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Older country music stars
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hammerdrill376
on 27 Nov, 2008 20:46
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Hey SLY guys. I was just curious how many of you like some of the older country music. Mainly I mean mid to late 80's era. Here is a guy who was one of my favorites whose life was untimely cut short...the late, great Keith Whitley
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#1
by
Mikekoz13
on 27 Nov, 2008 20:49
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Waylon Jennings for me.............
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#2
by
Razor X
on 27 Nov, 2008 21:56
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You mean back when country music was actually country and not Caribbean-reggae and 80s pop/rock with a few steel guitar licks thrown in in the hope that no one will notice the difference?
Did you know that the original version of "I Never Go Around Mirrors" as recorded by Lefty Frizzell only had one verse? Keith Whitley asked Sanger D. Schafer, the co-writer, to write a second verse because he wanted to record the song and RCA was fighting him on it because they thought it was too short.
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#3
by
Paul
on 28 Nov, 2008 06:27
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Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, the early George Strait and Randy Travis. All awesome.
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#4
by
tomgallagher
on 28 Nov, 2008 06:36
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Tom T. Hall, Loretta Lynne, Conway Twitty.
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#5
by
hammerdrill376
on 28 Nov, 2008 08:04
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I'm also a fan of "outlaw" country such as David Allen Coe, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson.
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#6
by
GASlick
on 28 Nov, 2008 17:52
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Dolly Parton, Waylon Jennings, Loretta Lynn, T.G. Shephard, Conway Twitty, Crystal Gayle, Kenny Rogers
oh the memories. My parents used to own a country radio station in the early 80's. I met a lot of those folks. Of course I was 10 or so and didn't realize WHO I was meeting. That was when country was COUNTRY.
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#7
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Brkeatr
on 28 Nov, 2008 18:16
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Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn, Charlie Pride and Waylon Jennings
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#8
by
Razor X
on 28 Nov, 2008 20:18
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Dolly Parton, Waylon Jennings, Loretta Lynn, T.G. Shephard, Conway Twitty, Crystal Gayle, Kenny Rogers
oh the memories. My parents used to own a country radio station in the early 80's. I met a lot of those folks. Of course I was 10 or so and didn't realize WHO I was meeting. That was when country was COUNTRY.
Amen.
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#9
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Mikekoz13
on 29 Nov, 2008 10:20
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I won't even listen to country radio anymore....... it's really just Pop music........
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#10
by
R o b 6
on 29 Nov, 2008 10:32
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Is there a satellite radio service (XM, Sirius?) that has a dedicated "channel" that separates the older country music from the current?
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#11
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Mikekoz13
on 29 Nov, 2008 12:52
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I have Sirius and the answer is no. There is a station that plays some traditional stuff but it's not a "classic country" station.
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#12
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Razor X
on 29 Nov, 2008 14:05
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There's classic country on the music channels on most digital cable and satellite systems. That's what I listen to primarily. When I'm in the mood to listen to something new, I tune into the Americana channel. They have some stuff that I like a lot and some other stuff I'm not so crazy about. But at least it isn't the same old junk that gets played on "Today's Country" radio, which I don't listen to at all anymore.
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#13
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Rafter
on 29 Nov, 2008 14:41
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Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn, Charlie Pride and Waylon Jennings
Glen Campbell, Dottie West, Roger Miller, Lynn Anderson, Roy Clark
I miss the old TNT {Nashville Network}. At 9 every night there was a great live show with Bob Emery featuring many old school country artists.
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#14
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R o b 6
on 29 Nov, 2008 14:43
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Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn, Charlie Pride and Waylon Jennings
Glen Campbell, Dottie West, Roger Miller, Lynn Anderson, Roy Clark
I miss the old TNT {Nashville Network}. At 9 every night there was a great live show with Bob Emery featuring many old school country artists.
Rafter: I'd forgotten about that channel. You're right, they had some great performances and programming.