Long Black Train
About every forty years or so a good song called “Long Black Train” comes along. The next one is due about 2043, so I guess my grandchildren will have to enjoy the next one. Continue reading
Category Archives: Country Music
The Starlite Lounge
The Starlite Lounge
I think that a Honky Tonk in Odessa probably allowed me to dump enough work stress to survive my work time there even though I still got an ulcer and almost had a nervous breakdown. The story follows. Continue reading
The Misfits
The Misfits
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Sometimes we run into people that do things differently than we do and we select ugly misfit names that we call them when we see them that are really unwarranted. Here’s a story about some of our experiences. Continue reading
Classic Country 45s
Classic Country 45s
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Today I am featuring just a few examples of my 45 rpm record collection for Hank Williams and Bob Wills. These are just a small fraction of my collection for these two super country stars. I doubt that I will be able to part with these when I die so I guess they can bury them with me. Continue reading
Mr Record Man
Mr Record Man
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For years I collected vinyl records mostly for the the quality music they provided. In later years I made hundreds of CD’s from the music on those records. Also, I used the records to DJ several events requiring music. Here’s my story. Continue reading
Goose Bumps
Goose Bumps
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Here’s a little country music trivia for those of you that think you know your country music. Continue reading
Ernest Tubb
Ernest Tubb
Over the years I have grown to love some of Ernest Tubb’s honky tonk music. Most young people don’t even know who he is and what he did for country music. Here’s a little of my experience with him. Continue reading
He’s Still The King
He’s Still The King
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I have always loved Western Swing music even back when I was a kid and it was more or less new music. Bob Wills was one of my favorite artists from the early fifties and sixties and still at the present time. Here’s a few words about the King of Western Swing.
Raw Honky Tonk
Raw Honky Tonk
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Classic honky tonk music is the best music in the land,
It’s good for beer drinking and makes two stepping so grand,
This poem explores the best artists and their great songs.
If you can’t get into these songs you’re lost so, so long.
Honky Tonkin
Honky Tonkin
Between 1998 and 2003, we became Honky Tonk kings,
Our girls were gone and clogging was over it seems.
This poem talks about the really great times we had
Dancing round the hardwood floor, we had it real bad. Continue reading