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Wanted! The Outlaws
Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jesse Colter, Tompall Glaser
1976

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Perhaps the mother of all outlaw country music albums. Wanted! The Outlaws showed who was boss by selling a million copies, which had never been done before in country music history. This album was categorized as "Outlaw" because of the dislike that Jennings, Nelson, Colter and Glaser had for record producer Chet Adkins' newly softened and watered down Nashville country music sound. Instead of giving in to this latest trend, these musicians, along with others, took a jump and went out on thier own so that they could play their music the way they wanted to play it, raw and genuine.

Not only were these four musicans business parteners, but also very good frienRAB, not to mention Jennings and Colter were even married. I think that these frienRABhips added to the success of the album because of the great chemisty you hear and feel when these artists duet and jam together.

My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys An acoustic guitar, bass guitar, and Waylons voice which is all you need. A pretty slow beat for being the first track of the album, but approprietly though, for the subject matter Waylon is singing about. This song is as good a description of the lives of these musicans and outlaws as any.

Honky Tonk Heroes Another description by Jennings of the lives that these men are leading, but alot more light-hearted and faster. And I have to mention those amazing harmonica wails.

Whats Happened To Blue Eyes I'm not the biggest fan of female country music singers and Jesse Colter is not my favorite, but I think the female presence she brings is nice among all this rough and tumble music. She does a pretty respectable job in this song, but its not my favorite track on the album by any means.

You Mean To Say Another by Colter and better than the last. She is a pretty good song writer, I will give her that. But I know why she is on the album, and its not because of her singing, haha.

Suspicious MinRAB A duet with Waylon and Jesse of the old Elvis song. I think the country twist is pretty interesting but a pretty yuppy song for this album. To be honest, I usually skip over this one.

Good Hearted Woman Now THIS is what I'm talkin about! Willie and Waylon singing and jamming it out live. That beginning classic rhythm is so full of anticipation. And that deep voice of Waylon just pulls you in to everything he is saying. Then Willie and his unique and contrasting trademark voice comes in and takes everything to a whole nother level. I, personally, adore the lyrics. I may be more apt to liking this song just because it is something that I have grown up listening to, but this hits home for so many people. My favorite lyric.

"He likes the bright lights and night life and good time frienRAB
And when the party's all over she'll welcome him back home again
Lord knows she don't understand him but she does the best that she can
A-this good hearted woman, lovin' a good timin' man"

Heaven or Hell By far my favorite song on the album, and possible my favorite country song of all time. Everything is so simple in this song. The guitar riff, the lyrics, the vocals, and its only 1:41 seconRAB long. And who hasn't felt this before?

Sometimes it's heaven, sometimes it's hell
Sometimes I don't even know
Sometimes I take it as far as I can
Sometimes I don't even go

My front tracks are headed for a cold water well
My back tracks are covered with snow
Sometimes it's heaven,sometimes it's hell
Sometimes I don't even know

Heaven ain't walking a street paved with gold
Hell ain't a mountain of fire
Heaven is laying in my sweet baby's arms
Hell is when my baby's not there

My front tracks are headed for a cold water well
My back tracks are covered with snow
Sometimes it's heaven, sometimes it's hell
Sometimes I don't even know

Sometimes it's heaven,
Sometimes it's hell,
Sometimes I don't even know

Me and Paul Willie takes over and this song tells the humorous adventures of Willie Nelson and the drummer of his band, Paul English and all the trouble they have been getting into. And they add a little slam to Nashville while they're at it. I love the sound quality in this song, echoey and almost far away, it just reeks of old age. Great track.

Yesterday's Wine Classic Willie, this song. Much more of a poet than any of the guys on the album. This song is just another beauty by Willie, I can't really even say anything about this song, just because it is what it is. You'll just have to listen to it.

T For Texas On the complete other hand, Tompall Glaser is the rowdiest on the album and also the shallowest. Not that that is a bad thing though, it makes for a good change up. This song is just about a mixture of things. He throws in whatever he feels like singing. I rather like Tompall's mumbley trailing voice, though.

