Beatles were covering country from the very start of their careers: [MEDIA] [MEDIA] [MEDIA]
I'm a little bit older than you, born 1955, and I grew up in Liverpool so grew up surrounded by The Beatles. Country (and Irish folk music) was...
I swear, if you hadn't posted it this would have been my next post. As for murder ballads, hard to beat the Louvin Brothers again...: [MEDIA]...
They aren't really. Sure, all music has some historical lineage and if you go far enough back it's all derived from people banging drums in...
Elis Regina: [MEDIA] Elis and Tom [MEDIA] Sergio Mendes and Brazil 66 [MEDIA]
My wife is related to the great Irish piper Seamus Ennis. I never met him myself, but there was rarely a family wedding or funeral that his...
Liverpool town where I was born... [MEDIA]
Thread needs some Tony Joe White: [MEDIA] And I'm not sure if these guys are country or not, but Jamey Johnson is Country as Fuck. [MEDIA]...
And the Dubs at their very, very best: [MEDIA] Dubliners and Pogues together: [MEDIA] Shane and Christy Moore [MEDIA]
This is just gonna get filled up with Dubliners and Pogues clips, so lets go Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem [MEDIA] [MEDIA] [MEDIA] And the...
OK, three more before bed. Later stuff than I generally listen to, but I love them all: Gram Parsons/Flying Burrito Brothers [MEDIA] Townes Van...
The Cajun National Anthem: [MEDIA] [MEDIA] [MEDIA] [MEDIA]
And if THAT ain't country... [MEDIA]
Finally, in his book on the subject, Dylan Jones makes a fairly compelling case that this is the best song ever written. [MEDIA]
Louvin Brothers is the original and best though. The whole album might be my favourite country album. Unlike Hank the third, you really get the...
Yeah, that's not country, it's 70's folk rock.
I liked it. Country music is a big thing in Ireland and this sounded very much like Irish country music to me.
Cal Smith: [MEDIA] And what about the women! Kitty Wells: [MEDIA] Patsy Cline: [MEDIA] Tammy with The Possum: [MEDIA] Tammy with KLF:...
Darrell Scott: [MEDIA] Lefty Frizzell: [MEDIA] Porter Wagoner: [MEDIA] Webb Pierce: [MEDIA] Jamey Johnson: [MEDIA]
Louvin Brothers: [MEDIA] George Jones: [MEDIA] Trampled by Turtles: [MEDIA] Waylon Jennings: [MEDIA] Bob Wills: [MEDIA] [MEDIA] Willie:...
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