Willie and Waylon, the best of country?

[Tater]

Hell yeah!

[FezPaul]

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[El Mudo]

<p>Yeah, theyre up there...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But you can't leave out Johnny, Merle, Lefty, Buck, or The Carter Family, or Hank Sr.&nbsp;</p>

[DonInNC]

hey look, the corpse dude found a new shtick.

[burrben]

i like to go a little farther back and say the best country was Hank Williams Sr. and Ernest Tubb

[El Mudo]

<p>Or Ray Price, or Bob Wills (even though he technically did Texas Swing) </p>

[El Mudo]

Or Patsy Cline or Loretta Lynn

[hotshot70]

Didn't Willie do a gay cowboy song recently after the Brokeback Mountain movie? &quot;Cowboys are frequently fond of each other&quot; or something like that? Willie had a song on Brokeback Mountain soundtrack &quot;he was a friend of mine&quot; (I think). I think Willie smoked his hair in with that pot!

[Tater]

Flatt and Scruggs and Little Jimmy Dickens too!

[DonInNC]

There's a lot of good country today. Robert Earl Keene, Pat Green, Charlie Robison, etc.

[hotshot70]

Didn't Willie do a gay cowboy song? Maybe he was smoking his hair in with that pot. lol

[El Mudo]

<p>Yes he did:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h1><strong> <font color="#003399"> Artist: Willie Nelson </font></strong></h1><p><strong><font color="#003399"> Song: He Was A Friend Of Mine </font></strong><br /> </p> He was a friend of mine <br /> Every time I think of him <br /> I just can't keep from cryin' <br /> 'Cause he was a friend of mine <br /> <br /> He died on the road <br /> He died on the road <br /> He just kept on moving <br /> Never reaped what he could sow <br /> And he was a friend of mine <br /> <br /> I stole away and cried <br /> I stole away and cried <br /> 'Cause I never had too much money <br /> And I never been quite satisfied <br /> And he was a friend of mine <br /> <br /> He never done no wrong <br /> He never done no wrong <br /> A thousand miles from home <br /> And he never harmed no one <br /> And he was a friend of mine <br /> <br /> He was a friend of mine <br /> He was a friend of mine <br /> Every time I hear his name Lord <br /> I just can't keep from cryin' <br /> 'Cause he was a friend of mine.<br /> <p>&nbsp;</p>

[DonInNC]

Patsy Cline was great,&nbsp;she doesn't get enough props. Loretta Lynn was/is awful.&nbsp;Coalminer's Daughter could be the worst song ever.

[El Mudo]

<strong>DonInNC</strong> wrote:<br />There's a lot of good country today. Robert Earl Keene, Pat Green, Charlie Robison, etc. &nbsp;Of course there is...it just doesn't get played on the radio, but that horse has been beaten to death, and then some&nbsp;<p>&nbsp;</p>

[FUNKMAN]

Louie Schwartz

[hotshot70]

<p>I am not much into country, but I do like the classics like Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, and Cash. Of the newer stuff, I like that guy that did that XXL song (forgot his name).</p><p>ps- sorry about the double posting above. I froze up on my end and didn't know if it got thru.</p>

[burrben]

<strong>DonInNC</strong> wrote:<br />Patsy Cline was great,&nbsp;she doesn't get enough props. Loretta Lynn was/is awful.&nbsp;Coalminer's Daughter could be the worst song ever. <p>i disagree with you on loretta lynn. i think she has done some good stuff, especially the stuff she did with jack white. but i agree that coal miner's daughter is awful.</p>

[DonInNC]

<p>Yeah, that might be harsh. She's a good singer, I just&nbsp;can't get past&nbsp;that one song. </p><p>Has Buck Owens been mentioned?&nbsp;Streets of Bakersfield is one of my all time favorites.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

[epo]

<strong>hotshot70</strong> wrote:<br />Didn't Willie do a gay cowboy song? Maybe he was smoking his hair in with that pot. lol <p>That is a cover of an 80's Ned Sublette tune.&nbsp; And for the record it's the funniest thing Willie ever did to piss off homophobes.&nbsp; </p>

[KennethC]

I think Willie is a genius and Waylon has recorded some strong stuff, but my favorite country singer has always been George Jones - strange he hasn't been mentioned yet.