Put Another Log on the Fire I have a feeling Tompall might be like this in real life too because he calls out these orders like he's done it a million times. I would say this is my least favorite song on the album, but still its pretty entertaining.


Me And Paul
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Despite my ice-cool, English-as-Yorkshire-pudding-in-gravy exterior, I actually do have quite a soft spot for classic country :D I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this thread.

I haven't come across the Outlaws before, but I do recognise a couple of the names attached to them, so I'll add that album to my swelling -to-listen-to list. I've been needing some more of this stuff to, so keep the reviews coming eh :)
 
Oh yes, I would love to see a review of Emmylou Harris'. I really enjoy what I have heard of hers, but am limited greatly on any real knowledge of her- and her music in general. I've heard a lot about Elite Hotel but have yet to give it a listen.



:laughing: And it turns out even worse sometimes when they put actors in the music industry! Yet it seems as though they insist on doing it anyway. Thank you for your kind worRAB but I have to say, I'm a little embarrased at my last review- it was pretty damn sloppy and vague. To be honest I'm a lot less knowlegable in the classic country music area than I thought, as I am running out of reviews quickly! But I'm working on another that I'm pretty excited about. We'll see how it turns out though
 
Hahahaha, You just made my day, Bulldog. I really am surprised, no actually shocked you like classic country. I can't wait to pump your library full of it.
 
Live At Gilley's
Johnny Lee
1999
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Though this album was released in 1999, it was actually all of Johnny Lee's live perfomances in Gilley's club from 1980-1988, but when Mickey Gilley and the co-owner of the club weren't getting along, Gilley hoarded the tapes for a while before releasing them. Its actually lucky he did this, because right after he took out the recordings, Gilley's burned down and all of the music would have been lost.

Johnny Lee's two biggest hits (in my opinion) are on this album, "Lookin' for Love" and "Cherokee Fiddle". Both songs were made famous from publicity on the movie Urban Cowboy because of its setting at Gilley's. This album has someting special about it, and I think it is because the music is so genuine. It is this way because of the circumstances in which it was performed, played for everyone live at Gilley's the biggest honky tonk in the U.S at that time.

Johnny Lee's style is very low-key, smooth, and cool. Don't expect any wild wails, intense guitar solos, or anything like that. Johnny Lee keeps a solid beat and concentrates on the worRAB he's singing. His music is actually pretty great to dance to.

1. Lookin' for Love In this song, Johnny simply tells of his struggle to find love and his constant search of someone looking for him.

"I spent a lifetime lookin' for you
Single bars and good time lovers were never true
Playing a fools game, hopin' to win
Tellin' those sweet lies and losin' again.

I was lookin' for love in all the wrong places
Lookin' for love in too many places
Searchin' her eyes, lookin' for traces
Of what I'm dreamin' of
Hoping to find a friend and a lover
I'll bless the day I discover,
You - lookin' for love.

I was alone then, no love in site
I did every thing I could to get me through the night
Don''t know where it started or where it might end
I'd turn to a stranger just like a friend."

2. Bet Your Heart on Me
3. Sometimes
4. Cherokee Fiddle I absolutely love this song. Johnny expresses his unsettling sadness about the changing times. In the beginning, he describes an old fiddle player with a love of music and how he would play for the miners just for whiskey. Then the times change:

"Now the Indians are dressing up like cowboys
And the cowboys are putting leather and turquoise on
And the music is sold by lawyers
And the fools who fiddled in the middle of the stations are gone"

and he fears that the good genuine music the man played is all but history.

5. Be There for Me Baby
6. One in a Million
7. Prisoner of Hope
8. Pickin' Up Strangers
9. Down and Dirty
10. Highways Run Forever
11. Red Sails in the Sunset
12. Sea Cruise


http://www.mediafire.com/file/e2myn2woojj/Cherokee Fiddle.m4a
 
Okie From Muskogee​
Merle Haggard
1969

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Okie From Muskogee was a live album in 1969 done no other place than in Muskogee, Oklahoma. It reached #1 on the Country BillboarRAB in 1970. Merle picked Muskogee, Oklahoma of all places because of family ties to the town. This album being live is more special than any studio version he could have done because you get to hear the people of Muskogee reactions to the things he sang about. You get a much clearer vision of people beliefs and ways of living in this town of Muskogee and these people absolutely loved Merle for it. By far the most exciting thing that has ever happened to this town and they still talk about it to this day.

