Any old Blues, Country, Gospel or Jazz music fans here?

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If I were you, I would start with these artists:

Hank Williams, Jimmie Rodgers, George Jones, Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, Ernest Tubb, Lefty Frizzell, and then explore, and look up names! I started with the stuff they made in the 1920s and made my way up
 
Does anyone on here listen to Rockabilly or early Rock n Roll? I like early Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Fats Domino, Little Richard, and guys like them!
 
Peeps said:
I think that new music often leads to an exploration of and eventually a love for the older forms of that style of music.
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I love what you said here. My love of Mumford & Sons progressed into a love for Johnny Cash. No one tells a story better than Cash. Mumford also has led me to revisit literature I’ve long ago forgotten; many of their songs are steeped in literary references. Dust Bowl Dance: Steinbeck’s East of Eden; The Cave: Plato’s Republic; Little Lion Man…

Excellent post, Peeps!
 
I enjoyed many of the older country/western songs and artists. Hank Williams (Sr.), Johnny Cash, Dave Dudley’s trucking songs, Merle Haggard, Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette – back when country really was country and not this rocked up stuff today that’s passed off as country. I also liked the old western singers, Marty Robbins, Sons of the Pioneers – those songs had simple lyrics, easy to understand, and simple tunes that were easy to listen to. I’ve stopped listening to so-called country music today, because it’s something else, entirely.

One of my dad’s favorite western songs was “Don’t Fence Me In”, and I had that one played at his funeral, along with the spiritual, “Beyond the Sunset”.

They don’t make 'em like they used to.
 
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One of my dad’s favorite western songs was “Don’t Fence Me In”,
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I used to sing that as a lullaby to my kids.

I’m a jazz fan, although for some reason it’s been a long while since I listened to it. Pretty nearly any era is o.k. with me. I started listening when I was a young teenager and found my mom’s old Dave Brubeck LPs. Of all the performers and shows that have come and gone, not going to see him in the early 1990s is the one I miss most. Tickets were something like $60 and I thought that was too pricey. :roll_eyes:

More recently I started to appreciate the artistry of Miles Davis. When I listen to him I imagine him as a painter, dabbing different colors, tones, and techniques on the canvas, and giving just an impression of the whole picture.
 
Dave Brubeck and Miles Davis…two of the best who ever lived…they both had long careers, but did their best work in the 50’s…
 
I mistakenly stated that the beautiful spiritual I had played at Dad’s funeral was “Beyond the Sunset”, of which Hank Williams recorded a version. Thinking back, I now remember that the second song was “Over That Sunset Mountain” by the Statler Brothers. Both songs are lovely, and I could have chosen either – but I loved even better the lines from the latter which goes, “Over that Sunset Mountain … Into the arms of Jesus …”

I was disappointed at Dad’s service, because they failed to turn up the volume on these songs so that everyone could hear them, and cease talking while they were playing. I had chosen them as a special tribute to Dad, and I wanted quiet while they were playing, and also for everyone present to be able to enjoy these songs and be moved by them as I know Dad would have been. Instead, the volume was so low, they could barely be heard, and because these songs couldn’t be heard well, people kept talking right over them and weren’t even aware that any music was playing. I hadn’t intended for them to be background music.
 
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Peeps said:
I love bluegrass music. Bill Monroe is one of my idols
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My dad was a huge fan of Blue Grass - got to know Bill Monroe, the Osbourne Brothers, and such. Connie Smith is my favorite - Statler Brothers, too. We played Rocky Top at the end of my Dad’s funeral.
 
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Edmundus1581:
Australian country
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Is there such a thing?
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🤣, for an Aussie. But if it’s a genuine question, then it’s a strong “yes”. I don’t know the history, but it certainly goes back a long way. Some of the big names are Chad Morgan, Slim Dusty, Slim’s daughter Ann Kirkpatrick, Lee Kernighan, John Williamson. The spiritual home is Tamworth in NSW. As a genre it’s never appealed strongly to me, although I like some of the songs (“Home among the gum trees”). It’s not particularly popular even in Australia

There was a great video of John Williamson performing “Home among the Gum Trees” at a country event, but it seems to to have been removed. This is a good performance, albeit less colourful…

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I was disappointed at Dad’s service, because they failed to turn up the volume on these songs so that everyone could hear them, and cease talking while they were playing. I had chosen them as a special tribute to Dad, and I wanted quiet while they were playing, and also for everyone present to be able to enjoy these songs and be moved by them as I know Dad would have been. Instead, the volume was so low, they could barely be heard, and because these songs couldn’t be heard well, people kept talking right over them and weren’t even aware that any music was playing. I hadn’t intended for them to be background music.
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That’s so sad, after you had prepared it so thoughtfully.
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NevermoreLenore:
No one tells a story better than Cash.
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Have you ever listened to any Tom T. Hall?
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Old Dogs and Children, and Watermelon Wine!

This was one of the songs which first woke me up to American country as a kid in the 70s! ❤️ My very first memory is Harper Valley PTA, by Gina Riley from 1968. It got fairly heavy radio play here and really caught my ear! Also Peter, Paul and Mary with their American folk style.
 
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Huge fan of Flatt and Scruggs here! I watch reruns of The Beverly Hillbillies just to see them.

 
I love Flatt and Scruggs! another good Bluegrass musician is Jimmy Martin, if you haven’t heard him.

 
I think someone on here mentioned their love for Western music, and mentioned Marty Robbins. My personal Favorite is Gene Autry and I love watching his films. To this day, Gene Autry is still entertaining. I watch him, Roy Rogers and John Wayne all the time, especially the stuff they made in the 30’s and 40’s.

 
You must be familiar with Slim Morton then? He is one of the first guys from New Zealand to play Country music. From what I heard, he was influenced by Jimmie Rodgers, who is the father of Country music, and this song he is playing is one Jimmie Rodgers wrote and recorded. Ill put Jimmies Original version below it


 
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