I P Knightley Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Thanks to all for suggestions on cover versions. My next challenge is to come up with 3 Country & Western songs. Searched my i-Tunes by genre and only had 4 songs (Johnny Cash - One; Elvis Costello - Good Year for the Roses; Soggy Bottom Boys - I am a Man of Constant Sorrow & Waylon Jennings - Good Ol' Boys). I know that there are good C&W songs out there - it's just I've never got into them so any suggestions from the wealth of knowledge and fine taste that is JKB welcome. Especially if they are available for download - it seems that "You're the Reason our Kids are Ugly" isn't available. Early research on Youtube threw up a brilliant one by a bloke called David Allan Coe - "C** Stains on my Pillow" a real tear jerker about lost love... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Tolbooth Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Kenny Rodgers - The Gambler Joan Baez - Me and Bobby McGhee Johnny Cash - I walk The Line (This is a personal favourite of mine) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CompleteIdiot Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Thanks to all for suggestions on cover versions. My next challenge is to come up with 3 Country & Western songs. Searched my i-Tunes by genre and only had 4 songs (Johnny Cash - One; Elvis Costello - Good Year for the Roses; Soggy Bottom Boys - I am a Man of Constant Sorrow & Waylon Jennings - Good Ol' Boys). I know that there are good C&W songs out there - it's just I've never got into them so any suggestions from the wealth of knowledge and fine taste that is JKB welcome. Especially if they are available for download - it seems that "You're the Reason our Kids are Ugly" isn't available. Early research on Youtube threw up a brilliant one by a bloke called David Allan Coe - "C** Stains on my Pillow" a real tear jerker about lost love... My favourite track just now is Highwayman by The Highwaymen. This was a country supergroup made up of Kristofferson, Nelson, Cash and Jennings. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsUM7V6Ku_8 Their version of Silver Stallion is pretty good too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxuAun35tsw American Remains (pretty much the same as Highwayman but with a slightly cheesy pro-American chorus): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Dwight Yoakam is a good one, Lyle Lovett if you like it a bit more Texas swing style. Cash is always good as well. Gram Parsons is a great midway point between country and the evil that country rock became. For old school go for Hank Williams or Bill Monroe. There are a wealth of great female singers to pick from with people like Emmylou Harris being great. Dolly Parton is actually a great singer and songwriter despite the public image. Steve Earl and Joe Ely are fantastic acts as well. Hell there are too many to mention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWL Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Probably not strictly C&W but Bobbie Gentry with Ode to Billie Jo is a favourite of mine, and Jeannie C Riley with Harper Valley PTA is a cracking song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Try some Lucinda Williams from Sweet Old World and Car Wheels on a Gravel Road lps.Uncle Tupelo and Whiskeytown as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyJambo Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Probably not strictly C&W but Bobbie Gentry with Ode to Billie Jo is a favourite of mine, and Jeannie C Riley with Harper Valley PTA is a cracking song. Love that song. Johnny Paycheck - Take this job and shove it. Bobby Goldsboro - Honey Billie Jo Spears - Blanket On The Ground (I love her!!) Kenny Rogers - Lucille Charlie Rich - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues I like a bit of C&W it's my dear departed Gran's fault! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Possibly not one for the purists, but... Dead Flowers - The Rolling Stones Gram Parsons got a mention earlier, I would thoroughly recommend Safe At Home by the International Submarine Band. When Folsom Prison Blues morphs into That's Alright Momma....genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Tolbooth Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Walk The Line just started on STV, cracking film! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of the North Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 kenny rogers - coward of the county. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boof Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 The Old Grey Whistle Test came up with this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 . Dead Flowers - The Rolling Stones this version has surely got country kudos? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ojXKbYFnus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flecktimus Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Eagles - Lying eyes Kenny Rodgers- Ruby and Coward of the county Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 this version has surely got country kudos? Oh, for sure. As does the original, imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felix Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Love these Top 3 music threads. My Top 3 Country & Westen songs are... Nope; It's gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWL Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Love that song. Johnny Paycheck - Take this job and shove it. Bobby Goldsboro - Honey Billie Jo Spears - Blanket On The Ground (I love her!!) Kenny Rogers - Lucille Charlie Rich - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues