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Discussion starter · #26 ·
I had to wear the shirt. It's really outstanding! :icon_smile: I wore twill trousers and pebble-grain loafers. Warm evening so no jacket required.

It's a beautiful theatre and we had great seats. Many folks in cowboy hats, bolo ties, fringe, etc. But I got lots of compliments on the shirt (maybe not a good thing?).

Nelson is 80 years old. I've always know him for that unique voice and his song writing ability, but what you don't get the full impact of listing to his albums is his fantastic guitar playing skills!

He had two sons and a daughter in the group with him and the older son is a good musician with a very similar voice.

Thanks for you help on this. Have to listen to at least an hour of Sinatra now today.

That Gram Parsons "suit" was made by Nudie of Hollywood, and I when I first moved to California used to see him around in a Cadillac convertible with western 6-shooters (guns) as the door handles.
 
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Glad you enjoyed the concert, Andy. I'm not a country music fan, but Willie Nelson crosses that boundary. (Kind of like, to me, Emmylou Harris, who remains one of the most beautiful women in the world - with gray hair, no less!)
 
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Chouan said:
A mask of some kind, so that you won't be recognised, and you won't, therefore, be ridiculed for your poor taste in music......
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How dare you insult America's music! Seriously, when I first started enjoying country music while I was living in Texas about 45 years ago, it was considered quite lowbrow in much of the USA, at least in more "sophisticated" urban areas. These days, it is totally mainstream. Almost everyone enjoys it. And, the country music of today is very different from a lot of the twangy, cornball stuff of 50 years ago.
 
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Chouan said:
A mask of some kind, so that you won't be recognised, and you won't, therefore, be ridiculed for your poor taste in music......
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I'm pretty sure that was Wynton Marsalis that I saw on TV, performing with Willie Nelson. I'm pretty sure he doesn't need the money, so maybe he actually respects Willie.
 
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JLibourel said:
How dare you insult America's music! Seriously, when I first started enjoying country music while I was living in Texas about 45 years ago, it was considered quite lowbrow in much of the USA, at least in more "sophisticated" urban areas. These days, it is totally mainstream. Almost everyone enjoys it. And, the country music of today is very different from a lot of the twangy, cornball stuff of 50 years ago.
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Plenty of Bob Wills's stuff is cornball...with stupendous musicianship. Anyone who's never heard of Jimmy Bryant can thank me privately:
. Finally, country music is arguably less restrictive thematically than other popular genres. I can't think of any rock songs about being a grownup, having kids, going to work, getting older, blah blah.

OK, I can think of hip hop songs about life as I actually live it.

Buddy Emmons...again, thank me privately if you're a guitarist and have never heard of him:
 
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SlideGuitarist said:
Plenty of Bob Wills's stuff is cornball...with stupendous musicianship. Anyone who's never heard of Jimmy Bryant can thank me privately:
. Finally, country music is arguably less restrictive thematically than other popular genres. I can't think of any rock songs about being a grownup, having kids, going to work, getting older, blah blah.

OK, I can think of hip hop songs about life as I actually live it.

Buddy Emmons...again, thank me privately if you're a guitarist and have never heard of him:
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As a serious guitarist, I'd like to get your opinion of Johnny Hiland. He plays mostly rockabilly but has about the finest chops I've heard. Seldom hits a wrong note.
 
#32 ·
MaxBuck, you probably keep up on these things more than I do. I do like Johnny Hiland (Toby Keith, well...), and I like that style generally. I haven't played my Telecaster in a while (two kids, demanding job); these days I practice scales and sight-reading on a Gibson flat-top. I just wanted to warn that one should not disdain musical brilliance, whatever the genre. As far as "lowbrow" goes, Western swing guitar is melodically more interesting than most rock guitar, with more sophisticated chords, and that's a 70-year-old style.

Andy, I'm glad you enjoyed yourself!
 
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eagle2250 said:
^^Huh!
What's the problem with Willie Nelson as a musician? Thank gawd for country music! ;)
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IMO, Willie was/is an excellent song writer, too! ... "Three Days" is one of my favorites.

Full disclosure: I like operas, too.

K.D. Lang's rendition of "Three Days" is fabulous!

Willie singing "Three Days" - early 1960's

Willie in the early days.
 
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JLibourel said:
How dare you insult America's music! Seriously, when I first started enjoying country music while I was living in Texas about 45 years ago, it was considered quite lowbrow in much of the USA, at least in more "sophisticated" urban areas. These days, it is totally mainstream. Almost everyone enjoys it. And, the country music of today is very different from a lot of the twangy, cornball stuff of 50 years ago.
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How dare you insult twangy and cornball??
 
#38 ·
Al Green covers Willie's "Funny How Time Slips Away" on his classic Call Me. In 1994, Al Green and Lyle Lovett released a version on the concept album Rhythm, Country and Blues. So much for genre.

I attended two hip hop concerts this year: Kariem Riggins (former drummer for Mulgrew Miller, J-Dilla, and now with Diana Krall), and "Dilla Days" in DC, in honor of J-Dilla. Granted, J-Dilla was a serious artist, often more suitable for headphone listening than for parties, but on both occasions I was underdressed in comparison to some of the brothers in beautiful trad rigs: linen suits, straw fedoras, saddle shoes...and dreadlocks!
 
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JLibourel said:
And, the country music of today is very different from a lot of the twangy, cornball stuff of 50 years ago.
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By which I assume you mean the twangy, cornball stuff from 50 years ago was actually listenable, unlike the Capricorn Records knock-offs of today who pass themselves off as country artists.
 
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