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Marty Robbins.....

 
Devin 2017-11-04 19:00:30 

my favourite story-teller of all time.

They're Hanging Me Tonight

Mr. Shorty

Tall Handsome Stranger & Fastest Gun Around

Big Iron

Feleena(8 minutes of magic)

 
tops 2017-11-04 19:13:49 

In reply to Devin
Rass boy, you surprise me.
Southern dixy flier.
Cotton Wood Tree
The Master's call
Cowboy in a continental suit

 
Norm 2017-11-04 20:01:13 

El Paso
Ghost Riders In The Sky

 
Oilah 2017-11-04 20:11:14 

El Paso and Big Iron are my favorites but the entire album is great

 
Devin 2017-11-04 20:48:37 

In reply to tops

Nice. A few more to add to my collection.

I've got Marty up there in my top 5. Phenomenal voice, and the greatest story-teller I've ever heard. Sang a beautiful love song as well as gospel.

 
Devin 2017-11-04 20:50:52 

In reply to Oilah

Those are two of his biggest hits. Probably alongside "A White Sport Coat" and "Devil Woman."

 
Devin 2017-11-04 20:54:18 

In reply to Norm

Enjoying "Ghost riders in the sky."

 
Chrissy 2017-11-04 21:00:57 

In reply to tops

Remember Marty had to pretend that he was white. You think Devin knows that? His mother was mostly Native American and he got his story telling ability from his maternal grandfather.

 
Devin 2017-11-04 21:29:02 

In reply to Chrissy

I'm well aware of the fact that Marty was mixed with native American. His family was dirt poor and if I'm not mistaken, he didn't have much of a relationship with his father.

 
Chrissy 2017-11-04 21:53:22 

In reply to Devin

You are correct - he sure could tell a story. I know more than a few men who hate country & western music but loved Marty's tales.

 
Devin 2017-11-04 22:06:24 

In reply to Chrissy

Listening to his gunslinger songs is as good as watching and old Western.

 
tops 2017-11-05 08:29:58 

In reply to Chrissy
Actually, I recently read his bio.

 
Oilah 2017-11-05 09:22:14 

In reply to Devin

Learned something this morning. I only knew Devil Woman from the Merry Men
smile

 
JoeGrine 2017-11-05 09:36:40 

In reply to Devin

Andy Williams and Roger Whittaker could sure sing a story as well. Kindly put them up there with the great Marty.

 
sgtdjones 2017-11-05 10:23:04 

In addition to his recordings and performances, Robbins was an avid race car driver, competing in 35 career NASCAR Grand National (now Monster Energy Cup) races with six top-10 finishes, including the 1973 Firecracker 400.

In 1967, Robbins played himself in the car racing film Hell on Wheels. Robbins was partial to Dodges prepared by NASCAR Hall-of-Famer Cotton Owens, and owned and raced Chargers and then a 1978 Dodge Magnum.

He was also the driver of the 60th Indianapolis 500 Buick Century pace car in 1976. His last race was in a Junior Johnson-built 1982 Buick Regal in the Atlanta Journal 500 on November 7, 1982, a month before his death.

 
sgtdjones 2017-11-05 10:24:12 

Among his warmer memories of his childhood, Robbins recalled having listened to stories of the American West told by his maternal grandfather, Texas Bob Heckle, who was a local medicine man

 
rudebway 2017-11-05 10:59:42 

In reply to Devin

damn.. i underestimated you. Marty Robbins is a boss. check out Cool Water. i dont think it is mentioned in this thread.

 
ProWI 2017-11-05 11:19:33 

In reply to JoeGrine

Andy Williams and Roger Whittaker could sure sing a story as well. Kindly put them up there with the great Marty.


Yes, but they were not of the same genre as of Marty.

Marty’s story-telling was because he was more Western than Country. That Country was borne more out of the rural Appalachian experience, where as Western was the experience of dealing with, overcoming and even conquering the vast expanse of the West.

There are still a few singers and poets out there giving a taste of that Western experience, but Country is in the ascendancy with all its urban influences and recounting the joy and pain of living through and overcoming that particular experience.

 
Devin 2017-11-06 09:01:37 

In reply to Oilah

big grin big grin

 
Devin 2017-11-06 09:11:53 

In reply to JoeGrine

Andy Williams had some big hits. Will have to give Roger Whittaker a listen.

 
Devin 2017-11-06 09:42:53 

In reply to rudebway

Lovely song. Marty had a great great voice, he's just so easy on the ears.

Depending on which day of the week it is, my top 4 musical artists are:

Bob
Sam Cooke
Roy Orbison
Marty Robbins