This is a 1980 performance of their 1971 hit! One day, we’ll marvel that folks used to write songs about driving around in fast cars. What the heck, let’s have another one….James Cotton Band tearing up Rocket 88. OK OK, let’s go for the hat… Read More
I had a chance to spend some time chatting with my friend Russ this weekend. When that happens, the topic usually zeros in on music, and often country music. Here’s a performance by Don Walser that’s up on Youtube which I’ve shared before. I’d like… Read More
As a friend of mine once said, “I like both kinds of music, Country AND Western”. Somewhere along the way the music powerbrokers tried to nudge the western part of it into the ditch, but it’s still out there. I mentioned Don Walser in my… Read More
Remember Country & Western music? Somewhere along the way the “Western” part disappeared and everything went to hell. Let’s listen to some vintage Ernest Tubb… http://youtu.be/troL2Toww24 And here’s Floyd Tillman Drivin Nails in my Coffin… Remember Lefty Frizzell? Saginaw Michigan… http://youtu.be/JI_xCH6wkO8 Let’s close with the… Read More
I can do more from a saddle than I can from my old pick-up….an early morning Daily Dose from Don Walser – Texas Top Hand http://youtu.be/6JqN4XF5r2g
Is it a dying art form? Here’s cowboy singer Don Edwards… http://youtu.be/N4YZd1037_E Maybe you have to be named Don to be a really good yodel-man? Here’s Don Walser. Let me say here that if it weren’t for my buddy East Texas Red I might not… Read More
Tonight’s Daily Dose features the late Don Walser, Western Swing singer extraordinaire. My buddy East Texas Red first introduced me to Mr. Walser’s fantastic music.
Here’s Bill Haley, back when he was a yodeling cowboy. The accordion in this one is a special bonus, just for you. Then of course, there’s Jimmie Rodgers with Blue Yodel #1, T for Texas. Here’s Peter Hinnen. This video leaves me speechless. Let me… Read More
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