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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2015 11:37:04 GMT -5
One of the reasons I was first intrigued by country music a few years ago was the level of depth not only in the lyrics but in the instrumentation. I had grown up listening to punk rock, pop, and hip hop and it amazed me how fans could love an artist one day, and then kick them to the curb when the "next best thing" came out. I felt that the complexity of country music was really great. When I started listening, I enjoyed most of the songs from the 2000s. When asked sometimes why I liked country, one of my reasons was that they used REAL instruments and a lot of them. Unfortunately, that is beginning to fall by the wayside (if it hasn't already) and it's amazing how quickly it has happened.
I wanted to take a look at current charting singles and how many of them use three of my favorite (and in my opinion, the most defining) country instruments: the banjo, fiddle and the steel guitar. Even as recently as "Wagon Wheel" a few years ago, artists were really heavy on this stuff. Most have backed off now...take a look at Luke Bryan's recent albums versus his early albums. Take a look at Dierks Bentley's: same thing.
This is my own examination of the current state of the music and hopefully at least one other person will find this interesting. This is more about the music and less about the charts and please by all means comment on your thoughts of these instruments and how they are/should be used. Please also let me know if I have misheard any songs.
Since it takes 3 weeks to go recurrent on MB, I will post (Lord and moderator willing) a new post every 3 weeks updating the status of these instruments in current singles.
ITALICS indicates banjo used BOLD indicates fiddle used UNDERLINE indicates slide instrument used
Country Aircheck issue dated 8/3/15
1. Kick the Dust Up - L. Bryan 2. Kiss You in the Morning - M. Ray 3. One Hell of an Amen - B. Gilbert 4. Young & Crazy - F. Ballard 5. Loving You Easy - Zac Brown Band 6. Tonight Looks Good on You - J. Aldean 7. Hell of a Night - D. Lynch (only during bridge) 8. House Party - S. Hunt (ganjo) 9. Crash and Burn - T. Rhett (only in second verse) 10. Buy Me a Boat - C. Janson
11. Lose My Mind - B. Eldredge 12. John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16 - K. Urban 13. Like a Wrecking Ball - E. Church 14. Fly - Maddie & Tae 15. Crushin' It - B. Paisley 16. Save it for a Rainy Day - K. Chesney 17. Real Life - J. Owen 18. Gonna Wanna Tonight - C. Rice 19. I'm to Blame - K. Moore 20. Let Me See Ya Girl - C. Swindell
21. Long Stretch of Love - Lady Antebellum 22. Anything Goes - Florida Georgia Line 23. Nothin' Like You - Dan + Shay 24. Break Up With Him - Old Dominion 25. Girl Crush - Little Big Town 26. Burning House - Cam (played as violin) 27. Run Away With You - Big & Rich 28. Already' Callin You Mine - Parmalee 29. Stay a Little Longer - Brothers Osborne 30. I'm Comin' Over - C. Young
Banjo: 6/30 Fiddle: 4/30 Slide: 10/30
There are only 3 songs that use more than one of these instruments (Fly, Crushin' It, Anything Goes) and Fly is the only song that uses all three instruments. Please let me know if I misheard anything.
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Post by carriekins on Aug 9, 2015 12:36:48 GMT -5
At the risk of sounding like Token Dierks Fangirl...
While I agree that the production of his albums has pulled back on obvious use of the banjo, fiddle, and steel guitar (most sadly by omitting the bluegrass track on each album), I think his live show has actually started utilizing them more in recent years.
He added a fiddler to his band after the Up on the Ridge tour in 2010 (where he toured with the Del McCoury Band), and since then has re-worked a number of his hits to include the fiddle, banjo, or steel guitar more prominently. He has a full-time steel player, who also plays the banjo (Tim) who's been with him since 2003, and his fiddle player (Dan) plays banjo as well. The only time Tim isn't on the steel in the whole show is during Up on the Ridge, when Tim plays banjo and Dan is on fiddle (and Brian [electric guitar] is on dobro). A number of reviewers for the tour this summer have pointed out that the steel, banjo, and fiddle aren't just there for show, and that they all are featured prominently throughout the show.
