You know, Country & Western!
This ain't your Dad's country music. It's your Granddad's! None of that new Nashville bullshit either. This is where you'll find what I consider the best in Country (Classic and Alt), Folk, and Americana.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
I’m completely immersed in Bonaparte’s Retreat at the moment. If you can’t tell from this playlist.
Apparently, it started out as an Irish ballad, but got trapped in the Appalachian hills and morphed into a fiddle number with a handful of variations. The early well known version by William Stepp was pretty much ripped off by Aaron Copland when he composed Rodeo (aka the Beef, It’s What’s For Dinner theme). However, in true folk tradition it existed in other forms at the same time. Then around 1950, Redd Stewart and Pee Wee King added some lyrics and turned it into a crossover hit. Since then people have had their way with that version.
(Source: Spotify)
John Hartford - Boogie
Today my voice sounds slightly better.
“A banjo will get you through times of no money, but money won’t get you through times of no banjo.”
- John Hartford
John Hartford - Boogie
An oddball that one he is.
Gillian Welch, Dave Rawlings & John Hartford - Dear Someone
John Hartford - Tear Down the Grand Ol’ Opry
I think I’ve played this 20 times today.
John Hartford & Glen Campbell - Gentle On My Mind