Mama Tried is the first song of the concert and most definitely gets things moving. This song is about a rebellious kid who was going to do what he was going to do and wouldn't let anyone tell him any different. He came from a good humble family that did everything right and tried to turn him in the right direction, especially Mama, but as he says in his song "I turned 21 in prison doing life without parole, no one could steer me right but Mama tried, Mama tried, Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleading I denied. That leaves only me to blame cause Mama tried"

No Hard Times is one that I really enjoy especially to sing along with. This song just makes you appreciate those ol boys who are poor as church mice, live off their land, and are just as happy as everybody else. Merle does a interesting vocal job in this one by adding some wild pitch changes.

Silver Wings is a very simple story line about Merle watching his woman fly away in an airplane. But its amazing how clear a picture he puts in your head and you can see the whole thing.

The next two tracks involve the mayor of Muskogee giving Merle a key to the city and so on. You can just hear in his voice the admiration and appreciation the mayor has for Merle.

Swingin Doors Many country banRAB have done a song of similar subject matter about hanging out at a bar for so long it has now become their home, but I think I like Merle's version the best. It is very catchy and has a great chorus that really makes you want to sing along, and what Ilike about it is that he never says the bar is his new home but he descibes everything in the bar that is now his. I just think it is a clever spin.

I'm A Lonesome Fugitive Another one of Merle's songs about prison and the life after.

Sing Me Back Home Probably one of Merle's best creations. A very emotional and helpless situation that tells of a man on death row that wants Merle to sing and a play a song that his mother used to sing for him so that the music can take him back to that moment in time.

Branded Man One of my favorites on this album. "No matter where I'm livin, I gotta tell them where I've been" is one of the best lyrics. He just can't get away from the "black mark" of prison no matter how hard he tries.

In the Arms of Love I don't have a lot to say about this one because I'm not real crazy about it. Probably the only weak song on the whole album though and Merle didn't even write it, Buck Owens did.

Workin Man Blues This song sums up so many lives of people around where I live its unbelievable. I would hate to think how many times my dad has played this song and sang along to every word, especially, "Hey, hey the workin man, workin man like me, ain't never been on welfare thats one place I won't be, cause I'll go back workin." Great guitar beat and rhythm on top of everything else. I think Crash Override reviewed this song wonderfully in his journal so you can go look at his.

Hobo Bill's Last Ride An interesting story that keeps you listening in this one. Merle slows her down a bit and reverts back to his old fashioned style that matches well with the old fashioned story.

Billy Overcame His Size Wow, two songs in a row about Bills. I just now noticed that. Anyway, a good message in this one. In fact they wrote it coming up to this concert in Muskogee. I feel that this song gives the message that no matter how big or small you are in size, its the things that you do that determine how big or small a person you are.

If I Had Left It Up To You Such a good one, my favorite on the album. And so sad, poor Merle. Reading the lyrics just does this no justice, mind you. This song is all in his voice.

You made plans to leave a thousand times I know
And a thousand times, I should have let you go
But each time I'll always beg you back somehow
If I'd left it up to you it'd all be over now

It'd all be over now cept the crying
I'd be used to spending all my nights alone
Wish I'd found the way to let you go somehow
If I'd left it up to you
it'd all be over now

White Line Fever Merle wrote this one for all the container drivers out there, and I bet this was certainly blaring on their radios in 1969 and 70 and if I was a truck driver (haha) I would still have it blaring. "The wrinkles in my forehead showthe miles I've put behind me. They continue to remind me how fast I'm growing old. Guess I'll die with this fever in my soul" You would think when Merle sings this song, he has been a truck driver for all his life it is so believable. And the song does make you wonder how those truck drivers do keep pushing on.

