Comments on: The Country Music Hook http://newscoma.com/2008/06/28/the-country-music-hook/ Got A Two-Pack Habit And A Motel Tan Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:23:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rough Trade Shops - Country Vol.1 | Country | Country Music blog - News and Videos on your favorite Artists http://newscoma.com/2008/06/28/the-country-music-hook/comment-page-1/#comment-18451 Rough Trade Shops - Country Vol.1 | Country | Country Music blog - News and Videos on your favorite Artists Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:19:07 +0000 http://newscoma.wordpress.com/?p=4697#comment-18451 [...] Continue … [...] [...] Continue … [...]

]]> By: PeskyFly http://newscoma.com/2008/06/28/the-country-music-hook/comment-page-1/#comment-18444 PeskyFly Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:13:27 +0000 http://newscoma.wordpress.com/?p=4697#comment-18444 And yes, Appletinis are an abomination. Tinis are about gin or Vodka and olives (while holding the thought o Vermouth in mind). I can also deal with the dark booze answer to the tini--- a Manhattan. Or even with a dessertishly sweet tini-inspired drink like a Side Car or a Rusty Nail. But the Apple, Pom, & Chocolate tini--- woogah to all of them. And yes, Appletinis are an abomination. Tinis are about gin or Vodka and olives (while holding the thought o Vermouth in mind). I can also deal with the dark booze answer to the tini— a Manhattan. Or even with a dessertishly sweet tini-inspired drink like a Side Car or a Rusty Nail.

But the Apple, Pom, & Chocolate tini— woogah to all of them.

]]> By: PeskyFly http://newscoma.com/2008/06/28/the-country-music-hook/comment-page-1/#comment-18445 PeskyFly Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:09:06 +0000 http://newscoma.wordpress.com/?p=4697#comment-18445 Couldn't. Agree. More. And sometime you & I need to do a tour of both black & white Southern Gospel. There are some really astonishing pre-rock cuts by groups like The Statesmen that make early R&R sound downright wussified and limp in comparison. Then we need to listen to Sister Rosetta Tharpe next to some cuts by early rockers like Jerry Lee Lewis and punks like The Oblivions, Mr. Quitnron, and The Makeup. My grandaddy was a quartet singer so I spent every 5th Sunday at all day "singings." And my life changed again when I saw Rev. Willie Morganfield (Muddy Waters' first cousin) preaching and singing at his church in Clarksdale, Ms. It was like the gospel according to Muddy. So moving-- and it really helped me "get" a kind of gospel to which I'd only had an academic connection. Even the Rev. Al Green couldn't move me like the Rev. Morganfield. I'm agnostic. Belief is beside the point, I just don't care about having religion. And yet I completely connect with the need to believe in something bigger and the childlike (in a good way) comfort & joy it brings. That's so much of what gospel music is and although I'd never push it on anybody else, it's so worth exploring. Couldn’t. Agree. More.

And sometime you & I need to do a tour of both black & white Southern Gospel. There are some really astonishing pre-rock cuts by groups like The Statesmen that make early R&R sound downright wussified and limp in comparison. Then we need to listen to Sister Rosetta Tharpe next to some cuts by early rockers like Jerry Lee Lewis and punks like The Oblivions, Mr. Quitnron, and The Makeup.

My grandaddy was a quartet singer so I spent every 5th Sunday at all day “singings.”

And my life changed again when I saw Rev. Willie Morganfield (Muddy Waters’ first cousin) preaching and singing at his church in Clarksdale, Ms. It was like the gospel according to Muddy. So moving– and it really helped me “get” a kind of gospel to which I’d only had an academic connection. Even the Rev. Al Green couldn’t move me like the Rev. Morganfield.

I’m agnostic. Belief is beside the point, I just don’t care about having religion. And yet I completely connect with the need to believe in something bigger and the childlike (in a good way) comfort & joy it brings. That’s so much of what gospel music is and although I’d never push it on anybody else, it’s so worth exploring.

]]> By: newscoma http://newscoma.com/2008/06/28/the-country-music-hook/comment-page-1/#comment-18446 newscoma Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:07:43 +0000 http://newscoma.wordpress.com/?p=4697#comment-18446 Appletinis are an abomination. We agree completely on this one. Appletinis are an abomination. We agree completely on this one.

