Here are a couple of my buddies I like to get together and sing with.... Tim on guitar and vocals and Froggy on the horn. We sure do have lots of fun.
It is hard for me to sometimes put my feelings into words...I can hear songs that say what I am trying to say..LOL..so I will tell you...listen to that song...it makes me think of you or that is how I feel. I love most all music but County and Blues are my favorite.
Country and Western Music or Country Music, is a style of popular music rooted in southern traditional music and influenced by other popular music styles.
In the 1920s the new recording industry used the label hillbilly for records aimed at southern, rural, white audiences. Regional musicians such as the Carter family (most active 1927-43) recorded old ballads and sentimental songs, using traditional southern mountain vocal techniques and instrumentation; the more blues- and western-oriented Jimmie Rodgers introduced yodels. Radio helped diffuse the music, culminating in 1939, when the Grand Ole Opry show won a national network spot. In the 1930s two new substyles developed. Western swing blended elements of blues, jazz, and mainstream popular music and instrumentation (notably saxophones and drums) with the traditional fiddle-based string bands. The related honky-tonk style, using small electrified bands, flourished in rural Texas and Oklahoma taverns.
The music won national audiences during World War II, and Nashville, Tennessee, became a performance center.The outstanding figures were the traditional mountain-style singer Roy Acuff; Ernest Tubb, nurtured in the honky-tonk circuits; and Hank Williams, who had assimilated elements of both approaches. Two important women vocalists were Patsy Cline and Kitty Wells. One of the strengths of the style proved to be its lyrics, which often deal with topics avoided in other popular music, such as loneliness, poverty, homesickness. Other leaders during this period were the mandolinist Bill Monroe and the banjoist Earl Scruggs, who together established the driving, unamplified string sound of bluegrass music.
About 1955, with the rise of rock and roll, amplified instruments and slicker, pop-style arrangements were adopted. Record companies replaced the label hillbilly with the term country and western. Some "rockabillies"-early rock-and-roll performers with country roots, such as Conway Twitty-later became country-pop singers. In the 1960s and 1970s such singers as Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, and Waylon Jennings reached national prominence. While bluegrass, honky-tonk, and other traditional styles persisted, hybrid forms evolved such as country rock, the most popular performers of which were Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris.
Country Music speaks from the heart to the heart, dealing with everyday issues.
I am going to include the words to some of my favorite songs and some links to my favorite artist. I hope that you enjoy this page as much as I did putting it together.
Yeah yeah yeah...hmm umm..
Dancing in the dark, middle of the night,
Taking your heart and holding it tight,
Emotional touch, touching my skin
And asking you to do what you been doing all over again
Oh its a beautiful thing, don't think I can keep it all in,
I just got to let you know what it is that won't let me go,
It's your love, it just does something to me
It sends a shock right through me
I can't get enough
And if you wonder about the spell I am under
Oh it's your love
Better than I was, more than I am
And all of this happened by taking your hand,
And who I am now, is who I wanted to be
And now that we're together I'm stronger than ever,
I'm happy and free
Oh its a beautiful thing, don't think I can keep it all in,
Ohh ohh
If you asked me why I've changed
All I got to do is say your sweet name
It's your love, it just does something to me
It sends a shock right through me
I can't get enough
And if you wonder about the spell I am under
Oh it's your love
Ohh ohh baby
Oh oh oh
Oh it's a beautiful thing,don't think I can keep it all in,
I just got to let you know what it is that won't let me go
It's your love, it just does something to me
It sends a shock right through me
I can't get enough..ohhh
And if you wonder about the spell I am under
Oh it's your love
It's your love
It's your love
How can I get through one night without you,
If I had to live without you
What kind of life would that be
Ohh I need you and my arms need you to hold
You're my world, my heart, my soul
If you ever leave,
Baby you will take away everything good in my life,
And tell me now, how do I live without you,
I want to know, how do I breath without you,
If you ever go, how do I ever, ever survive
How do I, how do I, oh how do I live
Without you there would be no sun in my sky,
There would be no love in my life,
There would be no world left for me,
And I, baby I don't know what I would do,
I'd be lost if I lost you,
If you ever leave
baby you would take away everything real in my life,
And tell me now, how do I live without you,
I want to know, how do I breath without you,
If you ever go, how do I ever, ever survive
How do I, how do I, oh how do I live
If you ever leave,
Baby you would take away everything,
need you with me
Baby cause you know that you're everything good in my life
And tell me now, how do I live without you,
I want to know, how do I breath without you,
If you ever go, how do I ever, ever survive
How do I, how do I, oh how do I live
Without you
Can I have this dance, My you're looking pretty,
Is There something wrong, Did he leave you hurting,
I don't mean to pry, but that tear in your eye gave you away
If you don't want to talk we'll keep in quiet,
But sometimes a heartache hurts worse if you hide it,
I think there's a chance, one slow dance might ease the pain.
You have the right to remain silent,
Anything that you say as I hold you against me,
Will forever be a secret between us two.
I've been wanting you but you didn't know it,
And now that he's gone, at last I can show it.
If your heart is tired, for the rest of your life
Lay your love on me.
So many times my eyes have held you,
Tonight please give my heart that chance.
If you don't feel the need for conversation,
We'll just let our hearts talk while we dance
You have the right to remain silent,
Anything that you say as I hold you against me,
Will forever be a secret between us two.
I've been wanting you but you didn't know it,
And now that he's gone, at last I can show it.
If your heart is tired, for the rest of your life
Lay your love on me.
If your heart is tired, for the rest of your life
Lay your love on me
I checked all these links when I entered them..if you find one not working please let me know...I don't want to be wasting your time...thank you...*VBS*
Go here to see Reba
Here is where to find Garth Brooks
Here are Brooks & Dunn
Here is Blackhawk
Here is John Anderson
And the oh so handsome George Strait