Okie From Muskogee It's worth listening to this song just to hear the rowdy Muskogee crown laugh and hoot and holler during the whole song. This song disapproves and makes fun of the hippie culture that was so big at that time (even some hippies found the song amusing and liked it anyway) and says they do everything the right way in Muskogee. Like this:

We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee;
We don't take our trips on LSD
We don't burn our draft carRAB down on Main Street;
We like livin' right, and bein' free.

I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee,
A place where even squares can have a ball
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,
And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all

We don't make a party out of lovin';
We like holdin' hanRAB and pitchin' woo;
We don't let our hair grow long and shaggy,
Like the hippies out in San Francisco do.

And I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee,
A place where even squares can have a ball.
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,
And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all.

Leather boots are still in style for manly footwear;
BeaRAB and Roman sandals won't be seen.
Football's still the roughest thing on campus,
And the kiRAB here still respect the college dean.

We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,
In Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA.

Not only did this song tell the other side of the story, but was an important mark in history in the eventful year of '69.



They didn't have what I wanted on Youtube so heres some actual
SONGS!!!

http://www.mediafire.com/file/imvyywzzxcn/ Mama Tried.m4a
http://www.mediafire.com/file/0itomwzymyz/ If I Had Left It Up to You.m4a
 
The Very Best of Hank Williams
Hank Williams Sr.
1961
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This album right here is classic classic country music. Simple lyrics, strong bluegrass roots, rough sound quality, and old fashioned vocal style are all factors that give away the age of this album. When I listen to this album I feel like I am hearing an ancient artifact of country music history. And those things let me overlook the pretty outdated dorkiness of it :)

Hank Williams was one of his era's music giants and influenced so many of the up and coming artists. Don't let his innocent outward appearance fool you, he was a wild man, especially for his time. A few of his songs on this album give you a little idea while keeping it pretty PG.

I would also like to add that, the album I am reviewing was released in LP form, but was later redone and called "Greatest Hits" in 1981. Its the same songs just different order. I picked this album because it is not missing any good songs, and if I were to recommend one, it would be this.

Your Cheatin Heart A pretty slow one, basic blugrass instruments, basic beat, but I love the lyrics. One of Hanks biggest hits and one of my favorites.

Jambalaya
Homesick Blues
Half As Much
Cold Cold Heart

Hey Good Lookin This song really is a window into the lives of the people of these times. I have to laugh when I hear this just because it didn't take much to entertain them and the lyrics really show it. I would hate to think how many time some guy sand this to his wife back in the day cause my grandpa used to sing it to my grandma all the time.

Hey, hey, good lookin',
Whatcha got cookin'?
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?
Hey, sweet baby,
Don't you think maybe
We could find us a brand new recipe?
I got a hot-rod Ford and a two-dollar bill
And I know a spot right over the hill.
There's soda pop and the dancin's free,
So if you wanna have fun come along with me.
Hey, good lookin',
Whatcha got cookin'?
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?

I'm free and ready,
So we can go steady.
How's about savin' all your time for me?
No more lookin',
I know I've been tooken [sic].
How's about keepin' steady company?

I'm gonna throw my date-book over the fence
And find me one for five or ten cents.
I'll keep it 'til it's covered with age
'Cause I'm writin' your name down on every page.
Hey, good lookin',
Whatcha got cookin'?
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?


Why Don't You Love Me
Weddin Bells
Kaw Liga
So Lonesome I Could Cry
Ramblin Man

Honky Tonkin My favorite off the album. Its got great, great rhythm and I think it really gives you the best feel of his Hank's music in general. His vocals crack me up in this song. He is on the edge of yodeling at times.

Overall, I wanted to review this Hank Williams Sr. album just so you guys can check it out and experience it a couple times, not necessarily fall in love with it, because I doubt that will be the case.

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I have a hard time with Classic Country.... Because I can never figure out where the line is drawn to me its anything before Garth Brooks, but I figure it stops before the 80's or even early 90's I am not sure. Then on top of that I have a hard time with Albums because I always listened to country on the radio or the Jukebox, mostly on the Juke Box maybe a few greatest hits cassettes.

Ummm Anything David Allen Coe.... Big Coe Fan.

If I had to pick an album I guess Nothing Sacred but I pretty much love anything Coe.

