Old time Country Music for Seniors Thread

Ken N Tx said:
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Old time Country Music for Seniors Thread
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I know what the title says, but we are Seniors, but we are Seniors as well (70/72). Now, it's fine that you like the old stuff, but we never have. You aren't into Brooks & Dunn, Garth Brooks and so on, but that is our country music.
Guess this could be the reason we aren't looked upon as "Seniors", like many Seniors are. But, that's ok, nothing to get all fluttered about.
 

ClassicRockr said:
The reason I mentioned about the music is, from the Seniors that we have met (our age), none of them listen/listened to the really old music. I didn't start listening to country music until the mid 80's and my wife in the mid 90's. That was when both of us, before we met, started going to country nightclubs. When Line Dancing, 2-Step, Cowboy Cha Cha, California Swing and Texas Swing were extremely popular dances.
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yes it was about the 70's that I started listening to country music and came to really like it... but then as with everything that I find interesting I reseacrhed it more and discovered the history of it , which is fascinating... I have to say some of that old hillbilly music back in the early part of the last century was good for it's time and some was awful, but they'd taught themselves living in the mountains with home made instruments , and no teachers, and really it evolved into something totally different from it's beginning a hundred years ago
 
ClassicRockr said:
I know what the title says, but we are Seniors, but we are Seniors as well (70/72). Now, it's fine that you like the old stuff, but we never have. You aren't into Brooks & Dunn, Garth Brooks and so on, but that is our country music.
Guess this could be the reason we aren't looked upon as "Seniors", like many Seniors are. But, that's ok, nothing to get all fluttered about.
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Cody... it's not the seniors part you should be concentrating in this thread it;s the ''Old Time''...
 

I was just listening to that about 10 minutes ago...I love patsy C...even tho' she died when I was a toddler and didn't know her at all , but I had all her albums even when I was a teen alongside the latest chart hits... :love:
 
Duster said:
PBS is offering an excellent series called, "Country Music", which is a very well done history of what came to be called country music.
It airs on Fridays. Well worth your time.
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We have recorded all the shows so far and are watching them in sequence from the start. What a fantastic series! The episode we watched tonight primarily featured Hank Williams Sr. It was a sad and tragic end to a wonderful career.

I especially like the interaction between the different groups......how a performer would start with one group and then leave to either be a solo act or start his own group, sometimes with hard feelings left behind.

I took a tour of the Ryman Auditorium years ago and at the end of the tour, we got to stand on the stage and sing "You Are My Sunshine". So, I can say, truthfully, that I sang at the Ryman Auditorium. Nobody rushed up and offered me a recording contract, though...…...just a souvenir GooGoo Bar ("Official Candy of the Grand Ol' Opry"). I did feel like I was standing on "hallowed ground". And Music Row? Like a trip to country music Mecca.
 
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