So here's the deal Hubski, this past Sunday I promised flagamuffin that I'd think of some good country music worth sharing with him and send it his way. Well, as luck would have it, I had a rough week. I didn't have much time to do the things I wanted to do, eat what I wanted to eat, what the fuckever. Life happens.
Here's where I'm going to hopefully make it fun though. Hubski is full of users with great taste. You guys know your musical shit in and out and you love to share. At the same time, there are a ton of genres that scratch the same itch that you get from country music. We're talking blues, folk, gospel, bluegrass, what have you. So what I'm gonna do is start comment chains on here, one for each genre that I can think of. I'll post some songs that I think fit and are good and I encourage you to do the same. I am prepared to admit though, that seeing as how this is a Friday night and you all are a bunch of wonderful, social folk, you all might be off doing your own thing. That's okay though. I'll be more than happy to shout into the cave that is Hubski all by myself. It can be fun playing with echos.
Edit: Legit question and personal concern. The majority of these videos aren't hosted by the rights holders. Will I get Hubski in trouble for linking to them on here?
Edit 2: I'll stop for now, cause I kind of want to see if anyone else wants to contributes. Plus, I want some dinner.
Edit 3: I woke up this morning and the thread was all bogged down by the number of embedded Youtube videos, so I changed some to links to free up some bandwidth or whatever.
Earl Scruggs has them all beat IMO. But...: Classic: Man of Constant Sorrow - The Stanley Brothers New School: Steve Martin, Steep Canyon Rangers - Pretty Little One ft. Edie Brickell
Everybody loves Earl Scruggs. The only people who don't like Earl Scruggs are the people who haven't listened to him yet, then once they do, ::BAM!::, they like him too. He's a treasure. That's all I have to say to that. :)Earl Scruggs has them all beat IMO.
Steve Martin
Blues When Blues Was Good and Before the Electric Guitar Came About Leadbelly - Goodnight Irene Robert Johnson - Sweet Home Chicago Mississippi John Hurt - Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor
Contemporary Folk The Tallest Man on Earth - The Gardener The Avett Brothers - Morning Song Shakey Graves - Roll the Bones
Classic Modern Country Kris Kristofferson - Sunday Morning Coming Down Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
As a banjo player, I've got three Gods:
Might I add an alternative to the contemporary folk category?: Klezmer John Murphy - Hava Nagila
Yolanda Adams with The Roots - Victory. I had never heard of her and this blew me away. Sorry about the dubious source but NBC seems to have removed it from elsewhere. http://www.wat.tv/video/yolanda-adams-hezekiah-walker-7kd1x_2iiyv_.html edit: Damn I just had to watch that 2 more times and then thought of a couple of others: The Doobie Brothers - Jesus is Just Alright ZZ Top - Jesus Just Left Chicago
Classy Ladies of Country Loretta Lynn - You Aint Woman Enough to Take My Man Patsy Cline - Walkin' After Midnight Tammy Wynette - Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad
K.D. Lang sings Leonard Cohen's Hallelujaha at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics Opening Ceremony
Contemporary Country That Doesn't Suck Scott H. Biram - Still Drunk, Still Crazy, Still Blue <-Lord mercy, if you listen to only one song I post tonight, make it this one. Trust me. Justin Townes Earl - Movin' On Drive by Truckers - Working This Job Robert Earl Keen - The Road Goes On and On <- He's calling out Toby Keith for ripping him off
Classic Country This shit is still cool. I don't care what anyone says. Hank Williams - I'm So Lonesome I could Cry Roy Acuff - Wabash Cannonball Marty Robbins - El Paso Little Jimmy Dickens - May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose The Stanley Brothers - I Worship You
Stompin' Tom Connors - Big Joe Mufferaw The first time I ever saw this Stompin Tom a few guys I worked in a warehouse with who were in a thrash metal band convinced me to go. Country was not my thing but there were punks, preps, old and young and everyone in between there and it was awesome. Saw him a bunch of more times.