I try to catch him every time when he comes through my city.... even though I hate the ****ty venue he plays.

Damn he looks rough... one of the weirdest acts I have seen considering a dude comes out and wipes the sweat off him every 5mins. Hes just getting real old I guess. but he still talks ****... He told a dude last time that he was gonna come down and whoop his ass, I dont know what it was over but Coe was Pissed.

I love the fact that I grew up to this..... My Uncle always played some Coe.
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Presley can do some good Country as well.... I like Danny Okeefes Original is great and Waylon's I just picked Presley
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Hank JR gets alot of Sh*t for doing the Monday Night Football but damn to me most of his work is Classic to me.
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*EDIT DAMN I just realized this was in the Album Review section.. Sorry just never listened to albums to much.
 
Coolness :D I'll make this my last one until a few more albums have been chipped in - wouldn't wanna hijack this thread or anything. I've got the day off tomorrow, so keep an eye peeled for it then eh.
 
Ah, Merle Haggard, there's someone I've heard of but never actually done much about when it comes to getting albums. He's one of those country legenRAB that I haven't got into simply as I don't have a clue where to start with him. I'll be having a look for that one as well then.

Basically, my road to classic country coolness started with Elvis Costello's Almost Blue - an album of c & w covers (he actually does a pretty good version of Haggard's own Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down as well). Took me a while to get into it, but it's led to me discovering some absolute gems down the years.

Anyway, top thread, top reviews. Both of those albums are now on my hitlist, so thanks for that :D
 
Personally, I couldn't recommend the ByrRAB' Sweetheart Of the Rodeo enough to anyone who's yet to get into classic country - it's the first such album that truly clicked with me anyway.

Had a listen to Mama Tried the other day FC - I liked what I heard but I can't find this album anywhere though (as I'd expected), so I got some best of other I found instead.

Looking forward to your next review :)
 
First time I've tried a longer review in quite a while this, so apologies in advance if it's a bit dry, boring or whatever. Anyway...

Bob Dylan
Nashville Skyline
1969
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Girl From the North Country (w/ Johnny Cash)
Nashville Skyline Rag
To Be Alone With You
I Threw It All Away
Peggy Day
Lay Lady Lay
One More Night
Tell Me It Isn't True
Country Pie
Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You

I might just be insane or something, but the experience of listening to the original versions of songs like Mr. Tambourine Man, Blowin' In the Wind, A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall and the Times They Are a-Changin' in their purest, grittiest and most well-loved forms was never really one that appealed to me. I can definitely where the appeal in Bob Dylan's earliest musical output lies and, hell, I do admire the fire those songs have in their bellies. It just plain ain't my thing. Maybe one day though. After all, there was once a time when I used to say that about all of Dylan's material, which was basically two or three years ago. My mind was officially changed about the man the first time a mate of mine played me the Hurricane - a song which brought about my fairly slow exploration of Dylan's back-catalogue. Without going into too much self-indulgent detail, about six months ago I found myself in possession of this here album.

This is an album which is not only, in my eyes at least, among Dylan's very finest but also (and relevantly to this thread) one of the landmark albums in the exposure of a then-fledgling school of musical expression called country rock. It was about a year too late in being released to be called the first country rock album, but it still counts as one more of the most important in its reaching a wider audience. If you want to know exactly how a couple of guys by the names of Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman actually kicked the whole idea into life, check out my sig link. That's where you'll find a nice, long review of the ByrRAB' Sweetheart Of the Rodeo - the album which officially brought country rock to the masses. Nashville Skyline here helped it along, being not only the album that found Dylan trying to distance himself from the media's 'spokesperson of the generation' tag, but also trying to fit in with the current country vibe, that being a move away from the rural folk music celebrated by the said ByrRAB album and towarRAB mainstream pop.

Not to call this album country pop or anything (far from it actually), but there definitely is much more of a leaning towarRAB melody on this album as well as traditional country music and, as with the best of album openers, the revision of Dylan's Girl From the North Country, with the help of his chum Johnny Cash, gives you the perfect taste of the kind of album that lies ahead - laid-back, friendly, melodic and beautifully memorable as well. Unfortunately, this gorgeous little number is the only one of an album's worth of Dylan-Cash duets recorded during the Nashville Skyline Sessions that's officially available. Judging by the below video for Big River, it sounRAB like we're missing out on something pretty damn cool.

