02-16-10... Yes, the Pone took a President's Day holiday, so I'll slip in a post-Valentine's Day love song on a Tuesday, courtesy of the Louvin Brothers. When I Stop Dreaming
02-17-10... Carl Smith has the perfect recipe for wooing females. Do you suppose that's how he persuaded June Carter into marrying him before she met and became June Carter (Johnny Cash) Cash?
Could be, but Carl Smith was one of the hottest country stars of the 1950's, charting more than 30 Top Ten hits. He wrote and sang ballads and honky tonk, and was damned good at it. Rather suggestive lyrics, too, considering the morals of the time. For example, Trademark
02-19-10... Resentment is a form of attachment, and because resentment always stems from another person or persons, resentment binds you to the very person or persons who caused your resentment. We're talking mental states here. Is that really what you want? Does it make sense to occupy your thoughts with the very thing you hate, the very person(s) who created it for you?
No, it does not make sense. You can have your resentment and make yourself prisoner to its source, or you can stop thinking about it, sever yourself from it and kiss it goodbye forever. Apply this concept to these lyrics and get a fresh perspective on a classic tune by Bill Haley and the Comets. See You Later Alligator
Links to these mp3 samples are HERE
Showing posts with label louvin brothers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label louvin brothers. Show all posts
Friday, July 9, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
Louvin Brothers Duets
Arriving on track 10, posts from January of 2010:
01-4-10... We give the order, the subconscious does the work.
Lyrics like these must come from the cosmos, the conduit Johnny Cash, the song Big River.
01-6-10... To know the truth about any condition heals it.
Evolving from the brother duos of the 1930's like the Blue Sky Boys and Charlie and Bill Monroe, the Louvin Brothers revived the style in the 1940's and '50's. With Ira on mandolin and Charlie on guitar, the Louvin Brothers elevated the vocal stylings to new levels by use of clever interplay of their voices, each of them alternating between lead and backup several times within one song.
Today's post is a perfect example. After singing the first line, Ira fades back in holding the vowel while letting Charlie take the lead, and then Ira pops the high tenor with ear-piercing accuracy as the brothers sing melody and harmony together. I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby
01-8-10... The real name of Grandpa Jones was Louis Marshall. He began his career on radio in the 1930's and developed the Grandpa character long before aging into the role. The bit was comedy, but none of it would've worked had he not been a talented singer and musician with guitar, banjo, and hammer dulcimer. He was a standard on the Grand Ole Opry for 50 years, and was greatly loved for continuing to perform the old-time styles of country and gospel throughout, despite the coming and going popularity of other sounds like honky tonk and countrypolitan.
This song from 1958 is all about message, and although his backup singers on occasion do a poor job of synchronizing with him, Louis "Grandpa Jones" Marshall rings out loud and clear these important lyrics while adding some good guitar work to enhance the catchy melody. Falling Leaves
Links to the mp3 samples of these songs are HERE
01-4-10... We give the order, the subconscious does the work.
Lyrics like these must come from the cosmos, the conduit Johnny Cash, the song Big River.
01-6-10... To know the truth about any condition heals it.
Evolving from the brother duos of the 1930's like the Blue Sky Boys and Charlie and Bill Monroe, the Louvin Brothers revived the style in the 1940's and '50's. With Ira on mandolin and Charlie on guitar, the Louvin Brothers elevated the vocal stylings to new levels by use of clever interplay of their voices, each of them alternating between lead and backup several times within one song.
Today's post is a perfect example. After singing the first line, Ira fades back in holding the vowel while letting Charlie take the lead, and then Ira pops the high tenor with ear-piercing accuracy as the brothers sing melody and harmony together. I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby
01-8-10... The real name of Grandpa Jones was Louis Marshall. He began his career on radio in the 1930's and developed the Grandpa character long before aging into the role. The bit was comedy, but none of it would've worked had he not been a talented singer and musician with guitar, banjo, and hammer dulcimer. He was a standard on the Grand Ole Opry for 50 years, and was greatly loved for continuing to perform the old-time styles of country and gospel throughout, despite the coming and going popularity of other sounds like honky tonk and countrypolitan.
This song from 1958 is all about message, and although his backup singers on occasion do a poor job of synchronizing with him, Louis "Grandpa Jones" Marshall rings out loud and clear these important lyrics while adding some good guitar work to enhance the catchy melody. Falling Leaves
Links to the mp3 samples of these songs are HERE
Friday, May 7, 2010
Ray Price is Lonesome
I'm trailing six months behind, which means we're ready for December 2009.
12-2-09... For starters, I trot out my old reworking of a Christmas song, O Holy Night.
Next, sometimes a song leaves me speechless. It's the Louvin Brothers, and even though I cut it up I'm sure you'll still be able to hear why I have nothing to add. Cash on the Barrel Head
12-4-09... You know whatever you put in the mixing bowl is going to be in the cake, and whatever you leave out will be missing. Choose well the ingredients you mix in your bowl.
How about a weekend of laying back and doing nothing? The cut of this vinyl spin might get you in the right mood, a little Donny Hathaway song soulfully sung by Roberta Flack. These are Tryin' Times.
12-7-09... Countrypolitan: Ray Price has had two careers, the first in the 1950's, when he popularized the honky-shuffle style with big 1956 hit, Crazy Arms. He was a roommate and protege of Hank Williams before Williams's death, and even used the Drifting Cowboys as his backup band. By mid-1960's he started moving to a more pop sound, helping many future songwriters and musicians by recording their songs while they were members of his band the Cherokee Cowboys. Names include Willie Nelson, Roger Miller, Johnny Paycheck and Harlan Howard. Ray Price's recording of Kris Kristofferson's "For the Good Times" brought Price fully into the lush style of country-pop in 1970, along with full orchestrations of strings and brass.
Today's song is from that genre. Lonesomest Lonesome
Links to the mp3's are HERE
12-2-09... For starters, I trot out my old reworking of a Christmas song, O Holy Night.
Next, sometimes a song leaves me speechless. It's the Louvin Brothers, and even though I cut it up I'm sure you'll still be able to hear why I have nothing to add. Cash on the Barrel Head
12-4-09... You know whatever you put in the mixing bowl is going to be in the cake, and whatever you leave out will be missing. Choose well the ingredients you mix in your bowl.
How about a weekend of laying back and doing nothing? The cut of this vinyl spin might get you in the right mood, a little Donny Hathaway song soulfully sung by Roberta Flack. These are Tryin' Times.
12-7-09... Countrypolitan: Ray Price has had two careers, the first in the 1950's, when he popularized the honky-shuffle style with big 1956 hit, Crazy Arms. He was a roommate and protege of Hank Williams before Williams's death, and even used the Drifting Cowboys as his backup band. By mid-1960's he started moving to a more pop sound, helping many future songwriters and musicians by recording their songs while they were members of his band the Cherokee Cowboys. Names include Willie Nelson, Roger Miller, Johnny Paycheck and Harlan Howard. Ray Price's recording of Kris Kristofferson's "For the Good Times" brought Price fully into the lush style of country-pop in 1970, along with full orchestrations of strings and brass.
Today's song is from that genre. Lonesomest Lonesome
Links to the mp3's are HERE
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