Comments on: Report From The Country, Part Three: The Floyd Cramer Craze

By: Jamil

Jamil — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 02:30:34 +0000

Plisss
Floyd Cramer - Java

By: Derrick Bostrom

Derrick Bostrom — Fri, 19 May 2006 20:14:04 +0000

Bent note, slip note. Whatever. You say tomato…

By: TomTroccoli

TomTroccoli — Fri, 19 May 2006 18:20:58 +0000

Floyd of course is also credited with inventing the ‘bent note’ for piano. In attempting to emulate the sound of the pedal steel guitar, he inadvertantly came up with his own signature sound. He and Chet Atkins as a team are absolutely brilliant on those early Everly Brothers reordings, and the sound they carved out became the standard for ‘Country Music’ for the rest of the 1960’s, and on into the 1970’s when the beloved Saint Willie of Texas (Nelson of course) turned all ‘Country’ on it’s end once and for all.
Yer a fine teacher Professor Bostrom.

By: Derrick Bostrom

Derrick Bostrom — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:19:48 +0000

I was going to lecture you on the greatness of Tony Hatch, then I realized you’re Matt Hinrichs! No lecture needed! I’m a Scrubble reader, and have left a comment or two. But I’ll be damned if I can now recall what they were about!

Thanks very much for the vote of confidence!

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 22:53:01 +0000

Thanks for posting Floyd (and the other albums too for that matter). I find this kind of country-pop crossover stuff endlessly fascinating, and I agree with you that “Who Am I” is a highlight. For some reason, it reminds me of music that played underneath the “Family Affair” opening credits.

You’ve got an excellent weblog, fellow Phoenician!

By: Derrick Bostrom

Derrick Bostrom — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 18:56:20 +0000

Thanks for the kind words! I agree with you: a good pop song is a good pop song regardless of its “genre.”

I’ve got a few more parts to post in the current sountry series before to move on to the next pasture; I’m sure you’ll enjoy them. The best is yet to come!

By: secretly a terrific whistler

secretly a terrific whistler — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 07:13:10 +0000

Can’t believe there hasn’t been any other feedback on this yet! Been enjoying this whole series immensely. Seems as if any time I see the word “countrypolitan” used anywhere in Blogland it’s meant derogatorily. Country music IS a genre of Pop music. The presence of a string section or of the Ray Conniff Singers as backup does not make a recording any “less country” imho. While I’m not particularly fond of the mass-market niche with which current country-pop is aligned (along with CMT and any number of lifestyle-trendselling magazines) — and tend to think of it as “that music where all the guys wear black hats so you can tell it’s country music that they’re playing” — I pretty much have the same distaste for ALL sub-genres of current massmarket music anyway.
Please keep this stuff coming—along with the wonderful commentaries!!!