tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post54031036722854757..comments2024-03-29T08:07:36.632-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Oh, Yes - I'm a little bit CountryJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-47927118870704898562012-11-05T14:05:44.987-05:002012-11-05T14:05:44.987-05:00I go way back to when Barbara Mandrell wore long c...I go way back to when Barbara Mandrell wore long curls (mid-50s) and even earlier as my first 45 record was "Under the Double Eagle" and Roy Rogers my favorite TV show. Today, though, I'm crazy for Taylor Swift! And I always liked the guys when they wore the fancy suits with rhinestones. Oh, but, they look good in jeans as well :)Judynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-72245382490472864142012-11-04T19:53:36.056-05:002012-11-04T19:53:36.056-05:00Hank! Hey! Oooooh - you would have died over MG&...Hank! Hey! Oooooh - you would have died over MG's boots this trip. I threatened to knock her over the head for them. But of course, I wouldn't do that - who would do that?! I mean, over BOOTS?! But. They were tall black Louboutins so every time she walked ahead of me I had to look at those red soles. So yeah, I "almost" did knock her over the head to steal her boots. I am a very bad person. sigh.<br /><br />Judy Collins!!! I adore her! <br /><br />and I adore you too.<br /><br />Kaye Wilkinson Barley - Meanderings and Museshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07486129009717476920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-19035351246343785032012-11-04T19:35:25.670-05:002012-11-04T19:35:25.670-05:00Oh, oh, oh, I am absolutely GREEN and getting read...Oh, oh, oh, I am absolutely GREEN and getting ready to read this whole thing again and watch everything again..and soon after, I am going to move to YOUR house, since you clearly have all the fun. And all the hats. <br /><br />SO. Just back from the days events, and now I see where I SHOULD have been hanging out. And please, KAye, say help to Maryglenn for me..she is completely amazing, and has the best clothes and boots on the planet. (Ro, you should see her boots!)<br /><br />I just saw Judy COllins in concert about a month ago--she was phenomenal. About 250 people in the room, that's all. <br /><br />I love reading all these concert experiences! And I do love country music. I grew up in INdiana, and back then, disdained it. But when I got older, I got it. One the Wings of A Dove is one of my faves, too. And I Remember You. ANd I love Patsy CLine and Dolly Parton--the album with Jolene. And anyone remember Dusty Springfield's Memphis album?<br /><br />What a great post! Love you, Kaye! ANd nice to see everyone...xooHank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-45870828447810628042012-11-04T19:19:12.596-05:002012-11-04T19:19:12.596-05:00oh, I just loved Waylon. Hey, Miss Margaret! Hug...oh, I just loved Waylon. Hey, Miss Margaret! Hugs!!!!!<br />Kaye Wilkinson Barley - Meanderings and Museshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07486129009717476920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-92140404720971768282012-11-04T19:13:10.793-05:002012-11-04T19:13:10.793-05:00As you know, Kaye, I'm a lot country. It'...As you know, Kaye, I'm a lot country. It's a tossup between Willie and Waylon.Margaret Maronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-64759908670400829932012-11-04T17:49:36.932-05:002012-11-04T17:49:36.932-05:00Jan, Hi - I'm with you about enjoying acoustic...Jan, Hi - I'm with you about enjoying acoustical music - I've grown to love some of the "quieter" versions of several of my old favorites.<br /><br />We attended an Allman Bros. concert several years ago and they did a gorgeous set of several of their old songs a cappella - and that just blew me away. <br /><br />I have not watched Nashville and the only reason I haven't is because I forget! But I'm going to tune in. I just learned that Brad Paisley's wife is in it and I think she's darling.<br />Kaye Wilkinson Barley - Meanderings and Museshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07486129009717476920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-52720468516834228662012-11-04T17:18:29.357-05:002012-11-04T17:18:29.357-05:00Kaye,
I'm a big country music fan, too. And ev...Kaye,<br />I'm a big country music fan, too. And even watched the CMA awards this year. But I also like a little bit of all music and definitely not all of every category. I am not crazy of really hard metal rock and the older I get the more I like acoustical music. I like to actually HEAR the instruments instead of the reverb. <br /><br />Have you been watching the new show Nashville? I am totally hooked.Jan Broganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11323983086318138814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-19810821044207896272012-11-04T16:56:02.530-05:002012-11-04T16:56:02.530-05:00Julie London - oh my gosh! Joan, I haven't th...Julie London - oh my gosh! Joan, I haven't thought about Julie London in forever! but now I'm off to YouTube.com to see if I can find her. (I'm a YouTube Junkie)Kaye Wilkinson