===== Original Message From Parry Gettelman <parry@macconnect.com> ===== In addition to already cited legends such as Merle Haggard, Bob Wills and George Jones, I'm partial to Hank Penny and Hank Snow, Snow being the versatile Canadian, and Penny being a Western Swing bandleader (Speedy West and Boudleaux Bryant are among the notables to pass through his bands) w/ a penchant for funny tunes (his "Rabbits Don't Ever Get Married" is a favorite of mine
this is really what i'm talking about; that humour, those lyrics that the Lucky Stars present are basically half the reason why i enjoy them as much as i do. quotes like "...you don't know jack" and "i like 'em all shapes and sizes, as long as there's no big suprises, chances are you'll fit me to the bill.." "you told me to wait outside, then seven coctails later, honey, look what the cat dragged in..." stuff like that is cracking me up every time. i forgot to mention in my post that i am indeed familiar with Merle Haggard. my problem with the guy is, he's a tough nut to collect cuz he's released TONS of stuff. hard to know where to start with him. i WILL look into that 4CD set though... take care, and thanks for all the recommendations! kevin.
on 7/8/03 3:57 AM, kevin.by at kevin.by@selby.no wrote:
i forgot to mention in my post that i am indeed familiar with Merle Haggard. my problem with the guy is, he's a tough nut to collect cuz he's released TONS of stuff. hard to know where to start with him. i WILL look into that 4CD set though...
It's impossible to find a bad Hag album, but the 4 disc set is definitely the way to start. sh
Kevin/Skip et. al. I hate to disagree with Skip, but while it may be "impossible to find a bad Hag album", he's certainly made many that aren't as good as others. AS a rule of thumb, I'd start with the Capitol releases -- Okie From Muskogee being a particular favorite -- then go to the MCA material and finally the stuff on CBS/Sony. Ken Waxman --- skip Heller <velaires@earthlink.net> wrote: > on 7/8/03 3:57 AM, kevin.by at kevin.by@selby.no
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i forgot to mention in my post that i am indeed familiar with Merle Haggard. my problem with the guy is, he's a tough nut to collect cuz he's released TONS of stuff. hard to know where to start with him. i WILL look into that 4CD set though...
It's impossible to find a bad Hag album, but the 4 disc set is definitely the way to start.
sh
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on 7/8/03 12:39 PM, Ken Waxman at mingusaum@yahoo.ca wrote:
Kevin/Skip et. al.
I hate to disagree with Skip, but while it may be "impossible to find a bad Hag album", he's certainly made many that aren't as good as others.
Some are better than others, but he's never made a bad one. Best single LP starter -- BACK TO THE BARROOMS, which is on MCA, or GOIN' WHERE THE LONELY GO on Epic. sh (who owns about 40 Hag albums in vinyl, and a host more on disc. And is still collecting 'em)
Hey everyone, I'm a newbie to the group, though I have been lurking for a period of time. I would like to throw in my .02 for some late 60's up to mid-70's era country that I enjoy. Some of it can even be somewhat funky. Artists that I really dig are: Jerry Reed (my childhood idol) Dick Curless Waylon Jennings Lee Hazlewood Tom T. Hall Mickey Newburry Glen Campbell (I kid you not!) Jeannie C. Riley Red Simpson (if anyone want particular recommendations, I can do that) As an aside, it's very important that everyone here listen to Porter Wagoner's "Rubber Room". It is by far the strangest and most avant-garde country side ever recorded. For 70's folk music, is there a more perfect album than Arlo Guthrie's "Hobo's Lullaby"? Not in my universe. Thanks for your time, John Martin
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