keyse1 Posted January 14, 2020 Author Share Posted January 14, 2020 Listening to this on Tidal via roon Cant remember why or how I befriended the record but this is great bluegrassy music from a husband wife and daughter Americans make this sort of singing and playing seem so effortless If you like country music it can be listened to on Tidal 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyse1 Posted January 14, 2020 Author Share Posted January 14, 2020 Still on Tidal via roon Now officially retired from buying CDs Probably limited in the future to Bob Dylan box sets Eilen Jewell’s new record Gypsy would have had me rushing off to the record shop but not anymore And Uncle Earle a killer female band of bluegrassers I flew down to Melbourne in 2010 to see them and Eileen Jewell at The Brunswick Street Music Festival hope I got that year right The things you do when you’re young? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyse1 Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 One of my favourite vocals of all time from possibly the best Country music singers of all time Teach me to forget Sort of you taught me how to love you now stick around and teach me to forget you Not sure if there is a bad Merle Haggard record the ones I know vary in quality but the singing keeps me from fast forwarding Unlike say Johnny Cash some of whose records are so bad you can’t get through them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyse1 Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 What the heck Listening to country music playlists and up pops this sublime piece of rock n roll from a my most missed band Check out the picture of Lee Remick If I could write a song I’d write one about her Serious songwriting here with a sense of humour A couple of cool Australians 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyse1 Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 On 26/09/2019 at 5:44 AM, keyse1 said: I hate country music but I like Johnny Cash ive heard that said hundreds of times in real life whenever someone asks what kind of music I like Funny thing is that very few people have ever heard his music before the Rick Rubin ones at the very end of his life came across this tv show hosted by Pete Seeger in the mid 60’s It shows Johnny at the height of his fame It also shows him at the height of his drug problems It’s the most “wired” performance I’ve ever seen from anyone sitting in a chair Goes for an hour but just move it along 10 minutes or so Everything that is great about Johnny Cash is on here including his personal demons It may also be the first time you will have heard his wife June Carter she sings and talks about members of her family The Carter Family who Back in about 1926 cut what are considered the first country music songs And Pete Seeger is great @cheekyboy Have you seen this? Well worth the time Or anyone who likes Johnny Cash 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheekyboy Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, keyse1 said: @cheekyboy Have you seen this? Well worth the time Or anyone who likes Johnny Cash My dad was the same age as Johnny Cash and he was a huge fan of Clint Eastwood and Charles Bronson films and in later years when he could (tape and DVD), he would watch their movies over and over again. When it came to music I can remember a few country female artists, like Patsy Cline for example, but he would play Johnny Cash records, like the Eastwood and Bronson movies, over and over again. I reckon I should probably hate Cash’s music because I heard it so much growing up, but I don’t of course, so my exposure to Johnny Cash far proceeds the period Rubin became involved with the American Recordings. As good as those recordings are, there is so much more to Johnny Cash and his music. Cheers Keith Edited January 18, 2020 by cheekyboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyse1 Posted January 30, 2020 Author Share Posted January 30, 2020 New music On Tidal because I will no longer be buying CDs You won’t hear this on the radio Country rockabilly Pretty good This would be great live Wild Earp Very amusing name with an obvious attraction for me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyse1 Posted February 1, 2020 Author Share Posted February 1, 2020 Sticking with Tidal And new music Not my natural habitat I much prefer discovering new music in the past Back when Moses was a boy it sometimes seems Somebody posted this on currently spinning and unlike me I googled it on you tube and not only had I never heard of it but it was seriously good Such is the arrogance of old age? Seriously good record but unlikely to ever get air play Like most great music since the 70’s destined for that niche market of fanatics Sighhhhhhhhhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyse1 Posted February 6, 2020 Author Share Posted February 6, 2020 Lucinda Williams has a new record coming out Listen to a song from it here here https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/lucinda-williams-new-album-trump-song-947347/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyse1 Posted February 6, 2020 Author Share Posted February 6, 2020 And whilst on the subject here’s a book I might read The bad side of politics in country music but I had no idea it was as bad as this book reports And all this while I’m listening to Merle “okie From Muskogee” ” Haggard and swatting up on impeachment Music and