> > I dunno about that quite recent - Dudley's hit was in '63 - but I'm
> > sure lots of American bands were performing it.
> >
> > Oh, you meant American *rock* bands <g>.
> >
> Tho I'm sure more country bands than rock bands in the mid 60's
> covered Dave Dudley...
Me, too, and that, not anything stylistic, was my point.
>...I'd also argue that Dudley's versions of both 6DOTR
> and Truck Drivin Son of A Gun have little to do with country musically...
That'd be a hard case to make.
>...and a lot to do with rock and roll...
That's an easy case to make, relating back to these other threads ("real"
country, etc.), which I *will* pick up one of these days, I promise (or
threaten, as the case may be).
> I'll stand on the proverbial coffee table in Jeremy Tepper's
> living room and say that.
Geez, how many other coffee tables does he have in there?
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