So, while the production on his albums may have pulled back a bit, he is certainly still honoring country's roots in the live show. I also don't see him abandoning those instruments altogether, either.
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Post by jesster on Aug 9, 2015 13:03:15 GMT -5
On the positive side, if your chart is accurate a high percentage of the top 10 / most-played country radio songs use at least one of them. Whether that's statistically significant, would take more than a one-week snapshot to really judge. But in the top 30 overall it appears to be closer to half using one or more of the traditional "country" instruments. Which would track informally with what I tend to see in concert. Or not even half
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2015 20:07:03 GMT -5
At the risk of sounding like Token Dierks Fangirl... While I agree that the production of his albums has pulled back on obvious use of the banjo, fiddle, and steel guitar (most sadly by omitting the bluegrass track on each album), I think his live show has actually started utilizing them more in recent years. He added a fiddler to his band after the Up on the Ridge tour in 2010 (where he toured with the Del McCoury Band), and since then has re-worked a number of his hits to include the fiddle, banjo, or steel guitar more prominently. He has a full-time steel player, who also plays the banjo (Tim) who's been with him since 2003, and his fiddle player (Dan) plays banjo as well. The only time Tim isn't on the steel in the whole show is during Up on the Ridge, when Tim plays banjo and Dan is on fiddle (and Brian [electric guitar] is on dobro). A number of reviewers for the tour this summer have pointed out that the steel, banjo, and fiddle aren't just there for show, and that they all are featured prominently throughout the show. So, while the production on his albums may have pulled back a bit, he is certainly still honoring country's roots in the live show. I also don't see him abandoning those instruments altogether, either. That's great to hear. I've yet to see Dierks live (for some reason, don't hate me!). I'm hoping his next album will be kind of a return to his older less-produced sound. He really had a signature mid-Western feel on most of his tracks that I didn't really feel from Riser. Great songs, but just missing that homegrown vibe.
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Post by bboat11 on Aug 19, 2015 0:39:52 GMT -5
I really like this idea for a thread! I know that there have been a lot of complaints lately about classic country instruments disappearing from country music. The steel guitar being a prime example. Yet, quite frequently, I hear a steel guitar weaving in and out of the background of a modern song that I hadn't noticed its presence in before! So it always makes me want to pay more attention to the instrumentation to see how many songs actually do still have steel on them.
That being said, I'm not sure that banjo is necessarily a country instrument. In my opinion, it has always been a bluegrass instrument. The Dixie Chicks are basically the only act from the last 20 years I can think of that actually used banjo on more than like 2 songs in their entire discography...
At first I was shocked that there is only one country song currently on the charts using all three instruments. But then I realized, you could do this list for George Strait's entire list of hits and probably not even have a single song use all 3 instruments. I cannot think of a single instance where his music featured a banjo! Yet there is no doubt that he is a prime example of pure country music.
If I were to suggest a 3rd country instrument, it would be mandolin. While also used in bluegrass, the mandolin to me also has a solid place in country music. Its use is usually more subtle, but it is actually there quite a bit! I know it is your thread, nickzcountry25, but that is just my two-cents :) Overall, I really like this idea and find it fascinating!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2015 0:48:56 GMT -5
The Dixie Chicks are basically the only act from the last 20 years I can think of that actually used banjo on more than like 2 songs in their entire discography... Keith Urban uses banjo/ganjo in a ton of his music. I do think it can be a bluegrass instrument but I also think it's very much a country instrument. It certainly isn't an instrument that I'd link to the pop, rock, rap, or hip-hop genres..
