when they recorded You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma ........

Good song but not Lefty, his brother David. He and Shelley West were married.

Thanks T.J. For some reason, I have a mind block when it comes to David Frizzel. There, I fixed it.

[jerryd6818]

I don't know where to start with this song. It's one my dad would occasionally sing from the pulpit. In the middle of one of his sermons, he would spontaneously burst out in song and along with "I Come To The Garden Alone" and "Peace In The Valley", those three were his favorites. It became one of my favorites as well, so this song has a lot of deep meaning in my life. The first time I saw "Gomer Pyle" sing it, I just about broke my jaw when it hit the floor. Who knew Jim Nabors could sing like this. "Goll-lee, Andy" How Great Thou Art ........

[glennbad]

I'm more progressive in my love of country music, but my dad liked all that early stuff. That being said, I did like me some Hank Jr.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0kDnnSYzgU

For more progressive, I like Nickel Creek

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcjAXI4jANw

Bluegrass? How about The Johnson Mountain Boys:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wx6Nm-XDd8

And though I can't stand their politics, The Dixie Chicks doing Patti Griffin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yOm5h-poE4

Glenn

[tjmurphy]

That's some good stuff Glenn. Hank, Jr. does some pretty good stuff. Saw him once in '66 at the NCO Club at Ft. Hood, TX - he was doing his Dad's stuff then. Nickel Creek - progressisve, yes, but supurb musicians. Johnson Mountain Boys were one of my favorite bands when they were together - Dudley Connell(sp?) is with the Seldom Scene now, shouda stayed with JMB. Dixie Chicks, that's some sexy looking music right there. Thanks for posting Glenn.

[jerryd6818]

I'm more progressive in my love of country music, but my dad liked all that early stuff. That being said, I did like me some Hank Jr.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0kDnnSYzgU

For more progressive, I like Nickel Creek

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcjAXI4jANw

Bluegrass? How about The Johnson Mountain Boys:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wx6Nm-XDd8

And though I can't stand their politics, The Dixie Chicks doing Patti Griffin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yOm5h-poE4

Glenn

I enjoy a little Hank Jr. now and then. I don't reach for the volume knob when he comes on.

That was my first Nickel Creek. Good. Not country but still good. From their actions it looked like they were trying to play "hard rock country". Maybe that's what they are and not progressive or maybe that's what progressive is.

I liked those Johnson Mountain Boys. I can listen to that.

Not only do I not care for the politics of the Dixie Chicks, I don't care for their music. It's a personal opinion.

Thanks for posting those. I enjoy all kinds of music and am always glad to be exposed to something that's new to me. I was hoping this thread would be more of a community effort and not a one man show.

[glennbad]

This is Johhny Hiland. Grew up in Maine, and can play the a$$ of a guitar. Not only bluegrass, but blues and rock as well. I was supposed to see him with Hal Ketchum in Sept. but Hal got sick. I was bummed, cause that would have a good show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaDmoNzC ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOb_Q7bp ... re=related

BTW, he's legally blind...

Glenn

[jerryd6818]

While I admire their technical expertise, the sound is a little too modern for my ear. Thanks for posting it. Ya never know when you're going to run into your newest favorite musician. Take for example the Hawaiian slack key guitar I posted earlier...

[Owd Wullie]

jerryd6818 wrote:
Oh, geez. Maybe one more. Besides Hoyt Axton, I'm a real big David Allen Coe fan and one of my favorites is Bob Wills Is Still The King ........

I had some wild times with David Allen Coe's roadies back in the early 80's. Those boys were all BIG, ugly, hardcore biker types and they ALWAYS had some great road dope.

Like Hank Jr said, "It don't take long to get there when you're high and pressurized!"

I quit messing with road dope in 1984. Ain't touched ANY of it since.

[jerryd6818]

Written and recorded in 1960 by the great George Jones -- The Window Up Above ........

[jerryd6818]

Released in 1972, on the album with the same name. The album was responsible for transforming Jennings' image into that of one of the representatives of the outlaw country movement. (Wiki) Good Hearted Woman ........

[tjmurphy]

Tompall and the Glaser Brothers - "Loving Her Was Easier" One of the Glaser Brothers sang all of the really great tenor parts on Marty Robins cowboy songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muGKauhZ0ts

[jerryd6818]

I was going to put up the Johnny Tillotson version of this but it sounded so, well, so 1960's Rock & Roll. I found the original 1961 version by Billy Walker, who wrote and performed it, so here's Ain't It Funny How Time Slips Away ........

[tjmurphy]

Gettin' back to Bluegrass, here's one for you Jerry with one of your favs, a young David Grissman, the late Clarence White and Peter Rowan. Very early California Bluegrass band the "Kentucky Colonels"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RkxpFvo ... re=related

[jerryd6818]

Tompall and the Glaser Brothers - "Loving Her Was Easier" One of the Glaser Brothers sang all of the really great tenor parts on Marty Robins cowboy songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muGKauhZ0ts

I love that song and The Glaser Brothers did it well. The version that means the most to me was done on the album "Natural Act" by Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge, back when they were still billin' & coo'in. I found the album at a time when I was going through a messy divorce that wasn't my idea. Give a listen and tell me what you think.Lovin' You Was Easier Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again ........

[tjmurphy]

Some great writers back then for sure, Kris Kristofferson and...............Townes Van Zandt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SjwO17g ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY3nrzNq ... re=related

[jerryd6818]

Gettin' back to Bluegrass, here's one for you Jerry with one of your favs, a young David Grissman, the late Clarence White and Peter Rowan. Very early California Bluegrass band the "Kentucky Colonels"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RkxpFvo ... re=related

Of the two, I liked "Dark Hollow" the best. My goodness, that 70's look was somethin' else. Hard to believe we once thought it was cool.

"Gettin' back to Bluegrass" Thanks T.J., that tickled me. We know where your heart lays.

I thought this one might be a little maudlin for this early in the morning but I'm puttin' it in anyway. The Wilburn Brothers doin'
Knoxville Girl and while we're doin' The Wilburn Brothers, we might as well add High On A Hilltop

[tjmurphy]

Gettin' back to Bluegrass, here's one for you Jerry with one of your favs, a young David Grissman, the late Clarence White and Peter Rowan. Very early California Bluegrass band the "Kentucky Colonels"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RkxpFvo ... re=related

Of the two, I liked "Dark Hollow" the best. My goodness, that 70's look was somethin' else. Hard to believe we once thought it was cool.

"Gettin' back to Bluegrass" Thanks T.J., that tickled me. We know where your heart lays.

I thought this one might be a little maudlin for this early in the morning but I'm puttin' it in anyway. The Wilburn Brothers doin'
Knoxville Girl and while we're doin' The Wilburn Brothers, we might as well add High On A Hilltop

That "Brother" duet singing was great, wasn't it? "High on a Hilltop" was the Osborne Brothers from Hyden, Kentucky.

[jerryd6818]

Some great writers back then for sure, Kris Kristofferson and...............Townes Van Zandt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SjwO17g ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY3nrzNq ... re=related

I've never heard of Townes Van Zandt. My favorite version of Pancho and Lefty is, of course, the one I posted earlier by Hoyt Axton and I think, of any I've heard so far, I like the Johnny Cash version of "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" best.

As long as we're talkin' about Hoyt Axton, how about the way he did Evangelina

[tjmurphy]

While we're on the Osborne Brothers, here's one that everyone knows, especially the drunks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n9prNixjbg

Never heard of Townes Van Zandt?????? He's the King of the modern Texas song writers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townes_Van_Zandt