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The 80's stunk. We have a classic country station here that plays country up to about 2000 which is good.

Dean, I drink my bourbon on the rocks also'.
PayDirt, Bobby-make an appointment to see me, I'll take care of those vision problems.
I listen to all my music now thru Spotify app and my Bose Minisound link. Listening mostly to acoustic instrumental guitar players and the likes of James Taylor, Jim Croce, Lightfoot, and others of that genre.

I sat by my first of the season cook stove fire a few weeks back tightening the forend screw of my 16 Trojan. One of the songs on the Bose was " Beyond the Sea" by Bobby Darin. We used to walk to grade school in Philly singing it and pretending we were him.

Spent my early years with the likes of Chet Atkins, Les Paul, dad let me use his old Gibson, circa 1920, put flat wound black diamond strings on it so it would not squeak so bad, finally got an electric believe it was a Silverton, can not remember so long ago, have several guitars now but sad to say rarely ever play, or may I say play at it, Here is a couple photos of the old girl, 95yrs still sounds great, gary

i too grew up with listening to country and rock and roll ..use to sing you aint nothing but a hound dog on the banks of a small creek as we ran the set hooks..even tryed send me the pillow you dream on...patsy cline elvis buck owens and of courceloretta lynn...and many more....the days of fast cars a good radio and just crusing the block were good days...i still love a good song..nice guitar gary....charlie

I'm with you. I love listening to music from the 40's, especially on Sunday afternoons between coverts and while taking a break for lunch or a snack. Call it nostalgic but it just seems to fit. I think of my dad and all the old timers who loved their dogs and their doubles, drank rye and smoked pipes.

I used to smoke a pipe a long time ago. To me it was more satisfying than cigarettes... (and I never got the hang of smoking cigars...:eek:)
I still have one of my pipes around here someplace... I may try it again, just once in a while. I did the 35-year smoking stint and that will never happen again - but I always liked the aroma of a good pipe.

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Originally Posted by Dean Romig (Post 181034)

My sentiments precisely!!! I mean really :eek:
There are very few pure Country artists anymore - it's just pop culture stuff these days with an affected 'twang'... its sad.

Emmylou has the voice of an angel - I have always loved her singing.I saw her in concert once back in the late 70's with Willie and Jerry Jeff at a very small venue. She was fantastic and was sooo pissed that Jerry Jeff was drunk and Willie was stoned... she could have done that concert herself she was so incredible!

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There was no pure Country female singer who could hold a candle to Emmylou Harris during her heyday (1970s), but she was very often overlooked at award time.

I had only one chance to see her and that was about ten years ago. By that time she had turned into an animal rights/anti-hunting spokesperson. I saved my money and imagined her as she was when I was young and she was not so off her rocker.

Not a fan of today's country music but I do like a lot of the Americana genra. Jason Isbel, Lucero, Hayes Carl, Townes VanZant, Robert Earl Keene. Jason Isbel may be the best songwriter in the country today. There is a lot of great music to be heard but you won't find it on traditional radio.

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Originally Posted by Rick Losey (Post 180964)

you put ice in whisky????????? :shock:

I'm glad to see someone else knows how to spell Whisky correctly

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Originally Posted by Jerry Harlow (Post 181027)

So now other than leftover Gordon Lightfoot and Emmylou Harris, it is only BLUEGRASS.

My son, the Coast Guard pilot stationed in Kodiak Alaska, is a pretty accomplished Dobro picker, who learned from Rob Ickes and Jerry Douglas. The NPR station in Kodiak asked him to do a Bluegrass show, and the first show airs this Saturday, streaming on the web at KMXT.org, 5pm eastern.

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Originally Posted by Dean Romig (Post 181097)

I gave up the pipe 2 years ago, after smoking it over 40 years. I miss it every single day.