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Topic: O Brother Where Art Thou on the Grammies |
Bill Llewellyn
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San Jose, CA
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Posted 28 Feb 2002 1:00 pm |
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I'm really glad to see an honest-to-goodness salt of the Earth country music CD make it big in the Grammies. That's pretty rare. Here's more about it. It has also been said that country radio wasn't playing the CD, but the local (independent) country station here (KRTY), to their credit, has been airing some of the CD's tracks.
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 28 Feb 2002 5:51 pm
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Well...imagine that, a "hit" CD with almost no airplay, no sexy videos, no crashing drums, and no distorted guitars! I hear tell it sold millions?
But...I thought there wasn't any market for that old timey $#!&.
Maybe that'll put a couple big record producers back into the rock bands they came from!
Nah...no such luck.  |
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Gary Harris
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Hendersonville, TN, USA
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Posted 1 Mar 2002 9:37 pm
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| The movie was great. I really enjoyed the funky dancing along with the music. Willie Nelson was in town today and he was on WSM. They talked about this song and Willie said that Blue Grass is the forerunner of County music and in fact he was involved in Blue Grass at one time. He mentioned that while he was living in the Nashville area (Ridge Top I believe) in one year he had three auto accidents, one marriage and one divorce. He and Hank Cochran got together and wrote, "What Can You Do To Me Now"? Shortly thereafter his house burnt to the ground. How is that for a reply? Hank Cochran himself inspired a big hit for Merl Haggard written by Glenn Martin. "It's Not Love But It's Not Bad". |
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John Steele
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Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 1 Mar 2002 11:54 pm
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with almost no airplay, no sexy videos, no crashing drums, and no distorted guitars!
And no instruments that need to be plugged into the durned wall socket (up to and including pedal steel)
Hooray!
-John |
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Michael Garnett
From:
Seattle, WA
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Posted 4 Mar 2002 4:57 pm
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| I didn't even know guys like Ralph Stanley and John Hartford were still around... I'm going to have to go back through my dad's old Hartford vinyl collection. |
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Jim Smith
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Midlothian, TX, USA
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Posted 4 Mar 2002 5:00 pm
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| Ralph Stanley is still here, but John Hartford left us last year. |
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Jason Odd
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Stawell, Victoria, Australia
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Posted 4 Mar 2002 5:32 pm
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Having Ralph sing the sing that he did, it just brought home the sense or mortality.
He has after all outlived a lot of his cintemporaries, including his own brother.
Does anyone have a any of the spin-off albums at all? |
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Ron Randall
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Dallas, Texas, USA
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Posted 4 Mar 2002 6:18 pm
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Yes. The "Down from the Mountain" CD is so good I bought 2. One for the truck and one to play along with.
The DVD movie/documentary "Down from the Mountain" is truly wonderful. It was cheaper than the CD. It offers back stage interviews and upclose videos during the performances. I give it 5*****. Watch Jerry Douglas up close. |
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