Torch & Twang

[I've seen black diamonds!]

Early George Jones was amazing:





Later stuff is nothing special. He's the BB King of country music. They both lost part of their voice, and were also cursed by the ubiquitous synthesized violins of the era.

[irul&ublo]

That was a sad day. I grew up listening to KLAC, that was Buck's country radio station out of Bakersfield, my dad would play it on the car radio.

https://tksmith.net/2011/07/09/when-country-was-king/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakersfield_sound

KLAC? I think you mean KUZZ

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We posted Crazy yet? I like Willie's version best, but Patsy's is just fine.



A lot more harmonically sophisticated than your average country song. Willie picked up a lot of swing somewhere along the way. Hard to tell where from his bio.

Neither of them is pretty enough to make it in country music today.

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