Country and Western songs that you love - even if you'd rather not admit it.

[The Groke]

I bought Time the Revelator yesterday and it is indeed fantastic.

 

[felixthecat]

I love country. That is all.

So do I soj, so do I Fab lists from El Jefe and DLR, but no-one has mentioned Pasty Cline

One of my all time favourites (and thats because it was my Dad's favourite) is Jim Reeves - He'll Have To Go. It reminds me of childhood sunday afternoons

 

[twistedAM]

So do I soj, so do I Fab lists from El Jefe and DLR, but no-one has mentioned Pasty Cline

One of my all time favourites (and thats because it was my Dad's favourite) is Jim Reeves - He'll Have To Go. It reminds me of childhood sunday afternoons

Not that fussed on the countrypolitan sound of the late 50s/early 60s.
Admittedly they had some great sings written for them but Reeves reminds me more of Perry Como than anything really country.

 

[twistedAM]

I bought Time the Revelator yesterday and it is indeed fantastic.

favourite track so far???

 

[The Groke]

favourite track so far???

Too early to tell!

Only had one listen through so far.....

I will report back to the thread in due course.

 

[KeyboardJockey]

Alan Jackson - Where I Come From

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I will galdy admit to loving all Hazlewood country music, even if I don't like all of it.

 

[exosculate]

What, from all of country? Wow..

erm, ok, these are all fairly mainstream / classic...

Bobbie Gentry - Mississippi Delta

kris Kristofferson - Sunday Morning Coming Down

Hank Williams - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

Charlie Rich - behind Closed Doors

Gram Parsons - She

Elvis presley - Good Time Charlie Got The Blues

George Jones - White Lightning

Glenn Campbell - ByThe Time I Get To Phoenix

Jimmie Rodgers - T For Texas

Iris Dement & John Prine - IN Spite Of Ourselves

Lefty Frizzel - if You've Got The Money

Louvin Brothers - Knoxville Girl

Townes Van Zandt - Pancho & Lefty

Porter Wagoner - Rubber Room

Robbie Fulks - Took A Lot Of Pills & Died

Ray Wylie Hubbard - Fuck You, We're From Texas

Sons of the Pioneers - Out California Way

Webb Pierce - There Stands The Glass

George Jones - He Stopped Loving Her Today

marty Robbins - El Paso

York County Boys (et al) - Using My Bible For A Roadmap...

that's off the top of my head, and mostly mainstream weepy country...

Thanks for that list, I am investigating presently.

 

[exosculate]

1. Big Big Love - k.d. lang
2. Weary Blues From Waitin' - Hank Williams
3. Do Right Woman - The Flying Burrito Brothers
4. Kiss Of Death - Split Lip Rayfield
5. Ramblin' Man - Isobel Campbell,/Mark Lanegan
6. Tecumseh Valley - Townes Van Zandt
7. Sheldon Church Yard - Larry Jon Wilson
8. How Much I've Lied - Gram Parsons
9. All the Same to You - Laura Cantrell
10. A Song For You - Hazeldine
11. Snake Oil - Steve Earle
12. Standing On A Snake - Noah John
13. I Am A Lonesome Fugitive - Roy Buchanan
14. Hot Burrito #1 - The Flying Burrito Brothers
15. Alone And Forsaken - Hank Williams
16. Hickory Wind - Emmylou Harris
17. Selfishness In Man - Freakwater
18. Beneath The Rose - Micah P Hinson
19. Van Lear Rose - Loretta Lynn
20. That's The Way Love Goes - Willie Nelson
21. Sister's Coming Home - Emmylou Harris
22. A Picture Of Me (Without You) - George Jones
23. The True One - Gene Clark
24. Worried Man Blues - The Original Carter Family

And bonus tracks:

Billie Jo Spears ~ 57 Chevrolet

Billie Jo Spears ~ Blanket On The Ground


Dolly Parton ~ I Will Always Love You

Patsy Cline ~ I Fall To Pieces

Nice list red one, are these your favourites?

 

[exosculate]

bump - come on more suggestions wanted.

 

[marty21]

lucinda williams
jeff finlin
dixie chicks
emmylou harris
gram parsons
glen campbell
johnny cash
steve earle

got into c&w or alt.country a lot more when i got a compilation off uncut
"the best of americana 2001" full of great tracks

one track that comes to mind, not on that particular album

"jesus take the wheel" heard it on a paul gambuccini american chart show a few years ago - a suicidal woman asks for jesus' help

 

[Madusa]

Conway Twitty 'That's my Job' http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6pbO76rmBpc&feature=related

lol.

 

[Annierak]

Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman

 

[yardbird]

Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman

Yeah, it would be a bit wet to say Galveson (sp) wouldn't it ??

 

[Annierak]

Yeah, it would be a bit wet to say Galveson (sp) wouldn't it ??

Galveston

Hey if thats the one you prefer then say it

 

[Annierak]

Conway Twitty 'That's my Job' http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6pbO76rmBpc&feature=related

lol.

 

[Madusa]

It's not funny!

 

[Annierak]

It's not funny!

Bleedin well is. Hang your head in shame

 

[Madusa]

Bleedin well is. Hang your head in shame

It's a great song! -I dont normally like redneck music.

 

[Annierak]

It's a great song! -I dont normally like redneck music.

You need educating girl. Get yersen a copy of Glen Campbells greatest hits

 

[Madusa]

You need educating girl. Get yersen a copy of Glen Campbells greatest hits

lol, i only like that Conway Twitty song cos someone sang it to me very nicely and the meaning grabbed me by the throat and choked me up.

 

[sojourner]

lol, i only like that Conway Twitty song cos someone sang it to me very nicely and the meaning grabbed my by the throat and choked me up.

 

[Annierak]

lol, i only like that Conway Twitty song cos someone sang it to me very nicely and the meaning grabbed me by the throat and choked me up.

Awww

 

[Madusa]

''Thaaat's mah juuuuaaahhhbbb. That's what iiiii dooo. everythin' i do, it's because of you, to keep you safe with meeeee, that's mah juuuuaaaahhhbbbb, y'see''