Some Of My Favorite Country & Bluegrass Songs

[jerryd6818]

Ray Charles and Willie Nelson -- 7 Spanish Angles

Composed by Willie Nelson, Patsy Cline took this one to #2 on the Country charts in 1962 Crazy

"Ronnie Milsap was one of country’s most popular and influential artists in the 1970s and 1980s. He became country music's first blind superstar, and one of the most talented and versatile country vocalists of all time, flirting with many musical styles rarely attempted by mainstream country performers, including pop ballads, rock n' roll, R&B, blues, doo wop, disco, funk, and gospel. He was one of the most successful country crossover singers of his time." (Wiki) This is one of his doo wop songs Lost In The 50's

Written and recorded by Kris Kristofferson, I could never figure out why I have such a strong mental link between "Why Me" and "Sunday Morning Coming Down". I discovered the following on Wikipedia and it turns out, I'm not the only one who feels that way. "Country music historian Bill Malone wrote,'Why Me, Lord'" - as the song is sometimes known - "may seem greatly out of character for Kristofferson, but it can be interpreted as his own personal religious rephrasing of 'Sunday Morning Coming Down.' In this case, he is 'coming down' not from drugs, but from the whole hedonistic euphoria of the (1960s)." (Wiki) No. 1 on Billboard magazine's Hot Country Singles chart in July 1973 -- Why Me

[jerryd6818]

Willie Nelson Angles Flying Too Close To The Ground

Tammy Wynette D-I-V-O-R-C-E

Freddie Hart Easy Loving

Patsy Cline I Fall To Pieces

[jerryd6818]

The Highwaymen - The Last Cowboy Song

Billy Currington - People Are Crazy

Statler Brothers - Just Another Name On The Wall

Ray Stevens - Mississippi Squirrel Revival

Lacy J. Dalton & Bobby Bare (There's a short pause before it starts.) - Beer Drinking Christian

Okay, I'm done. Ya'll come back now. Ya hear?

[tjmurphy]

Tex Ritter - Country & Western - "The Big Rock Candy Mountain"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwerwMZywSA

Kenny Price - "The Sheriff of Boone County" - You in a heap of trouble, Boy. Written about the Sheriff and the county I live in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-e8Nzn2GR0

[tjmurphy]

Here's a couple for ya Jerry - Your old friend Hoyt Axton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZHSIhdY ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqf2daVP ... re=related

[tjmurphy]

Hazel Dickens, singer/song writer. Great old mountain style vocal with Dudley Connell (Johnson Mountain Boys/Seldom Scene) A song for all you West Virginians.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5EIeJcFFZM

[tjmurphy]

Curly Fox was an early Grand Ol' Oprey star and was married to Texas Ruby. Known for his fiddle playing and harmonica playing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPBpmn8Miss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hAqyQqN ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPgQ85O0YcY

[tjmurphy]

Early Porter and Dolly, some of the greatest Country duet singing there was
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcIj7SvD ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT-Ew5Gj ... re=related

[griz1200]

Seeing you mentioned Texas Ruby, I came up with a couple more names from way back. Uncle Dave Macon and Deford Bailey. Kinda interesting that Uncle Dave never got in to entertainment until in his 50's. Deford was the first black man to perform at the Ryman Auditorium.

[tjmurphy]

One of the most under-rated performers in Country Music - Gene Watson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP1YGp68 ... re=related

[tjmurphy]

Seeing you mentioned Texas Ruby, I came up with a couple more names from way back. Uncle Dave Macon and Deford Bailey. Kinda interesting that Uncle Dave never got in to entertainment until in his 50's. Deford was the first black man to perform at the Ryman Auditorium.

Here's a tune written by DeFord Bailey and popularized by Bill Monroe (not Monroe playing the tune) - "Evening Prayer Blues"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9KKxGeiNcs

And DeFord Bailey doing "The Fox Chase"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e7VBJTH ... re=related and the "Pan American Blues"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjlR8eS0 ... re=related

[jerryd6818]

I don't know who's doing this but I enjoyed it and thought you might to. I left it as a video because I enjoyed the pictures as much as the song. Don't Ever Sell Your Saddle

[glenn]

How about the best darn tenor ever Lew Dewit?

[tjmurphy]

I don't know who's doing this but I enjoyed it and thought you might to. I left it as a video because I enjoyed the pictures as much as the song. Don't Ever Sell Your Saddle

According to the comments on the song it is the "Prairie Rose Wranglers" with Stu Stuart doing the lead singing.

[tjmurphy]

My favorite Cajun performers, Dewey and Rodney, the Balfa Brothers. Love that "Chanky-Chank" Sadly, both Dewey and Rodney are gone now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGvci6EsFj8

This is a technique called "Fiddle-sticks" and you can see why it is called that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFyOGqmI ... re=related

[jerryd6818]

I don't know who's doing this but I enjoyed it and thought you might to. I left it as a video because I enjoyed the pictures as much as the song. Don't Ever Sell Your Saddle

According to the comments on the song it is the "Prairie Rose Wranglers" with Stu Stuart doing the lead singing.

I received the video as an attachment to an email and didn't bother to research it. Thanks for the info. Glad to see someone is on the ball.

[jerryd6818]

I wasn't familiar with Lew DeWitt's career after he left the Statler Brothers so I had never heard Welcome To The Holiday Inn or Wanda Glenn

Some say Lew DeWitt did not like songs with sexual context and when (rumor has it) Harold Reid insisted they do "Bed of Roses" because "it sells", the die had been cast for DeWitt's departure. Personally, I don't see much difference between his "Welcome To The Holiday Inn" and "Bed Of Roses" but then again, I'm not him. Possibly descension had been brewing for some time???? Bed Of Roses

[geno1201]

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

hey glenn aint that chris thile amazing his new cd he plays all the instraments and sings they say hes the next bock or beetoven my son seen them in concert here in pa. got all of their autograpghs on ticket stub might be worth a knife ir two in future. ps he was in nickel creek

[jerryd6818]

I had forgotten I had this one by The Louvin Brothers. Browns Ferry Blues

[jerryd6818]

Tom T. Hall wrote some great songs. It's too bad he had to write them all to the same tune. Old Dogs & Children & Watermelon Wine

[jerryd6818]

A song from almost 150 years ago, in some parts of the south and in the hearts and minds of some southerners, it could have been just yesterday. Performed, of course, by one of my favorite artists, Hoyt Axton. Oh I'm A Good Old Rebel

[tjmurphy]

Here's a dandy by the Country Gentlemen featuring Charlie Waller-Guitar and John Duffey-Mandolin. Sadly both are gone now, terrible loss. "Bringing Mary Home".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRFLZfv7 ... re=related

[jerryd6818]

I love that acoustic sound. Electrified isn't wrong and it has it's place but now and then, for some stuff, acoustic is the only thing that will do.

[geno1201]

sorry to barge in but here is my sons ticket for the punch brothers and chris thiel check them out their great!!!

[jerryd6818]

sorry to barge in but here is my sons ticket for the punch brothers and chris thiel check them out their great!!!

You're not barging in.