Postby WildcatOne » Sat Jun 16, 2007 11:18 pm
They have these classic country stars doing a show...right now it's footage of early 60s Johnny Cash...Luther Perkins on Telecaster and Marshall Grant on bass, I suppose W.S. Holland was on drums...he did "I Walk The Line"...Cash wasn't about being so much of a great musician (he just kind of slid his hand up and down the guitar neck but wasn't really playing anything), he was about being JOHNNY CASH and that was more than plenty for the world. The guy had the greatest charisma I ever saw. Now they got videos of 60s-era Tammy Wynnette, Loretta Lynn...the guys playing live are in their 90s and they can't sing anymore; they shouldn't even try but they're all out there singing their hits off-key, wearing wigs and using teleprompters to remember their lyrics with. The band is great. Roy Clark's rug makes him look 30 years younger...at first...Crystal Gayle is singing, she can still knock 'em dead. The clips of Eddy Arnold were interesting, showing him recording "Make The World Go Away". BJ Thomas, Glenn Campbell (he can play and sing better amd more creatively now than he did in his heyday), The Bellamy Bros, The Browns (the lead singer still has it, but his backup lady singers ain't on key no more) I'm getting mixed feelings about this show. It has the ones who are still living, they really don't have their stuff like they did when they made their hits, but the classic footage (I am in love with Patsy Cline) is worth the watch, ya know. I wasn't much of a country music fan but I grew up around it here in Southeast Texas...they played country music on the pop radio station...but I just appreciate good music. To hear the old guys screw up their hits, even with a great band and singers backing 'em up, makes me think that when I do eventually lose a step, when my vocal range and control starts diminishing, when I can't play guitar as good as I used to, I will know it and I will voluntarily and permanently hang up my show-biz shoes. I don't want to end up ruining a reputation I worked all my life to build. I ain't famous like those guys are, but around here they know me. I just wouldn't want to mess up what I've been able to accomplish at this level. Meanwhile, Roy Clark is kind of taking a stab at "Yesterday When I Was Young"...not too swift...Cheers, WC1
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