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Post by bboat11 on Aug 19, 2015 11:20:19 GMT -5
Ooo yes, Keith Urban is an excellent example! Can't believe I didn't think about him... You're right, it is a country instrument, but I just don't think it is one that has ever been used enough to really notice it being used less over time.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2015 11:34:27 GMT -5
I'm not trying to rain on anyone's parade, but I look at artists who throw in the Banjo, Fiddle and Steel Guitar no differently than I look at Pop artists trying to masquerade as Country acts. Using these instruments prominently (even if it's only for a few songs), is so much better than throwing an instrument in there as an afterthought. Using a specific instrument doesn't make a song "Country," and I hate that that school of thought has become so common.
That said, here are a few examples: Dixie Chicks- Long Time Gone Carrie Underwood- Quitter Rascal Flatts- Mayberry, Banjo
Miranda Lambert has pretty great use of Country instrumentation, too. I Can't Be Bothered, Me And Charlie Talkin,' Down, All That's Left, etc.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2015 11:42:22 GMT -5
I'm not trying to rain on anyone's parade, but I look at artists who throw in the Banjo, Fiddle and Steel Guitar no differently than I look at Pop artists trying to masquerade as Country acts. Using these instruments prominently (even if it's only for a few songs), is so much better than throwing an instrument in there as an afterthought. Using a specific instrument doesn't make a song "Country," and I hate that that school of thought has become so common. I agree. It's irritating when artists just throw it in for the sake of it. Almost like a slap in the face. Examples include "Single for the Summer" by Sam Hunt (steel guitar solo) and "Gonna" by Blake Shelton (fiddle after he says "kick it in the country"). I don't really accept those as good uses, but they are uses nonetheless. Recent examples of great uses: "Sierra" by Maddie & Tae (fiddle and steel) "Country Nation" by Brad Paisley (fiddle and steel) "Huntin' Fishin' and Lovin' Every Day" by Luke Bryan (banjo)
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Aug 19, 2015 11:43:41 GMT -5
Just FYI, another song that uses a banjo but isn't a country song (where it isn't sent) is Coleman Hell's "2 Heads".
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2015 11:56:20 GMT -5
Oh my god, we're using the S and F words in modern Country music! Quick, throw in a drum loop to make it all better!
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 19, 2015 12:36:34 GMT -5
Sara Evans has always used a lot of these instruments in her music and I'm so thankful for that. Especially fiddle. She has a member of her band that plays it and I think when she introduced him last year at the show I saw, she said some tongue-in-cheek comment about how "she still has one!" Also love the prominence of these instruments in music from acts like Joey + Rory, Dolly Parton, Kellie Pickler, Ashton Shepherd, Lee Ann Womack, and many others that I'm a big fan of. It's a shame more current radio hits don't use these 3 great instruments, which are coincidentally my three favorite instruments (like a Holy Trinity of Country Music Sounds). <333
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Post by robenglund on Aug 20, 2015 12:25:00 GMT -5
One of the reasons I was first intrigued by country music a few years ago was the level of depth not only in the lyrics but in the instrumentation. I had grown up listening to punk rock, pop, and hip hop and it amazed me how fans could love an artist one day, and then kick them to the curb when the "next best thing" came out. I felt that the complexity of country music was really great. When I started listening, I enjoyed most of the songs from the 2000s. When asked sometimes why I liked country, one of my reasons was that they used REAL instruments and a lot of them. Unfortunately, that is beginning to fall by the wayside (if it hasn't already) and it's amazing how quickly it has happened. I wanted to take a look at current charting singles and how many of them use three of my favorite (and in my opinion, the most defining) country instruments: the banjo, fiddle and the steel guitar. Even as recently as "Wagon Wheel" a few years ago, artists were really heavy on this stuff. Most have backed off now...take a look at Luke Bryan's recent albums versus his early albums. Take a look at Dierks Bentley's: same thing. This is my own examination of the current state of the music and hopefully at least one other person will find this interesting. This is more about the music and less about the charts and please by all means comment on your thoughts of these instruments and how they are/should be used. Please also let me know if I have misheard any songs. Great post nickzcountry25! I found this very interesting and have the same thoughts. I started listening to country heavily about 4 years ago. One of the main things that drew me to it were the harmonies. I grew up listening to rock as well. Lately though I have been very picky about the instruments just like you and whenever I hear a violin, dobro, banjo, and especially a steel guitar in any new song I get super excited. There's plenty of traditional country out there it just doesn't get played on the radio. In this new age country, I do like the rock heavy country since that's what I grew up listening too. For example I love Brantley Gilbert's stuff. Another thing that would make an interesting post is how many of the songs use synthesized drum sounds and or drum loops which would definitely be the majority of the songs. That's another thing I'm nit picky about too. I really started noticing the drum loops coming about in country in 2013 and perhaps some 2012 songs. It's definitely a growing trend. Sometimes I think they sound good and I don't mind it. Other times it really bugs me.
