good country songs from the 70s

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I'm trying to get into the Waylon/Willie/Merle type stuff, but I'm not sure where to get started.

― billstevejim, Thursday, 29 January 2004 15:47 (twenty-two years ago)

freddy fender - before the next teardrop falls

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 29 January 2004 16:21 (twenty-two years ago)

just get Honky Tonk Heroes by Waylon and Shotgun WIllie by Willie...that's a good place to start....alot of people also like Red Headed Stranger by Willie....also Waylon's This TIme and WIllie's Phases and Stages...The Outlaws album is good as well.

Merle's prime stuff is probably more in the mid to late 60s so be cautious in his 70s output....there is definitely alot of good stuff there...Merle is prob. better served by Greatest Hits if you're starting out....

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 29 January 2004 16:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Jerry Lee Lewis did some wicked stuff.

― Huck Me Gently (Horace Mann), Thursday, 29 January 2004 16:48 (twenty-two years ago)

the first couple of Joe Ely albums are worth finding.
George Jones greatest hits is cant miss.

― thomas de'aguirre (biteylove), Thursday, 29 January 2004 17:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Yay to Joe Ely yay to Jerry Lee's 70s stuff.

Tompall Glaser has some good records if you can find them...

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 29 January 2004 17:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You
Charlie Rich - Behind Closed Doors

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 29 January 2004 17:39 (twenty-two years ago)

gram parsons - sacred hearts and fallen angels anthology
flatlanders - more a legend than a band

― jp, Thursday, 29 January 2004 17:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Honky Tonk Heroes is THE classic 70s outlaw record, even though I think none of the songs were written by Waylon (Billy Joe Shaver, or someone?). Dreaming my Dreams is the other brilliant Waylon album. I am not sure I really think any Merle Haggard record is GREAT. I would reccomend a comp.

Red Headed Stranger can be a little off-putting at first, especially if you are not into Willie, but it is no doubt a classic.

― SCE, Thursday, 29 January 2004 18:55 (twenty-two years ago)

R. Dean Taylor to thread

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Thursday, 29 January 2004 19:07 (twenty-two years ago)

he's even canadian!

― Huck Me Gently (Horace Mann), Thursday, 29 January 2004 19:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Life Has It's Little Ups and Downs - Charlie Rich

― LondonLee (LondonLee), Thursday, 29 January 2004 19:10 (twenty-two years ago)

get Glen Campbell - 'The Capitol Years' and Dolly Parton 'Mission Chapel Memories'

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 29 January 2004 19:16 (twenty-two years ago)

The recently departed Gary Stewart - Out Of Hand ("She's Actin' Single & I'm Drinkin' Doubles")

― southern lights (southern lights), Thursday, 29 January 2004 19:21 (twenty-two years ago)

LIfe Has it's little ups n downz is from the 60s but it's still great.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 29 January 2004 19:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Dolly Parton's "Here You Come Again" is great, for one.

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Thursday, 29 January 2004 19:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Man if you have a turntable hit your local $1 bin...you can find like every Country record released in the 70s cheap. Easy way to get an intro (working through George Jones this way myself.)

― Mark (MarkR), Thursday, 29 January 2004 19:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Tanya Tucker (the Aliyah of C&W) -- Delta Dawn, Blood Red and Goin' Down, What's Your Mama's Name Child?, Would You Lay With Me a in A Field of Stone....

She's super underrated!

Also, Tight Fittin Jeans by Conway Twitty

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 29 January 2004 19:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Mickey Gilley- Don't the Girls All Get Prettier (At Closing Time)
Tom T. Hall- The Day Clayton Delaney Died
Don Williams- Tulsa Time
Loretta/Conway- Lousiana Woman, Mississippi Man
Mel Tillis- Coca Cola Cowboy

― earlnash, Thursday, 29 January 2004 19:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Gram Parsons. Period!

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 29 January 2004 19:39 (twenty-two years ago)

countrypolitan- the wave of the future

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Thursday, 29 January 2004 19:45 (twenty-two years ago)

George Jones - The Grand Tour

― earlnash, Thursday, 29 January 2004 19:46 (twenty-two years ago)

look for Billy Sherrill's production credit - he worked on a ton of great 70s country stuff. And I'd totally 2nd that idea to comb the dollar bins. I've done the same and been introduced to some great stuff.

I'm also a big fan of Johnny Paycheck. "The Soul & the Edge: The Best of.." comp is great place to start. His "Real Mr. Heartache - The Little Darlin' Years" comp is great too, but that's all 50-60s era stuff.

