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Post by PistolPete on Apr 29, 2021 19:08:07 GMT
I've just re-done the whole first season and episode 1 in readiness for season 2, which started last week, and thoroughly enjoyed it second time around too. I just wondered if anyone else here was listening? If you aren't familiar with it it's a well-researched, insightful and occasionally humourous history of country music during the twentieth century. The episode on Merle Haggard's Okie From Muskogee is quite a good place to start if you just want to dip a toe in the water before you decide to commit to the whole thing: cocaineandrhinestones.com/merle-haggard-okie-from-muskogee
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Post by martinrowe on Apr 29, 2021 20:24:56 GMT
News to me, but I've just looked it up and - thanks, PistolPete I'll give that a try.
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Post by andyhowell on May 1, 2021 10:01:06 GMT
Am into it now. Excellent and different. Thanks [mention]pistolpete [/mention]
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maninashed
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Post by maninashed on May 1, 2021 10:09:48 GMT
I'm glad you posted that! I listened to the first series but I didn't know the second has started. It's been a long time and I had forgotten about it.
It amazes me that country is so big in America but how little is known about it in the UK beyond the 'both kinds' of music and Nashville schmaltz cliches.
The podcast brings home what a rich music tradition country is and what incredible stories there are to be told.
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Post by PistolPete on May 1, 2021 15:12:37 GMT
It's been a long time and I had forgotten about it. Yes, his promise at the end of the final episode of season 1 that season 2 would be starting in a few months made me smile when I listened to it three years later with season 2 only just about to drop.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2021 15:33:34 GMT
Never even heard of it until you mentioned it. I've come very late to country music and I've fallen in love with it in my fifties so this is really something to look forward to. Thanks PistolPete.
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Post by PistolPete on May 8, 2021 8:08:11 GMT
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