And Freeman will be reissuing his 1980 album EVERTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT COUNTRY BUT WAS AFEARD TO ASK
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On Jun 12, 2012, at 12:34 PM, Freeman Fisher wrote: > And in other music news today, Kirby McDaniel will be releasing his latest > collection of vintage German Polkas recorded on the sidewalk on 6th Street in > Austin. > The cover art will be his favorite barstool made of bull horns and deer > antlers. > > > > > On Jun 12, 2012, at 10:22 AM, Helmut Hamm wrote: > >> I'm a HUGE country music fan, and if you look outside of Nashville, there's >> still a fair number of absolutely outstanding acts to be discovered... >> >> Here's an album I recorded and released on my (meanwhile retired) record >> label in 2007: >> >> http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/billydonburns >> >> The recordings were made in my living room, and that's my sofa on the cover. >> Billy Don Burns is an outlaw, a rebel, an addict and utterly crazy, but it's >> guys like him who still keep the spirit of REAL country alive. >> >> If you look into his biography, Billy Don has been all over the place, >> Willie Nelson recorded one of this songs, his co-operation with Hank Cochran >> actually kicked Johnny Cash's UNCHAINED off the #1 position in Gavin's >> Americana album charts in 1996, and today he COULD be one of the great names >> in country music, yet he managed to screw it all up, and as it is, hardly >> anybody outside the professional crowd even remembers his name. >> >> To quote another one of my country music heroes, David Allan Coe: 'If that >> ain't country, you can kiss my ass!' >> >> Helmut >> >> >> >> Am 09.06.2012 um 18:36 schrieb Rix Posterz: >> >>> Being a songwriter (lyricist) myself---and having written dozens of country >>> songs, mostly in the early 90's---the use of imperfect rhymes in every >>> contemporary Country song is a true pet peeve of mine. The current Country >>> music songwriters go out of their way to make every single rhyme an >>> imperfect one---ie: rhyming "back" with "that" or "pit" with "this". Hey, >>> if this occurred occasionally or even semi-frequently, it wouldn't bother >>> me so much...but nowadays it's always the case...always. And I'm not alone >>> in feeling the way I do. Years ago, the legendary lyricist Sammy Cahn said >>> it was his personal pet peeve as well...and that was decades before >>> contemporary Country music started thoroughly dumbing-down the songwriting >>> process. A few years ago, I met the great songwriter Paul Williams at a >>> friend's Christmas party and we got into a long conversation about this >>> subject...and he agreed with me completely. >>> In Country music as well as Pop music, these days more often than not >>> songs are "cloned"---somebody has a monster hit, causing songwriters to >>> scramble in an effort to write a song that's just close enough to the hit >>> where they won't get their asses sued for plagiarism. I'm sure this same >>> type of practice takes place all the time in the TV and movie industries as >>> well. I think Country music had a renaissance of sorts in the late 80's >>> and early 90's and has gone downhill ever since. Just my two cents, >>> whatever that's worth... >>> Rick >>> >>> In a message dated 6/9/2012 8:57:27 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, >>> ki...@movieart.net writes: >>> The greatest moment in the history of country music was when Johnny Cash's >>> stepdaughter, Carlene Carter, said that she was "going to put the cunt back >>> in country."* It's >>> been all downhill after that. >>> >>> >>> *In 1979, during a concert at New York's Bottom Line, Carlene Carter >>> introduced a song about mate-swapping called Swap-Meat Rag by stating, "If >>> this song don't put the cunt back in country, I don't know what will." >>> >>> Yours sincerely, >>> Pat Boone >>> >>> >>> On Jun 9, 2012, at 9:27 AM, Diana and/or Morris Everett Jr wrote: >>> >>>> We are indeed! And the boots I would be scootin' in are custom made Paul >>>> Bonds with my initials inlaid front and back! We're serious about this >>>> stuff, by golly! You should have seen the show tonight. Blake Shelton >>>> and Jake Owen made me swoon, Carrie Underwood who is sheer perfection in >>>> every way certainly had Mo's attention, and the National Anthem was sung >>>> to perfection by The Oak Ridge Boys. That's what I'm talking' about: Yee >>>> Haw! >>>> >>>> As for the "porn" you sent Morrie, Kirby you nut, those were some great >>>> shots of movie poster stuff from back in the day. Mo is hanging his head >>>> for not getting back to you the moment he watched it. I really enjoyed >>>> seeing Mo bidding in that auction. He says THANK YOU!! >>>> >>>> Okay, so I have no input as to how to get great - or even good- tickets >>>> to next year's CMA event. Bummer, dudes. >>>> >>>> 'Night- By the way, here is my favorite, hands down, no question about it, >>>> FOREVER AND EVER favorite country music video. Mo loves it too. We both >>>> wish we could have participated!! Watch it standing up and HAVE A GOOD >>>> TIME!!! >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSROm-vgVRk >>>> >>>> From: Kirby McDaniel <ki...@movieart.net> >>>> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >>>> Sent: Friday, June 8, 2012 2:33 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Off topic: but oh boy would I love a favor..... >>>> >>>> They're boot-scooters! They should move to Texas. Like Stephen McNally >>>> and the Indians in APACHE DRUMS, we are >>>> surrounded by those people. Yee hah. >>>> >>>> K. >>>> On Jun 8, 2012, at 12:11 PM, Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art wrote: >>>> >>>>> At 07:03 AM 6/8/2012, Diana and/or Morris Everett Jr wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I am a huge ( okay, bigger than huge) country music fan, and Mo has >>>>>> been a willing convert. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Poor Morrie >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >>>>> ___________________________________________________________________ >>>>> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >>>>> Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu >>>>> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >>>>> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >>>> ___________________________________________________________________ >>>> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >>>> Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu >>>> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >>>> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >>> ___________________________________________________________________ >>> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >>> Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu >>> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >>> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >>> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >>> ___________________________________________________________________ >>> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >>> Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu >>> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >>> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >>> >> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >> > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. 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