Back in the late 1970s, Carlene Carter famously (or infamously) introduced a song off her debut album with the claim that it would put the cu-- back in country. (According to wikipedia, her mom and stepdad were, unbeknownst to Carlene, in the audience and she spent a decade trying to live the quote down.) I invoke this story only because I put together a compilation which features a bunch of cuts from Ms. Carter and other female country artists with a similar style and because I couldn't think of good way of characterizing the music - brassy, spunky, scrappy, etc. just don't work. But since this is a family blog, I thought I'd just go with the only slightly banal Detour to Fist City since I kinda see Loretta Lynn as the godmother/high priestess to this kind of music. Oh well, it's about the music, right? :)
Volume Two comes next week.
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I Fell in Love |
Carlene Carter |
Girl Haggard |
Rosie Flores |
Fist City |
Loretta Lynn |
Lies |
Nikki Lane |
That's Where I'm Going |
Eilen Jewell |
Rock-A-Bye Boogie |
Rosie Flores |
Cry |
Carlene Carter |
Too Bad About Sandy |
Carlene Carter |
Who Says God Is Dead |
Eilen Jewell |
Let's Elope Baby |
Janis Martin |
Drink Myself Single |
Sunny Sweeney |
Jesus Was A Wino |
Lydia Loveless |
Daniel Lee |
Sarah Borges |
The Bitter End |
Carlene Carter |
Blue Side Of Town |
Rosie Flores |
Next Big Nothing |
Sunny Sweeney |