― Avi, Thursday, 29 January 2004 19:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Most of Emmylou Harris's 70s output is worth checking out, esp. the album Pieces of the Sky.

― may pang (maypang), Thursday, 29 January 2004 19:51 (twenty-two years ago)

I love Gram Parsons, but I am not sure I would place him in the Waylon/Willie/Merle genre. Seems to me like a totally different animal.

― SCE, Thursday, 29 January 2004 22:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Kris Kristofferson motherfuckers

― Begs2Differ, Thursday, 29 January 2004 22:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Willie's cover of 'Pancho and Lefty.'
Actually any early Townes Van Zandt is a great place to start as well.

― B61 (calstars), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Dolly Parton- Joleen
Jerry Lee Lewis - Amos Moses
Loretta Lynn's version of Harper Valley PTA

― Orbit (Orbit), Friday, 30 January 2004 00:36 (twenty-two years ago)

four years pass...

I love M@tt calling Tanya Tucker "the Aaliyah of C&W" on this thread.

― Hubie Brown, Sunday, 30 November 2008 20:09 (seventeen years ago)

fucking jerry jeff fucking walker for the sake of fuck.

― ian, Sunday, 30 November 2008 20:11 (seventeen years ago)

"Take This Job and Shove It" - Johnny Paycheck (the whole album is great, actually)

― sonofstan, Sunday, 30 November 2008 21:26 (seventeen years ago)

"If We Make it Through December" - Merle Haggard 1973

"I Can Help" - Billy Swan 1974

I guess John Anderson didn't start until 1980.

― james k polk, Sunday, 30 November 2008 22:12 (seventeen years ago)

"She's Acting Single (I'm Drinking Doubles)" - Gary Stewart

"Hank Williams You Wrote My Life" - Moe Bandy

"Kiss An Angel Good Morning" - Charley Pride

"Does Anybody Know The Way To San Antone" - Charley Pride

"This Time I've Hurt Her More Than She Loves Me" - Conway Twitty

"Play Guitar Play" - Conway Twitty

"Lead Me On" - Conway & Loretta

― m coleman, Monday, 1 December 2008 01:46 (seventeen years ago)

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51S94TVMNYL._SS500_.jpg

― m coleman, Monday, 1 December 2008 01:49 (seventeen years ago)

I have no recollection of starting this thread.

― billstevejim, Monday, 1 December 2008 02:32 (seventeen years ago)

"Third-Rate Romance, Low-Rent Rendezvous" - Amazing Rhythm Aces
"Red Necks, White Socks, and Blue Ribbon Beer" -- ?
"The Race Is On" - George Jones
"Heaven's Just A Sin Away" - The Kendalls

― Vornado, Monday, 1 December 2008 02:49 (seventeen years ago)

Little Feat-Willin

Highlights all the best things about country in about 2:30

― Bill Magill, Monday, 1 December 2008 03:53 (seventeen years ago)

The Kendalls - Heaven's Just a Sin Away

― when I wake up I see my self bearfooted (clotpoll), Monday, 1 December 2008 04:41 (seventeen years ago)

Gotta get some Steve Young on this thread right now.

http://i34.tinypic.com/ruu3df.jpg

Ok Rock Salt & Nails is 1969 but shutup whatever get it now.

Then get basically everything else he did back then.

Then you can flesh out your Kristofferson and Mickey Newbury and whatnot.

― Kerm, Monday, 1 December 2008 05:17 (seventeen years ago)

"race is on" is not 70s unless jones rerecorded it

― Shacknasty (Frogman Henry), Monday, 1 December 2008 05:22 (seventeen years ago)

Oh, David Allan Coe, duh.

― Kerm, Monday, 1 December 2008 06:06 (seventeen years ago)

Hank Williams - All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down and They'll Never Take Her Love Away From Me.

― redmond, Monday, 1 December 2008 07:36 (seventeen years ago)

Guy Clark - LA Freeway and the rest off his first, Old No. 1
Rodney Crowell - Ain't Living Long Like This

― that's not my post, Monday, 1 December 2008 11:18 (seventeen years ago)

one year passes...

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:qdja7i88g77r

Happy to see Willie & Family Live is no longer a 2-star album.. Too bad the review does not at all match the rating.

― billstevejim, Wednesday, 2 June 2010 04:49 (sixteen years ago)

Merle Kilgore-Pinball Machine.This could be late 60s

― Pinto Basin, Wednesday, 2 June 2010 19:04 (sixteen years ago)

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