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Topic: Country in the UK |
Dave Boothroyd
From:
Staffordshire Moorlands
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Posted 10 Mar 2005 12:11 am |
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The evening country music show on the BBC radio yesterday was a listener request show.
I thought that you might be interested in the playlist.
This is what UK country music fans want to hear in the 21st Century.
What do you think- I enjoyed the show a lot.
Seemed like something for everyone, though I'd say that there was more tendency to pick enjoyable recordings of good songs rather than sticking to certain sub genres only.
Here we go:-
WEDNESDAY 9th MARCH
Title: Bad Dog, No Biscuit
Artist: Daron Norwood
Album: Ready, Willing And Able
Label: Giant / 4/2-24610
Title: Small Town Saturday Night
Artist: Hal Ketchum
Album: Past The Point Of Rescue
Label: Curb/D2-77450
Title: Willin'
Artist: Steve Earle
Album: Sidetracks
Label: E-Squared/5078372
Title: Independence Day
Artist: Martina McBride
Album: The Way That I Am
Label: RCA/07863 66288-2
Title: Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room
Artist: Dwight Yoakam
Album: dwightyoakamacoustic.net
Label: Reprise/9 47714-2
Title: Twenty Years And Two Husbands Ago
Artist: Lee Ann Womack
Album: There's More Where That Came From
Label: MCA Nashville/B0003073-02
Title: Whiskey Lullaby
Artist: Brad Paisley & Alison Krauss
Album: Mud On The Tires
Label: Arista Nashville/82876 54393 2
Title: One Dance With You
Artist: Vince Gill
Album: High Lonesome Sound
Label: MCA/MCD 11422
Title: How's The World Treating You
Artist: James Taylor & Alison Krauss
Album: Livin', Lovin', Losin'
Label: Universal/B0000458 02
Title: Travelin' Soldier
Artist: Dixie Chicks
Album: Home
Label: Open Wide/509603 2
Title: Here's A Quarter
Artist: Travis Tritt
Album: Greatest Hits From The Beginning
Label: Warner Bros/9362-46001-2
Title: When You Come Back Down
Artist: Nickel Creek
Album: Nickel Creek
Label: Sugar Hill Records/SUGCD3909
Title: Stronger Proof
Artist: Deryl Dodd
Album: Stronger Proof
Label: Dualtone/80302-01191-2
Title: I'm Nobody's Fool
Artist: Catherine Britt
Album: Catherine Britt
Label: BMG/Promotional CD
Title: Sweet Dreams (Of You)
Artist: Patsy Cline
Album: 12 Greatest Hits
Label: MCA Nashville/MCAD-12
What do you think of UK taste? |
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Al Carmichael
From:
Sylvan Lake, Michigan, USA
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Posted 10 Mar 2005 12:37 am
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| Thats a pretty diverse cross-section of country that you posted. I liked it because it has balance. Lots of different styles and approaches. I wish US radio was that diverse. I would listen more often. |
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clive swindell
From:
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK
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Posted 10 Mar 2005 4:42 am
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Hi Dave
An intriguing question - how much does the request show reflect the choice of the DJ - Nick Barraclough and how much is he influenced by public opinion. After all, this is the only country show (other than Bob harris) on mainstream UK radio. |
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Archie Nicol R.I.P.
From:
Ayrshire, Scotland
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Posted 10 Mar 2005 7:01 am
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The TV over here is useless if you like country music.
I remember enjoying highlights from Wembley in the late seventies with Lloyd and Buddy and the excellent Charlie McCoy.
Cheers, Arch. |
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Dave Mudgett
From:
Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 10 Mar 2005 8:27 am
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Dave, I think that if mainstream US country radio playlists were more like this, most of us would probably stop griping about the state of country radio.  |
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Webb Kline
From:
Orangeville, PA
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Posted 10 Mar 2005 8:47 am
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| Yup. If that was the top playlist here in the US, there would't be any griping and complaining from me. |
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Mike Winter
From:
Portland, OR
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Posted 10 Mar 2005 11:58 am
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| Check out Dale Watson's CD that was recorded in London a few years ago...Ricky Davis is on steel. Great album, and the crowd is so into it that you'd think it was recorded in Austin. Great stuff. There has always been a large number of country fans over there. |
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