Country and Western Music.

[Boon 51]

grab yourself a copy of the Oh Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack... that's got some good bluegrass type stuff on it.

Just listened to that track... Brill.

 

[TVC]

Do you like both kinds of music, country and western.

 

[Boon 51]

Do you like both kinds of music, country and western.

 

[Glow worm]

Radio Norfolk has a Saturday morning country music (pronounced 'moosic' hereabouts of course) show called...............

Rodeo Norfolk!

Its actually pretty good

 

[Monsieur Remings]

It sounds very much like Bluegrass that you describe initially Boon.


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xdn6htjkx0

As well as Earl Scruggs above (this piece is used in Warren Beatty/Faye Dunnaway version of Bonnie and Clyde) I love another outfit known as The Scotsville Squirrel Barkers...

...but a very good start is an album officially by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band known as Will The Circle Be Unbroken which includes work by Mother Maybelle Carter, Earl Scruggs above, Jimmy Martin, Doc Watson - all names to look for - and a whole host of others.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_the_Circle_Be_Unbroken

This is another track from that album, like the Scruggs above... but this is a live version by the original artist, a bit bloody older than he was...


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5voqaCXPt_M


As for something more modern, you may like a lot of Americana/Country kind of stuff. Alison Krauss has been mentioned but there's also Gillian Welch, The Sadies, and Emmylou Harris who sang with the legendary Gram Parsons.


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAIU9OJGVfc

 

[slowmotion]

The Del McCoury Band, with Steve Earle....pretty good...
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]View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBuMFDHkrH8&playnext=1&list=PLE62FCD6EF2E69533&feature=results_video[/media]

 

[mickle]

Western is 'Country'' but country isn't necessarily 'Western'.

Just saying.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Western is 'Country'' but country isn't necessarily 'Western'.

Billboards fault, people won't stop calling it C & W now though.

 

[Boon 51]

It sounds very much like Bluegrass that you describe initially Boon.


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xdn6htjkx0

As well as Earl Scruggs above (this piece is used in Warren Beatty/Faye Dunnaway version of Bonnie and Clyde) I love another outfit known as The Scotsville Squirrel Barkers...

...but a very good start is an album officially by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band known as Will The Circle Be Unbroken which includes work by Mother Maybelle Carter, Earl Scruggs above, Jimmy Martin, Doc Watson - all names to look for - and a whole host of others.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_the_Circle_Be_Unbroken

This is another track from that album, like the Scruggs above... but this is a live version by the original artist, a bit bloody older than he was...


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5voqaCXPt_M


As for something more modern, you may like a lot of Americana/Country kind of stuff. Alison Krauss has been mentioned but there's also Gillian Welch, The Sadies, and Emmylou Harris who sang with the legendary Gram Parsons.


View:
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAIU9OJGVfc

Thanks MR..
These links normally lead on to other stuff on utube.. which is very good?

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Western is 'Country'' but country isn't necessarily 'Western'.

Just saying.

Most of Nashville's output isn't Country or Western these days - big hat nobbers!

 

[Over The Hill]

I would say listen to Bob Harris Country on radio 2 Thursdays 7pm. He plays a very wide range of music and steers away from the YeeHaa type of country. Sure that will give you an idea of what is around and what you like or dont like to then follow up on.

 

[subaqua]

My sister in law.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I would say listen to Bob Harris Country on radio 2 Thursdays 7pm. He plays a very wide range of music and steers away from the YeeHaa type of country. Sure that will give you an idea of what is around and what you like or dont like to then follow up on.

I would say don't! You'll hear big hat nobbers like Kenny Cheeseknee but you won't hear fiddle and steel which is what the OP wants. Try Internet radio, US classic country or bluegrass stations.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

My sister in law.

Kwaliddy, this is as good a country record as you'll find, first rate!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B000A1ONHU/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1361872211&sr=8-4&pi=SL75

 

[Minotier]

Was impressed by these guy's performance on Later with Jools.


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPAgFva_37o


And this from the great film Winter's Bone.


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkZoonVJPwA