Country Music of the 40s, 50s and Early 60s

Maddox Brothers and Rose did this Woodie Guthrie song

No honkytonk beerjoint jukebox is complete without Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger.

This was Conway Twitty's first big song. I don't like the way it begins into the song, but the video is priceless.

Grandpa Jones - Mountain Dew

Bobby Bare

Red Sovine - Go Hide John

Johnny Paycheck Colorado Kool Aid

Notice that Twitty sneer. I mentioned elsewhere that he once sneered directly at me.

Back when the earth was much younger, of course.

He had a pock marked face. Lots of make up in the video I guess. Conway was the first concert I went to.

Me too, though there were other singers and groups present. It was called The Shine of Stars, Shine being the trade name of some concoction intended to put a shine on your shoes. The price of admission was something, plus two Shine labels. I have no idea what all the stores in the Miami area did with all those labelless spray cans. A week after the concert, it was never heard from again.

I also saw him promoting his own brand of mobile home in Tulsa. It was end of day, and boy, did he look pooped. I don't think he even sneered that time.

The Conway concert I went to was billed as a big deal, in Corpus Christi. Only 400 people were there. He criticized the crowd for not dancing. We never got a good look at him for the blaring colored lights.

Stuart Hamblen - I Won't Go Hunting With You Jake

Then there's Hank Williams, Jr.

Roger Miller - Dang Me

George Jones - He refused to record this one until the last verse was added to it.

This is as fine a song as I could name.
Tom T Hall - Old dogs and children and Watermelon Wine

The Grand Tour - George Jones

The Beatles recorded a few country artists' songs. This one
Buck Owens - Act Naturally

Shockingly, this clip is country-rock and is sung by the same ex-Led Zep singer that many of us fondly remember. They're a solid duet that sounds not just decent but incredible together. (BTW, Krauss has more Grammy's than Quincy Jones.)

Gone, Gone, Gone (cover of an early Everly Brothers hit):



Just for comparison, here's Everly Brothers 1964 version: