Once in a bar in Glasgow, Scotland with Hannah Creighton and sitting
near the bandstand at a table with several locals. A county and
western singer was pretty good. At the end of the set the band sat
down and drank with us and I couldn't understand a word they said.
They sang western but the talked Glaswegian.
Gene Coyle
On Jan 12, 2008, at 9:17 AM, Doug Henwood wrote:
On Jan 12, 2008, at 12:02 PM, Jim Devine wrote:
(FWIW, I remember visiting Mexico and Guatemala in 1976. The music of
Barry White (!!) was very popular in Mexico, while they were playing
Paul McCartney's "stupid little love song" (dreck!) all over
Guatemala. The local music seemed to be losing out.)
I think I've mentioned this before, but in 2001, I heard an aborigine
singing "Okie from Muskogee" at the Aboriginal Cultural Center in
Adelaide, Australia. I was told that aborigines love American country
music - they love the themes of poverty, loneliness, alcohol, and
resentment of urban elites.
Doug
