tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16161528.post2689570784877332660..comments2024-02-13T04:24:09.543-08:00Comments on There Stands the Glass: Review: Josh Turner's HaywireHappy In Baghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325328547476858000noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16161528.post-83708213630670864122011-03-25T07:50:55.754-07:002011-03-25T07:50:55.754-07:00Many thanks for a good time visiting your web blog...Many thanks for a good time visiting your web blog. It's really a pleasure knowing an internet site like that rich in great information.best internet marketing productshttp://www.adereview.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16161528.post-77045217470561254712010-02-10T10:48:19.921-08:002010-02-10T10:48:19.921-08:00And btw thanks for the recommendation on Mazor'...And btw thanks for the recommendation on Mazor's Rodgers book. I just checked it out from the UMKC library.bigstevenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16387708970921392374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16161528.post-33002765533490322552010-02-10T10:12:16.720-08:002010-02-10T10:12:16.720-08:00The Carters/Rodgers dichotomy is not perfect. One...The Carters/Rodgers dichotomy is not perfect. One of the criticisms of music like Josh Turner's is that it's too happy. But of the two 'Bristol sessions' artists, it was Rodgers whose music was fun. The Carter Family records could be kind of grim.<br /><br />I guess maybe there's a difference between happy (because you think you're going to heaven) and fun (because you suspect you're not).bigstevenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16387708970921392374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16161528.post-20299251389005919892010-02-10T08:46:49.752-08:002010-02-10T08:46:49.752-08:00I would have acknowledged your joke, BGO, but Nash...I would have acknowledged your joke, BGO, but Nashville's excision of country in country music is no laughing matter.Happy In Baghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325328547476858000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16161528.post-14670572997304067552010-02-10T08:39:03.504-08:002010-02-10T08:39:03.504-08:00HIB,
Fine. But that entirely misses the point of...HIB,<br /><br />Fine. But that entirely misses the point of my post which was clicked in jest and folly at the nature of it all. That said, I would like to plug Barry Mazor's book Meeting Jimmie Rodgers as essential reading. The Urban reference was a sick pun and nothing more. I understand the difference from the lyrical mindsets of A.P. Carter and Jimmie Rodgers too. Musically, both were modernists for their time and setting.bgohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04864447320201748491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16161528.post-71223350122215574442010-02-10T08:19:52.081-08:002010-02-10T08:19:52.081-08:00Steve was probably referring only to lyrical conte...Steve was probably referring only to lyrical content, BGO. Keith Urban's post-Eagles sound probably wouldn't register at all with Rodgers or the Carters.Happy In Baghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325328547476858000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16161528.post-69218761717593735172010-02-10T08:09:47.214-08:002010-02-10T08:09:47.214-08:00Nobody has answered my question that if Keith Urba...Nobody has answered my question that if Keith Urban is classified as country, then why the last name? I truly am not trying to be coy or ironic here (snicker). I think it is perfectly fine to reduce the roots of the music to the goalposts of The Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers, except to say I strongly disagree with looking back at it that way. I will have to go back and listen to my Bristol Sessions double album vinyl tonight though.bgohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04864447320201748491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16161528.post-57043726383856452022010-02-10T06:27:58.187-08:002010-02-10T06:27:58.187-08:00I can not wait to request "Storms of Life&quo...I can not wait to request "Storms of Life" the next time I attend one of your gigs, Tater.<br /><br />Your point is excellent, Steve. And when viewed from that perspective, Josh Turner's new album fits neatly into the tradition.Happy In Baghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325328547476858000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16161528.post-48228138058261358002010-02-09T22:00:51.863-08:002010-02-09T22:00:51.863-08:00It's been said that country music has always g...It's been said that country music has always gone back and forth between the poles of the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers, both of whom were first recorded by Ralph Peer in August 1929 in Bristol TN. <br /><br />All of country music can be traced back to those sessions, with the Carters representing domesticity/religion and Rodgers being the wandering outsider who likes a drink and dies young. This is an oversimplification, but it makes a lot of sense.<br /><br />You seem to fall into the Jimmie Rodgers camp, and that's totally your call. But that doesn't make the other aspect of country music less valid. It's certainly a major component of American culture. Randy Travis, not to mention another traditionalist from that era, Ricky Skaggs, went back towards the Carter Family tradition after their mainstream success.bigstevenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16387708970921392374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16161528.post-21898064939466639892010-02-09T19:29:40.289-08:002010-02-09T19:29:40.289-08:00Harumph, Harumph! It's never enough to just p...Harumph, Harumph! It's never enough to just put out solid music. They all seem to forget the formula that got them where they are. FYI-Storms of Life is the song that made me jump back on the Country Music Wagon years ago. ~TaterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com