Some Of My Favorite Country & Bluegrass Songs

[tjmurphy]

WOW Jery!! Loved it, thanks for posting that. Sure is rousing.

[jerryd6818]

You just liked that fiddle player. Mmm Mmm, me too.

[jerryd6818]

GI Joe & Lilly

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lQk27hPzZs[/youtube]

[tjmurphy]

Earl Scruggs passes. Rest in peace Earl
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/obi ... 53841194/1

[jerryd6818]

Sorry to hear that T.J. but everybody's gotta go sometime and 88's a long life. It's a great loss to the music industry and Bluegrass fans everywhere.

I was reading a John Sandford book and saw this mentioned. I'd never heard it before and to tell the truth had never heard Jerry Jeff Walker. Had heard his name mentioned in a song or two (I think David Allen Coe) so I went to YouTube and gave a listen to "I Feel Like Hank Williams Tonight".

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kDKDmVu6wk[/youtube]

[tjmurphy]

Really dig Jerry Jeff. This is one of his most famous compositions, "Mr. Bojangles" made famous by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t-2GeZFDdc[/youtube]

[Knife Nut]

Mr Bojangles takes me back to the ole high school days. Thats a great song I don't hear very often on the golden oldies radio stations.

TJ, that was news to me to hear of the passing of Earl Scruggs. His Foggy Mountain Breakdown is one of the best instrumental bluegrass songs ever!

Paul

[jerryd6818]

T.J. I don't remember you posting this one.



Hazel Dickens, bluegrass singer-songwriter, dies 75
Submitted by Guest on Fri, 2011-04-22 12:32 PneumoniaFirstName_HLastName_D201175Celebrity DeathsCelebrity DeathsEntertainment
Hazel Jane Dickens (June 1, 1935 – April 22, 2011) was a female American bluegrass singer, songwriter, double bassist and guitarist. She was the eighth child of an eleven-child mining family in West Virginia. Her music is characterized not only by her high, lonesome singing style, but also by her provocative pro-union, feminist songs.

Dickens was born in Mercer County, West Virginia. She met Mike Seeger, younger half-brother of Pete Seeger and founding member of the New Lost City Ramblers and became active in the Baltimore-Washington area bluegrass and folk music scene during the 1960s. During this time she also established a collaborative relationship with Mike Seeger's wife, Alice Gerrard, and as "Hazel & Alice" recorded two albums for the Folkways label: Who's That Knocking (And Other Bluegrass Country Music) (1965) and Won't You Come & Sing for Me (1973). Dickens and Gerrard were bluegrass bandleaders at a time when the vast majority of bluegrass bands were led by men.

Hazel Dickens Cause of Death
Hazel Dickens died in Washington, DC, of complications from pneumonia.
Hazel Dickens was 75 years old at the time of her death

[tjmurphy]

See here Jerry:

http://allaboutpocketknives.com/knife_f ... ns#p200934

[jerryd6818]

Once again, I was not paying attention.

[tjmurphy]

That's alright Jerry, when you've got so much on your mind it's tough to remember A WHOLE TOPIC

[jerryd6818]

Country music. 'Cause sometimes you're just in the mood for an old sad song.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H31Dpcj2-s[/youtube]

[Jigslinger]

Flatt and Scruggs- "Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms", "Salty Dog", "Hot Corn, Cold Corn"

Jimmy Martin- "20/20 Vision"

Seldom Scene- "Wait a Minute"

The Greencards- "Caleb Meyer" (Gillian Welch wrote this I think)

Can't let this thread go on without a mention of the late, great John Hartford- "Gentle on My Mind", "In Tall Buildings" and everything else!

I love good bluegrass and Old Time, but my heart leans toward singer/songwriters who can captivate a room- Jim Croce, John Prine, Todd Snider, among others. For those not familiar, check out a Kentucky boy named Chris Knight- one of the finest songwriters working today. Check out "Down the River" and "North Dakota" on youtube.

[jerryd6818]

Jigslinger, all good stuff. Post the videos for those songs so we can all give a listen. After all, that's what this thread is for.

[tjmurphy]

http://www.youtube.com/v/5we2rAggjas

[jerryd6818]

Funny.

[Jimbo]

here's a good un....

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuCeD668Miw[/youtube]

[tjmurphy]

Good one Jimbo. Ya just got to love them old Country songs Reckon was that a Porter and Dolly song??

[tjmurphy]

Here is Pam Gadd. She was lead singer for the 80's/90's Country band "Wild Rose", member of "New Coon Creek Girls", sang back up to Patty Loveless, and was the last girl singer with Porter Wagoner before he died. Her daddy and I were pickin' pals and I did get to pick with her a couple of times. Great singer/song writer/musician.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o42znTsQhAc[/youtube]

[jerryd6818]

Reckon was that a Porter and Dolly song??

Alecia Nugent out of Louisiana. No known relation to Ted.

[tjmurphy]

No, I mean originally. Sure has all the ear-marks of Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton.

[jerryd6818]

I agree but research shows it was written by Nugent.

[Unk]

[quote="jerryd6818"]Sorry to hear that T.J. but everybody's gotta go sometime and 88's a long life. It's a great loss to the music industry and Bluegrass fans everywhere.

I was reading a John Sandford book and saw this mentioned. I'd never heard it before and to tell the truth had never heard Jerry Jeff Walker. Had heard his name mentioned in a song or two (I think David Allen Coe) so I went to YouTube and gave a listen to "I Feel Like Hank Williams Tonight".

Jerry,

Jerry Jeff Walker's album "Viva Terlingua" is a staple of Texas music. It is the one album I own that has - over the years - gone through 8-track, cassette, CD, and download on i-Tunes in my house. It still listens as well today as it did in the 1970s. Some of the best lyrics / songwriting I have ever heard.

[jerryd6818]

How about Gary Stewart doin' Jerry Jeff Walkers 'Backsliders Wine'

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqEkY9qknRY[/youtube]

[Unk]

Good Stuff, Jerry