I call this true country music

Darrel Muzney · Post by **Darrel Muzney** » 22 Aug 2009 9:59 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYP3R8AYuBk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrndD4Rq-Lw

I call this true country music. Thanks to u-tube. The first one is George Jones and Elvis Costello singing Stranger in the House. You can tell George likes the band because of the gesture he does when the band kicks off the songs. Most of all the camera man knows what insturment is playing.

The second one is the Derailers and Bar Exam.

When you click on George and Elvis go down to the second one listed. I hope it works for you as I have not done this before.

Hope you enjoy

Darrel Muzney
South Sioux City
NE

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 22 Aug 2009 11:00 am

good country song...but for all of elvis' success, he hasn't ever developed into even an ok singer.

Ray McCarthy · Post by **Ray McCarthy** » 22 Aug 2009 11:05 am

That's Terry Crisp on the Derby, isn't it?

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 22 Aug 2009 12:12 pm

chris ivey wrote:good country song...but for all of elvis' success, he hasn't ever developed into even an ok singer.

I think he's an ok singer. His wife has progressed just a tad beyond being an ok singer. Her piano playing ain't bad, either.

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 22 Aug 2009 1:42 pm

yeah, well...my gal is beautiful, but that doesn't mean i am!

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 22 Aug 2009 1:53 pm

chris - I'll bet that statement applies to just about all the guys on this Forum!

Joe Drivdahl · Post by **Joe Drivdahl** » 22 Aug 2009 2:15 pm

By Golly, that is country. I especially like the Derailers song. Thats good stuff. Maybe it will make a comeback yet, who knows?

Joe

Twayn Williams · Post by **Twayn Williams** » 22 Aug 2009 3:22 pm

chris ivey wrote:good country song...but for all of elvis' success, he hasn't ever developed into even an ok singer.

I used to think that Elvis Costello, David Byrne and Neil Young were terrible singers who had ugly voices and didn't sing on pitch. Then I got older, more experienced and opened my ears. Now they're some of my favorite vocalists. I think I'm more drawn to singers who don't sing "perfect" but have interesting takes on melody, timing and pitch manipulation. Folks like Jack White, Joe Ely, Willie, Lyle Lovett, etc. YMMV.

Bob Carlucci · Post by **Bob Carlucci** » 22 Aug 2009 3:39 pm

Costello is great, are you guys kidding me??.. Not everyone sings like Ray Price ya' know.
Elvis makes no pretense about his love and reverence for George Jones, and thats good enough for me. He's a songcrafter, storyteller, and musician, and he sings well enough to sing a terrific duet with none other than the great GJ, so I wouldn't diss his vocal stylings until you have done a duet on TV with the Possum too... bob

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 22 Aug 2009 3:55 pm

well....i'd do a duet with george, but he hasn't asked me. i feel the same as twayne, though. i love lyle lovett. weird as he is....he is pure soul....obviously with that face. neil young also....i get it! but elvis costello can't sing on key, doesn't impress me with his soulfulness, is uncomfortable musically and.....oh yeah....he's ugly and his mother dresses him funny!

my name is chris ivey and i approve this post.

Steve Norman · Post by **Steve Norman** » 22 Aug 2009 6:18 pm

If you get a chance to see the Derailers jump on it. The Stone River Boys are another awesome band to catch.

Bob Carlucci · Post by **Bob Carlucci** » 22 Aug 2009 7:25 pm

chris ivey wrote:well....i'd do a duet with george, but he hasn't asked me. i feel the same as twayne, though. i love lyle lovett. weird as he is....he is pure soul....obviously with that face. neil young also....i get it! but elvis costello can't sing on key, doesn't impress me with his soulfulness, is uncomfortable musically and.....oh yeah....he's ugly and his mother dresses him funny!

my name is chris ivey and i approve this post.

Well think what you like, but the mans formidable talent has made him a millionaire, a world reknowned singer/songwriter/pop performer, and oh yeah,,, Ever see his WIFE??!!

Post by **Dave Mudgett** » 22 Aug 2009 7:59 pm

I like 'em both - but are either of these recent? The copyright on the Derailers' video is listed as 2002. Great stuff, but I've come to expect that from them.

