Country Music, anyone?

I grew up on that stuff. My Dad worked in a sawmill for a day job and played local beer joints on the weekend. Telecaster/Twin Reverb guy all the way. Sing me back home by Merle Haggard is one of my favorite songs.Poncho and Lefty.Buck n Roy.Ive heard um all. I like the stuff myself.
 
JohnnyGoo said:
I grew up on that stuff. My Dad worked in a sawmill for a day job and played local beer joints on the weekend. Telecaster/Twin Reverb guy all the way. Sing me back home by Merle Haggard is one of my favorite songs.Poncho and Lefty.Buck n Roy.Ive heard um all. I like the stuff myself.
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I also grew up with Country Music and the beginnings of Rock And Roll.
Merle Haggard? Oh yeah.
I'm in the process of buying myself a new PC and then I'll be able to share with you a cover recording of Ponch and Lefty as recorded by two Texan friends who had contributed the song to a compilation CD (2008) that I had compiled and produced for members of a now defunct recording website.
 
In the band I used to be in we did have some country tunes, but they were all modern country. Most of the time we'd start off a show with Here for the Party by Gretchen Wilson. That was a fun song to play. The main riff requires the guitar to be in drop D. I created my own solo for that song, but the solo had more of a rock feel than a country feel.

Another one of the modern country songs we did was Before He Cheats by Carrie Underwood. That is what I call, "A Pissed-Off Girlfriend Song." The ladies used to jump to their feet (if they weren't already on their feet!) and sing along quite enthusiastically to that one!

We had quite a varied set list. We'd do modern country, Motown, R&B, funk, classic rock, modern pop, and a hair metal song or two. We even did some go-go.

I suppose the most "classic" style country song we did was Five O'Clock Somewhere.
 
I will listen if someone else is playing it. I play Margaritaville Radio almost exclusively and when they aren’t doing a Jimmy Buffet song many time you get a bit of country. I don’t change channels. But to play country on purpose. Not my thing.
 
JohnnyGoo said:
Now my Mom, well its Patsy Cline.
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Finally! Thank you, Johnnygoo! I'm known as Sargeant Preston here at TTR.

My mom named me Randolph Preston Cline.
My first name was in remembrance of a young friend to my dad that tragically died at the age of 15 due to an automobile accident.

Middle name is Preston because my mom was a fan of Sargeant Preston of The Yukon.

Last name is Cline.

According to family lore, my grandfather was repudutily a cousin of Patsy Cline, all of which means it's highly possible that I'm a distant cousin.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
 
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