Topic: Country and Western music thread: recommendations welcome

[Baby Huey]

Legends of music...any genre. Massively important and massively influential.



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[Baby Huey]

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[Baby Huey]

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[Baby Huey]

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[Baby Huey]

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[Baby Huey]

This is how it's meant to sound, not upbeat and happy.




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[Baby Huey]

Listen closely to the lyrics.



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[elbow]

Ween and The Shit Creek Boys!

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Don't recall where I heard this, but it's gorgeous.

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Deffo heard this on an Andrew Weatherall mix. Hurtin', hurtin' and more hurtin'!

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[Baby Huey]

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[Baby Huey]

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[Baby Huey]

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[Baby Huey]

That song is heartbreaking.


Hear that lonesome whippoorwill
He sounds too blue to fly
The midnight train is whining low
I'm so lonesome I could cry

I've never seen a night so long
When time goes crawling by
The moon just went behind the clouds
To hide its face and cry

Did you ever see a robin weep
When leaves began to die?
Like me, he's lost the will to live
I'm so lonesome I could cry

The silence of a falling star
Lights up a purple sky
And as I wonder where you are
I'm so lonesome I could cry

[Baby Huey]

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[Baby Huey]

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[Baby Huey]

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[kavah]

^  The king, so popular in Liverpool in the 70s and early 80s

 

[Baby Huey]

^  The king, so popular in Liverpool in the 70s and early 80s

Loved like Prine. A Scouse phenomena, young lads and girls digging Country, and starting a fashion sense that's still relevant today.

[Baby Huey]

This could easily fit into Blues, Country or rock...probably the definition of Americana.




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[Black Bull Nova]

I'm not the greatest fan of 'Country and Western' but find the love of it and the culture around it fascinating.


I do love what is called Americana but then most of it is just American music that's not too influenced by British music, that said it contains within it some music which is often termed 'Alt-Country', here's a few of my favourites.



Far Far Away-Wilco


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Tired of Taking It Out On You-Wilco


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Static On The Radio-Jim White


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The Wound That Never Heals-Jim White

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Out Of Touch-Lucinda Williams

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Season To Leave-The Guthries

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The Devil's Paintbrush Road-The Wailin Jennys

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