I like a bit of C&W it's my dear departed Gran's fault! looks like we may have to start a new saddest songs thread, however just remembered Ruby by Kenny Rogers, classic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr X Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground - Willie Nelson Boulder To Birmingham - Emmylou Harris And virtually anything by Johnny Cash. He's the dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I P Knightley Posted May 26, 2008 Author Share Posted May 26, 2008 I suppose I could go down the route of The Eagles and The Stones (Sweet Virginia and Dead Flowers) but I think that would be cheating and I have to come up with some real redneck, sider-web-tattoo-on-the-neck, rootin'-tootin', spittin', belchin' an' cussin' stuff. I'd never chose to go for country music but listening to some of this stuff, I can hear the similarity to some of my favourite rock songs. Here's another tear-jerker: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1DJtmpjkm8&feature=user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Lyon Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Redneck Mother by Ray Wylie Hubbard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beverley Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Texas Lightening waterloo isn't too bad though http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjMeBuDvK6k&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coppercrutch Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffet. It's five o'clock somewhere. Song about heading off from work and getting wasted at lunch coz you have had enough. Quality and a little different from the usual http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ib8nH4kHjxk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dippy Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Rascall Flats- What hurts the most Am totally shocked they havent released anything over here they are awesome http://youtube.com/watch?v=QJEs1TyzL_A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinkster Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Dwight Yoakam's cover of Train in Vain by The Clash, is quality. Guitars, Cadillacs etc is one of the best albums ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_C Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffet. It's five o'clock somewhere. Song about heading off from work and getting wasted at lunch coz you have had enough. Quality and a little different from the usual http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ib8nH4kHjxk Great song! I heard it on Radio 2 one day and had to download it, been on the iPod ever since... "What would Jimmy Buffet do?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CF11JamTart Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 3 country songs... 1. Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman 2. Johny Cash - I Got Stripes 3. Laura Cantrell - Do You Ever Think of Me? Laura C. is fantastic. Well worth going to see - she plays Edinburgh from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Guitars, Cadillacs etc is one of the best albums ever. Correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upthehill Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Toby Keith is a class act. His Taliban song goes down a treat. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VM***5vH3c I'm just a middle-aged middle-eastern camel-herdin' man I got a little two-bedroom cave here in North Afghanistan Things used to be real cool and they got out of hand when they moved in They call themselves the Taliban Oooh, oooh yeah the Taliban, baby Now I ain't seen my wife's face since they came here They make her wear a scarf over her head That covers her from ear to ear She loves the desert and the hot white sand But man she's just like me No she can't stand the Taliban Oooh, oooh the Taliban, baby But you know someday soon we're both gonna saddle up And it'll be ride camel ride My old lady she'll be here with me smilin' right by my side We should do just fine down in Palestine Or maybe Turkmenistan We'll bid a fair adieu and flip the finger to The Taliban baby Now they attacked New York City 'Cause they thought they could win Said they would stand and fight until the very bloody end Mr. Bush got on the phone with Iraq and Iran and said Now you knuckle heads you better not be doing any business with the Taliban So we prayed to Allah with all of our might Until those big U.S. jets came flying in one night And they dropped little bombs all over their holy land Man you should have seen them run like rabbits they ran The Taliban But you know someday soon we're both gonna saddle up And it'll be ride camel ride My old lady she'll be here with me smilin' right by my side We should do just fine down around Palestine Or maybe Turkmenistan We'll bid a fair adieu and flip a couple fingers to The Taliban Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djf Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Jeff Carson - That Car The saddest song you will ever hear. If it' Cash then it has to be Oney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coppercrutch Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Great song! I heard it on Radio 2 one day and had to download it, been on the iPod ever since... "What would Jimmy Buffet do?" It is a cracker !! I work with a bird who comes from West Virginia so she introduced me. Apparently Jimmy Buffett is the Country and Western legend of today. Bit of a dodgy geezer by the sound of it as well. Quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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