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by KennethC on 1-4-07 @ 12:07 PM</span>

[burrben]

<strong>DonInNC</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Has Buck Owens been mentioned?&nbsp;Streets of Bakersfield is one of my all time favorites.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>i went through a Buck Owens phase. i love to watch old Hee Haw reruns because he covers a bunch of diffferent songs</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by burrben on 1-4-07 @ 11:09 AM</span>

[MellySmelly]

<p>Someone told me that Willie Nelson is gay, I can't remember who.&nbsp; </p><p>I like Hank Williams and Randy Travis, thats about it.&nbsp;</p>

[DonInNC]

Willie does stuff that would get anyone else banned from country radio stations - the brokeback mountain song, getting arrested with weed, the &quot;Bush ain't no&nbsp;Texan&quot; comment. But they&nbsp;don't dare mess with him. That's why I&nbsp;respect him.&nbsp;&nbsp;

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by DonInNC on 1-4-07 @ 12:07 PM</span>

[Furtherman]

<p><strong><font size="1" color="#ffffff"><font color="#000000">Willie and Waylon, the best of country?</font> </font></strong></p><p><strong><font size="1" color="#ffffff"></font></strong></p><p><font size="1" color="#000000">Check out their version of &quot;Pancho and Lefty&quot;.</font></p>

[KennethC]

<strong>Furtherman</strong> wrote:<br /><p><strong><font size="1" color="#ffffff"><font color="#000000">Willie and Waylon, the best of country?</font> </font></strong></p><p><strong><font size="1" color="#ffffff"></font></strong></p><p><font size="1" color="#000000">Check out their version of &quot;Pancho and Lefty&quot;.</font></p><p>Did they do it? I've only ever heard the Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson version.</p>

[Furtherman]

<strong>KennethC</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Furtherman</strong> wrote:<br /><p><strong><font size="1" color="#ffffff"><font color="#000000">Willie and Waylon, the best of country?</font> </font></strong></p><p><strong><font size="1" color="#ffffff"></font></strong></p><p><font size="1" color="#000000">Check out their version of &quot;Pancho and Lefty&quot;.</font></p><p>Did they do it? I've only ever heard the Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson version.</p><p>Oooops.&nbsp; KennethC is right.&nbsp; Never mind!</p>

[A.J.]

<p>Marie's the best of country...Donny's the best of rock n' roll.</p><p><img src="http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1775000/images/_1779452_donny300.jpg" border="0" width="300" height="180" /></p>

[Chigworthy]

<p>Willie, Waylon <strong>and me</strong>, the best of country.</p><p><img src="http://www.thestatetheater.com/images/band%20photos/david-allan-coe-3.gif" border="0" width="150" height="173" /></p>

[goreds2]

<strong>KennethC</strong> wrote:<br />I think Willie is a genius and Waylon has recorded some strong stuff, but my favorite country singer has always been George Jones - strange he hasn't been mentioned yet. <span class="post_edited">This message was edited by KennethC on 1-4-07 @ 12:07 PM</span> <p>&nbsp; I agree on George Jones.&nbsp; Another surprise is that Conway Twitty has not been mentioned.&nbsp;</p><p>(<strong>55 number one singles</strong>)&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway_Twitty">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway_Twitty</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[IamFogHat]

<strong>Tater</strong> wrote:<br />Hell yeah!<p>&nbsp;Wait, you like country music, and your name is Tater?&nbsp; Get the fuck out...</p>

[Dougie Brootal]

<strong>Chigworthy</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Willie, Waylon <strong>and me</strong>, the best of country.</p><p><img src="http://www.thestatetheater.com/images/band%20photos/david-allan-coe-3.gif" border="0" width="150" height="173" /></p><p>i was gonna rush right in and post this but ya beat me to it!</p><p><img src="http://www.davidallancoe.com/members/photos/livepics/butchsteakley/studio231/DavidAllenCoe2.jpg" border="0" width="389" height="585" /></p>

[Chigworthy]

I'm not that much of a country fan, but I do like how Coe hates Nashville with a passion.&nbsp; I mean, the Nashville music machine is surely of the devil.

