RE: Today in History

1999-02-01 Thread Jon Weisberger 

  Porter Wagoner - .  "Country music is actually pretty close to disco or
  rock," he
  told a local reporter.  "Hell, you can sing 'Y'all Come' to disco."
 
 

 Now *that* is muddying the waters

Yah, well, I guess ol' Porter's not one of the cognoscenti.

Jon Weisberger  Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/

Re: Today in History

1999-02-01 Thread stuart 



Jon Weisberger wrote:

   Porter Wagoner - .  "Country music is actually pretty close to disco or
   rock," he
   told a local reporter.  "Hell, you can sing 'Y'all Come' to disco."
  
  
 
  Now *that* is muddying the waters

 Yah, well, I guess ol' Porter's not one of the cognoscenti.


.But of course he is.  and you too.  Maybe the right term was illuminati.  Or
elect?  The better sort?  Men of wealth and taste?  All it meant was people who
paid attention  to such things more or less.

Stuart
less than careful .

Today in History

1999-01-31 Thread Jon E Johnson 

 While visiting my folks up in Keene, New Hampshire this weekend, my
dad gave me a 1999 desk calendar he had picked up for $3 at Border's;
published by the good folks at the Country Music Hall fo Fame.  All kinds
of useful tidbits lie within, so I'll probably share some of it with the
group from time to time.

 Today in history:

 In a transformation worthy of Eliza Doolittle, Porter Wagoner - he
of the wagon wheel rhinestone suits - officially went disco on this night
in 1979.  Appearing at Nashville's Exit/In nightclub, he performed dance
mix renditions of old counry standards while the colored lights went
crazy.  "Country music is actually pretty close to disco or rock," he
told a local reporter.  "Hell, you can sing 'Y'all Come' to disco."

--Jon Johnson
   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   Wollaston, Massachusetts

Re: Today in History

1999-01-31 Thread Masonsod 

In a message dated 1/31/99 1:38:07 PM !!!First Boot!!!, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:

 In a transformation worthy of Eliza Doolittle, Porter Wagoner - he
 of the wagon wheel rhinestone suits - officially went disco on this night
 in 1979.  Appearing at Nashville's Exit/In nightclub, he performed dance
 mix renditions of old counry standards while the colored lights went
 crazy.  "Country music is actually pretty close to disco or rock," he
 told a local reporter.  "Hell, you can sing 'Y'all Come' to disco."
  

Yeah, well Scotch tape was invented on this date in 1928, so go figure.

Mitch Matthews
Gravel Train/Sunken Road

np: Gillian Welch "Hell Among the Yearlings"

Re: Today in History

1999-01-31 Thread stuart 





 Porter Wagoner - .  "Country music is actually pretty close to disco or
 rock," he
 told a local reporter.  "Hell, you can sing 'Y'all Come' to disco."



Now *that* is muddying the waters