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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.....
shubertmaniac
tarsando
578 posts
 
Elvis and the Jordinaires
dfrigovt
38 posts
 
I like "Dead Flowers".
blkadr
739 posts
 
The Country Honk version on 'Let it Bleed' was the original way Jagger and Richards wrote the song. A "Hank Williams/Jimmy Rodgers" kind of song. Richards credits Mick Taylor as the one who gave the song that funky sound when they recorded it as the single 'Honky Tonk Woman'.
photon46
1,076 posts
 
Yeah, the country seeds Gram Parsons planted in Keith bore fine musical fruit. Many of the songs in their quasi country genre are among their finest. I'm really partial to Dwight Yoakam's music also. He and Pete Anderson really created some fine neo-country that manages to sound classic, timeless, and contemporary at the same time.
musicbuff
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I've loved the Rolling Stones since 1965 (even bought their expensive Import vinyl at Lewin's Records on Hollywood Blvd, so I could hear the long version of 2120 So. Michigan Ave, Everybody Needs Somebody To Love, Long, Long While, Fortune Teller, etc.)and I like some of their C&W inspired tunes like "High and Dry", "Send Me Dead Flowers", but they're no match for "Merle Haggard and the Strangers", IMO.
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