first country song you ever heard
Sean Brickell
for me it was hank doing "i'm so lonesome i could die."
always amazes me that most people can't remember their first favorite
c&w song.
Cheryl Cline
: just interested, can you remember the first country song you ever heard?
: for me it was hank doing "i'm so lonesome i could die."
: always amazes me that most people can't remember their first favorite
: c&w song.
Can't remember? Well, by cracky, let me jes put on my hearing aids...
The first song I remember hearing was "The Wabash Cannonball." But the
first one that became my *favorite* (and is still a favorite today) was
George Jones' "The Race Is On." It was a hit, I was about ten at the
time, and it was when I first noticed and admired the country tendency
for extended -- stretched, even -- metaphors and plays-on-words. Hmmm,
the song also brings to mind my Uncle Johnny & Aunt Susie's house, where
I must have heard it on the radio -- their house was full of the Big
Daddy Roth monster/car models Uncle Johnny collected & built.
Good lord, next I'll be waxing nostalgic about how we kids liked to play
the Beatles' "Mr. Moonlight" at 16rpm.
--Cheryl Cline
c...@netcom.com
Bill Lewis
When I was in high school we build an AM radio in one of the shop
classes. After finishing the project and bringing it home, I would lay in
my bed at night and listen to it. The strongest signal that this tiny
radio could receive was a country station, oh no! For a mid-seventies
rock-n-rollin boy this was pretty boring, but hey, I was listening to a
radio that I had build. Then a song was played that kinda sounded pretty
cool. The next thing I know, I would listen in every night just to hear
this one song before going to sleep. I really enjoyed it! It would take
yet another eight years and a marriage to a country music fan before I
became a fan myself.
A couple of days ago I heard that song again and it brought this
back to mind, and I still love to hear it. The song is, A Rhinestone
Cowboy by Glen Campbell. It may not be the first country song that I've
heard, but it stands out as the first country song that I liked and there
have been many, many more since.
--
Bill Lewis
ble...@po-1.aea9.k12.ia.us
John P. Asendorf
>
>> just interested, can you remember the first country song you ever heard?
>> for me it was hank doing "i'm so lonesome i could die."
>>
>> always amazes me that most people can't remember their first favorite
>> c&w song.
When I was in high school, I was one heck of a saxophonist . . . (still am
but anyway). I was in this All-Ohio Jazz Band for a Music Educators
Convention. There was this girl trombonist who I kind of hung out with
but didn't really know. Well, she called me up out of the blue about two
weeks later and asked me to go to a fundraiser at the American Legion. I
said yes, I was only a sophomore and was a senior . . . how could I not?
Well, when she picked me up, (I couldn't drive yet . . . ) she popped in a
tape and played Charlie Daniels' "Devil Went Down To Georgia" and it blew
my mind. I had never really listened to country before. I was a jazz
fan. Well, that changed my life. And here I am. A two-steppin fool with
a cheatin heart . . . :)
Laura, if you're out there, thanks.
John
Cynthia L Mosher
I can remember my first fav, but that's probably because it was the only c&w
song that I listened to for a long time, since I lived in a very preppy area
of Conn....and was on of the preppy rug rats.....or should I say brat pack.
But my fav was Rocky Top, Roy Clark's version of it, my parent's had a tape
that I ferreted away. they never saw it again. Then they wonder how I
wound up in Iowa. I'd say country is born in you, you don't just "go
country". What does everyone else think about that one?
--
Cynthia L Mosher
cyn...@iastate.edu
Todd Thuss
well, out of it by today's standards, but the imagery gave me chills
at the time. Compared to Duran Duran and Def Leppard....there was just
so much more emotion, power, and feeling in that one song. I converted
on the spot.
Jon Weisberger
writes:
>Waterlooo Waterloooooo
>Where will youuuu meet your Waterloooooo
>Every puppy has his day
>Every body's got to pay
>Every body has to meet their Waterloo.
>
>I'll bet its been 15 or 20 years since I've heard that
>song, and I sure would like to hear it again. Does
>any one know the rest of the words?
Not offhand, but the song, together with other fabulous Stonewall
Jackson tunes, is available on Stonewall's CD in Columbia's "American
Originals" series - CK 45070. It includes his (original) recordings of
"Smoke Along The Track," "Don't Be Angry," and a definite candidate for
the Saddest Song title, "A Wound Time Can't Erase."
