Today is my birthday so a very short post. Because I have been doing some country music lately I thought it was a good idea to give the thumbs up to this much-maligned genre. There is a lot of nonsense performed under the banner of country music but I guess you could say that of all types of music. Without going into the nonsense - no names, no pack-drill as my old dad used to say - from Hank Williams to Steve Earle there is a wealth of brilliant music. Most of what "Whispering Bob Harris" calls Americana is (a rose by any other name) country music. Here are a few names of people who play country music along with other genres:
Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt, John Prine, The Eagles, Neil Young, Steve earle, Townes Van Zandt, David Linley, Jerry Douglas ...
I could just go on and on. Emotional honesty, musical integrity and down to earth humour are just three of the ingredients of country music. It's not all rednecks, truck drivers and dying dawgs!
PS Relating to my post about electronic collaboration, here is the latest between Linton and me - guess what - a country song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcoSCJvxXZw
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