http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/45674753
This is a super read.
Porter Wagoner and the white stripes
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Aug 10, 2007 8:24 a.m. Suprdave5150:
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Aug 10, 2007 9:12 a.m. yettoblaster:
Good read indeed.
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Aug 10, 2007 10:52 a.m. Proteus:
Thanks for posting that, Dave. A super story.
Now I know what Meg White and Dolly Parton have in common.
Yup, they've both gigged with Porter Wagoner.
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Aug 10, 2007 11:44 a.m. dubkitty:
I knew someday the White Stripes would do something that i liked
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Aug 10, 2007 2:10 p.m. Baxter:
I always loved his version of Satisfied Mind. Country music has such a habit of turning on its history, while paying lip service to it. Good to see the real deal get some accolades, even if from an unlikely source.
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Aug 10, 2007 2:31 p.m. cyclopssam:
like i said.long time ago looks like the kid(jack white) has staying power,like him or not...and what is it about musicans& aneuryms/strokes??
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Aug 10, 2007 2:50 p.m. corpsekid:
i hate to say it, but the white stripes are very underated when it comes to thier music. i saw them at rock im park in june, was an increadible show (sandwiched between arctic monkeys and evernesance at 11 at night)
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Aug 10, 2007 3:08 p.m. WishinforaFalcon:
Kudos to the Stripes..Again!! Porter is a classic and so is Jack!!
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Aug 10, 2007 3:22 p.m. tommy59:
Porter played a short set at Neko Case's last show in L.A. (they are on the same label). His backup band was Marty Stuart, Dwight Yoakam and Billy Bob Thornton.
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Aug 10, 2007 5:14 p.m. Deed Eddy:
Written by Johnny Cash.
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Aug 10, 2007 5:45 p.m. dubkitty:
one of the things about the modern recording industry which is most awful to me is the way that the pioneers of modern country music have been totally abandoned by the major labels. if it hadn't been for Rick Rubin, Johnny Cash might have been remembered not as the comeback story of the American Records years, but as a faded star whose time had passed. How much other great music is still out there in the heads and hands of people like Porter Wagoner that we may never get to hear just because the Big Five conglomerates don't want to find a way to sell them?
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Aug 10, 2007 6:13 p.m. Proteus:
Porter is the real deal.
I think that's what we could safely call gravitas.
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Aug 10, 2007 6:33 p.m. bwallace1:
thanks for the video Deed. I remember the early TV shows with Norma Jean and then Dolly. and then there was Buck Trent showing off his banjo style. Spec Rose playing stand up bass. the dobro player was Uncle Josh, if I remember right. and Porter had a couple of good fiddle players from time to time. the video really showed how old Porter has gotten(kinda haunting). of course, I was a teenager back in the 60's and I'm now in my 50's. seems like yesterday. ha ha
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Aug 10, 2007 6:59 p.m. Joel:
Jack White is a music fan. He's cold, he's calculatd, he's pushing the public's buttons and he's exactly what he's doing. Those kind of artist don't come around everyday. He's created this urban myth/image/mythological background story about himself and instead of merely basking in it's glow he tries to shine a few lights on the people that got him where he's at or influenced him. I like that he sees no dividing line between country and rock. If this line existed back in the day we wouldn't be where we are now. If you're going to have a "rock star", Jack White isn't one you're going to feel guilty about listening to the next day. There's so many great country artists. I used to love (..and still do) Johnny Horton, Charlie Pride, Ray Price, Marty Robbins, etc. come to mind. There's nothing stopping you from loving these artists and having your guitar plugged into a Marshall or something. Hopefully Mr. White will rub off on whichever kids in the audience that may be paying attention. It's ashamed that a lot of these artist have been turned away by country radio in favor of the false gods. I kind of quit listening to new country about the time it sold it's soul...
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Aug 10, 2007 7:11 p.m. Boyko:
Very good read. I remember listening to Wagoner a couple years ago, but never actually went out and got a record. Sounds like he really enjoyed playing a show again, besides the Opry. I think the Stripes did him good.
On another note, the modern record industry seems to be screwing up more and more these days. I have a feeling that very soon the major labels will be in some hot water from something. Can't pinpoint exactly what it is, but it seems like the pop (music most played on TV, radios, etc not the genre) music of today is lackluster and more and more people are wanting the stuff from the Indy labels. Seems like they're stuck in a rut and they need to rethink some bad decisions from the past.
I agree on the Stripes being underrated. They are a large inspiration for me, and I feel they have good records and their stage presence and performances are great. Still trying to pick up their new album, but haven't been to a record shop. And missed their shows in Ontario
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Aug 10, 2007 7:14 p.m. dubkitty:
to be fair to Jack White, despite my less-than-stellar opinion of his art or his personality, he has also IIRC produced a Loretta Lynn album in recent years. Now, if you're even more cynical than me, you could say he was doing it to bolster his image, but i'll give him the benefit of the doubt here and credit him for actually caring enough about the country greats to help get them some exposure in the post-modern era.
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Aug 14, 2007 8:20 a.m. seppi65:
I like how Jack White kinda shows how all music is related. I just saw the White Stripes concert in Connecticut a few weeks ago. For the recorded pre-show music, what they play while people are still coming in, they alternated an AC/DC song with a John Lee Hooker song. They had a rockabilly act from Alabama, Dan Sartain, as the opener.
BTW - No sign of the white penguin, the 3 p/u annie, or even the copper top triple jet (not that one would expect him to take the penguin on tour). He mostly played the 64 Airline JB Hutto. He did, however, play quite a few songs on a White Falcon Rancher acoustic.
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Aug 14, 2007 8:42 a.m. Proteus:
I actually rather like the Stripes in general. Not so much on record, but there's something about what they do live which is intriguing. At least it holds my interest, and I appreciate both the rawness and the details that emerge once you focus not on what isn't there, but what's left.
