Comments on: Mavis Staples, Zac Brown & More to Honor Levon Helm at Grammys; George Strait to Receive CRB Career Achievement Award; Birthplace of Country Music Museum Approved for Funding

By: Bruce

Bruce — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:30:46 +0000

Paul, thanks for clearing it up. I understand where you are coming form.

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:05:40 +0000

Bob Dylan has not just been writing songs, but singing for his living for some 50 years now. Furthermore, unlike Sonny Throckmorton, et.al., he is – especially in the last 40 or so of those 50 years – the main singer of his songs, the one who’s successfully put those songs into the marketplace. Like it or not, his singing obviously neither needs nor deserves Dennis’s quote marks.

By: Paul W Dennis

Paul W Dennis — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:12:48 +0000

I like many of many of Dylan’s songs – when performed by someone else (almost anyone else, actually). I had the same reaction to Vince Matthews and Sonny Throckmorton, to name two other fine songwriters who were poor vocalists

By: Luckyoldsun

Luckyoldsun — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:52:09 +0000

Bruce–
I hate to stand with the cop, but I had the same reaction that he did. I think it was the word “certainly” in that sentence (along with the quotation marks around “sing”)–Those words convey not just that Paul doesn’t care for Dylan’s singing “personally,” but rather that Dylan’s worthlessness–as a performer, at least–is self-evident.

By: BRUCE

BRUCE — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 03:36:15 +0000

I do not read in Paul’s post that he said anything about Dylan not amounting to anything. If I interpret him correctly, he doesn’t care for Dylan’s singing personally. Paul, you may correct my assertion if I am wrong.

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 03:16:59 +0000

“…(and I certanly wouldn’t want to stick around to hear Dylan “sing”)”

Really. That guy’s never going to amount to anything, is he?

By: Paul W Dennis

Paul W Dennis — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:36:25 +0000

I wish Hag would come back to Central Florida again (he was here a few years back opening for Bob Dylan, but the tickets were too expensive for an opening act’s small share of the show (and I certanly wouldn’t want to stick around to hear Dylan “sing”)

I saw Hag a bunch of times from 1967-1982 but not since then except on video concerts. During the late 70s – early 80s Hag put on the best stage show of any major country act, but then what would you expect of the greatest all-around performer in the history of the genre ?

By: BRUCE

BRUCE — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:00:24 +0000

Mavis Staples is a treasure.

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:01:42 +0000

Speaking of the Hag, I won a pair of tickets to see him perform in small venue in the LA area in mid-April. I figure I need to catch his live show once before one of us keels over! (lol)

Sounds like Jewly Hight might have a bit of a “girl crush” on Holly Williams! (lol) Can’t say I blame her…

I do seem to recall that the Steeldrivers performed “I’ll Be There” on last night’s Music City Roots show. I’m sure Jon W. can confirm that since he was fronting his own band of pals last night.

I’m sure the Nashville “Good Ole Boys Network” hasn’t helped women trying to become recording engineers and producers. On the other hand men are more naturally drawn to electronic equipment and the more knobs, buttons, and sliders the better!

I just might have to DVR the Grammy Awards show, unlike say the CMA’s, ACM’s, and CMT Awards shows where there is so little music of interest presented…

By: Barry Mazor

Barry Mazor — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:49:45 +0000

Ah, soundalikes that pass. Tampa Red & the Harlem Hamfats recorded “Lets Get Drunk and Truck” in 1936, and if you wanna go more country, The Modern Mountaineers had “Everybody’s Truckin’,” with at least one chorus where they probably uttered a different word, in 1937. It was one very euphemistic dance move:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ2o2wPrI-s