I was raised in the Midwest but never listened to a lot of CW though I do have a few people bands that I enjoy. There was a band named "Asleep at the Wheel" that I enjoyed seeing live a few times in the mid 70's (lots of trippy steel guitar, at their live perfomances anyway). I dont have any of ELH's solo stuff but I do have a CD entitled "Grevious Anglel" by Gram Parsons that has her as backup on many of the songs. I have also seen her live as well as Bonnie Rait (who was performing in a small bar in Iowa City in the 73 or 74). Dan Vet recently turned me onto LL who reminds me a bit of Harry Neilsen in a way. Although I haven't heard him for 15 years I was also somewhat taken by Buck Owen's voice in the mid 80's though I never payed him much mind when he was younger and smoother sounding. When I was in highschool my mother heard "Honky Tonk Woman" by the Stones and always considered them a CW group after that no matter what type of song they were doing. She used to blast them when she was running the vacuum cleaner which confused some of my anti establishment friends at the time.
C/W music Audiogon members
Are there ANY Agon members that like SOME country/western music besides me? I have fair collections of J. Cash, Emmylou Harris (not purely C/W I know), G. Jones, Merle Haggard, Don Williams, Linda Ronstadt (early especially), the Judds, Hank Williams Jr., and some others. Some of this music is very well recorded, and the voices great/unique. Also, is it true that if you play a C/W CD backwards that (1) the guy's dog comes back to life (2) he gets his pick-up truck back (3) quits drinking, (4) gets out of prison, and (5) gets his woman back :>) BTW, we won't see Albert Porter on THIS thread. Cheers. Craig.