Country Music Evening BBC4

[threebikesmcginty]

Lots of great 70s country stuff about. The great Mel Street.

Charlie Rich, such a fantastic talent, nice suit too.

The Hag, this is a guy at the top of his game - great stuff!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Tanya Tucker...

Pretty Miss Norma Jean - great country music title.

Connie Smith, great singer.

Wanda Jackson wearing a net curtain, lovely voice.

 

[Glow worm]

Must admit to catching the Saturday morning country music show on Radio Norfolk every now and then (a programme called 'Rodeo Norfolk' - you see what they did there!) and have found a lot of it pretty good. Their gig guide seems to go on for ages so it must be a popular type of music. I know almost nothing about country music (or country moosic as it's known herebouts) but like a lot of the stuff I hear. Dear old Roy Waller often used to play this one that I found quite a thoughtful track about small towns battling the corporate giants (song starts at 1:28)-