Posted on 01/24/2013 9:52:52 AM PST by a fool in paradise
Sorry, I couldn’t resist. George Strait junkie.
Nobody saw them running
From 16th Avenue
They never found the fingerprints
Or the weapon that was used
But someone killed country music
Cut out its heart and soul
They got away with murder
Down on music row
The almight dollar
And the lust for worldwide fame
Slowly killed tradition
And for that, someone shouldhang (”Ahh, you tell ‘em Alan”)
They all say “Not Guilty!”
But the evidence will show
That murder was committed
Down on music row
For the steel guitars no longer cry
And the fiddles barely play
But drums and rock ‘n’ roll guitars
Are mixed up in your face
Ol’ Hank wouldn’t have a chance
On today’s radio
Since they committed murder
Down on music row
They thought no one would miss it
Once it was dead and gone
They said no one would buy them ol’
Drinkin’ and cheatin’ songs (”Oh, but I still buy ‘em”)
Well there ain’t no justice in it
And the hard facts are cold
Murder’s been committed
Down on music row
For the steel guitars no longer cry
And you can’t hear fiddles play
With drums and rock ‘n’ roll guitars
Mixed right up in your face
Why the Hag wouldn’t have a chance
On today’s radio
Since they committed murder
Down on music row
Why they even tell the Possum
To pack up and go back home
There’s been an awful murder
Down on music row
I suppose there are lots of them, but have you tried listening to them? G-dawful crap--at least to these ears, who enjoyed real rock 'n roll from 1955 on, until it turned to crud in the late 1970s.
Of course, there's no accounting for taste, now, is there?
I listen to this Houston station on the radio...haven’t tried online but their website does have a “listen live” button so you might give it a try:
http://www.countrylegends971.com/
Thanks for the link!
Country music that all the plastic Blake Sheltons will never grow up to:
http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/av/2013/01/video-premiere-overmountain-men-—smoke-and-mirror.html
"The truth is my statement was and STILL Is about how we as the new generation of country artists have to keep re-inventing country music to keep it popular."
I posted it at the time but the article double posted and that was the thread that got nuked.
It's a shame that I have spend 63 years in this business trying to introduce music to a larger audience and to make it easier for the younger artists who are coming behind me. Every now and then some young artist will record a rock and roll type song , have a hit first time out with kids only. This is why you see stars come with a few hits only and then just fade away believing they are God's answer to the world. This guy sounds like in his own mind that his head is so large no hat ever made will fit him. Stupidity Reigns Supreme!!!!!!! Ray Price (CHIEF "OLD FART" & JACKASS") " P.S. YOU SHOULD BE SO LUCKY AS US OLD-TIMERS. CHECK BACK IN 63 YEARS (THE YEAR 2075) AND LET US KNOW HOW YOUR NAME AND YOUR MUSIC WILL BE REMEMBERED.
Just saw him play a sell out show on his birthday this month.
And saw how Nashville told Johnny Cash to go out to pasture and give it up. Nobody wants you no mo'!
I’ve since reposted the Ray Price quote. I was the one who even alerted the mods to the double post and requested the other thread be preserved. Oh well.
When country performers play rock and roll, they are closer to the roots of country, then when they play that MBA inspired pop schmaltz or arty rock! Garth Brooks through his mega-success contributed a lot to the current corruption of country music.
The entertainment at this year’s rodeo holds little to draw me. I’d like to see Gary P. Nunn on the second stage (opening night) or maybe Justin Van Sandt (saw him perform in a RECORD store). But the main stage? Not so much. Styx (without Dennis DeYoung?)
https://www.rodeohouston.com/Concerts/TheHideout.aspx
https://www.rodeohouston.com/Concerts.aspx
Youngest country music lineup I can recall. And not even a Hank III in there (Cross Canadian Ragweed were alright, I think they played one time, and drew the ladies; but they’ve broken up or gone on hiatus).
But then what do I know, I’d like to see them book The Sadies with John Doe if it is “new and hip”.
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