(She’s) Gone Country

[Frank Freniere]

OK, are we ready to tackle Jelly Roll now?

I had a Jelly Roll for breakfast.

[Jacob Yergert]

OK, are we ready to tackle Jelly Roll now?

Am I the only one who had never heard of this dude until like two weeks ago?

[J Fletcher]

I know squat about Jelly Roll . Love that tune by Bobby Bland though , "Jelly Jelly "

[J Fletcher]

Here's the Man !!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtwfdAAt1Ig

[Fred Treece]

Jelly Roll Morton was pretty good.

There is too much of a culture gap between me and the currant Jelly Roll (hehe) for one of us to make a fair assessment of what the heck the other does. Safe to say he makes better money at whatever it is than I do.

The Allman Bros also wrote a great song called Jelly Jelly. The song kicks off with the phrase “Stormy Monday”, an obvious nod to BB Bland.

[Nic Sanford]

Beyoncé half-naked is disgusting? Once again, I'm proud to disagree with this dude.

[Frank Freniere]

How 'bout some Post Malone?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ula1NjaHUA

[Joachim Kettner]

Beyoncé half-naked is disgusting? Once again, I'm proud to disagree with this dude.

I'm tired of being insulted here, so I'm leaving.

[Nic Sanford]

Where is the insult? I'm just glad that our opinions never align.

[Fred Treece]

Post Malone did a nice job with “America The Beautiful” at the Super Bowl. “I’m Gonna Miss Her” is a pretty good classic country sounding song.

Okay, so there is no spectacular virtuosity in the pedal steel lick that hooks this song, but if Blanco Brown’s delivery does not bring a smile to your face then there may be no hope for you.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DT4kQlM5xuE

About 3000% better than the Beyoncé tune, or Lil Nas. No nekkidity in the video either, for them of you who experience discomfort over such things. This is how hip hop and country should have met.

[Frank Freniere]

In case you were wondering, Robert Randolph plays pedal steel on Beyonce’s country album.

CBS-TV’s Mornings did a nice segment today with Robert sitting behind a silver sparkle MSA Legend, mostly talking about the album. He did play some sweet country licks to demonstrate the steel’s country sounds and his versatility.

https://youtu.be/rpqCFn1ntHk?feature=shared

[Fred Treece]

Of course RR is on her album. I bet he was her first call and I bet he said HELLZyes. I hope she turned him loose on something.

[Jeffrey McFadden]

I find it mildly interesting that two of the most common comments recurring on here are "I hope the pedal steel doesn't fade away," and "That's not how we played country in 1955!"

[Brooks Montgomery]

[Jeffrey McFadden]

I find it mildly interesting that two of the most common comments recurring on here are "I hope the pedal steel doesn't fade away," and "That's not how we played country in 1955!"

Quoting myself...
Think of the evolution of society, particularly of rural society, where country music came from.
The year I turned 12 - 1959 - Missouri, where I grew up and still live, had in the neighborhood of 12 to 16 times as many farms, and therefore farm / rural families, as it does today.
Many, most of, those farms were 160 acres or fewer. America did not yet have an Interstate Highway System, which was created by legislation in 1956 but was not visible anywhere within the first 3 years. Every US highway went dead through the middle of every country town, each of which prospered by providing goods and services for the tens of thousands of farm families who lived immediately around them.
I can remember haystacks, literal haystacks, feeding 6 to 10 head cattle herds through winters.
Passenger rail still existed. My family regularly traveled from Missouri to Iowa by train.
All of country music's roots lay in that environment.
Today nearly every economically viable farm in Missouri pushes or exceeds 1000 acres. Over 90% of the families moved to the city. The remaining farmers are almost all old men. There is no customer base to support small towns, and highways avoid them like a plague.
The bars where country music was invented all vanished with the towns they were in, with the families who ate and drank there.
Personally I think that we have lost most of what was valuable in our culture in my lifetime. We lost it to industry, speed, "efficiency."
Can it be any surprise that the music that culture created has mostly vanished?
Traditional country music will never die as long as all of you guys and gals keep playing it, and long may you wave. As for what we've lost, music is just one expression of it.
One man's opinion.

[Don R Brown]

Very well said, Jeffrey! 'Time marches on", whether we like it or not. Some changes are for the better, some are not. And "better" is in the mind of each individual.