politics sort like shoes and socks https://www.nodepression.com/the-reading-room-where-politics-and-country-music-collide/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyse1 Posted February 6, 2020 Author Share Posted February 6, 2020 (edited) Here’s a song I think it’s autobiographical Merle was in the audience when Johnny Cash played one of his prison concerts Edited February 6, 2020 by keyse1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyse1 Posted February 6, 2020 Author Share Posted February 6, 2020 Made a switch to George Jones He stopped loving her today Often considered the quintessential country song Read the words for confirmation I don’t think anyone here would like it Even I struggle But if you’ve read The Old Testament and heard this song you probably know everything worth knowing or that you need to know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbuzzardstubble Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Documentary maker Ken Burns' Country Music series commences on Feb. 15 on SBS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyse1 Posted February 6, 2020 Author Share Posted February 6, 2020 4 hours ago, mrbuzzardstubble said: Documentary maker Ken Burns' Country Music series commences on Feb. 15 on SBS. I bought the dvd watched about 3 hours so far very interesting for people who like music even if not country music 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyse1 Posted February 13, 2020 Author Share Posted February 13, 2020 I was going to post this on the record lovers site But it might freak people out So put it here out of site so to speak A friend of ours is bringing her son around He loves records So I’m looking to match the covers with the records and will give him the rest As bonus a crash course in country music No idea what condition they are in but he is young enough not to care It’s a good introduction to the love of rock n roll as opposed to the love of format I love record covers but no love at all for records although sifting through them God the memories of time and place and obsession are almost as real as then Bring back the 60’s and 70’s In the 70’s I used to take records to parties trying to convince my friends of the virtues of short sharp rock n roll songs but to very limited success as very one was locked into Pink Floyd or Led Zeppelin Sigh Real life and cyberspace aren’t that far removed in terms of music taste 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyse1 Posted February 22, 2020 Author Share Posted February 22, 2020 @JukKluk2 bit off topic on the other thread I googled that show so I don’t think you were listening to country music in its traditional sense Here is a 22 minute clip of Ken Burns talking about country music He just made a 16 hour docko on country music I know there is no requirement to like any specific type of music and nor is it possible to debate someone into liking it 22 minutes is a long time but worth at least listening and if this is what you were hearing and hated well that would be sad I should also add there was to my knowledge no such thing as country music in Australia during the 80’s in the sense that Ken Burns is talking https://youtu.be/Q66OjqZytzY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JukKluk2 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 (edited) On 22/02/2020 at 10:52 PM, keyse1 said: @JukKluk2 bit off topic on the other thread I googled that show so I don’t think you were listening to country music in its traditional sense Here is a 22 minute clip of Ken Burns talking about country music He just made a 16 hour docko on country music I know there is no requirement to like any specific type of music and nor is it possible to debate someone into liking it 22 minutes is a long time but worth at least listening and if this is what you were hearing and hated well that would be sad I should also add there was to my knowledge no such thing as country music in Australia during the 80’s in the sense that Ken Burns is talking https://youtu.be/Q66OjqZytzY Thanks for that @keyse1 I have watched it through and I have to say that my feelings toward country music remain unchanged, if anything it has confirmed my stance. It felt like an hour of purgatory, to be truthful. Still, one man's happy is another man's sorrow. We'll agree to differ on this one. Edited February 24, 2020 by JukKluk2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyse1 Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 10 minutes ago, JukKluk2 said: Thanks for that @keyse1 I have watched it through and I have to say that my feelings toward country music remain unchanged, if anything it has confirmed my stance. It felt like an hour of purgatory, to be truthful. Still, one man's happy is another man's sorrow. We'll agree to differ on this one. That’s ok I’m glad you watched it I googled Nick And turns out he’s a marriage celebrant not far from me Ive heard that type of Australian music Ive been to Tamworth and the Gympie Muster both times to see a Canadian called Fred Eaglesmith one of country musics finest writers The other music I heard there I think of as the soundtrack to hell so to speak I started in the early 70’s with Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris The Byrds The Flying Burrito Brothers John Prine Guy Clark and later Steve Earle Johnny Cash Hank Williams and so on Country music Is also spread across my favourite Stones records bought at roughly the