--
Jon Weisberger, Cincinnati (jo...@tso.uc.edu or
jo...@ix.netcom.com)
Hallfame3
If you consider Rockabilly part of country (and I do) then it is "All My
Friends are Boppin the Blues" by Carl Perkins.
John V. Smith
Well, I'm not sure if this was the first one I ever
heard. But I know it's the first one I can remember
hearing. It was a song called "Waterloo" and I think
it was by a guy calling himself Stonewall Jackson.
Waterlooo Waterloooooo
Where will youuuu meet your Waterloooooo
Every puppy has his day
Every body's got to pay
Every body has to meet their Waterloo.
I'll bet its been 15 or 20 years since I've heard that
song, and I sure would like to hear it again. Does
any one know the rest of the words?
--- John V. Smith
Bob Marshall
> just interested, can you remember the first country song you ever heard?
The first one I remember hearing was Buck Owens singing "Tiger By The Tail".
I couldn't believe that anyone would *seriously* listen to that kind of
stuff. Of course, I've since learned better.
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Cyronwode
>In article <3j075m$i...@lucy.infi.net>, bric...@infi.net (Sean Brickell)
writes:
>> just interested, can you remember the first country song you ever
heard?
>The first one I remember hearing was Buck Owens singing "Tiger By The
Tail".
>I couldn't believe that anyone would *seriously* listen to that kind of
>stuff. Of course, I've since learned better.
Geez, i remember when that one came out -- i was BLOWN AWAY!!! They played
it on a rock'n'roll station (KEWB in Oakland, California) and the dj said
he was from Bakersfield and i just about went crazy! I bought every 45 rpm
record i could find by Buck Owens. His voice amazed me!
catherine yronwode
cyro...@aol.com
Benjamin Johnson
Closed Doors" album. Boy, was he a giant! He was probably one of the
most talented singers in the last 30 years. Of course, now we've got
Garth ... :)
Ben Johnson
Eric Amstad
was Glen Campbell's 'Rhinestone Cowboy'. It was
my favorite song as a youngster. I was about six
years old then- 1976. My Dad had the song on his
jukebox. I wore out that old 45!
I'd sure love to hear it again!
Benjamin Johnson
BEAUVALLET
Cathy's Clown by the Everlys
Running Bear by Johnny Preston
Finger Poppin' Time by Hank Ballard & the Midnighters
Jesus Loves Me
June Ellis
>heard?
It's probably more folkie than hard country, but when I was a little
bitty kid "Cotton Fields" was my absolute favorite song. I can remember
being maybe 4 or 5 years old and listening to the radio all afternoon
just to hear that record.
Larry Eby
Tennesse Ernie Ford for me....
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Sally R. Compton
jmc...@vaxe.isc.rit.edu wrote:
>
>
> >In article <3j075m$i...@lucy.infi.net>, bric...@infi.net (Sean Brickell) writes:
> >> just interested, can you remember the first country song you ever heard?
>
>
> I have been thinking about this thread for a few days now, and then
> our morning DJ decided to get sappy and he played a song that fit the
> bill.
>
> Charlie Rich's -- A Very Special Love Song (Title may be off a bit)
> I hadn't heard that one in years!
>
>
> Jeannie
I too have been thinking about this for a couple days.
My mother was into Tammy Waynette, Loretta Lynn and Patsy Cline so I grew
up idolizing them (any Tammy and Loretta's hair) but the song that sticks
in my mind most was Buck Owens's "The Carrol County Accident". I remember
hearing it on the radio and my cousin would come over and play his guitar
and sing it to us. Gives me chills just thinking about it. Anyone
remember it??
tb...@inforamp.net
to tell about it though. I loved the song so much that my
parents decided to get me the album. You first have to
understand that they were both functionally illiterate.
So..they ordered it from Columbia House (we lived in a small
town with no record store). Well they wrapped it and put it
under the Christmas Tree. On Christmas day I looked at the
package all excited..having a feeling it the album by Tanya
that I wanted so badly. I ripped it open only to discover it
was Honky Chateau by ELTON JOHN and not Delta Dawn (get the
picture?). Well, I was disappointed but I didnt have the heart
to tell them they made a mistake, so I did the right thing and
played it. In fact, I grew to love that album very much, it was
the thought that counted.
