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Old 01-22-2020, 09:59 PM
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Default Who out there remembers and loves the old long forgotten Country Western artists?

Artists like ‘Jack Guthrie’ Johnny Horton’ And so many more.
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Of course I remember them...but as an example, Johnny Horton’s big hit “The Battle of New Orleans” hit #1 in 1959. I was born in 1959. So yeah, I remember that era only because my parents listened to them.

Are some of them timeless classics? Sure, but to remember them when they were current you’d have to be in your 70’s or 80’s now.
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Sure, I do, and I'm old enough to have heard some of them on the radio.

Your post reminded me of this fine, little known tribute song.

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Of course I remember them...but, Johnny Horton’s big hit “The Battle of New Orleans” hit #1 in 1959. I was born in 1959. So yeah, I remember that era only because my parents listened to them.

Are some of them timeless classics? Sure, but to remember them when they were current you’d have to be in your 70’s or 80’s now.


I’m just few years older than you. Your right. Unless your parents had those old Records around you missed it. I too grew up on all those old C/W artists. Dad and uncles used to pick & sing at old family gatherings. They were still playing em on the Radio in the 60s. In the 60s into mid 70s many of those C/W artists were still around and on certain Television variety shows you’d see em perform. Surprisingly over the years I’ve run across a few youngsters in their early 30s that were avid old Country buffs and could play some of those old classics.
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Sure, I do, and I'm old enough to have heard some of them on the radio.

Your post reminded me of this fine, little known tribute song.




Thanks for sharing the link Frank! Bucky Waller -good stuff[emoji106]. Gonna search and listen to more his songs.
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You mean guys and gals like Kitty Wells, Hank Snow, Webb Pierce, Roy Acuff. Then there is Mr Jones and Ms Cline. Oh I love them all. It’s really great to perform some old country song and the audience thinks it’s new.
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Artists like ‘Jack Guthrie’ Johnny Horton’ And so many more.
Thanks for your thoughtful question. The song Murder On Music Row, entertained the demise of traditional country music. Thanks to recorded music and video, the joys of the great artists, are still at the center of my world. I was very fortunate to have been mentored by one of the most recorded side men in Nashville. He is a super star right now in the halls of classic country music. I'm also very grateful to a friend who gave me over 1,000 record albums that are just a joy to listen to. As a child seeing the stars in concert, helped shape the guitar player I became. They inspired me to struggle with the instrument.




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You mean guys and gals like Kitty Wells, Hank Snow, Webb Pierce, Roy Acuff. Then there is Mr Jones and Ms Cline. Oh I love them all. It’s really great to perform some old country song and the audience thinks it’s new.
Now your talking music to my ears.😉
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I've been listening to Leon Redbone's "throat tromnet"
for years, and recently have been enjoying the
Country Music series on PBS. I realize now that
some of Leon Redbone's yodely stuff comes
from the Country Western folks...

For example I recently learned Desert Blues because
I think it is so funny when Leon Redbone does it, but
dang, I see that it is a Jimmy Rodgers song.

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Ken Burns' "Country Music" mini-series gave a fascinating look at many of the early Country artists. I highly recommend watching that series to anyone, even if you're not a fan of the genre. I learned so many things that I did not know about the lives and histories of these artists, some who I had never heard and some who I had been listening to for years. Good stuff.
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I grew up on Johhny Cash. Also listened to Porter Waggner and Dolly Parton. Hank Snow, Roy Acuff, Don Gibson. Just to name a few.

My folks even had a Hawkshaw Hawkins album. Darn shame we lost him and Patsy Kline at the same time.

Can't forget Gene Autry.
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I still have songs from the old country guys in my set list. It's amazing how many people recognize old Johnny Horton songs and such.
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What if I told you...
There are artists alive today writing and performing in this genre right now?
Wayne Hancock, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Caleb Clauder, Robbie Fulks.....
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For fans, our local “community” radio station, KDHX-FM, has a great “classic country” show on Saturday afternoons, after the Bluegrass show.

The host is quite knowledgeable as well.

You can stream the shows:

https://kdhx.org/

And they archive the previous couple of weeks as well.
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In the places I play, those songs always go over well. I play far more of them than more modern country songs and am always learning of others that are just great. While my folks did not normally listen to country music, it was always in the background in places I went.

Today's country sounds more like rock and roll used to sound than country (other than the subject matter). I like the honesty and lack of pretension in the old stuff as well as the more acoustic sound, with its emphasis on melody over beat.
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