You know, Country & Western!
This ain't your Dad's country music. It's your Granddad's! None of that new Nashville bullshit either. This is where you'll find what I consider the best in Country (Classic and Alt), Folk, and Americana.
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Twang/Twinge of Love
That Christmas Spirit
No Permanent Address
No Permanent Address 2
5,000 countryandwestern Fans Can't Be Wrong
Valentine's Day for Lovers
Valentine's Day for Losers
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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
vai Mike Buck
Jerry Lee @ Panther Hall
Jerry Lee Lewis - Real Wild Child (Wild One)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Another Place, Another Time
Happy 76th Killer!
Jerry Lee Lewis & Tom Jones - Whole Lotta Shakin´Goin´On (by DruhanamFerrol)
Jerry Lee Lewis & Bee Gees - Money (En vivo) (via PUNISHER6002)
Wayne Cochran on guitar!!!
Wayne Cochran’s hair is an auto.
Jerry Lee Lewis - What Made Milwaukee Famous
Today in Country Music History - 11/5
Happy Birthday - Roy Rogers, Billy Sherrill, Gram Parsons & Ryan Adams
Happy Deathday - Johnny Horton
1911 - Leonard Slye born in Cincinnati, Ohio. As Roy Rogers, he becomes a silver screen cowboy, joining the Country Music Hall of Fame as a solo star and as a member of The Sons Of The Pioneers
1936 - Songwriter-producer Billy Sherrill born in Phil Campbell, Alabama. He writes “Stand By Your Man,” “Almost Persuaded” and “The Most Beautiful Girl,” and produces George Jones, Johnny Paycheck and Marty Robbins, among others
1946 - Gram Parsons born in Winter Haven, Florida. As a member of The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, and as a solo artist, he becomes an important figure in the development of country-rock. He tours and records with protege Emmylou Harris
1956 - Elvis Presley attends the opening of the Beginner Driver Range in Memphis, the first driving school in the nation sponsored by the police department
1956 - Jerry Lee Lewis scores an impromptu audition at Memphis’ Sun Records, with engineer Jack Clement. In less than 10 days, he makes his first record
1960 - Johnny Horton dies in an auto accident in Austin, after performing at the Skyline. Also injured: manager Tillman Franks and guitarist Tommy Tomlinson. Horton’s last words before the accident: “You know, Tillman, the Lord’s been real good to me this year”
1968 - RCA releases Elvis Presley’s “If I Can Dream”
1969 - Jerry Reed records his million-selling “Amos Moses”
1973 - Phil Kaufman and Michael Martin plead guilty for the theft of Gram Parsons’ casket in September. They receive suspended 30-day sentences, are fined $300 apiece and required to pay $750 for the casket
1974 - Ryan Adams born in Jacksonville, North Carolina. After fronting the alt-country band Whiskeytown, he becomes a critically acclaimed figure blending roots rock and country influences. He also writes the Tim McGraw hit “When The Stars Go Blue”
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In December 1977 CBS aired Johnny Cash’s second Christmas special including an all-star tribute to Elvis Presley, who had died two months before this program was taped.
Fellow rockabilly pioneers Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison and Jerry Lee Lewis joined Cash on “This Train Is Bound For Glory” in memory of Presley.
Jerry Lee Lewis & MIckey Gilley (they’re cousins!) - Medley of tunes.
Cool find!
Jerry Lee Lewis - What Made Milwaukee Famous
In case you don’t know what Jerry Lee’s talking about, it’s this:
Had some the other night. It’s what I call good bad beer.
Jerry Lee Lewis & Carl Perkins - Mean Woman Blues/Blue Suede Shoes
From the 1971 “Jerry Lee Lewis Show”
(via sarahlestrange)
Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash at Sun Records Studios in Memphis, December 4, 1956
