Posted on 01/14/2018 9:41:37 PM PST by nickcarraway
So one could also state it like this;
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Once in a while I’ll try to listen to modern rock music and I can understand why country got popular as an alternative.
"Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll or rock 'n' roll) is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, from African American musical styles such as gospel, jump blues, jazz, boogie woogie, and rhythm and blues, along with country music."
I've never really put much stock in that sort of conventional wisdom that overstates the black roots of rock'n'roll, and only mentions country as an afterthought.
The mainstream pop rock'n'roll that became a teen-centric phenomenon in the 50s evolved most directly from rockabilly, which was really just up-tempo country with electric guitars.
Check out Junior Brown, then.
Heartening to meet others like me who were in Travis Tritt’s camp concerning his comments about that song, lol.
You beat me to it.
I love “the ride” by DAC.
Back in the late 1980s as a suburban high school student, it was ones like the Desert Rose Band, Traveling Wilburys (I know, not exactly country), Eddie Rabbitt, Rodney Crowell, and Keith Whitley that got me hooked big time as I worked as a moving truck driver’s helper at the time.
What I also quite fondly remember from that time was the women artists of the time, as I especially liked Sweethearts of the Rodeo, Reba McEntire, Tanya Tucker, The Judds, KT Oslin, Holly Dunn, Lacy J Dalton, Roseanne Cash, Dolly Parton, Lorrie Morgan, and others.
From about 2002 to 2012 or so, I listed to country a lot. Then the bro-country thing got going and I got sick of hear the same song about pickup trucks, drinking and girls on the tailgate.
Too many newer artists and writers are stuck in the same loop.
I miss Bob Wills...
Frey isn't too political these days.
He can still vote Democrat.
There are several retro 70’s rock stations near me. I much prefer the older stuff.
Can’t stand much of modern music. Yea, I’m an old guy but my tastes have always been rather eclectic. I just don’t like the whiny sensitive male artists singing about their hurt feelings.
Brits commenting on country music - grrrr. And they think the Benny Hill theme song is a country classic - or something.
Teardrop Valley-The Lonesome Drifter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EzLcBWbqaY
The Race is On-George Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IKBAyxULAo
Mama Tried-Ben Haggard (covers his dad’s song)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T5OnZL2Jxg
High on a Hilltop-Merle Haggard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ8mCO4407I
Let’s Rock Tonight-Jimmy Grubbs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tv1sdzygdk
High Class Feeling-Lee Finn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNOzXTfDGp8
Rock It-George “Thumper” Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac1VRXyfTDo
One Hand Loose-Charlie Feathers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLhGR13MRDY
Isn’t zydeco Cajun? I’ve never gotten to understand the variations of southern music. I do know it was all beautiful and soulful up until cross-over. The kind Sean Hannity plays. He doesn’t like the old country of Merle and Johnny. Can you imagine?
Monkey zoo trick
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