I think the Jones/Costello duet is killin' too - but it doesn't look like real recent footage of George. As far as Elvis' singing goes, I thought he was very much in the spirit of "real" country music, especially his harmony singing.

I personally find it very hard to find fault with any of this - YMMV. Whether or not it's a harbinger of things to come - well one can hope, but I don't know.

kyle reid · Post by **kyle reid** » 22 Aug 2009 9:01 pm

Better than Chesney, Kieth, Tim, & a few others!

Bobby Boggs · Post by **Bobby Boggs** » 22 Aug 2009 9:30 pm

I think the Jones/Costello duet is killin' too - but it doesn't look like real recent footage of George.

Taped in 1996.

That's Terry Crisp on the Derby, isn't it?

Yes.

Darrel Muzney · Post by **Darrel Muzney** » 23 Aug 2009 8:37 am

I knew the Jones and Costello tape was old but I had not seen it before this. I don't sing as good as Costello but

I THINK I AM A STAR. HA HA

Later Darrel

Jon Light (deceased) · Post by **Jon Light (deceased)** » 23 Aug 2009 8:50 am

Just for what it's worth---I think Elvis is brilliant and I feel that he has carved a personal niche with his talent and his sound. But I will take what I consider his primary strength---his hard rocking path-forging stuff over his other projects. I have not been particularly moved by some of his other projects like Bacharach, Juliet Letters etc. and I've always been uneasy with his country stylings. I just don't find a perfect fit with the material. And then---I saw a live performance on tv with EmmyLou & Elvis that was like a collision between two very highly stylized singers that (IMO) did not mesh well at all. I have warmed up to Elvis's country stuff more over the years---his sincerity is unquestionable (his aim is true). I think that in his mind he is actually imitating some classic singers to an extent---something that fascinates me....when someone thinks he is sounding like something but is actually sounding like something else---often the birth of something very original.
Hell--go, Elvis.

Joachim Kettner · Post by **Joachim Kettner** » 23 Aug 2009 9:52 am

The Almost Blue album fom the early eighties, was a combination of American country with arangments sounding "very english", even with an american as a producer (Billy Sherrill).

Stuart Legg · Post by **Stuart Legg** » 23 Aug 2009 11:06 am

I know I'm going to get in trouble over this but I feel it needs to be said.
While I like the PSG playing, the bands are good and sometimes I like the vocals better if the singer is not perfectly on pitch.
The first song is about a loser who can’t keep his woman and the second song usually explains why. Both are the perfect examples of traditional country themes which really should be called Blues.
I would love to hear those same tunes with lyrics other than the usual alcoholic loser who has lost his girl friend, wife or family or all three at the same time.
I think that image is exactly what has in the past defined country music and now most of the industry is trying to distance its self from it.

Joachim Kettner · Post by **Joachim Kettner** » 23 Aug 2009 11:30 am

Stuart, yes it needs to be said. Alcohol and music go very well together, at least with me. But I will not let it get out of control. But for me, over the years it became more and more connected.

Mike Schwartzman · Post by **Mike Schwartzman** » 23 Aug 2009 12:19 pm

Thanks for posting both. I enjoyed them.

I have to confess... When I watched Stranger in the House...I had a good laugh at myself:

I was enjoying Elvis' rock and roll tunes in the late 70's, and my wife really liked him too. So I thought she might like to have some of his recordings, and I bought some of his albums from those days. I wasn't very hip to country music then, but when I first heard this tune, I had to have it. I went to either a record store or a record show and found it.

Sure enough...I still have it...45 rpm vinyl, George and Elvis, Side A: Stranger in the House, Side B: A Drunk Can't Be a Man. The year was 1979. I guess I've been into country music for a lot longer than I thought I was.

Tommy Shown · Post by **Tommy Shown** » 25 Aug 2009 5:37 am

I like ol' George, I've spent many time huggin' the bottle listening to him. He's one of my favorites. My daughter gave me an autographed copy of his latest cd. The cd has the song that he and his daughter recorded.It's one of my favorites . I feel like I have lived that song because my daughter and I were apart for many years.But it only took the three of us;me and her and time.

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 25 Aug 2009 6:24 am

Not an Elvis fan, but his wife more than makes up for him.