Re: country radio
In a message dated 3/5/99 12:11:16 PM EST, don yates writes: for those interested in hearing actual country music -- as opposed to roots-rock, f*lk, etc. -- you're still quite likely to run into it on mainstream country radio. And you're certainly gonna hear a lot more of it there than you will on your local AAA station.--don as long as you don't mind listening to the all the dreck in between. but i guess that's par for the course with pretty much all commercial radio (the exception being kpig in northern cal).
Re: country radio
After wrappin' up Swingin' Doors last night, I tuned to one of Seattle's commercial country stations. They were playin' John Anderson's "Straight Tequila Night," one of my favorite country songs of the '90s -- alt. or otherwise. While it's true that modern country radio's programming is erratic at best, they're still capable of knockin' one outta the park. For those interested in hearing actual country music -- as opposed to roots-rock, f*lk, etc. -- you're still quite likely to run into it on mainstream country radio. And you're certainly gonna hear a lot more of it there than you will on your local AAA station.--don Well, yes and no. I don't have an AAA station, so I can't speak to that. But I do have three country stations pre-set on my car radio, and I can drive to work -- about 17 minutes -- without hearing one tune worth listening to on any one of those stations. Bland, formulaic, non-threatening, slick jingles, with a few cute phrase formulations, the same guitars, etc.* But then out of nowhere, they'll play something great -- Lee Ann Womack, Randy Travis, Anderson, Vince Gill (they've been playing that country shuffle duet lately), Dwight -- etc. So if you tune in and expect to be blown away, best be prepared to wait a while. And maybe pre-set nine or ten stations, just to be safe. -- Terry Smith * of course, this applies to most commercial radio, no matter the genre.
Re: country radio
half the time I either laugh out loud at the cliches or think, "cripes it sounds like lawrence welk!!". I'll give you the folk point though - you won't hear that on Country Radio and as most public radio stations' licenses are held by institutions of higher learning, their airwaves are rife with it. Most is as cliched as the worst country stuff. I guess that's academia for you. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "passenger side" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: country radio Date: Fri, Mar 5, 1999, 11:20 AM In a message dated 3/5/99 12:11:16 PM EST, don yates writes: for those interested in hearing actual country music -- as opposed to roots-rock, f*lk, etc. -- you're still quite likely to run into it on mainstream country radio. And you're certainly gonna hear a lot more of it there than you will on your local AAA station.--don as long as you don't mind listening to the all the dreck in between. but i guess that's par for the course with pretty much all commercial radio (the exception being kpig in northern cal).
RE: country radio
half the time I either laugh out loud at the cliches or think, "cripes it sounds like lawrence welk!!". Lots of people have been doing that for as long as I've been listening to country music. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
Re: country radio
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Jennifer Sperandeo wrote: half the time I either laugh out loud at the cliches or think, "cripes it sounds like lawrence welk!!". Which is pretty much what folks outside the traditional country music audience were doin' back in the '50s and '60s when listening to country radio, Jenni. The more things change...--don
Re: country radio
alow me to update: "cripes, it sounds like Billy Ocean!" -- From: Don Yates [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "passenger side" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: country radio Date: Fri, Mar 5, 1999, 12:07 PM On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Jennifer Sperandeo wrote: half the time I either laugh out loud at the cliches or think, "cripes it sounds like lawrence welk!!". Which is pretty much what folks outside the traditional country music audience were doin' back in the '50s and '60s when listening to country radio, Jenni. The more things change...--don
Lawrence Welk (RE: country radio)
half the time I either laugh out loud at the cliches or think, "cripes it sounds like lawrence welk!!". Lots of people have been doing that for as long as I've been listening to country music. On a totally different tangent, I have been listening to the upcoming Spade Cooley record that Bloodshot is releasing soon and my first reaction was "This sounds like Lawrence Welk!" Maybe not as cheesy but the accordion and the western swing arrangements have that "champagne" sound. I must be getting old, though, I kinda liked it. g Jim, smilin'
Re: country radio
"Caribbean Queen" was a swell song. -Original Message- From: Jennifer Sperandeo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: passenger side [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, March 05, 1999 1:17 PM Subject: Re: country radio alow me to update: "cripes, it sounds like Billy Ocean!" -- From: Don Yates [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "passenger side" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: country radio Date: Fri, Mar 5, 1999, 12:07 PM On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Jennifer Sperandeo wrote: half the time I either laugh out loud at the cliches or think, "cripes it sounds like lawrence welk!!". Which is pretty much what folks outside the traditional country music audience were doin' back in the '50s and '60s when listening to country radio, Jenni. The more things change...--don
RE: Lawrence Welk (RE: country radio)
On a totally different tangent, I have been listening to the upcoming Spade Cooley record that Bloodshot is releasing soon and my first reaction was "This sounds like Lawrence Welk!" Maybe not as cheesy but the accordion and the western swing arrangements have that "champagne" sound. I must be getting old, though, I kinda liked it. g Welcome to Club Geezer, Jim. Cooley and Welk were essentially direct competitors in Southern California in the early-mid 50s. That's a bit after the period covered by the Bloodshot transcriptions comp, but even so... Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
