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Roual Ranes
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Atlanta, Texas, USA
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Posted 27 Jun 2011 6:08 am |
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| You can have only one ABSOLUTE FAVORITE country song. So what is it. Mine has to be BORN TO LOSE. Not only does that date me but it also indicates what I think is country. Some of the simplest steel playing on that song can be enchanting. |
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Jack Ritter
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Enid, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 27 Jun 2011 6:36 am
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Faded Love
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 27 Jun 2011 6:38 am
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| He stopped loving her today. |
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Darrell Criswell
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 27 Jun 2011 7:13 am
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| Wine Me Up |
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John Peay
From:
Cumming, Georgia USA
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Posted 27 Jun 2011 7:29 am
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| Barry Blackwood wrote: |
| He stopped loving her today. |
I'm with Barry on that one. I even remember exactly where I was when I heard it on the radio the first time. |
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Dave Hopping
From:
Aurora, Colorado
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Posted 27 Jun 2011 7:36 am
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| "Someday Soon"-Judy Collins version.Even though Judy's as much a folkie as anything else and producer Steve Stills didn't have as much country cred as a lot of folks,he did have the good sense to get BE and James Burton together for the session,and that made the difference.Saw her at Red Rocks once,and(naturally)she didn't have those two with her-or even anybody doing their parts.That made the difference,too. |
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Theresa Galbraith
From:
Goodlettsville,Tn. USA
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Posted 27 Jun 2011 8:12 am
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| "When I Call Your Name" comes to mind by Vince Gill. |
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Jeff Garden
From:
Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 27 Jun 2011 8:12 am
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| George Strait's "Amarillo By Morning" |
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Roger Kelly
From:
Bristol,Tennessee
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Josh Yenne
From:
Sonoma California
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Posted 27 Jun 2011 9:33 am
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| Wow.. this tough... I guess no matter how many times I hear it "Bottle Let Me Down" just never gets old... just a perfect tune. |
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Tim Fleming
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Pasadena, CA. The other Rose City (deceased)
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Posted 27 Jun 2011 9:57 am
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"The Cold Hard Facts Of Life" - Porter Wagoner.
It's got everything - psycho-billy truck driver, lyin', drinkin' cheatin' murderin' and jail. All that and a snappy tune. Awesome song!
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Bill Dobkins
From:
Rolla Missouri, USA
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Posted 27 Jun 2011 10:31 am
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You don't have very far to go. Haggard version.
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Larry Baker
From:
Columbia, Mo. U.S.A.
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Posted 27 Jun 2011 4:00 pm
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Borrowed Angel... Mel Street
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Todd Brown
From:
W. Columbia , South Carolina
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Andy Jones
From:
Mississippi
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Posted 27 Jun 2011 5:43 pm
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The Key's in the Mailbox.....Tony Booth.
Borrowed Angel by Mel Street is a close second. |
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Ronnie Boettcher
From:
Brunswick Ohio, USA
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Posted 27 Jun 2011 5:58 pm
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"WHY SHOULD WE TRY ANYMORE" Was the very first country song I ever learned, and played, for an audience.
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Steven Finley
From:
California, USA
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Posted 27 Jun 2011 6:26 pm
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| I agree with Dave Hopping, "Someday Soon" has my vote. Love Judy Collins' version, also met Ian Tyson the songwriter. I don't believe that song can be outdone and Judy's voice was superb. I believe it came out in 1968? Buddy's steel part was magnificient, and of course (true story), I went out and bought a Steel Guitar and learned to play that song which started me on a career of being forever financially embarrassed. To think my parents wanted me to go to college. |
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Bob Carlucci
From:
Candor, New York, USA
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Posted 27 Jun 2011 7:36 pm
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| Dave Hopping wrote: |
| "Someday Soon"-Judy Collins version.Even though Judy's as much a folkie as anything else and producer Steve Stills didn't have as much country cred as a lot of folks,he did have the good sense to get BE and James Burton together for the session,and that made the difference.Saw her at Red Rocks once,and(naturally)she didn't have those two with her-or even anybody doing their parts.That made the difference,too. |
Yes.. This is very close to the top for me as well... A few more..
Bony Fingers.. Hoyt Axton
Rainy day Woman... Waylon
Buckaroo...Buck owens
Cherokee Fiddle.. Johnny Lee
Amazing Grace Used to be Her Favorite Song..
Amazing Rythmn Aces....
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Ben Rubright
From:
Punta Gorda, Florida, USA
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Posted 27 Jun 2011 7:40 pm
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| To pick ONE............impossible, however, it certainly would be a shuffle....probably by Darrell McCall, Johnny Bush, Ray Price, Curtis Potter, Bobby Flores, or Jake Hooker. Some years ago at the ISGC 1am concert, Jake Hooker stood there and did one shuffle after another along with Bobby Flores (singing and fiddle) and Amber Digby and also with Dicky Overbey on steel...HEAVEN ON EARTH!!!!! |
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Brint Hannay
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 27 Jun 2011 8:27 pm
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I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
--The original Hank version, without all the chord progression embellishments.
That's as the song itself--this question was posted in the "Steel Players" section, so is it supposed to be about recordings that are one's favorite for the steel playing on them, or songs that are one's favorite to play steel on, or what? |
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Leslie Ehrlich
From:
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Posted 27 Jun 2011 11:35 pm
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At the moment, it'd have to be 'Louisiana Man' by Rusty and Doug Kershaw (1961 recording). I think there is even a pedal steel guitar on that recording - I can hear a high-pitched whining sound in the background. The steel sounds thin and twangy too, so I think it might be a Fender.
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Ben Lawson
From:
Brooksville Florida
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Posted 28 Jun 2011 4:27 am
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| "Chiseled in Stone" by Vern Gosdin. We played the song for years before I ever paid attention to the words. It made me more appreciative of what I have. |
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Bobby Austin
From:
Minnesota, USA
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Posted 28 Jun 2011 6:53 am Favorite Country Song (songs)
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| All of the Buck Owens and Wynn Stewart recordings with Ralph Mooney on the steel. Love it!!! |
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Jim Hartley
From:
SC/TN
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Posted 28 Jun 2011 7:23 am
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| Today? "Letter from God" by Teea Goans. If you haven't heard it, Youtube it. |
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Ron Deardorff
From:
Capitola, CA
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Posted 28 Jun 2011 7:53 am
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| I terms of, like, a country standard that's covered by multiple artists, I'd have to go with "Undo The Right", by just about anyone who covers it. |
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