HRGuru

Hi There!

I just moved to Austin TX from Chicago IL, I don;t claim to know alot about country but I love Kenny Chesney, Sugarland, Rascal Flats, Johny Cash and a host of others! I am in the midst of it all now! But, Austin loves music in general. There are many venues to hear live local music weekly! I am going Country Swing dancing Sat night and can't wait to see what that's about!

I wish you well in San Fran!!!

I like some country music, but I have alot of different kinds of music that I listen to, as well.  I like Alison Krauss and Patty Loveless.  Martina McBride is another one, and Chely Wright.  There was another woman that I used to listen to who sang the song "Harley", but I can't remember her name.  Travis Tritt, is of course, a good one.  Randy Travis, Clint Black and George Strait.  But I do not think that Billy Ray Cyrus was a singer of any kind, never mind the country singer he claimed to be, and I do not like Dwight Yoakum (who could probably stand up straight if his trousers weren't so very tight).  I just like all kinds of music.  I used to live in Austin when Asleep at the Wheel was just getting started, and they used to play during the lunch-hour concerts on the green by the capital building.

Vince Gill, Travis Tritt, Randy Travis, George Strait-- yeah, those are great.  Clint Black, Reba McIntyre, Patty Loveless, Shenandoah, the list goes on.  But I grew up on Slim Whitman and Hank Snow, Hank Williams, Sr......now, those are the truly great.  No one could do it better. 

I grew up on Country Music.  I can remember coming home from school and sitting with the radio in my lap and listen to it.  I like a lot of the old Country Music - 50s-70s.  I like some of the new music too but not as well as the old.  Some of my favorite concerts I attended while in the Air Force were at the Hampton Roads Coliseum.  Entertainers like Johnny Cash, The Statler Brothers, Loretta Lynn, Don Gibson, Jim Ed Brown, Floyd Cramer, Chet Atkins, Boots Randolph, etc.  Those were some great concerts.

Recently I have been to some small town venues that have some excellent talent.  I could go listen to good Country Music every weekend.

The last concert that I attended was Alabama.  My son took me for Fatehr's Day.  We were about 12 rows back - center to the stage.  It was a great concert.  We stood up more than we set down.

Alabama has actually quit touring.  The Oakridge Boys were okay - but I did not like them near as well as the Statler Brothers or Alabama.

No, they didn't break up - they just got too rich and quit I guess.

Regarding the Statler Brothers, they have quit touring as well.  Some of them were getting up there in years.  Overall, they are one of my favorite country groups.

Alot of the really great ones are getting up there in years and retiring.  I like Dolly and Vince, as well.  I still believe in you by Vince Gill was a really pretty song.  I like Amy Grant, too, but it seemed like a strange mix when they got married, because they don't sing the same kind of music, and his first wife was a country singer.  I like Amy Grant, as well, but she isn't a country singer.  Vince Gill's first wife was from the famous White family, country singers.

I was just playing Don Williams during a dinner party tonight!  I really love his song "too old to die young" and have been looking for it.  American Country cds aren't always easy to find here, so I may end up having to order it online.  He has such a nice voice!

yeah, they're good, too.  We used to listen to so many acts that were introduced on the Grand Ole Opry.  That was Saturday night fun for us.  We lived in the very, very rural part of the country, and it was quiet and slow.  And nothing but country music on all of the radio stations!

Wow, that's impressive.  My Dad used to have Jim Reeves 78s.

I actually remember Dolly Parton singing "I wish I was a teddybear".  Not living or loving, not going nowhere.  I'm sure that others did, as well, though.  I'll bet there will be someone on here who will know!

I had a feeling you would be the one to find it out!  Barbara Fairchild.  I can't say that I've heard of her name, but I certainly did hear her sing that song alot on the radio when I was little.  I'm fifty now, so that's been awhile.  But I heard Dolly Parton sing it once.  I never could figure out how she could play the guitar with those long nails!  I used to play the guitar alot, and I had no nails.

Martina McBride is one of my favourites!  I like some of Keith Urban's stuff, too.

Growing up in New England, I was exposed to most country music such as Alabama, Oakridge Boys to name a couple.  Since I like most of today's country music, I gotta tell you that Alan Jackson is my all time favorite!  Went to 2 of his concerts.  One in the early days of his career and one that I attended last year with Brook's and Dunn.  He and his music still hasn't disappointed me.