Display MoreHello Chilibill
I have special memories for "El Paso".
When i was a kid, i liked themesong of Rawhide. so, i bought Frankie laine's
record . Side B on this record was the song El Paso by Marty Robbins.
I had been listening to a performance with rapt attention both song.
regards,
H.sanada
This is one of Marty Robbins best albums, Sanada.
Display MoreHello Chilibill
I have special memories for "El Paso".
When i was a kid, i liked themesong of Rawhide. so, i bought Frankie laine's
record . Side B on this record was the song El Paso by Marty Robbins.
I had been listening to a performance with rapt attention both song.
regards,
H.sanada
Another good one by Marty Robbins is "Big Iron".
For instance, does anybody remember the name of the guy who sang "Just a Hundred Pounds of Clay" which was the refrain in the song but apparently not the title as I can't find it in my books and therefore can't find the artist's name.
Gene McDaniels - computers and search engines are marvelous. Don't know how I ever survived without 'em. 
This ain't country but since we don't have a thread devoted strictly to "MUSIC" thought I'd ask the question here.
I'm re-loading onto my hard drive all the backup music I've collected on discs over the past 8 or 10 years and in several cases, I've had to look up song titles and/or the artist's names. (The Windows Media Player program doesn't lend itself easily to my project but I'm slooooowly getting there.)
However, in a few cases, I'm stumped. (and I have numerous Joel Whitburn music references which, IMO, are the best). For instance, does anybody remember the name of the guy who sang "Just a Hundred Pounds of Clay" which was the refrain in the song but apparently not the title as I can't find it in my books and therefore can't find the artist's name.
This has a pretty good version of "Cotton-Eyed Joe", which can be downloaded for 99 cents.
I imagine most folks here (except for Chilibill) are too young to remember the old-time masters of country music such as Hank Williams, Faron Young, Webb Pierce, Hank Snow, Leroy Van Dyke, George Jones, Lefty Frizzell, Johnny Horton and their like. They were popular back in the Fifties and early Sixties and turned out some great music. I've downloaded some MP3s from these singers on Amazon's web site (only cost 89 cents per song, which is pretty reasonable).
I visited one of the music-download sites and listened to a sample of the Rednex version of "Cotton Eyed Joe". Wasn't impressed at all. IMO, it didn't even sound like C&W music.
Y'all realize that in certain "cool" circles, you'd be called sh_tkickers. :teeth_smile:
Just so you'll know, though, I'm not a member of any of those circles; I like music in all flavors, with the possible exception of opera.
BTW, any of you folks ever heard the national anthem of Texas? The title is "Cotton-Eyed Joe" and it'll get your foot to stompin' big time. Great for line dancing. One of my favorite versions is performed by Asleep At The Wheel.