Anyway, on to Nashville Skyline Rag, this lovely little instrumental setting the tone for the cute little lovesong To Be Alone With You that follows it in that they both boast lively guitar figures and steel guitar augmentations that firmly stick the more instantly-recognisable country rock tag on both of them. Definitely both a good couple of songs, but not quite on par with the marvellous opener. I Threw It All Away, though, not only manages that but also ascenRAB it, being a thoroughly miserable tune that's reason enough to go through the fuss of getting this album alone. As you might expect from the man, the lyric is pure gold and brought to life by a terrific vocal performance and ghostly organ flourishes that underpin it. Side A is brought to a close by a much more obviously (at least to the uninitiated ear) country-flavoured song by the name of Peggy Day; another song that's simplistic yet memorable and lively enough in its delivery to really have an impact - such is one of the main strengths of this album.

One of the hits from the album, Lay Lady Lay, is another short, fairly simplistic little song with that kinda punch to it (although this time with a bizarre cowbell-bongo-drumkit percussive arrangement) and, like I Threw It All Away and Girl From the North Country, is another of the much more melodic and catchy moments on the album. As good as this album is on the whole, there are two absolute peaks to its impact for me. One of them I've already mentioned, the other is One More Night. Again, it's another very uptempo and catchy part of the album, but one which really uses the new-found croon in Dylan's voice to such a great effect, making it all the more memorable for me. Tell Me That It Isn't True keeps the torch burning as a slower cut that rolls in on the back of a superb acoustic and pedal steel guitar motif and is another wonderful slice of country rock. The playful, 100-odd second ditty Country Pie eases the album to its climax which comes in the shape of Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You - another optimistic, mid-tempo lovesong of the kind that dominates this album and one that, like its bedfellows on the tracklisting, makes no effort to disguise its influences but also does well to expand into and take in pop melodies.

Such is the strength of this gorgeous little album, being one that combines the unmistakeable and totally unique vibe and essence of the country music tradition with catchy pop song structures and melodies, which at the end of the day gives us one of Dylan's most accessible albums. Don't take my word for it though - that's just how it comes across to me (ie some Brit who's going by only what he's read and heard) :p: Whatever the case, this is definitely an album that belongs in any thread about classic country.

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This is a damn fine thread on country music. My favorites are Tammy Wynette, Steve Young, Johnny Cash, Jimmie Rodgers (the Yodeling Brakeman), Steve Earle, Townes Van Zant, George Jones, Hank Williams, Woody Guthrie and Roy Acuff. I don't listen to as much country music as I used to because Nashville has gone pop and country music doesn't sound like country music anymore.
 
Classic Country music is easily one of the most overlooked genres within these boarRAB.

I'm certain this thread will be a wonderful edition to the site, I always loved the complete lack of expression on the faces of classic country artists like Haggard, Conway Twitty or George Jones.

I spent a lot of time listening to Country Music in the early ninties and still have a little affection left for it.
 
Oh really, I had never heard of Gene Clark before but I'll look into it, thanks.



I see what you mean, Jackhammer. Well, I will try to do my best to get you into some of these old classic country boys so you can spread the good word around Britain for me! I hope I havent scared you off with Johnny Paycheck though! haha. I recognize the first three on your list, though, honestly, I'm not crazy about them. Still need to look into the others, you have me very curious about them.




Feel free to do a review over the ByrRAB' Sweetheart of the Rodeo if you want to. I absolutly love the ByrRAB, but actually much more familiar with their hippie-er albums. Thanks for mentioning it because after I get off here, I'm gonna go check it out.



hahaha! I know! Boy they aren't the easiest to look at either. Especially George Jones. Did you know he had the nickname "possum"? I heard on the news the other day that Conway Twitty broke his hip when he was performing on stage in Branson. I didn't even know the poor guy was still alive. But anyway, glad to hear you have an interest in this type of music. I've been racking my brain as to which album I'm going to review next.
 
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