same time not to mention Dylan Might have been different though if I’d been subjected to your experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheekyboy Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Ah, @keyse1, I’ve never had anyone able to tell me what purgatory is actually like, for any length of time for that matter, but if purgatory is akin to listening to country music, I can’t see that it is going to be all that bad a place! I was brought up on Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Patsy Kline, primarily through the ‘60s, but like you, I soon developed a taste for Gram and Emmylou, The Byrd’s too along with John Prine and Lucinda Williams and many more. It’s going to be impossible for me to understand someone having an extreme dislike for the country music genre, but each to their own I guess. I’m not a fan of rap music for instance, so I own very little recorded rap music and I avoid playing it, but I know many audio enthusiasts, family members included, that love rap music, so I would never openly disparage the genre because that would show very little respect for those that actually enjoy it. Cheers, Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray4410 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 18 minutes ago, cheekyboy said: Ah, @keyse1, I’ve never had anyone able to tell me what purgatory is actually like, for any length of time for that matter, but if purgatory is akin to listening to country music, I can’t see that it is going to be all that bad a place! I was brought up on Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Patsy Kline, primarily through the ‘60s, but like you, I soon developed a taste for Gram and Emmylou, The Byrd’s too along with John Prine and Lucinda Williams and many more. It’s going to be impossible for me to understand someone having an extreme dislike for the country music genre, but each to their own I guess. I’m not a fan of rap music for instance, so I own very little recorded rap music and I avoid playing it, but I know many audio enthusiasts, family members included, that love rap music, so I would never openly disparage the genre because that would show very little respect for those that actually enjoy it. Cheers, Keith you guys left out one my favourite bands from that era the fabulous AMAZING RHTHYM ACES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surprisetech Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Upcoming shows for Tracy McNeil promoting her new album. Includes a few regional venues. https://tracymcneil.com/?page_id=4642 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheekyboy Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 1 hour ago, ray4410 said: you guys left out one my favourite bands from that era the fabulous AMAZING RHTHYM ACES. Seriously? I mentioned six or seven country artists above, but there would literally be dozens if not hundreds of country artists that I've enjoyed over the last 50 - 60 years of listening to country music. I hope you didn't expect me to try and list them all? I can't recall when I would have first heard the Amazing Rhythm Aces, but it was probably late '70s or even early '80s and they were a very good country/country rock band indeed. Cheers, Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray4410 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 17 minutes ago, cheekyboy said: Seriously? I mentioned six or seven country artists above, but there would literally be dozens if not hundreds of country artists that I've enjoyed over the last 50 - 60 years of listening to country music. I hope you didn't expect me to try and list them all? I can't recall when I would have first heard the Amazing Rhythm Aces, but it was probably late '70s or even early '80s and they were a very good country/country rock band indeed. Cheers, Keith how do the hell do you spell rhythm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyse1 Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 1 hour ago, cheekyboy said: Ah, @keyse1, I’ve never had anyone able to tell me what purgatory is actually like, for any length of time for that matter, but if purgatory is akin to listening to country music, I can’t see that it is going to be all that bad a place! Very cheeky post @cheekyboy A couple decades ago I started reading Dante’s Divine Comedy probably because of this line in Tangled Up In Blue Written by an Italian poet(Dante?) from the 13th century and every one of them words rang true and glowed like burnin coal pourin off every page like it was written in my soul Anyway the imagery was so vivid I started dreaming bad dreams Some time later I was in Tamworth to see Fred Eaglesmith and the music I heard was so bad I started associating it as a soundtrack to Dante’s 7 circles of hell my behaviour no longer includes sin because of it You should check out Fred seriously great writer Listen to the first 6 or 7 records 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyse1 Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 1 hour ago, surprisetech said: Upcoming shows for Tracy McNeil promoting her new album. Includes a few regional venues. https://tracymcneil.com/?page_id=4642 She is very good is she Canadian married to an Australian musician You should see Eilen Jewell playing in March Probably my favourite singer now and writes great songs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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