[image: Inline image 1] Two Of A Kind Working On A Full House - Trey Laymon cover http://youtu.be/eX0JcMWgENg
On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 5:45 PM, Richard Williams <pundits...@gmail.com>wrote: > Garth Brooks > > [image: Inline image 1] > > Two Of A Kind Working On A Full House > http://youtu.be/xIaUxNuO0dY > > "Garth Brooks integrated rock elements into his recordings to produce > progressive country music. He is the best-selling recording artist in the > United States since 1991 ahead of the Beatles, and the second best selling > artist of all time, behind only Elvis Presley. Brooks has won two Grammy > Awards, and seventeen American Music Awards." > > Read more: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Brooks > > > On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 11:08 PM, Richard Williams > <pundits...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Merl Haggard >> >> [image: Inline image 2] >> >> We saw Merle Haggard and Kris Kristofferson at the Wells Fargo Center, >> Santa Rosa, CA located at 50 Mark West Springs Road, on Apr 2, 2009. My >> daughter lives in Santa Rosa and is a big country music fan. He has played >> Austin on several occasions. >> >> Live in Austin,Texas October 30, 1985 >> http://youtu.be/GDPoQa1Ptt0 >> >> Live - Austin City Limits, 1978 >> http://youtu.be/UwHzkyPZHKg >> >> [image: Inline image 1] >> >> Merle Haggard Fender Signature Telecaster >> >> "Haggard has endorsed Fender guitars and has a Custom Artist signature >> model Telecaster. The guitar is a modified Telecaster Thinline with >> laminated top of figured maple, set neck with deep carved heel, birdseye >> maple fingerboard with 22 jumbo frets, ivoroid pickguard and binding, gold >> hardware, abalone Tuff Dog Tele peghead inlay, 2-Colour Sunburst finish and >> a pair of Fender Texas Special Tele single-coil pickups with custom-wired >> 4-way pickup switching. He also plays six string acoustic models. In 2001, >> C.F. Martin & Company introduced a limited edition Merle Haggard Signature >> Edition 000-28SMH acoustic guitar available with or without >> factory-installed electronics." >> >> Read more: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Haggard >> >> 'The Encyclopedia of Country Music' >> by Paul Kingsburyand Vince Gill >> Oxford University Press, 1998 >> >> >> On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 8:48 PM, <s3raph...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> One of my favourite country classics (bear in mind I'm British so >>> American country has an exotic element that would be lost on Yanks) >>> is Merle Haggard's Okie from Muskogee. First time I heard it I took it >>> straight as a conservative Yank protesting about the permissive hippie >>> culture. The second time I heard it I thought what an idiot I'd been - it >>> was *obviously* a satire taking the mickey out of straight-laced country >>> fans. Later I realised that what makes the song so appealing is precisely >>> its ambiguity. It isn't offering a neat resolution but leaves you >>> understanding that life isn't interested in accommodate our preconceived >>> notions. >>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb41WPXYlQc >>> >>> >>> >> >> >