Traci
cyro...@aol.com (Cyronwode) wrote:
>
>Sean Brickell (bric...@infi.net) wrote: : just
>interested, can you remember the first country song you
>ever heard?
>
>Hmm...it was a 78 rpm record that we found in a house
>we moved into of Al Dexter doing "Pistol Packing
>Mama."This was long after the song was popular (i'm
>not that old) but i didn't know that. I really liked
>this and got to keep it and i still have it! Then, on
>the radio i heard some pop-country stuff like Les Paul
>and Mary Ford doing "Mocking Bird Hill" and Tennessee
>Ernie Ford doing "16 Tons" and then...and then...and
>then i got some little kids' picture-disks of cowboy
>songs...and then i asked my mother to buy me an album
>of square dance calls because i liked the art on the
>cover, and by then i could go over to a neighbor's
>house and watch the Spade Cooley Show and that was
>that.
>
>catherine
Ted Samsel
: just interested, can you remember the first country song you ever heard?
: for me it was hank doing "i'm so lonesome i could die."
: always amazes me that most people can't remember their first favorite
: c&w song.
Prolly ROLYPOLY by Bob Wills 1949-1950......
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"driving a Hudson Hornet on the information superhighway"
jmc...@vaxe.isc.rit.edu
>In article <3j075m$i...@lucy.infi.net>, bric...@infi.net (Sean Brickell) writes:
>> just interested, can you remember the first country song you ever heard?
Debbie Sterner
> In article <3j075m$i...@lucy.infi.net>, bric...@infi.net (Sean
> Brickell) writes:
>
> just interested, can you remember the first country song you ever heard?
Well. . ., just like a lot of other folks who have posted to this thread,
I have been thinkin' and scratchin' my head over this one. Recalling the
first actual country song that I can honestly remember hearing conjures
up all sorts of memories for me of the old kitchen, with mom at the sink
doing the breakfast dishes, while that old pink plastic mono radio sitting
atop the painted Frigidaire, (with the door that wouldn't ever stay
closed on the first slam), was filling the house with the sound of Patsy
Cline's "Crazy".
A few others that take me "way back" are "The End Of The World" by
Skeeter Davis, (that *was* country wasn't it?), and one that someone else
had mentioned in a previous post, "Running Bear". Geez, now a whole
flood of "Golden Oldies" are pouring back in memory! Suddenly, I feel an
urge to pull out the childhood family albums. *sniffle*
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Wynonna
Jon Weisberger
Compton) writes:
>...but the song that sticks in my mind most was Buck Owens's "The
>Carrol County Accident".
Er, wasn't that Porter Wagoner?
Jon Weisberger
>The first pure, full-on country song that grabbed me by the throat
>was "Love on a Hot Afternoon" (who did that, anyhow?)
That was the fabulous Gene Watson, another great talent who's gotten
drowned by the HNC boom.
John V. Smith
|> I too have been thinking about this for a couple days.
|>
|> My mother was into Tammy Waynette, Loretta Lynn and Patsy Cline so I grew
|> up idolizing them (any Tammy and Loretta's hair) but the song that sticks
|> in my mind most was Buck Owens's "The Carrol County Accident". I remember
|> hearing it on the radio and my cousin would come over and play his guitar
|> and sing it to us. Gives me chills just thinking about it. Anyone
|> remember it??
I don't mean to question your memory, but wasn't
"The Carrol County Accident" done by Porter Wagner?
At least he had the hit I think.
--- John V. Smith
John Thompson
: I can remember my first fav, but that's probably because it was the only c&w
Maybe the full fledged country is born inside of someone, but HNC is
mostly "Going Country." Not that anything is wrong with it, but the
parrellels to the pop sound that has been pushed out by R&B has caused
some to seek refuge in the sound of new country!! :^)
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Pamela Hendrickson
>just interested, can you remember the first country song you ever heard?
>
>always amazes me that most people can't remember their first favorite
>c&w song.
I guess it would have to be "Folson Prison Blues".
I hear the train comin'....
or
Jackson
My parents loves Johnny and June
Chris Kempton
>
> > just interested, can you remember the first country song you ever heard?
> > for me it was hank doing "i'm so lonesome i could die."
> >
> > always amazes me that most people can't remember their first favorite
> > c&w song.
