Joe Gracey wrote:
Our first tour was,
however, pretty damn funny on the nights when we would land in one of
the clubs where they kept yelling "Crystal Chandelier" at you all night
long and made you play that damn song while they did the confederate
uniform routine.
Argh! That's the
stuart wrote:
This has been an interesting and enjoyable thread. Since the Alex in the subject
line is my teenaged son, and since Im going to London to visit him and the rest
of the crew next week, I want to ask the British P2 squadron if there is any
good music happening between the
Louise Kyme wrote:
Unfortunately, my own band isn't gigging between the 19th and 28th, otherwise I'd
suggest us g. For anyone else interested, the Okeh Wranglers will be playing at
the Railway Inn, Winchester on March 3rd. No door fee.
Woah. A country band comes to MY town. I'm kinda
Stevie Simkin wrote:
Louise Kyme wrote:
Unfortunately, my own band isn't gigging between the 19th and 28th, otherwise I'd
suggest us g. For anyone else interested, the Okeh Wranglers will be playing at
the Railway Inn, Winchester on March 3rd. No door fee.
Woah. A country band
Louise Kyme wrote:
I hope you don't think too badly of us Brits. We're not all like that,
honest g
Louise
No, no, we figured it out. We just avoid the places where they want copy
tunes and stick to places where they are interested in original new
material. We have a great London gig at
Hey there,
Shane...
Ack!
Dolly Parton and Don Williams are the subject of derision in the
United Kingdom?!
Um, in case you haven't noticed, Dolly and Don are the subject of
derision in the United _States_.
When I was working outside Manchester in 91 and 92 I did notice, both in
print, on TV
On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, Louise Kyme wrote:
There are a lot of Dolly and Don fans over here in country circles, but
you just wouldn't believe the mickey taking the average UK punter gives
towards anyone who says they like country music. It is one big joke.
Again, this really isn't much
"Shane S. Rhyne" wrote:
Howdy,
Still catching up on old P2 posts...
Louise Kyme publicly admits the following about our English cousins across
the sea: I don't find the success of Garth, Shania, LeAnn and the
Mavericks makes it any worse though, because they don't really sound like
I remember one time watching a bunch of Londoners laughing at a Texas
act in a club there because the lead singer had on a cowboy hat. They
assumed it must be a joke and that nobody who took himself to be a
serious musician would dress up like that. I think what has happened
there is that country
On Wed, 10 Feb 1999 00:10:43 + Stevie Simkin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
after all, and I seem to remember Clapton went thru a bit
of a Williams worshipping phase
During the "Slowhand" phase, to be precise. I'm pretty sure
he included a couple of Don Williams songs on that album.
Those
William T. Cocke wrote:
During the "Slowhand" phase, to be precise. I'm pretty sure
he included a couple of Don Williams songs on that album.
The very wonderful "We're All the Way" is on there. He also covered
"Tulsa Time" but that turned up on another album I think. I have seen
mention
I have seen
mention of Clapton doing a song called "Country Boy" in concert around
this time and have always wondered if that is the Don Williams number
"I'm Just a Country Boy"...
Could be, but it might also be the Albert Lee number turned into a country
#1 by some fella named Skaggs...
Ph. Barnard wrote:
About "Country Boy":
Could be, but it might also be the Albert Lee number turned into a country
#1 by some fella named Skaggs...
I suspect (i.e. I know) Jon's right here; Albert Lee was actually
in Clapton's band on and off during the period he performed this
I saw Clapton at the Municipal Auditorium in Nashville
during the "Slowhand" tour and Williams opened for him
there. Was this the case for the rest of the tour?
In Philly, John Martyn opened that tour. It's the only time I ever saw
Clapton...obviously I wasn't too impressed since that was
Joe Gracey wrote:
I remember one tiny little old lady, dressed to the nines in a black
cowgirl outfit of rather dubious provenance, who came up to Kimmie after
our show in Hartleypool and began to hiss squinty-eyed right in Kimmie's
face. She said "I don't like you! I don't like you atall!
This has been an interesting and enjoyable thread. Since the Alex in the subject
line is my teenaged son, and since Im going to London to visit him and the rest
of the crew next week, I want to ask the British P2 squadron if there is any
good music happening between the 19th and 28th. And
Louise Kyme wrote: Following on from what Don said about the class barriers, this
is true in the
UK too, but I also think the big problem for the general public is the fact
that cowboys aren't our history, and nor is country music. You get pockets of
people who have been brought up on
stuart wrote:
When I was in American Studies at Kansas, we had a steady stream of German
students and the first thing they wanted to study was cowboys and indians
A lotta that's probably the lingering influence of Karl May
(1842-1912), whose idealized tales of cowboys'n'indians
are still
Shane wonders:
Dolly Parton and Don Williams are the subject of derision in the United
Kingdom?!
Well, they've got Adam Ant and Siouxsie to answer for, don't they
g. One nation's pop starts are another's objects of derision, I
suppose...
--junior
Howdy,
Junyah, he say: Well, they've got Adam Ant and Siouxsie to answer for,
don't they g. One nation's pop starts are another's objects of derision, I
suppose...
Hey! I'm the proud owner of more than a couple of Adam and the Ants LPs.
(everybody sing along, "Prince Charming, Prince
Jon Weisberger wrote:
Stevie, this kind of implies that before 1990 or so country music was widely
respected in the UK. Is that correct?
Oh, OK. I'll admit to indulging a grouchy outburst rather than a considered
expression of opinion. What is different between 1990 and 1999 I would
Oh, and the other thing is, we found this great CD shop
today... as in they're Alt Country section was about the
size of their Pop music section. Anyway, we came across
that Lucinda williams CD that was stolen for cheep.
I got this email from the boy, who is in London. Alt.country
If I ever admit to my students that I like (some) country music, I have to
do it
in a very guarded manner to protect any shreds of credibility I may still
own in
their eyes.
Stevie
Hey Stevie, what sort of credibility could Oasis fans possibly offer you?
On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, lance davis wrote:
what sort of credibility could Oasis fans possibly offer you?
Now *that* is the correct question to be asking. Ought to ask it all the
time. Replace "Oasis" with anything, *anything*, and it's a great
question.
Will Miner
Denver, CO
stuart wrote:
Oh, and the other thing is, we found this great CD shop
today... as in they're Alt Country section was about the
size of their Pop music section. Anyway, we came across
that Lucinda williams CD that was stolen for cheep.
I got this email from the boy, who is in London.
Louise Kyme wrote:
Well, I don't know about large alt.country sections in music shops. Usually
the alt.country gets mixed in with the mainstream country which adds up to
a pretty large selection.
yeah, tho tower in london have a (fairly small) alt country section
Lucinda Williams is
Steve Earle has always had a good/better press and support over here than
the Nashville 'stars' and Lucinda could probably do the same. However,
acts
that are too strongly country and less rock influenced would find it
tough
in the UK because country music is generally seen as a joke.
yes.
Oh, and the other thing is, we found this great CD shop
today... as in they're Alt Country section was about the
size of their Pop music section. Anyway, we came across
that Lucinda williams CD that was stolen for cheep.
I got this email from the boy, who is in London. Alt.country the size
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