I have a confession to make...

[carsonshepherd]

I like old country music. The 70's outlaw country stuff rocks. And rockabilly, yeah.

I just went and saw Walk the Line the other day and since then I've been on a Johnny Cash kick. Now I'm listening to David Allan Coe.

I think I like this type of music because my dad used to look just like Willie Nelson, with the beard, long braids and bandanna. I remember he used to take us to the tavern in our small hometown and he'd play Hank Williams Jr. on the jukebox. Good times.

I feel better now that it's out in the open.

 

[Rhys]

You closet case you!

 

[hugo_sam]

I like old country music. The 70's outlaw country stuff rocks. And rockabilly, yeah.

I just went and saw Walk the Line the other day and since then I've been on a Johnny Cash kick. Now I'm listening to David Allan Coe.

I think I like this type of music because my dad used to look just like Willie Nelson, with the beard, long braids and bandanna. I remember he used to take us to the tavern in our small hometown and he'd play Hank Williams Jr. on the jukebox. Good times.

I feel better now that it's out in the open.

Nothing wrong with that at all Carson, at least I hope not. I like the '70's era 'outlaw' country as well. In fact it is the only country I will listen to. Newer stuff has about a 2 milisecond time before I am ready to puke. Lots of talent back then.
If you are wrong, then I'm right there with you.

 

[Tom Collins]

Just know, carson, that you're not alone in the AH. I love the old country from the 60's and 70's. And Johnny Cash I love Johnny Cash. Don Williams is a particular fav of mine. There's just something so....I don't know, about his voice and lyrics. Compelling, maybe? He doesn't have much range, like some others, but he fully utillizes what he's got.

 

[carsonshepherd]

Nothing wrong with that at all Carson, at least I hope not. I like the '70's era 'outlaw' country as well. In fact it is the only country I will listen to. Newer stuff has about a 2 milisecond time before I am ready to puke. Lots of talent back then.
If you are wrong, then I'm right there with you.

when I was really young my dad and my uncles and all their friends looked like those redneck-hippie country singers... and they were such cool people. very laid-back, accepting and human.

 

[hugo_sam]

when I was really young my dad and my uncles and all their friends looked like those redneck-hippie country singers... and they were such cool people. very laid-back, accepting and human.

You're right about the tolerance and accepting of those older singers. Need more of that today along with the musical talent. Sounds like you had a very cool Dad and his friends.

 

[Stella_Omega]

I love the even older artists- Hank Williams for one. Johnny Cash, young Willie Nelson wrote songs like "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain" and my alltime favorite, Jimmy Rogers, the yodeling brakeman...

 

[Boxlicker101]

I like old country music. The 70's outlaw country stuff rocks. And rockabilly, yeah.

I just went and saw Walk the Line the other day and since then I've been on a Johnny Cash kick. Now I'm listening to David Allan Coe.

I think I like this type of music because my dad used to look just like Willie Nelson, with the beard, long braids and bandanna. I remember he used to take us to the tavern in our small hometown and he'd play Hank Williams Jr. on the jukebox. Good times.

I feel better now that it's out in the open.

There's nothing to be embarassed about there. I like the even older country, at least most of it, from the forties and fifties. Hank Sr. and Hank Snow and Ernest Tubb and Roy Acuff and Kitty Wells and Johnnie Cash, among others. I never cared much for Webb Pierce.

 

[carsonshepherd]

I like Hank Sr, although I discovered him when I was older, around 20 and tending bar in this redneck dive in some godforsaken county that doesn't even have a stop light. But I don't wanna talk about it.

Everyone go see Walk the Line! it's great, and some of the scenery is very familiar

 

[Stella_Omega]

I like Hank Sr, although I discovered him when I was older, around 20 and tending bar in this redneck dive in some godforsaken county that doesn't even have a stop light. But I don't wanna talk about it.

Everyone go see Walk the Line! it's great, and some of the scenery is very familiar

That's okay- I didn't really discover Country music till I was well into my thirties.
that's a great thing, that any old thing can sound, suddenly, brand new.

 

[Boota]

My band plays really loud, obnoxious heavy metal, but I really like old country music. Don Williams is probably my favorite. I even like Patsy Cline. Now that I've admitted that I won't be allowed into the Headbangers Ball.

 

[Boxlicker101]

My band plays really loud, obnoxious heavy metal, but I really like old country music. Don Williams is probably my favorite. I even like Patsy Cline. Now that I've admitted that I won't be allowed into the Headbangers Ball.

Patsy Cline is one of my favorite female singers of all time, even though she has been dead for 42 years.

