And There You Have It

[Highlander]

Iconic duo... and Lemmy...?

[gearHed289]

Iconic duo... and Lemmy...?

 

[Pilgrim]

That was a joke, son.

Herd to tell, sometimes. You're such a rebel.....

[4stringer77]

I guess this is country music? Check out Warren Haynes.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVy2xLl5WxU&list=PLE80B70723F162607&index=5

[uwe]

Even to me as a music liberal that is not country by any stretch! 

But it's good music.

But fringed shirts and a slide guitar emulating a steel guitar do a country song not make.

Or Richard Ashcroft and Trapeze are country stars too.

[bassilisk]

Is there any way to hook an mp3 into a post that's not on youtube?

[Dave W]

David Allan Coe is a country artist but that doesn't mean every song he does is country.

I think you'll have to admit that these are country.

His most famous composition.



This was co-written by Dan Seals.

[Dave W]

Is there any way to hook an mp3 into a post that's not on youtube?

It has to be hosted somewhere, e.g. on Soundcloud.

[uwe]

Alas!, the lines do blur.

But even if they didn't, if Dave sez it's country, it is. 

[4stringer77]

I'd say anything Coe performs instantly becomes Country because he is the embodiment of Country. Country is sort of a generic term without it's musical association. Why is it that America has the sole privilege of calling it's particular genre of folk music country while other countries don't? Shouldn't a polka band or even an Indonesian Gamelan group have the right to refer themselves similarly as country musicians?
Now based on the prevailing definition, I'm confident this can still be considered country.

[Highlander]

David Allan Coe is a country artist but that doesn't mean every song he does is country.

Saw him years ago at an Irish club in North London... did a well received country set then came back with an electric set, very Allman's styled... people walked in their droves...  Personally thought it was great...!
I went to see support act Steve Young, best known for Seven Bridges Road...

[slinkp]

I understand the terminology annoyance... But Don't other countries have many different genres of "folk" music with different names? "Country" here means something quite different than "folk music from rural areas", a category that would include both bluegrass and delta blues among other things.  I think. I don't really understand any genre family tree very well

[Dave W]

I'd say anything Coe performs instantly becomes Country because he is the embodiment of Country. Country is sort of a generic term without it's musical association. Why is it that America has the sole privilege of calling it's particular genre of folk music country while other countries don't? Shouldn't a polka band or even an Indonesian Gamelan group have the right to refer themselves similarly as country musicians?

Traditional American country music is what's considered country music in Europe. Traditional American country and rockabilly performers have bigger followings in Europe than in North America. Of the three biggest country record collectors I know, one's in Sweden and one's in Finland. The third lives in Oregon but he's a Brit. Bear Family Records in Germany is the world's biggest traditional country record label by far, and their predecessors kept the flame alive by making compilations from old singles.

Just because I want to post it again, here's my favorite Czech country band.

[Highlander]

Dave... you are incorrigible...

[66Atlas]

Very authentic, when is their next world tour?