Wish there was a way I could send hugs to you and your family, GW. I wish there was something I could say that could bring comfort, but words seem completely inadequate right now. The helplessness of it all makes me want to bawl. Way to keep on keepin' on when life really ain't fair. Your fortitude...

This happens plenty, but I feel like an idiot. I know who Charlie Rich is, but I probably have never heard a Charlie Rich song in my life. The country radio stations where I grew up only played Top 40 country, and never dig past 1990 or so. All the old school country I knew growing up was introduce...

Didn't see this link posted anywhere else, so I thought I'd share: http://mplayer.pastemagazine.com/issues/week-38/articles#article=/issues/week-38/articles/mike-cooley-live-from-paste Includes 5 HQ videos of Cooley performing acoustic versions of "A Ghost to Most," "Women Without Whi...

Congrats, Iowan! Sounds like your new job is a perfect fit! And thanks, TC and Mrs. S - I did make it through Monday (barely). I've just got way too much shit coming due at the same time this week and it's been pretty stressful. But today I go to the barn! Today will be no problem. Wednesday...not s...

Does anyone have an opinion about HBO canceling the show Luck because of the very unforunate deaths of three horses during filming. I really enjoyed the show. The horse racing scenes were great. They made the show. No, I hadn't heard about it. I don't get HBO, so...the only thing I heard about was ...

Clams, Clams, what have you done??? The political shit is taking over the message board! -On-topic again, I agree with you about wind chimes. They can be a very comforting sound. My grandma has some that were given to her at my grandpa's funeral. She says that whenever she hears them, it's grandpa t...

Drive-By Truckers, far and above everything/everyone else.
Johnny Cash is probably the closest second.

The other eight in no particular order:
Alabama Shakes
Hank Williams (Sr.)
Booker T.
Jason Isbell
Lucero
Charlie Rich
Jerry Lee
Eddie Hinton

^^See, guys? There's hope for the future yet.

There are a couple for me that make me want to claw my eyes and ears out. The first is people who feel the need to smack/chew their gum with their mouth open. The sound is DISGUSTING!!! It looks none too nice, either. I don't think it's too much to ask for people to PLEASE CHEW GUM WITH THEIR MOUTH ...

Happy Birthday, Patterson! Enjoy your day with family and friends!

Let me cross 'breeding operation' off of list of things I'd ever want to personally own. Too painful. Jeez. This one busted a few too many heartstrings...

Blue Light wrote:Cooley: Alright! Let's keep this "love" thing going! I don't love love, but I like it.

I just now got how incredibly witty this line is.

I blame it on sleep deprivation.

I have it at last!!! Thank you thank you thank you, Rob and Sarah, for putting these together! I absolutely love mine!

LOVE Pin Hits the Shell. LOVE. Ramonz, you pretty much described it perfectly - no way I could put it better. Brad's part at the beginning and end of the song frame the context and title of the song incredibly well. Love the melody between verses 1 and 2. And hearing Cooley sing the words "hors...

... Don't you see, BTB? Yours is holding out so you can get it when I do! I guess you didn't need any clothes this week, either. It HAD to have come sometime this week, I know it did! Sunday Sunday Sunday should be the red-letter day for me!! If I walk into Patterson Hall and don't see my name on t...

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/419602_10150747991851955_601346954_11499235_469606293_n.jpg ^^^ I saw a car just like this one last summer! It was parked outside a gas station we were stopped at on the road to our vacation. We'd all gone inside to use the restroom and we were waiting on my...

Happy Birthday!! Hope you have a wonderful day!

Happy Birthday!!

Thanks for the tutorial on IHYH - really helped me out!

also worth noting is the music video featuring the creation of the Cooleybird guitar and starring Scott Baxendale, if you haven't seen it already it's worth checking out on Youtube. Here's that video for ya: YLUDnXEWvpw The grin on Cooley's face at the end = priceless. Cooley playing Perfect Timing...

Here's the perspective of a relatively new voter: I got put all the way through AP Government in high school, so I ended up quite disillusioned with the entire political system by the time I was registered to vote. The left and right are equally crooked, IMO, and all the politicians really believe i...

Damn it.

I was seriously hoping mine would arrive this week. And it did not. Stupid sluggish University mail sorting service. Now I won't get it until AFTER spring break.

It's not as bad as it sounds. Those horses are really only there to stand around and have the vet kids practice drawing blood samples or injecting IV/IM shots, or bandaging legs, etc. They might have a hair or two pulled out of their mane for the genetics project being conducted in the Gluck Center ...

Smarty, you will be an expert on all things equine before it's over. Will that filly be racin' soon? Who is she by? My handicapping juices are startin' to flow again w/the prep races. Gotta pay attention if you wanna have a shot on the 1st Saturday in May (or be lucky as hell). Slip, I just looked ...

Tequila Cowboy wrote:This one's for Smarty. A tidy horse:

Thanks, TC! Love this!!

Where was this guy when I was out cleaning stalls yesterday??

^^ This would be funny if it weren't 100% true.

You take the traditional country out of their sound, they become generic rock band number 20 million and something. The rockers are okay... I disagree w/ this. Pretty resoundingly. W/out doubt the mix of country & rock (and the other influences which spice their work) make the Truckers who they...

It seemed to me that Hood and Cooley both got over trying to run away from their country roots early on. With DBT, they finally embraced the fact that they were country boys through their music, and that was what lent them their unique sound. You take the traditional country out of their sound, they...

I don't know if y'all have heard about any of this, but there's been some nasty-ass weather going on down in TN today and it's moving into central KY as I type. I've been thinking about our 3DD'rs down in the Nashville/Memphis area all day with my eyes on the skies. We're supposed to catch severe th...

JimmerDette wrote:His strength really is in his ability to write great old time country songs.

Quoted for truth.

Smitty wrote:

211poundsofpork wrote:
Just please no more "Lisa's Birthday"'s. Thank you.

blasphemous.

x2 Smitty. "Lisa's Birthday" catches a lot of hate around here, but I think it's a terrific song.