I heard all the early 80's shlock while growing up (Kenny Rogers,
the Mandrells, et. al.) and wasn't impressed. However, when Randy Travis
released Storms of Life and I heard "On the Other Hand", pop music was
over.
Psychic Amazon
I guess it was Sixteen Tons. It is also one of the first 3 songs
I ever taught my kids. Interesting that the Cactus Brothers do it
just like I would if I could sing.
lizzy
l...@mott.sensor.com
Mike Frost
Cash's "A Boy Named Sue"; Tom T. Hall's "Week in a Little Country Jail"
and Charley Pride's "I Wonder Could I Live There Anymore." I don't which
came first, but those three were the first country songs I remember......
Greg Vaughn
Amstad) wrote:
We must be right about the same age. I do believe that is the earliest
song I can remember. I remember singing along with it in the car. Looking
back it was probably annoying to my parents, but I sure was having a ball!
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Mike Frost
>was "Love on a Hot Afternoon" (who did that, anyhow?)
Gene Watson. I think it was about 1976.
BTW, this is a great thread. I've really enjoyed reading all these
answers. Kudos to the person who came up with the question.....
Cheryl Cline
: Not offhand, but the song, together with other fabulous Stonewall
: Jackson tunes, is available on Stonewall's CD in Columbia's "American
: Originals" series - CK 45070. It includes his (original) recordings of
: "Smoke Along The Track," "Don't Be Angry," and a definite candidate for
: the Saddest Song title, "A Wound Time Can't Erase."
I second that, and third it! I don't have it myself, but one of my all
time favorite albums is THE DYNAMIC STONEWALL JACKSON. I like Yoakam's
version of "Smoke Along the Track" okay, but Jackson's is *wonderful*.
--Cheryl Cline
c...@netcom.com
JLizKenn
well was called, "If You Can Stand Your Conscience,
I Can Stand My Pride."
Jan Ekeland
>just interested, can you remember the first country song you ever heard?
>for me it was hank doing "i'm so lonesome i could die."
>always amazes me that most people can't remember their first favorite
>c&w song.
Must have been one of my first, too - at least it was on my first LP -
if I'm remembering right. But I think the tittle was 'I'm so lonesome
I could cry'...(?) Don't have it anymore. Wasn't Hank who did my version, it
was Johnny Tillitson. Guess we're talking about the same song. What ever
happened to Johnny Tillitson?
Thinking back, I must have heard Johnny Cash before that... 'I walk the
line' - and another of his who hit me at that time - 'Give my love to Rose'.
God, its almost 40 years ago... Sigh...:-)
Jan.
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Theodore A. Kaldis
> I was in elementary school, maybe sixth grade, and I heard on the
> radio "Flowers on the Wall" by the Statler Brothers. It must've
> been a crossover hit,
It was. It got a lot of airplay on top-40 stations at the time --
roughly the same era that Simon and Garfunkel did _Sounds_of_Silence_
and the Mamas & Papas did _California_Dreamin'_.
> since my folks didn't listen to that country junk
Watch it! Some of us happen to like that "country junk".
> (times have changed. I now make tapes for my dad to listen to in the
> evening, and he just loves Tanya Tucker, George Jones, and Johnny
> Cash).
> I got into country, though, through country rock like Pure Prarie
> League, New Riders of the Purple Sage, and Ozark Mountain Daredevils.
> The first pure, full-on country song that grabbed me by the throat
> was "Love on a Hot Afternoon" (who did that, anyhow?)
Gene Watson, circa 1981.
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Cheryl Cline
: I hate to be a snob about who can and can't listen to certain types of
: music, but I have to agree somewhat. As Hank himself said "You have to have
: smelled a little mule manure to sing like a hillbilly." No matter how much
: you listen to country or many pairs of boots you got, if you were raised
: in American suburbia, I don't understand why you pretend to identify with
: country music. Please respond.
Well, I don't know about the rest of the U.S., but country music came to
the California suburbs, where I grew up, along with the folks what brung
it, if you know what I mean. (Can you say the word "Okie"?)