Barley - Meanderings and Museshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07486129009717476920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-74148095714627025522012-11-04T16:53:04.990-05:002012-11-04T16:53:04.990-05:00Have to agree with you, Kaye, about rap [and hip-h...Have to agree with you, Kaye, about rap [and hip-hop] . . . for me, country music is defined "Johnny Cash" [but there are several other country artists I enjoy listening to] . . . my personal music of choice is any album recorded by Julie London.Joan Emersonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-86753910071772435202012-11-04T16:45:49.598-05:002012-11-04T16:45:49.598-05:00Lesa, sounds like we've seen a lot of the same...Lesa, sounds like we've seen a lot of the same shows! (I cried all the way through Don Williams' show - he touched every emotion possible). I have not seen Celtic Thunder but I have listened to their music thanks to you, and I understand your deep love for them. They are very special!!Kaye Wilkinson Barley - Meanderings and Museshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07486129009717476920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-82734087068412861062012-11-04T16:34:33.589-05:002012-11-04T16:34:33.589-05:00Kaye, Country is in my soul. I saw Tammy Wynette d...Kaye, Country is in my soul. I saw Tammy Wynette do "Stand By Your Man". I saw the Oak Ridge Boys, Ernest Tubb, Dolly Parton, Alabama (twice), Tim McGraw & Faith Hill, K.T. Oslin. Saw Mel Tillis & had a hug from him (another tall one). Of course you know how much I love Don Williams. But, my greatest country love was always for Johnny Cash. I was lucky enough to see him in concert three times. I loved to see him and June Carter. With the Johnny Cash show, I saw the Statler Brothers and Carl Perkins. I always loved the Statler Brothers, as someone else said. But, it was always Johnny Cash for me.<br /><br />Since I can't go see Johnny Cash anymore, I fell in love with Celtic Thunder. I saw their show three times last year, and I have tickets to see them twice at the end of this year.<br /><br />You're right. Life is better with music in it.Lesahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12946133849271512083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-9377595389472763392012-11-04T15:41:27.249-05:002012-11-04T15:41:27.249-05:00Annette - Let's do it!!! I would never ever p...Annette - Let's do it!!! I would never ever pass up an opportunity to wear a red sequined dress!<br />Kaye Wilkinson Barley - Meanderings and Museshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07486129009717476920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-69028681857887023072012-11-04T15:40:28.959-05:002012-11-04T15:40:28.959-05:00Reine - amazing! but there you go!Reine - amazing! but there you go!Kaye Wilkinson Barley - Meanderings and Museshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07486129009717476920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-29002907235960531562012-11-04T15:26:33.242-05:002012-11-04T15:26:33.242-05:00Kaye, It appears you have been living my musical ...Kaye, It appears you have been living my musical life. I thank you for sharing your memories. They were wonderful. And if you ever want to get some big hair and a red sequined dress, you and I could do "Stop in the Name of Love" together.Annettenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-36558801424999922882012-11-04T14:47:22.312-05:002012-11-04T14:47:22.312-05:00Kaye, yep. You are right. A few years later I'...Kaye, yep. You are right. A few years later I'd started the second year of my doctoral program. Miserable. I headed back to The Square toward Au Bon Pain. That time my cell phone was playing music. Didn't seem quite right– searching for music song-by-song on a phone... with a video yet. Think time. I needed think time.<br /><br />On my cell, across the face of Willie, was a notice: Incoming Call White Earth. "Hey. Come back to the rez. Hag's going to sing at the casino." So we packed it up, Scout's hair flying all the way, and drove back to White Earth. Hag looked out and sang, "All my friends are gonna be strangers." Y'know?Maureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-86611296091611017442012-11-04T14:15:26.188-05:002012-11-04T14:15:26.188-05:00Hi, Lil - the "humanity." Yes!!! I lov...Hi, Lil - the "humanity." Yes!!! I love that. I think we're all drawn, at some level, to the simple things in life - or what we perceive as the simple things. Often our dreams are not our reality - but that's okay. It's why we're drawn to music and to stories, and it's how they came to exist originally. And Harley loved Nashville too. He's become a fairly well-travelled dog now that so many hotels have come around to the "pet friendly" side of life. If we go, Harley goes. Now if he'd only take his turn driving . . . . Kaye Wilkinson Barley - Meanderings and Museshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07486129009717476920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-21692054438909552902012-11-04T13:55:58.202-05:002012-11-04T13:55:58.202-05:00Debs, hey you! and thank you.
