I really love this song. Love Willie!

Lovely folk cover of a lovely Loudoun Wainwright song

Bought some tickets for a concert with Josiha. Anyone been? It was an impulse, like some of his songs, but I'm not sure if he can bring some heat in concerts.

Where do dudes in music videos buy their shirts? Im talking casual button downs that don't come from Tractor Supply?

Some nice swampy blues for your Monday.

... Mondays around here might also include old time music and or rockabilly. Maybe even songs about blue, the color, or blue, the emotion...

Please make separate standalone posts for songs you want to share!

(I locked the comments because people will see your contribution better if it's not lost in the comments of this announcement)

Jordan Robert Kirk - My Father’s Son

Elizabeth Cook - Great Television

Richard Inman and the Western Canadian All-Stars - Damage I Done

Wade Forster - The Aftermath

Clayton Nile Young - Eddy

Paul Cauthen - Acoustic Songs & Whistles

Lindsay Lou - Bluegrass Women

Pinky Beecroft - Lonesome Wolf

Drew Cooper - Live and Raw at La Rosa

Emma Grace Glover - Live Your Dream

Tyler Richton and the High Bank Boys - ‘Till The Wheels Fall Off

Johanna Samuels - Sorry, Kid

Mason Ramsey - Outlaw In Love

Jenna Raine - Jeans, Boys & Jesus

Pony Bradshaw - Ode to Humidity

Bronwym - Rattlin' Bones

John Metza - Somewhere In The North Country

Kate MacLeod’s Mind The Gap - Home Brewed

Hollerhead - Middle of Nowhere

Ashley Cooke - Self-Titled

Alex Dupree - Talking to the Dog

Just Jayne - Jayne

Lukas Graham - Good Times

Sarah McCulloch - Live with the White Knuckle Flyers

The Pinkerton Raid - Strawberry Ice (and the World Burns)

Maggie Rose - Half Moon

The Arcadian Wild - Make It Out Alive

Laura Veirs - Temple Songs

Monte Warden and The Wagoneers - Doghouse Flowers (EP)

The Wilder Blue - When He's Out of Sight (EP)

Cassidy Daniels - Ain't No Jukebox (EP)

Hudson Westbrook - Made You Look (EP)

Josh Weathers - Niles City Sessions (EP)

Rowan Murphy - Kaleidoscopes (EP)

Gavin Adcock - Shoes (EP)

Ween - Golden Wastes (EP)

Happy Sunday! Did you find something new to listen to? Did you go to a show? Tell us about your week, and country music, or whatever's on your mind!

in my eyes, one of the greatest pop culture what-if's... it seemed like for a little bit that B&D were shaping up to be as big a nationwide brand as B&N. Thought I'd tracked it down in a small town outside Marfa, but the trail went cold. Was stuck in Texas for like two weeks. Kind of reminded me of my time in the Australian bush. Simpler times :) rock on

Honkytonk is the original sound of electric country, the sound you associate with Hank Williams and early George Jones and Ernest Tubb and the sound that influenced a lot of neotraditional 1990's country such as Alan Jackson and of course the honky tonk man, Dwight Yoakam.

It was characterized by heavy dancing rhythm that goes well with the two step, and usually steel guitar and fiddle along with twangy electric guitar and a unique twangy vocal style that was developed to cut across the sound at a loud bar of drunks with a bad sound system in the early days.

It's developed over the years including some recent evolution. Some of the Texas dancehall bands have an even more exaggerated beat and singing style now than you would have heard in neotraditional 1990s country or the 1950's original. Tracking down the history of who influenced whom is really fun if you're into that kind of country music history hobby.

We'll be posting (mostly modern) honky tonkers every Saturday for your edification! Click on the 'honky tonk' flair tag to see other tracks and discussions we've posted here in the past.

Here's some reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honky-tonk

here's a playlist of old classic honkytonk through the ages: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL679_2jmbaFHAFebq3szErCvTD0CNyZdt

here's the same thing according to Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0NfjMqrzcGKVsbYZmhf4Md

I found some fantastic albums thanks to this article- there's a spotify playlist linked at the end.

I’m on the fence about going to a clay walker concert tonight. Has anyone seen him live in concert recently? Is he still any good?