Lest when I say "California suburb" you start thinking pink stucco split
levels with acres of lawn and & stuff, I grew up in the more, ah,
downscale part of town. Barrerases to the right of us, Contrerases to the
left of us, immigrants from Wyoming across the street (and man, that
woman could *sing*). My dad was a truck driver. Loved Patsy Cline, Red
Sovine and Lawrence Welk, in no particular order. The fights we had over
"Okie From Muskogee" when I was a fourteen year-old hippie wannabe! (My
mom had a crush on Haggard, too!)
Besides the fact that it was all around me when I was a kid, I latched
onto country because the songs were about things I knew, sung by people
who sounded like us. Later of course, I came to experience "twang," in
the form of steel guitar, fiddles, and banjos, as one of God's gifts to the
human ear.
Back to the original question, I forgot "16 Tons." By ol' Rockin' Ern'.
I can't remember a time when I didn't know that song... Also, I was thinking
(as most of us here are) about records, but I'm sure I heard my mother
singing "Git Along Little Dogies" or "Oh Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie"
or others that will surface as I mull this over, even before I sat
entranced in the front seat of the big old Dodge, wondering how the little
men got inside the radio.
--Cheryl Cline
c...@netcom.com
Lisa M. Carroll
>
>just interested, can you remember the first country song you ever heard?
>for me it was hank doing "i'm so lonesome i could die."
>
>always amazes me that most people can't remember their first favorite
>c&w song.
Johnny Cash's "How High is the Water?" (not sure if that is the
exact title or not... but that's the gist of the song.)
My mom and I used to sing this song together in the car... as it
played on the trusty *8-track* player! In fact, the Johnny Cash
Greatest Hits tape was in the 8-track player when it was stolen
from our car out on our own driveway. That didn't daunt us... we
went and got another one!
Gosh, this brought back memories... I'm going to go look for that
tape and play it when I get off the computer. And don't laugh...
yes, our 8-track player on our OLD stereo STILL works!
This one's for you, Mom!
-- Lisa
Larry Hale
in my Beer"
Mark Entwistle
hog...@umich.edu "hogboy" writes:
> I hate to be a snob about who can and can't listen to certain types of
> music, but I have to agree somewhat. As Hank himself said "You have to have
> smelled a little mule manure to sing like a hillbilly." No matter how much
> you listen to country or many pairs of boots you got, if you were raised
> in American suburbia, I don't understand why you pretend to identify with
> country music. Please respond.
How about English suburbia? I identify with it because I like it. Hank was
talking about singing, not listening.
If you hate to be a snob, then don't be one.
Mark Entwistle
(Absolutely no relation to any famous bass players)
kilb...@maroon.tc.umn.edu
hogboy
>
>
> I can remember my first fav, but that's probably because it was the only c&w
> song that I listened to for a long time, since I lived in a very preppy area
> of Conn....and was on of the preppy rug rats.....or should I say brat pack.
> But my fav was Rocky Top, Roy Clark's version of it, my parent's had a tape
> that I ferreted away. they never saw it again. Then they wonder how I
> wound up in Iowa. I'd say country is born in you, you don't just "go
> country". What does everyone else think about that one?
> --
music, but I have to agree somewhat. As Hank himself said "You have to have
smelled a little mule manure to sing like a hillbilly." No matter how much
you listen to country or many pairs of boots you got, if you were raised
in American suburbia, I don't understand why you pretend to identify with
country music. Please respond.
--hogboy
kjoj...@imap1.asu.edu
On Thu, 2 Mar 1995, Greg Vaughn wrote:
> In article <3j3sh2$b...@gaia.ucs.orst.edu>, ams...@rami.FSL.ORST.EDU (Eric
> Amstad) wrote:
>
> >The first country song I ever remember hearing
> >was Glen Campbell's 'Rhinestone Cowboy'. It was
> >my favorite song as a youngster. I was about six
> >years old then- 1976. My Dad had the song on his
> >jukebox. I wore out that old 45!
> >
> We must be right about the same age. I do believe that is the earliest
> song I can remember. I remember singing along with it in the car. Looking
> back it was probably annoying to my parents, but I sure was having a ball!
>
Gosh, it must be prevalent with parents in our age group. Mom was so sick
of me playing Glen Campbell's albumn that she hid it. I wish I could get
a copy of the albulm on a cd (it's the one with a picture of a seascape
and two people walking hand in hand). Sure would love to play that again
non-stop, over and over. Thank goodness mom tolerated Tom T. Hall's
"Sneaky Snake" a little bit better.
kathy
Clisby Williams
|> just interested, can you remember the first country song you ever heard?
|> for me it was hank doing "i'm so lonesome i could die."
|>
|> always amazes me that most people can't remember their first favorite
|> c&w song.