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Carson,

I grew up surrounded by country music, and while I did like individual artists, (Hank Williams, Ray Charles, Patsy Cline), I didn't like the sound. Then came the outlaws. I've always thought Bob Dylan helped to make C&W mainstream acceptable with his Nashville Skyline album. But I was hooked by Willie, Waylon, and me (David Allen Coe).

Face it, Carson, if Bob Dylan and Ray Charles think/thought country was okay, who are we to argue? It's still not my first choice in music, but I have gone to a David Allen Coe concert at Billy Bob's in Fr. Worth, so I feel my "country" legitimacy papers are in order.

I remember being blown away the first time I heard Waylon Jennings "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?" As TC mentioned, Don Williams has always been special, even when he was with the Pozo Seco Singers.

As a card carrying southern boy who liked to read, this verse of "Good Old Boys Like Me" (written by Bob McDill) came very close to home.

==

Nothing makes a sound in the night like the wind does
But you ain’t afraid if you’re washed in the blood like I was
The smell of cape jasmine thru the window screen
John R. and the Wolfman kept me company
By the light of the radio by my bed
With Thomas Wolfe whispering in my head

(chorus)
I can still hear the soft Southern winds in the live oak trees
And those Williams boys they still mean a lot to me
Hank and Tennessee
I guess we’re all gonna be what we’re gonna be
So what do you do with good ole boys like me

==

Rumple Foreskin

 

[OhMissScarlett]

Are you trying to give me a freakin heart attack?


Shew, at least you weren't telling everyone about our secret lovechild. *wipes forehead*

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Are you trying to give me a freakin heart attack?


Shew, at least you weren't telling everyone about our secret lovechild. *wipes forehead*

That's what you think. Ain't PM's wonderful?

Rumple Foreskin

 

[Stella_Omega]

Patsy Cline is one of my favorite female singers of all time, even though she has been dead for 42 years.

I love her so much, i couldn't remember her name when I made my first list...

 

[Tom Collins]

As a card carrying southern boy who liked to read, this verse of "Good Old Boys Like Me" (written by Bob McDill) came very close to home.

==

Nothing makes a sound in the night like the wind does
But you ain’t afraid if you’re washed in the blood like I was
The smell of cape jasmine thru the window screen
John R. and the Wolfman kept me company
By the light of the radio by my bed
With Thomas Wolfe whispering in my head

(chorus)
I can still hear the soft Southern winds in the live oak trees
And those Williams boys they still mean a lot to me
Hank and Tennessee
I guess we’re all gonna be what we’re gonna be
So what do you do with good ole boys like me

==

Rumple Foreskin

Man! That is a great song. I, too, spent my formative years in the south(San Anton) and it really hits a deep spot. Though for me, it was the sound of the wind through the old pecan trees. Our yard was full of them.
And Patsy rock my world with Walkin' After Midnight.

 

[Belegon]

I wouldn't call myself a huge fan of Outlaw country, but I certainly can enjoy it from time to time...it's a mood thing I guess. My musical taste is very eclectic...

I'm a huge Rockabilly fan and have been since listening to my dad's Eddie Cochran & Gene Vincent records and then getting totally into the Stray Cats in high school...just saw Brian from the Cats with his big band Christmas show last Sunday night...

 

[Guest]

I love Patsy Cline.

Beautiful, soulful, expressive voice.

I must confess that I'm not much of a country fan, though. My sister and her hubby are, and have repeatedly attempted to force me to be, so maybe that's the true reason.

 

[velvetpie]

ICK! David Allan Coe!!! ICK!!

I do have to say that the only country I like is old school country. I grew up on a farm and my grandfather used to listen to country music all the time. I can sing you all the songs from Hee Haw and I have the Smokey And the Bandit album (which I love to play and drive my heavy metal husband crazy!)

Of the newer stuff, I think the only person I like is Randy Travis and that's because his voice sounds so much like the older country singers.

Don't feel bad, Carson. If a black girl likes it, it can't be all bad!

 

[Tom Collins]

Of the newer stuff, I think the only person I like is Randy Travis and that's because his voice sounds so much like the older country singers.

Don't feel bad, Carson. If a black girl likes it, it can't be all bad!

Mmmmm...Randy Travis...If you could fuck a voice, I'd be all over him.

 

[Colleen Thomas]

Highwaymen
Willie
Johnny Cash
Marty Robbins
Charlie Daniels

 

[Belegon]

Charlie Daniels

I good fiddle playin'

 

[Colleen Thomas]

I good fiddle playin'

Me too and Alabama is good for some fiddleing too

 

[entitled]

*saw both Charlie and Alabama in concert*

Y'know, for an old man, Charlie Daniels can still kick some serious ass.