Country Music vs Western Music........

[Bob Stepp]

Do you know the difference?? Share your favorites with us....

[Goldilocks46]

"He Stopped Loving Her Today" makes me teary-eyed.

[caseyjo]

Where do you fit folk into the picture?......

[P.A.]

Folk is a genre all its own and one I really enjoy.  Woody Guthrie, Pete Seager and the Kingston Trio and great.

[caseyjo]

I was about 12 years old....Us kids liked to go to the fox theatre which played old movies for 25 cents...Went to watch a old movie one day & it turned out to be a documentary on Woody Guthrie. WE were 12 years old & dissappointed we had to watch a documentary....Turns out the old documentary was soo good it kept all us kids glued to our seats & turned me into a die hard Woody & Arlo Fan.

[P.A.]

[P.A.]

Jimmie is one of the earliest country singers but he still sounds a little folksie to me.

[caseyjo]

Yup...Folksie fer shur......

[Stir Young]

Well, this is a real popular song done by the Bluegrass folks.  I'm not too sure about this folk version.....its not my favorite.

[caseyjo]

This one will make you cry too....:)

[Whiny Old Bastard]

I've always liked this song. Others have covered it better,IMO, but Merle ain't bad.

[Whiny Old Bastard]

I think everybody and their brother covered this one,  Merle Travis and Tex Williams co- wrote it.

Story goes, Tex said "Hey Merle I need a good song, can you help me? Merle Said gimme a cigarette, I can't think without a cigarette" Wrote it in one day. copied

[Carmen Diane Bailey]