Tune of the Day

"There’ll Be No Teardrops Tonight" (written by Hank Williams), sung as a duet between Buddy Miller and Doug Seegers’ on the latter’s Going Down To The River album. Doug also duets with Emmylou Harris on "She" (written by Chris Ethridge and Emmylou’s old boyfriend Gram Parsons, when the two were in The Flying Burrito Brothers with Chris Hillman).

Warning! This is gen-u-ine Country & Western music, not for those adverse to the real thing. Honky Tonk piano, fiddles, steel guitar, acoustic rhythm guitar, etc. Rural Hillbilly music, sung by crusty old guys who sound like they have lived the songs. Have I already mentioned the album? I listen to it a lot.

Great song @slaw. And the piano playing is absolutely thrilling!

Paul Simon used to be a mighty fine songwriter (though a pretty poor singer), but not in quite awhile imo. I understand I may be in the minority in this regard, but I don't consider what he did on the Graceland album to be "true" songwriting, and his singing didn't come close to matching that of the South Africans.

There are artists who have taken the music of a different (non-U.S.A.) culture and done something really interesting with it, such as Ry Cooder. Paul Simon is no Ry Cooder. And then there are artists who have brought the music of their culture to we white Americans, Los Lobos being a particular favorite of mine.

Nothing makes me as cognizant of how different as a culture from Europe are "we" as when I listen to pre-20th Century Classical music, especially that of the Baroque period. But then "we" created Blues, Jazz, and Rock 'n' Roll!