The Monkees - NOT

He was a Monkee, but he knew that country music was good, great and fantastic. Thank you Mike: 

Again John Phillips

Merle Haggard

Johnny's Christmas

Happy new year - the County is back with the Byrds

(and of course, Dylan). Live from Untitled.

Gib Guilbeau - a country-rock legend

I encourage you to see this 13 minute cronologic review of Gib Guilbeau's career. It's alot more interesting than I first thought and knew. From early blugrass-rock, to co-operation with Gene Parsons (file under: Bakersfield Country Rock) and other (later) Byrds members like Clarence White, John York and Skip Battin, Nashville West (early: The Reasons) to Linda Ronstadt's backup-band Swampwater to Flying Burrito Brothers and so on. Many great clips and cuts included in this one - mandatory!


Nashville West


Another Nashville West

Swampwater

Linda Ronstadt & Swampwater

Ryan Adams - country revisited

Ryan Adams & The Cardinals "A Kiss Before I Go", from my favorite Ryan Adams album "Jacskonville City Nights" where they bring a lot of great country influences into the songs.

Tom T. Hall / Leo Kottke

In the last post there was a fine tune being played live by the Flying Norwegians. This song was originally written by Tom T. Hall, so here's the original (imagine if Lee Hazlewood sang it). "Pamela Brown", 1972.


Another one by Tom T.

...and a bottleneck version of "Pamela Brown" by acoustic guitar virtuoso Leo Kottke.