Willie makes his o...Debs, hey you! and thank you.<br /><br />Willie makes his own kind of "Willie Music," doesn't he?! He's impossible to put a label on. When a man "walks what he talks" like Willie Nelson does I'm willing to follow him almost anywhere (long as he makes me laugh along the way).<br /><br />And oh my yes - I agree with your feelings about Blake Shelton. and oh my - he's so tall . . . sigh.Kaye Wilkinson Barley - Meanderings and Museshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07486129009717476920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-63508919589955561412012-11-04T13:53:04.178-05:002012-11-04T13:53:04.178-05:00All kinds of music turns me on, so I am very lucky...All kinds of music turns me on, so I am very lucky. what's strange to me is that I'm beginning to love country music more and more as I get older. Maybe it's the humanity, and simplicity that touch me. Anyway, love your pictures, and that you took Harley with you.lil Glucksternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288522126331817172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-14298695974365511412012-11-04T13:51:51.895-05:002012-11-04T13:51:51.895-05:00Reine, hi! I am a believer in things with no expl...Reine, hi! I am a believer in things with no explanation other than "it's meant to be." and as I've grown older I've learned not to question it. And I believe that the music we need finds us when we need it most - as do the books we need. LOVE Merle Haggard, Buck Owens and Dwight Yoakum.<br />Kaye Wilkinson Barley - Meanderings and Museshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07486129009717476920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-21053123661971169502012-11-04T13:44:15.438-05:002012-11-04T13:44:15.438-05:00Kaye, I'm a rock and roll girl, I'm afraid...Kaye, I'm a rock and roll girl, I'm afraid. The first album I ever bought was Meet The Beatles. And I did see the Beatles. Wish I could say it was a great experience, but it was just girls screaming hysterically. Couldn't hear and couldn't see. I saw Paul McCartney on his last tour and he played for THREE hours!!! How he does it, I don't know, but he was fantastic. I've seen Sting three times, and the Police reunion tour. Sigh.<br /><br />I've never been a big country fan, but love Willie (how can anyone NOT love Willie?) but because I watch The Voice, I've come to adore Blake Shelton. Not only so cute, but such a nice and funny man, and so talented!<br /><br />I know I said it on Facebook, but you and Donald looked fabulous! So glad you had a good time!Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11519514786198185277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-5704512998744303812012-11-04T13:43:35.416-05:002012-11-04T13:43:35.416-05:00Kaye, I'm a rock and roll girl, I'm afraid...Kaye, I'm a rock and roll girl, I'm afraid. The first album I ever bought was Meet The Beatles. And I did see the Beatles. Wish I could say it was a great experience, but it was just girls screaming hysterically. Couldn't hear and couldn't see. I saw Paul McCartney on his last tour and he played for THREE hours!!! How he does it, I don't know, but he was fantastic. I've seen Sting three times, and the Police reunion tour. Sigh.<br /><br />I've never been a big country fan, but love Willie (how can anyone NOT love Willie?) but because I watch The Voice, I've come to adore Blake Shelton. Not only so cute, but such a nice and funny man, and so talented!<br /><br />I know I said it on Facebook, but you and Donald looked fabulous! So glad you had a good time!Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11519514786198185277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-61429039870487542392012-11-04T13:40:07.047-05:002012-11-04T13:40:07.047-05:00Howdy Kaye,
Love those red boots, yeah!