]]> By: Clay Eals http://newscoma.com/2008/06/28/the-country-music-hook/comment-page-1/#comment-18450 Clay Eals Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:02:19 +0000 http://newscoma.wordpress.com/?p=4697#comment-18450 Good to see your post with its passing reference to Steve Goodman. He often doesn't get his due. You might be interested in my new 800-page biography, "Steve Goodman: Facing the Music." The book delves deeply into Goodman's country roots, including the genesis of "You Never Even Call Me by My Name," co-written by John Prine, debunking the notion that David Allan Coe had anything to do with the classic final verse. Coe and Prine were among my more than 1,080 interviewees. You can find out more at my Internet site (below). The book's first printing just sold out, all 5,000 copies, and a second edition of 5,000 is available now. The second edition includes hundreds of little updates and additions, including 30 more photos for a total of 575. It just won a 2008 IPPY (Independent Publishers Association) silver medal for biography: http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=1231. To order a second-printing copy, see the "online store" page of my site. Just trying to spread word about the book. Feel free to do the same! Clay Eals 1728 California Ave. S.W. #301 Seattle, WA 98116-1958 (206) 935-7515 (206) 484-8008 ceals@comcast.net http://www.clayeals.com Good to see your post with its passing reference to Steve Goodman. He often doesn’t get his due. You might be interested in my new 800-page biography, “Steve Goodman: Facing the Music.” The book delves deeply into Goodman’s country roots, including the genesis of “You Never Even Call Me by My Name,” co-written by John Prine, debunking the notion that David Allan Coe had anything to do with the classic final verse. Coe and Prine were among my more than 1,080 interviewees.

You can find out more at my Internet site (below). The book’s first printing just sold out, all 5,000 copies, and a second edition of 5,000 is available now. The second edition includes hundreds of little updates and additions, including 30 more photos for a total of 575. It just won a 2008 IPPY (Independent Publishers Association) silver medal for biography: http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=1231.

To order a second-printing copy, see the “online store” page of my site. Just trying to spread word about the book. Feel free to do the same!

Clay Eals
1728 California Ave. S.W. #301
Seattle, WA 98116-1958

(206) 935-7515
(206) 484-8008
ceals@comcast.net
http://www.clayeals.com

]]> By: Lee http://newscoma.com/2008/06/28/the-country-music-hook/comment-page-1/#comment-18449 Lee Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:34:38 +0000 http://newscoma.wordpress.com/?p=4697#comment-18449 Two points only somewhat related, because I pretty much agree with Coma here. First, I don't mind the choice pieces of ass. Just turn the volume down low and wear a tight T-shirt. *cough* Carrie Underwood *cough* Second, appletinis are an abomination. Two points only somewhat related, because I pretty much agree with Coma here.

First, I don’t mind the choice pieces of ass. Just turn the volume down low and wear a tight T-shirt. *cough* Carrie Underwood *cough*

Second, appletinis are an abomination.

]]> By: newscoma http://newscoma.com/2008/06/28/the-country-music-hook/comment-page-1/#comment-18448 newscoma Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:57:28 +0000 http://newscoma.wordpress.com/?p=4697#comment-18448 There used to be a place across the street from the Bluebird called Joe's (I think) and we would see John Prine play then he'd buy us all a bear. Dan Mayo hung out there and we went to his house one night and saw the best set I've ever seen in Nashville. I used to work in a recording studio as a flunky and I have to say it was amazing to see those who are amazing and those who aren't. There used to be a place across the street from the Bluebird called Joe’s (I think) and we would see John Prine play then he’d buy us all a bear. Dan Mayo hung out there and we went to his house one night and saw the best set I’ve ever seen in Nashville.

I used to work in a recording studio as a flunky and I have to say it was amazing to see those who are amazing and those who aren’t.

]]> By: theodoric of athens http://newscoma.com/2008/06/28/the-country-music-hook/comment-page-1/#comment-18447 theodoric of athens Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:31:26 +0000 http://newscoma.wordpress.com/?p=4697#comment-18447 the nashville recording industry isn't about music any more; it's about mass marketing of choice pieces of ass. you can go hang at the ProTools lab at the Renaissance Center in Dickson and hear the stories about how Faith Hill really can't sing at all, not even a little bit. I tend to think that New York songwriters are better than Nashville songwriters (not even Hank Williams was Burt Bacharach or Ira Gershwin), but my favorite Nashville songwriters are drunks. You can hear them if you go looking for them, but you won't find them at Bluebird Cafe. the nashville recording industry isn’t about music any more; it’s about mass marketing of choice pieces of ass. you can go hang at the ProTools lab at the Renaissance Center in Dickson and hear the stories about how Faith Hill really can’t sing at all, not even a little bit.

I tend to think that New York songwriters are better than Nashville songwriters (not even Hank Williams was Burt Bacharach or Ira Gershwin), but my favorite Nashville songwriters are drunks. You can hear them if you go looking for them, but you won’t find them at Bluebird Cafe.

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