Am I turning into...
Jun. 21st, 2006 01:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
callistotoni...a country music fan?
Inconsequential musings: Let's put this into perspective. My background is pretty darn urban. I didn't get on a horse until I was 39/40. I grew up in very suburban San Mateo. I spent my childhood holidays and summers in Long Beach. I grew up shopping at Macy's Emporium, and, eventually, Nordstroms. My idea of roughing it is Motel 6. I often eat my pizza with a knife and fork because I hate getting my hands greasy. I can be quite the food snob, and I *am* a coffee snob.
I always loved celtic music, and that led pretty early on to blue grass, and later to old time harmony groups. As a kid I liked Johnny Cash, but that was about it. But when I got my car and started collecting driving music, I wound up with Patsy Cline and Willie Nelson and Cash. (Granted, I had a lot of other music as well).
Pretty much the only music you hear around the barn is country. Even the Dominant Dressage Queen plays country. It began to really grow on me. It was a sound that seemed to fit my head space. (Note that because I'm kinda deaf I don't really hear the words when it's playing in the background.)
In addition, as the last few years have gone by, and the time I spend at the barn adds up, I've become more and more uncomfortable in actual urban environments. Malls feel weird to me now. I get kinda an automatic chip on my shoulder when I go to downtown SF. (OK, not everywhere -- Zarzuala is a definate Happy Place for me. :-) ). And I find I have trouble being in crowds, which never bothered me before. But, Tarnmists felt really natural to me.
Now I'm listening to the country songs on the Cars CD *a bunch*. I own three Johnny Cash CDs. I find myself looking at the Cars artists and checking them out on Amazon. Brad Paisley is looking really good to me. I fell in love with KPIG. I want my old Willie Nelson CD back. I want to learn more about what's out there in the world of country that I'd like. (Rat, Leotulf, any suggestions?)
Does riding a little paint mare -- who really should be a cow pony but got stuck with the wrong owners -- somehow transmorgify a person into a country music fan? Does this merit a governmental study???
Inconsequential musings: Let's put this into perspective. My background is pretty darn urban. I didn't get on a horse until I was 39/40. I grew up in very suburban San Mateo. I spent my childhood holidays and summers in Long Beach. I grew up shopping at Macy's Emporium, and, eventually, Nordstroms. My idea of roughing it is Motel 6. I often eat my pizza with a knife and fork because I hate getting my hands greasy. I can be quite the food snob, and I *am* a coffee snob.
I always loved celtic music, and that led pretty early on to blue grass, and later to old time harmony groups. As a kid I liked Johnny Cash, but that was about it. But when I got my car and started collecting driving music, I wound up with Patsy Cline and Willie Nelson and Cash. (Granted, I had a lot of other music as well).
Pretty much the only music you hear around the barn is country. Even the Dominant Dressage Queen plays country. It began to really grow on me. It was a sound that seemed to fit my head space. (Note that because I'm kinda deaf I don't really hear the words when it's playing in the background.)
In addition, as the last few years have gone by, and the time I spend at the barn adds up, I've become more and more uncomfortable in actual urban environments. Malls feel weird to me now. I get kinda an automatic chip on my shoulder when I go to downtown SF. (OK, not everywhere -- Zarzuala is a definate Happy Place for me. :-) ). And I find I have trouble being in crowds, which never bothered me before. But, Tarnmists felt really natural to me.
Now I'm listening to the country songs on the Cars CD *a bunch*. I own three Johnny Cash CDs. I find myself looking at the Cars artists and checking them out on Amazon. Brad Paisley is looking really good to me. I fell in love with KPIG. I want my old Willie Nelson CD back. I want to learn more about what's out there in the world of country that I'd like. (Rat, Leotulf, any suggestions?)
Does riding a little paint mare -- who really should be a cow pony but got stuck with the wrong owners -- somehow transmorgify a person into a country music fan? Does this merit a governmental study???
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Date: 2006-06-21 02:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-21 02:52 pm (UTC)welcome to the dark side...
Date: 2006-06-21 05:55 pm (UTC)That crew of DJs introduced me to a wide variety of musicians that never got wide commercial airplay. Much of their music was playful and clever, but I loved the wide variety of sound they conjured up with their very deep playlists. "Americana" is a decent description of what they play, though they used to call their format "music without catagories", stuff that the top-40 and commercial venues favored. I would love to chat with you about some of their music choices, as they introduced me to music that I am forever grateful for: Steve Goodman, John Hiatt, Red Clay Ramblers, Austin Lounge Lizards, Robert Earl Keen, Todd Snider, David Grisman, Amy Rigby, John Prine, Bonnie Raitt, Guy Clarke, Southern Culture on the Skids, Utah Phillips, Peter Rowan, David Lindley, Tom Russell, James MacMurtry, Tom Waitts and many more than I'm going to type right now.... These folks are writing music that speaks to topics that I'm not hearing addressed by the usual crowd of pop artists. And yes, there are some country artists I find tiresome.
The crowd thing you mention is bugging me more and more these days as well. I like that these bands aren't playing huge arena-venues.
Re: welcome to the dark side...
Date: 2006-06-21 06:04 pm (UTC)Re: welcome to the dark side...
Date: 2006-06-21 06:15 pm (UTC)I remember when Gary Hart was caught by the press in a sex scandal, they played an hour of love songs, starting with Bad Company's "feel like makin' love". heheh You couldn't get away with stuff like that at a corporate-run station....
Re: welcome to the dark side...
Date: 2006-06-21 06:26 pm (UTC)KFOG isn't "top 40"--their keyword is "variety" which is one of the things that I like about it--they're kinda all over the map. And manage to have speciaol tributes to the Folsom Street Fair, et. without breaking into a sweat :)
I ADORE KPIG
Date: 2006-06-21 06:11 pm (UTC)Jackie Greene is bluesy, but in high rotation on KPIG and totally fantastic.
What Rat says about Southern Culture on the Skids. I saw them opening for Reverend Horton Heat and they are a total hoot in concert.
Re: I ADORE KPIG
Date: 2006-06-21 06:22 pm (UTC)Re: I ADORE KPIG
Date: 2006-06-21 07:34 pm (UTC)And could you tell me who you are? You're logged in as "anonymous".
Re: I ADORE KPIG
Date: 2006-06-21 09:19 pm (UTC)David Allen Coe is very good though.
Brian Bowers...did he do "Elvis was a Narc"?
Re: I ADORE KPIG
Date: 2006-06-21 10:34 pm (UTC)I don't think so. He does do "Zen Gospel Singing" however.
MBFUN
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Date: 2006-06-21 06:26 pm (UTC)I'll put some Red Clay Ramblers, Utah Phillips, and Brian Bowers in the car tomorrow so you can get a feel for them.
MBFUN