----- Original Message ----- From: "Reggie Bautista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 8:06 PM Subject: Re: Spilled Perfume (was Re: GWB may owe Saddam a thank you for being stupid note)
> Dan wrote: > >The only country music I like is pre-Hank: Texas swing and older music like > >that featured on "Oh Brother Where Art Thou." > > Yeah, the "old-timey" music in _Oh Brother_ was great; mostly bluegrass, > but some stuff that really is more country than anything. I really haven't > heard much Texas swing, but what I *have* heard of it sounds to my ear like > it has more in common with swing and blues than with country. Does that > sound like the Texas swing you've heard? Texas swing is a mix of music. For example take some of the Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys standards, like "I saw miles and miles of Texas", or "Take me Back to Tulsa." They are much more than a mix of blues and swing. My wife was born in Tennessee, and her family goes back there a good bit. The old country music sounds quite different than the country music of the last 40 years to me. Indeed, bluegrass is a new musical form, as I'm sure you know, invented by Bill Monroe. I do like the 3 fingered banjo picking a good deal, though, and like bluegrass in general. But, much of the real old stuff feels much more genuine to me. Real folk music. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
