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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forums50's era country music reccomendations anyone?
I had been listening to Merle Haggard after he died
I learned his hero was Buck Owens, so I been listening to him, I love him.
Buck's hero was Lefty Frizell , so I been listening to him.
I know about Hank
who are some lesser known country stars of the late 50's early 60'S era,
who are really good, who I should check out?
Archae
(46,345 posts)His brat (Jr) is a far-right nutcase, but Hank William's stuff was legendary.
raccoon
(31,119 posts)blogslut
(38,016 posts)Skittles
(153,193 posts)cemaphonic
(4,138 posts)Chet Atkins
Merle Travis
Doc Watson
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)MErle and Chet ain't no scrubs either.
rug
(82,333 posts)OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)Love the Louvins. Although I must admit sometimes I love them ironically.
rug
(82,333 posts)There's a lot of good old stuff out there.
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)Yep, I love a pretty huge amount of that old stuff.
raccoon
(31,119 posts)trof
(54,256 posts)I just like to say that.
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BlueStateLib
(937 posts)I prefer the rough honky tonk country music which was most popular in the 1940s and 1950s, not so much the Nashville sound that originated during the mid 1950s as a subgenre of American country music or the 1960s Buck Owens and the Bakersfield sound
MicaelS
(8,747 posts)No doubt about it. Start with his early stuff. He toured constantly, so you will find live albums. Check out the live album recorded at Folsom Prison for the inmates. How many modern singers would perform at a prison?
OxQQme
(2,550 posts)Sons of the Pioneers
Eddy Arnold
Gene Pitney
Ferlin Husky
Soggy Mountain Boys
The Statler Brothers
Marty Robbins
Jim Reeves
My O My..the memories.
I was 15 in 1955 in LA.
Mon and Dad had this radio show on most of the time ---> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_Hall_Party
Oh yeh --- Ricky Nelson
Tikki
(14,559 posts)Tikki
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OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)I'll always have a soft spot for Marty Robbins. He was one of my grandma's favorite singers and I spent many a summer listening to her sing along to his records.
Prisoner_Number_Six
(15,676 posts)cemaphonic
(4,138 posts)Thursday 6-9 PST. I know they have live streaming, and I think they might archive the shows as well.
Usually, about half of the program is 50s-60s country, and half of it is newer stuff (alt-country, indie, folkgrass, etc. - not much mainstream country radio).
cleveramerican
(2,895 posts)I've got quite a few to check out
thanks for that
have a good day