I am looking for some really classic country songs, like Johnny Cash, Hank Willi!
Question: This is for my grandparents, so I want to think of some old songs that will bring them back.
My grandfather really got a kick out of this one, which brought him back...
Smoke, Smoke, Smoke...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=dbKQklwNScA
Answers: This is for my grandparents, so I want to think of some old songs that will bring them back.
My grandfather really got a kick out of this one, which brought him back...
Smoke, Smoke, Smoke...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=dbKQklwNScA
Detroit City ~ Bobby Bare
He'll Have to Go ~ Jim Reeves
Welcome To My World ~ Jim Reeves
El Paso ~ Marty Robbins
North To Alaska ~ Johnny Horton
Tom Dooley ~ The Kingston Trio
For The Good Times ~ Ray Price
Pop A Top ~ Jim Ed Brown & the Browns
Lookin' Back To See ~ Jim Ed Brown & The Browns
Sixteen Tons ~ Tennessee Ernie Ford
Make The World Go Away ~ Eddy Arnold
I Believe in You ~ Don Williams
I Like Mountain Music ~ Roy Acuff
I Ain't Never ~ Webb Pierce
White Lightning ~ George Jones
The Tips Of My Fingers ~ Roy Clark
San Antonio Rose ~ Gene Autry
This is just a very small list... I could go on and on for hours. Any other songs by any of the artists I listed would be just as good : )
Johnny Cash Ring of Fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2iv_E-Fn...
long gone lonesome blues-hank williams
These are some of my dad's favorites. (He's 75)
Bill Anderson "8 X 10" & "Still"
T. Texas Tyler "Deck of Cards"
Willie Nelson "Johnny One Time"
Hank Williams "Jambalaya"
Sons of the Pioneers "Cool Water" & "Tumbling Tumbleweeds"
Tennessee Ernie Ford "Sixteen Tons"
Lefty Frizzell "Saginaw Michigan"
Patsy Cline ""Walkin' After Midnight" & "I Fall to Pieces"
Jim Reeves "Four Walls" & "He'll Have to Go"
Faron Young "Hello Walls"
Johnny Cash "Cry Cry Cry"
Bob Wills "San Antonio Rose"
That should be a good start.
george jones, tammy wynette, don williams, conway twitty
I grew up on Hank Williams. I know every song Hank has ever made. Here are a few songs:
Your Cheatin Heart
I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You
My Bucket Has a Hole In It
Take These Chains From My Heart and Set Me Free
My Son Calls Another Man Daddy
Lefty Frizzell - Give Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses)
Tex Ritter - "Froggie Went A'Courtin'"
Tenessee Ernie Ford - "Mule Train"
Rex Allen - "Conversation With a Mule"
Tommy Collins - "You Oughta See Pickles Now"
Little Jimmy Dickens - "Take an Old Cold Tater (And Wait)"
Tex Williams - "The Night Miss Nancy Ann's Hotel For Single Women Burned Down"
You ought to be able to get a smile or two out of these.