The first I remember was Your Cheatin' Heart. My first favorite
was El Paso.
Clisby
sysop...@frontporch.com
I guess the first country songs I heard would be Good Clean Fun and Oklahoma
Backroom Dancer by The Monkees ( more precisely, Michael Nesmith)
from the "Present" album from '69.
Actually, most of what Nesmith did with The Monkees can be called country.
He was doing Country-Rock long before any of the others.
sysop...@frontporch.com
Steve Carnes
Denver Colorado, and I heard the Statler Brothers "Countin' Flowers",
or whatever it's called.
Smokin' cigarettes and watchin' Captain Kangaroo
now don't tell me, I've nuthin' to doooo.
Sure didn't know it at the time, but that's a fersher country song.
Trevor R Loy - MD6
that I had heard lots via my parents but didn't profess to like
country.
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Keith Marzullo
> just interested, can you remember the first country song you ever heard?
Oh, definitely. I was in elementary school, maybe sixth grade, and
I heard on the radio "Flowers on the Wall" by the Statler Brothers.
It must've been a crossover hit, since my folks didn't listen to that
country junk (times have changed. I now make tapes for my dad to
listen to in the evening, and he just loves Tanya Tucker, George
Jones, and Johnny Cash).
I got into country, though, through country rock like Pure Prarie
League, New Riders of the Purple Sage, and Ozark Mountain Daredevils.
The first pure, full-on country song that grabbed me by the throat
was "Love on a Hot Afternoon" (who did that, anyhow?)
- k
Jeff Aylor
thinking to myself "thats the first country song I ever heard," but now
its Sunday and I can't remember for the life of me what it was.
The first one besides the mystery title was Tennessee River by Alabama,
but the mystery title was older. TR is still one of my favorite songs of
all time :) Its the first one I remember knowing the words to.
Great question, btw.
C-ya,
Jeff
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"The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance"
Michael l Hudgens
Great question, I remember being in 2 grade and dad taking me to school in
his truck. he had hank williams sr Blaring <im so lonesome i could cry> i
begged him Dad please turn it off when we get to the school , Dad he just
turned it louder. I cant wait to do it to my son.
Michael LeShane Hudgens
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Can someone Throw Bill and Hillary a Rope
They are going Under <<<GRIN>>>
Paul J. Erwin
The family about wore out the 8-track of his greatest hits on family
trips. A close second would have to be a version of "Shilo" by The New
Christy Minstrels (I know they are more folk oriented but its a kickin'
Civil War tune!), or anything on Hee Haw as the family was also loyal
watchers!
Paul
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> Sean Brickell (bric...@infi.net) wrote:
> : just interested, can you remember the first country song you ever heard?
> : for me it was hank doing "i'm so lonesome i could die."
Jan Vansyckel
heard?
The first country song/songs that I ever heard.... and liked <grin> was
Georgia on my mind and Blue Sky's sung by Willie Nelson back in 1980 in a
little bar in Estes Park Colorado. <sigh> sure does bring back fond
memories.
-Jan MV - MGL...@prodigy.com
"The hardest to learn is the least complicated" - ES
Freedom Spirit Rising
This is a tough one. I can remember Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your
Man". Also, my Mom was a die-hard Patsy Cline fan, as I am also, and I
think I heard "Crazy", and "I Fall to Pieces" at least a jillion times
before I was knee-high to a grasshopper! :). BTW, my Mom can sing Patsy
Cline just like the Great woman herself. Too bad she never did anything
with that beautiful voice! (My Mom, that is...).
Thanks!
Freedom
P/S Hi, garry b!
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"...in the absence of love, there's nothing worth fighting for."
Elijah Wood, (13 years old), when speaking of the message of the movie
he is in, "The War"
Greg Vaughn
kjoj...@imap1.asu.edu wrote:
>Thank goodness mom tolerated Tom T. Hall's
>"Sneaky Snake" a little bit better.