At one t...Howdy Kaye,<br /><br />Love those red boots, yeah!<br /><br />At one time we lived at the top of Kern Canyon above Bakersfield. Hag's place was at the other end. You know the song. I still cry when I hear it.<br /><br />When we moved down the canyon into Bakersfield, so I could do more graduate work, his song followed me. When I was ready to go home to Boston and Harvard I was scared, because I was used to living out in the wilderness and on a ranch.<br /><br />I packed my little Mac computer and got on the Southwest Chief headed back home for the first time in over 20 years. I had my old-fashioned pocket radio and headset, and I prayed there would be music I could listen to back in Boston.<br /><br />I wasn't the same girl who'd run away all those years before. I cried the first six weeks I was back. When I got up the courage to go out to The Square, I put my headset on, then the knit cap my neighbor back home had made me. I walked out through The Yard toward Au Bon Pain and had my first-ever <i>square</i> croissant. That was scary.<br /><br />I headed back toward Divinity Hall where I lived and turned on the radio for the first time since being back in New England. I know it doesn't sound right that I would've been scared, but I was. It was different to me now. All I wanted to do was go back to Bakersfield.<br /><br />So I pressed that little button on the radio and hoped I could find some music that would help me through the day. Now this is true. And I would not lie about it. I was a divinity student, after all. I pressed that button. And there it was. There was my song. Buck Owens and Dwight Yoakam singing Streets of Bakersfield:<br /><br />I came here looking for something<br />I couldn't find anywhere else<br />Hey, I'm not trying to be nobody<br />Just want a chance to be myself<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5P6zdlPJ34<br /><br />Maureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-88397958996364421152012-11-04T12:25:16.198-05:002012-11-04T12:25:16.198-05:00Lucy - I loved Tammy Wynette. What a sad sad life...Lucy - I loved Tammy Wynette. What a sad sad life she had. One of my all-time favorite albums (I cannot bring myself to say all-time favorite CDs, but I'm working on it) is Honky Tonk Angels with Tammy, Dolly and Loretta. Blows me away!<br /><br />and Patsy Cline? wow. Just wow.<br /><br />Sandy, Hey! I knew you were a huge fan of opera - of which, sadly, I know nothing - but did not know your music tastes were so varied. I love that!<br /><br />Oh, Linda - this story about your Joseph touched my heart. How special that memory is to both of you.<br /><br />Oh, Patty - Nashville spoke to both Donald and I. We both have a little honky-tonk in our souls. And we're both fascinated with history and architectural integrity - Nashville does it right. Walking into Ernest Tubbs old record store was awesome like I never expected.<br /><br />Karen - I did know this about Bobbi Nelson! (besides loving his music, I've read every word written about him and more recently, by him). His harmonica player, Mickey Raphael, has been with him almost as long, as some of the other band member, I "think." That pretty amazing, isn't it? I love that too.Kaye Wilkinson Barley - Meanderings and Museshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07486129009717476920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-87218624596318288912012-11-04T11:58:58.006-05:002012-11-04T11:58:58.006-05:00So cool, that you guys were there. Picture me as g...So cool, that you guys were there. Picture me as green as grass with envy, Kaye.<br /><br />I was able to see Willie Nelson in concert with John Fogarty a couple years ago. Wow. Did you know that Willie's sister has been playing piano for him for something like 50 years? I love that.Karen in Ohionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-4581676640969077382012-11-04T11:41:02.650-05:002012-11-04T11:41:02.650-05:00What a great tribute to music, and it is amazing h...What a great tribute to music, and it is amazing how our tastes match. I love country (especially older country but some of the newer too), rock 'n roll (50's and 60's are my favorites), and Motown. I envy you all the concerts you've seen. Out here in the middle of nowhere we don't get a lot of concerts, or didn't when I was younger. Saw a few in my 20's and 30's like Garry Morris and Kenny Rogers. My favorites are still the Statler Brothers, I love their lyrics and the stories they tell.<br /><br />So glad you had a great time in Nashville.Pattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677772238389810821noreply@blogger.com