C/W music Audiogon members

I was raised in the Midwest but never listened to a lot of CW though I do have a few people bands that I enjoy. There was a band named "Asleep at the Wheel" that I enjoyed seeing live a few times in the mid 70's (lots of trippy steel guitar, at their live perfomances anyway). I dont have any of ELH's solo stuff but I do have a CD entitled "Grevious Anglel" by Gram Parsons that has her as backup on many of the songs. I have also seen her live as well as Bonnie Rait (who was performing in a small bar in Iowa City in the 73 or 74). Dan Vet recently turned me onto LL who reminds me a bit of Harry Neilsen in a way. Although I haven't heard him for 15 years I was also somewhat taken by Buck Owen's voice in the mid 80's though I never payed him much mind when he was younger and smoother sounding. When I was in highschool my mother heard "Honky Tonk Woman" by the Stones and always considered them a CW group after that no matter what type of song they were doing. She used to blast them when she was running the vacuum cleaner which confused some of my anti establishment friends at the time.

Alison Krauss singing "Heaven's Bright Shore" is a gift from above (I'm listening to it right now). Damn I'm getting old. That was 12 years ago on her second cd. She was still under 18.

Danvetc, I'm surprised you didnt mention your almost name sake and his band. And David, Asleep at the Wheel is a western swing band in the tradition of Bob Wills. Try Merle Haggard's tribute to him or Wills's Tiffany Transcriptons.

One more I will be surprised if anyone has ever heard: Mother Earth Presents Tracy Nelson Country, 1969 on reprise and it has been reissued on cd. If you liked Linda Ronstadt singing I Fall to Pieces, listen to Tracy's version.

Oops, the Tracy Nelson lp was on mercury, reissued by reprise archives. Absolutely amazing renditions of I Cant Go On Loving You, Im So Lonesome I Could Cry, I Wanna Be Your Momma Again and You Win Again.

Really nice to see some Agon members that like C/W also. For a long time I thought just the mention of it must be taboo here. Albert; I'm sure you know that I was just "baiting" you in jest with my thread comment. Of course what I was thinking of was your story about Steve McCormack actually soldering an anti-C/W device in an amp for you-- love that story, and glad to see you in this thread. Yes, I should have mentioned "the Trio", one of the best C/W albums ever. One that would make my all time top ten-- of any kind of music-- is Emmylou's "Cowgirl's Prayer" from a few years back. Howdy Podners. Craig.

Paulwp, these little subcompartments of music don't hold for very long, do they? You bet, in spite of the name, and among other bands, the Charlie Daniels Band, Marshall Tucker Band, The Outlaws, and early Eagles all defined what we called "Country Rock." These bands were jamming, partying, and playing hard. This was sing along music, (you know, with it turned up so loud even a dog's howling wouldn't ruin it.) Kinda like my voice. [:)] This music is alot(cornfedboy) of fun, especially if you take advantage of some of Dragan's tweaks, (see Best Beer post.)