[Coach_Mac]

Here's why most country sucks...they don't write their own songs so there is no real feeling or emotion behind them...even though the song is probably about someone dying (every country song today is). Country singers are targeting the dumbest people in America with their songs because only stupid people can listen to a song about a girl who's father killed her (Alissa lies) and think it's a great song because it's so emotional...no it's not! It's a songwriter making up the sadest story he can think of because he knows a million hayseeds will buy into it. That's why Pat Green, R.E.K, and Charlie Robison are ok, they are singing about their experiences. By the way, has anyone heard Jack Ingram's remake of &quot;lips of an angel?&quot; Yikes! Brutal!

[Leadbottom]

George Jones!

[tele7]

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[BLZBUBBA]

<p>Of the relatively newer country acts I gotta go with Dwight Yoakum.&nbsp; Started out opening for punk bands in LA doing what was called at the time...Cowpunk.&nbsp; But he sticks pretty much to what I call country...for the most&nbsp;part.&nbsp; And&nbsp;he's great in most movies as well.&nbsp; Awesome in SLINGBLADE.&nbsp; Haggard and Cash are my two favorites all time.</p><p>And by the way....Went to a Dwight Yoakum concert and it was the only time I ever felt in danger at a show.&nbsp; Country fans mixed with rockers.&nbsp; Pretty volatile mix.</p>

[PapaBear]

I saw Dwight Yoakum open up for the Grateful Dead in the late 1980's.

[Furtherman]

<p>My favorite is George Jones.&nbsp; </p><p>Not because of his music, but because one night his wife, frustrated he was so drunk,&nbsp;threw out all the beer and hid his car keys.&nbsp; He lived about 8 miles from the nearest town, so just jumped on the lawn mower, and at the leisurley rate at about 5 mph, he drove to town.&nbsp; On the way, it is alleged that a car full of kids slowed down to make fun of him and he said &quot;Fuck you kids!&nbsp; You wish you had a Corvette like this!!&quot;&nbsp; The cops pulled him over shortly thereafter.</p><p>He pulled another lawn mower stunt while married to Tammy Wynette, but this time he made it to a bar - 10 miles away!&nbsp; I suspect that lawn mower went a little faster.</p>

[J.Clints]

I am a huge fan of Waylon Jennings and his son Shooter Jennings. But I am not a fan of Willie. I do like Johnny Cash and all 3 Hanks

[davidb72]

<p>I have George Jones tickets for June 3rd! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I also like Merle, Buck, Gene Watson, and Dwight Yoakam.&nbsp;</p>

[ralphbxny]

<strong>douggrasso</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Chigworthy</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Willie, Waylon <strong>and me</strong>, the best of country.</p><p><img src="http://www.thestatetheater.com/images/band%20photos/david-allan-coe-3.gif" border="0" width="150" height="173" /></p><p>i was gonna rush right in and post this but ya beat me to it!</p><p><img src="http://www.davidallancoe.com/members/photos/livepics/butchsteakley/studio231/DavidAllenCoe2.jpg" border="0" width="389" height="585" /></p><p>I love David allen coe</p>

[ralphbxny]

<strong>MellySmelly</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Someone told me that Willie Nelson is gay, I can't remember who.&nbsp; </p><p>The guy who's dick he sucked?</p><p>Sorry I am a willie fan but I couldnt resist!!</p>

[davidb72]

<strong>PapaBear</strong> wrote:<br />I saw Dwight Yoakum open up for the Grateful Dead in the late 1980's.<p>&nbsp;Wow, that must have been a cool show...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I've seen Dwight twice in NY City. Saw Merle play at Tramps once before they closed it.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I saw BR-549 at BB Kings one time, they put on a good show.&nbsp;</p>

[ralphbxny]

I saw willie at the beacon last year. I was second hand hi as a MOFO!!

[moochcassidy]

gimme johnny cash anyday..dont actually know much jennings

[hedges]

Great forum! Cause' it belongs in old school. I hate "new" country. Willie, Waylon, Coe, Cash, Haggard, Robbins; some of my favorite pickers are Flatt & Scruggs, Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant, and Jimmy Reed (who I think is underrated).

My new favorite country band are the Drive-By Truckers.

[PapaBear]

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[DonInNC]

<strong>hedges</strong> wrote:<br />My new favorite country band are the Drive-By Truckers. <p>Love the DBT's. Their shows absolutely rock. </p>