FUNNY FACTS IN COUNTRY MUSIC

Well, this is an easy one. CHIP TAYLOR, see wikipedia, wrote that song, BUT what happened was that WET WET WET used a song written by the frontman of the troggs (calls himself Reg Presley), from which he received so much $$$ from royalties, that he said indeed: those guys make me rich, which is fantastic as retirement present.
The SONG IS USED IN THE MOVIE 4 WEDDINGS and A FUNERAL, and the title was:
LOVE IS ALL AROUND.
I feel it in my fingers, I feel it....
I suppose they both received a lot of money: WET WET WET as performers, I believe it was their greatest hit, and Reg Presley, because he got the royalties. Funny, 30 years later.
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GITAARDOCPHIL SAIS: PRESLEY DON'T GET WET

but did he spend the night in jail for picking flowers  like the film showed?

or i heard that or something?

KEn

In Europe, we do not have a Country and Western culture. So I don't know a lot about those guys.
I agree the only person well known here is/was Johnny Cash. I was in 2003 for 2 days in NASHVILLE, and I have to say it was GREAT, as European, NOT having as I told, a culture like that.
I just know that I recieved "flyers" where the sister of J.CASH organised trips in Nashville, visting places like the ol' opry, but I had no time, one of the reasons was: TOO much Bourbon-Cola, the evening before. If you ask here in Europe a WHISKY COLA, you get 1-2 fingers Whisky and the rest is Cola. There, you get 2 fingers Cola, and the rest is Whisky. But Nashville is one of the most clean, nicest towns I saw in the US. At noon in a bar: a bunch of people, 30-40 persons, and one guy playing country on his acoustic guitar, it get's better, after he finished playing, the next act was an OLD (at least 70-75 year old) couple, a HE and a SHE, playing together songs, and asking the audience what they wanted to hear. WE DON'T HAVE SUCH beautiful events here.
Did you had the opportunity to listen to the song "wild thing" by Chip Taylor. I also love those names, like CHIP, CHUCK: what about those names? real like JOHN, BILL, or not
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GITAARDOCPHIL SAIS: ISN'T IT LOVELY TO WATCH THAT, NO CASH? NO PAYCHECK

LAST REBEL: what about CHIP TAYLOR?

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GITAARDOCPHIL SAIS: MY TAYLOR PUTS A CHIP IN MY COSTUME

Hi, fellow chordian alansheeran
My "humble" opinion was always, forgive me if I'm wrong that:
1) the USA accent (more North America) is a lot closer to IRISH English, than British English
2) the Irish music is more related to US "folk or C&W music), that's also why I think that the Irish music is at least 75% responsible for the C&W in the USA.
Of course, there are a lot of other influences.
I wrote a topic a few months ago with the subject: influences like "afro american", better "African" music, native american music (but on this nobody gave me an answer, BUT there HAS TO BE AN INFLUENCE by NATIVES like APACHE, SIOUX...??).
In fact I believe that there are a few different kinds of music.
- BLUES, and the evolution to ROCK, if you play a blues song, and you start playing it fast, it looks pretty well like rock & roll.
- COUNTRY & WESTERN: main influence Irish.
- GOSPEL
- A COMBINATION GOSPEL/BLUES is more close to the (wrong term, for me at least) R&B.
African slaves were singing, as a kind of communication, I think, and sometimes you find strange situations, like led belly's : "Black Betty", no guitar, nothing, just using his feet for the rhythm, in a later version: RAM JAM.
I looked to some African music, and I did find similar rhythms so the "blues" are probably a lot older than we think
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS CORRECT, SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME, AND SHARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE.
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GITAARDOCPHIL SAIS: SI NON E VERO E BENE TROVATO

um he was more pop rock writer right? Wild THing lol?? My knowledge is mainly country centered

All You Need is Love

Alan,

I quite like it but  icannot bevy on it, one glass with a bit extra water than normal is ok, but for £46 a bottle I wouldnt go out and buy it.
Lagavulin is my mates favourite whisky of all time and he can drink it with just ice, hmmm, na, not for me either. I like highland and speyside malts, but my favourite is bladnoch but at £45 a bottle and I can drink it like water itself, I dont buy it that much, only for special occasions.
All Islay malts are very peaty as well as Jura malt, but if you go for a 21 year old they do taste a lot better.

Ken