Shoot, my mom sang that one with me! <G>
John V. Smith
First off, I remember that lyric. But what was the name
of the song, and who did it? Thinking about this lyric
made me think about another one for some reason. Does
any one remember a song that went:
Should I come home
or should I go crazy
I'm begging you please
make up your mind
For some reason I'm thinking this was an old Gene Watson
song, but I want to know for sure. Information Please.
By the way, I'm starting to think that that firs lyric
is from a Bill Anderson song. But that lyric would be
"If You Can Stand Your Conscience, I'll Swallow My Pride".
Right now I'm suffering from old lyric overload.
--- John V. Smith
kni...@ksu.edu
replies, most of you don't go back all that far!
I have no idea what the first country song I heard was, since I undoubtedly
heard it while I was an infant. It was probably Hank Sr. (the only True
Hank), or the Carter Family, or Patsy Cline, but who knows. The first
country song that I can reliably remember hearing is "Ring of Fire," written
by June Carter and performed by Johnny Cash.
David Hagan
In article 3...@romulus.rutgers.edu, kal...@romulus.rutgers.edu (Theodore A. Kaldis) writes:
>In article <80...@sdcc12.ucsd.edu>, marz...@cs.ucsd.edu (Keith Marzullo) writes:
{snip}
>> The first pure, full-on country song that grabbed me by the throat
>> was "Love on a Hot Afternoon" (who did that, anyhow?)
>
>Gene Watson, circa 1981.
According to the leaf from one of his Greatest Hits CDs, "Love In the Hot Afternoon",
Gene Watson's first big hit, was released in 1975.
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David I. Laudicina
was Ballad Of Easy Rider, SweetHeart of The Rodeo, Byrds and Gilded Palace of
Sin, Burritos. From then I was off an flying. It took me a few years to really
start appreciating George Jones, Wilburn Bros, Buck and Merle but I did get
there and have enjoyed many types of country for years.
Thx Dave L
E. Freeman
Roads. I didn't really start listening to country until the mid
eighties and the first 2 songs which got me hooked were
Smalltown Girl by Steve Wariner and When We Make Love by Alabama.
PaUL
Karen Murphy
>
> > Sean Brickell (bric...@infi.net) wrote:
> > : just interested, can you remember the first country song you ever heard?
> > : for me it was hank doing "i'm so lonesome i could die."
> >
> > : always amazes me that most people can't remember their first favorite
> > : c&w song.
Tiny Blue Transister Radio.
Bob Paczynski
>>heard?
No, not exactly, but it'd have to be something I heard my Daddy play
in the early '60's. I never hated country, but grew up listening to
hard rock. I do remember, however, hearing "I Fell In Love Again Last
Night" by the Forrester Sisters in 1985 (while on my honeymoon) and
shortly thereafter I was a Country convert. I *certainly* was a
Country fan by 1987 when I started listening to Keith Whitley and
going to country concerts regularly. Come to think of it, Poppa did
drag me to a Johhny Cash concert circa 1976. Hmmm.
--BP
Lynda_Peterson@novell.com Lynda Peterson
"Ruby (Don't Take Your Love to Town)"
How's that?
Kerry Dexter
Midnight".
about that comment that you can't appreciate country music if you've
grown up in suburbia-I wonder why controversies like this arise. I
have heard that you can't appreciate blues if you are not an American
Black, and that you can't appreciate classical music unless you're over
fifty, and that you can't appreciate jazz unless you do drugs. I don't
think so, and I wonder about the exclusionary and defensive nature of
such ideas. Seems to me there is part of music that touches the soul
or the emotions if you prefer, and that's not defined by any of the
situations above.
(ready for the flames...)
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kerry dexter
Marvy47
Playboys. He was a favorite of my mother. Also, 'Roly Poly' (Bob
Wills), 'Cincinnati Dancing Pig' (Red Foley), and 'Honky Tonk Angels'
(Kitty Wells). We also had a copy of 'Don't Fence Me In' by Bing Crosby,
which although it's written by Cole Porter, IMHO, I consider one of the
best five country songs of all time!
As far as needing mule manure on your boots to be a bonafied country fan,
in my experience, it's just not so. My parents moved to California from
the rural South (Mississippi and Arkansas) over 50 years ago. They
brought their love of music with them -- country for my mother and big
band music for my father. I like both forms and avidly collect them as
well as classical. I didn't need to live in the '20's, '30's or '40's for
the big band music or live on a farm or ranch all my life to LOVE country!