So, what have you been listening to lately?

[Dave W]

Even Anita Pointer can be country. Great duet from 1986 with Earl Tnomas Conley, who passed away last year.

[uwe]

That is a lovely ballad.

I always liked the Pointer Sisters and while we're at it: Sister Sledge too, stone me. I dig that Nile Rodgers/Bernard Edwards hit factory stuff.



But I still have to get over the fact that David Westheimer single-handedly elevated Status Quo to Grand Ole Opry status (pun unintended). Francis Rossi, who always fought tooth and nail for his C&W leanings within the band, would feel hugely appreciated. Danke, Dave, vielen lieben Dank.

[uwe]

More C&W from a bunch of Brits - let's strike the iron while it's hot!

[westen44]

Some other British artists who also briefly gave country a try before sadly sinking into obscurity. 

[uwe]

Hopeless outfit, they never stood a chance really.

Of course, our prominent and very vocal Dutch minority here has never been C&W averse really and proved themselves again and again:









Our own Kraut efforts paled in comparison, you can invade the Dutch all you want, but you can never conquer them ...



Football excepted, of course:

[uwe]

Honorary mention: At least lyrically it's country and so are the chord changes (besides, Mark is always happy when he SEES David Byron and HEARS Gary Thain):



Byron had better days than this vid shows, alcohol abuse was beginning to show and it eventually got him fired from Heep and ultimately he died from it too. 

A (much) later line-up would do the song better justice (the late Trevor Bolder's bass playing is bliss and the vocals by Canuck Bernie Shaw are top notch):

[Dave W]

It's Moe Bandy's birthday (of course, I'm sure Uwe has it menorized)

[uwe]

I like the newer stuff where he is older better than the older stuff when he was newer!

If that make sense. 

[Pilgrim]

Well, my country-ish group plays this one...

[Dave W]

I like the newer stuff where he is older better than the older stuff when he was newer!

If that make sense. 

It does, but all three are from the same era -- 1975 to 1981. These are just live performances from different times.

Someday Soon is an old Ian & Sylvia tune from the folk era, written by Ian.

Well, my country-ish group plays this one...

A lot of people still think it's autobiographical, but he wasn't. Bandy the Sheet Metal Worker wouldn't have been a hit. 

[westen44]

I also like "Someday Soon" by Suzy Bogguss and Judy Collins.  It's just a well-written song no matter who sings it. 

[uwe]

Hey, I like Suzy B's voice! Just bought a three CD compilation of her Capitol work. Always instructive this forum is - I had never heard of her before. Danke schön.

[westen44]

Hey, I like Suzy B's voice! Just bought a three CD compilation of her Capitol work. Always instructive this forum is - I had never heard of her before. Danke schön.

You're welcome.  That voice and those brown eyes.  All that got to me.  She was singing "Someday Soon."  I was singing "You Really Got Me" back to her. 

[uwe]

Brown eyes? Ah, the Robin Beck effect! Contagious.





She has done great things for the introduction of pinnacles of American culture to that otherwise barren wasteland called Germany - and her très sexy Yank accent when singing auf Deutsch ... to die for! 



And what's a Burger without a Coke?



She's playing a Frankfurt club in summer - together with the original lead vocalist from Survivor. The (smallish) venue is called "Das Bett" - literally "the bed". In bed with Robin ... I think I'll need to wear diapers for that gig. 

[Dave W]

Ah, Suzy Bogguss. Her first top 10 country hit was her great cover of Nanci Griffith's Outbound Plane. Whenever I think of her, this video is seared in my mind. From 1991.




Live, posted in 2013. She and her voice have aged well.