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Greatest C&W Band

Holy Sh*t.....I haven't responded to any of buddies on Audiogon in awhile......but.....since my divorce I haven't been on a even keel in awhile....nor sane.....but I will say this..... Match.com is isn't half bad...but that is my drunken opinion...The only really good thing about this, I have listened to lots...and lots of music....not just classical (Schubert is still my favorite).....but lots of my old stuff.....what is so funny,.....after Hank Williams,Sr (both Albert Porter agree..that is about Hank) the greatest C&W BAND is the Rolling Stones....yeah.....the Rolling Stones...I always thought they were the greatest rock and roll band behind the Yardbirds...but in my recluseness(?) I have reaccessed the Rolling Stones.... not only are they still a great rock band...but perhaps... maybe because of their nature even a greater C&W band... After Honky Tonk Blues by Hank....I can't conceive of any other C&W songs that are as "real" as Rolling Stones C&W songs....Even Keith admits that he loves Hank,Sr.... So what is your favorite C&W song by the STONES....mine... I have a million...but....if you ask in private...Sweet Virgina....Exile on Main St......scrape the sh*t off my shoes.....
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montytx
138 posts
 
Man, you are drunk.
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jdlepera
234 posts
 
Also a Great R&b Band,Blues and Jammed out good on Sticky Fingers and had some of the best Disco songs as well.Jagger and Richards,2 of the best song writers around for years.One of the pioneering English Bands that sent The Blues back to America.Guess their roots are Blues/Country. Wild Horses my Country pick if I can't pick Sweet Virginia.
mcrheist
130 posts
 
The Stones definitely have Country and Western influences, but IMHO the blues run much deeper for them. However, based on your criteria, "Sweet Virginia" would probably be my favorite also. Not only for the tune but in honor of my aunt (my Dad's only sibling) who died of Alzheimers at a terribly young age.
mariasplunge
174 posts
 
The stones are good. But really, in the end, their just a bunch of fairly well off white kids from british suburbia trying to emmulate the likes of chuck berry and the other black poor oppressed down and out bluesmen who really had "the blues." So don't go looking to them for any authenticity.

As for C&W forget it. Stick with Hank Sr.
joman
167 posts
 
" Salt of the Earth" would be my selection. More of a ballad, reminds me of Marty Robbins. Just a great tune.
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