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Topic: Country Music What if's??? |
Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 9 Nov 2001 8:40 am |
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I'm a "traditionalist" and was raised on country music. My original hero was Little Roy Wiggins and I would buy Eddy Arnold 78's and then 45's so I could hear Roy. I am not a fan of the current Nashville product.
But, times are different and what the singers and songwriters of a different era did would not get much attention today. They would be on the fringe today. |
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Joe Casey
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Weeki Wachee .Springs FL (population.9)
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Posted 9 Nov 2001 8:51 am
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I guess I would still believe that great talent and Instruments will always make their marks. But then again I thought Clinton never had sex in the white house.
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CJC
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Pat Burns
From:
Branchville, N.J. USA
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Posted 9 Nov 2001 11:01 am
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| ...Joe, that was probably true, if you're only talking about the 2nd floor... |
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kyle reid
From:
Butte,Mt.usa
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Posted 9 Nov 2001 5:13 pm
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I doubt if Hank or Merle, or any of our heros, cold even find a corner bar to play in for the kitty! if they were starting out today! which of course, shows how the average music listener of today thinks! I refuse to think of their opinion of steel? My record collection, includes! Merle
Ray
Lefty
Buck
Wynn
George [both]
Alan
& Buddy [both]
Hal
Lloyd &ect.
I think you know where I'm coming From!
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 9 Nov 2001 5:32 pm
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Gee, I don't think they (Hank and Merle) would matter much. Timing is everything in the entertainment business (but maybe the Beatles would still have a shot today...screaming, distorted guitars, and jumping around on the stage are still uhh...hip, in, kewel...or whatever the word is now!)
The public is fickle, and today their fickleness is focused on sex appeal...that leaves Hank playin' for tips in an "Alt. Country" joint. Merle? Well, his sound in the beginning was fresh and different. But now, he's a little "haggard" (excuse the pun). He also might find a gig or two, but most of his fame now is based on what he did 20-40 years ago. He'd have a rough time grabbing the young crowd's attention now, and they ARE the market these days.
Steel guitar? HA-HA! Maybe the lap steels, but I don't even think the PSG would even get off the ground if it came about today. Most all things mechanical (except for a Harley) are being tossed by the wayside. Electronic instruments are the hot item today (next to the good ol' 6-string solid body) and it's a different world out there. They want technology, and not "mechanical junk". I guess this is why the kids today ask for a Nintendo, or a Playstation, instead of an Erector Set at Christmastime. 
Nope, it's a good thing we had these artists, and other things (like the PSG and Erector Sets)...
...when there were still people around who would really appreciate them.
The world's changed, and it happened before 9/11. |
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John Steele
From:
Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 9 Nov 2001 6:32 pm
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What if: When Elvis asked Jimmy Day to join his early band, he'd said Yes ??
-John |
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Andy Alford
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Posted 9 Nov 2001 8:06 pm
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| If real country music is rejected by the pop rockers who rule and reign over the present kingdom none of the greats of yester year would make it in the present system.This is what is. |
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Bob Hayes
From:
Church Hill,Tenn,USA
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Posted 10 Nov 2001 7:54 am
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MAN!..I'm glad that I had my erector set. With all of the experience I had playing with that..made me proficient enough to work on my steel when I had problems( or HAVE problems)..Unlike some of you guyy (and gals) my" pennies do not come from heaven".so I'm my own "worst" repairman.
What ever happened to my erector set???? |
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Joe Miraglia
From:
Jamestown N.Y.
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Posted 10 Nov 2001 11:30 am
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| WHAT IF it were Saturday night, November 1964, we were playing a gig and some patron came up to us and requested "Wreck of the Old 97". We said that we play new country--Merle, Ray, Buck, and George--that's what people hear on the radio and that is what sells records--not that old mountain music. I wonder IF our heros that we enjoyed listening to back then would have given air time to the late and great Jimmy Rogers and other singer-musicians from the 30's and 40's. Joe |
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jlsmith48
From:
blackwell ok usa
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Posted 10 Nov 2001 4:11 pm
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| Yuo are in the ballpark Joe. Like it or not, thats the continuing evolution of Country Music. |
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erik
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Posted 10 Nov 2001 6:35 pm
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| What if Erik had persued his desire to be a Country singer back in the 80s? LOL |
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Frank
From:
West Memphis, Ar . USofA, where steeling comes natural
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Posted 11 Nov 2001 12:08 am
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Hey Gang I wonder If the "old country Singers
ever sat around and wondered what their
"old country singers would do if".....?
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Joe Casey
From:
Weeki Wachee .Springs FL (population.9)
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Posted 11 Nov 2001 5:56 am
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I come from the Hag Jones Cash era and I can Guaranty that someone would come in and ask for "the Wreck" or some other song that belonged in the archives. But growing up in country music I knew enough of most songs to at least try to do the requested song. Maybe the band didn't all know it but our attempt made a happy customer and I usually gained a new fan. My grandfather once told me "If you listen to someone,the chances are they'll listen to you.
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CJC
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 11 Nov 2001 9:14 am
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| John...if Jimmy had taken the gig, he'd have been booted out the same time Scotty was. And like Scotty, he'd have been noticed, but only for a short while. |
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Leigh Howell
From:
Edinburgh, Scotland * R.I.P.
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Posted 11 Nov 2001 6:00 pm
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Joe.
Thats called flyin by the seat of your pants, which I did every night!!People always appreciated it, even if you only did one verse of the song, and whistled the rest!! 
Leigh |
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Joe Casey
From:
Weeki Wachee .Springs FL (population.9)
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Posted 12 Nov 2001 6:19 am
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Amen Lee;
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CJC
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 19 Nov 2001 2:20 am
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My friend Joe Smith said this to me on the way home from the Saluda SC Steel show last night,
" What if the one of the Beatles played Steel ? "
Think about it, Rickenbacker Guitars took off, the Hofner Beatle Bass took off, Gretsch Guitars took off and VOX amps became an ICON.
TP |
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Jason Odd
From:
Stawell, Victoria, Australia
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Posted 19 Nov 2001 3:28 pm
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| Yeah, and the sitar.....uh, actually maybe that's a bad example. |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 20 Nov 2001 4:09 am
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Hey Jason, we actually found someone who had a Sitar back then (not George Harrison) who brought it to one of our gigs. I would have to say that it pretty much was a bust, the guy couldn't play it ( Duhh ) and we couldn't figure out what key he was in, it sounded like we were the one's on drugs and I think we may have been responsible for causing the audience to take more drugs !
TP[This message was edited by Tony Prior on 20 November 2001 at 10:59 AM.] |
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