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ITALICS indicates banjo used BOLD indicates fiddle used UNDERLINE indicates slide instrument used
Country Aircheck issue dated 8/24/15
1. Young & Crazy - F. Ballard 2. House Party - S. Hunt (ganjo) 3. Hell of a Night - D. Lynch (during bridge) 4. Crash and Burn - T. Rhett (only second verse) 5. Buy Me a Boat - C. Janson 6. John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16 - K. Urban 7. Loving You Easy - Zac Brown Band 8. Lose My Mind - B. Eldredge 9. Save it for a Rainy Day - K. Chesney 10. Kiss You in the Morning - M. Ray
11. Like a Wrecking Ball - E. Church 12. Fly - Maddie & Tae 13. Gonna Wanna Tonight - C. Rice 14. Anything Goes - Florida Georgia Line 15. Let Me See Ya Girl - C. Swindell 16. Real Life - J. Owen 17. Nothin' Like You - Dan+Shay 18. I'm to Blame - K. Moore 19. Break Up With Him - Old Dominion 20. Long Stretch of Love - Lady Antebellum
21. Strip it Down - L. Bryan 22. Burning House - Cam (violin) 23. Run Away With You - Big & Rich 24. Gonna - B. Shelton 25. Already Callin' You Mine - Parmalee 26. I'm Comin' Over - C. Young 27. Stay a Little Longer - Brothers Osborne 28. 21 - H. Hayes 29. I Got the Boy - J. Kramer 30. Top of the World - T. McGraw
Banjo: 7/30 (+1 from 3wks ago), peak of 7/30 Fiddle: 4/30 (--), peak of 4/30 Slide: 9/30 (-1), peak of 10/30
There are only 2 songs that use more than one of these instruments (Fly, Anything Goes) and Fly is the only song that uses all three instruments. Please let me know if I misheard anything.
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Post by bboat11 on Aug 24, 2015 1:22:47 GMT -5
I just listened to all of Josh Turner's albums, and I really noticed how often he uses banjo. I had never really noticed that before! I just made sure to really focus hard on that, and I noticed it was there a significant portion of the time! And, of course, a TON of fiddle and steel in every song... Well done, Josh :)
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Post by jesster on Aug 24, 2015 6:19:53 GMT -5
A lot of the fiddle players can be very entertaining. Including TBP, I wonder how that will work out with Live Forever live...though in concert perhaps it will not be so pop-heavy.
So far my winner on the most country instruments seen in concert this year is Darius Rucker. He had a steel guitar player, and also featured fiddle, banjo and mandolin. Which is two more than I recall from the next runner-up, and four more than so many of them that are guitar-driven.
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Post by bboat11 on Sept 8, 2015 19:08:11 GMT -5
I think "I Got The Boy" gets the award for most dobro used all year! What a cool instrument.
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ITALICS indicates banjo used BOLD indicates fiddle used UNDERLINE indicates slide instrument used
Country Aircheck issue dated 9/14/15
1. Crash and Burn - T. Rhett (only second verse) 2. Buy Me a Boat - C. Janson 3. John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16 - K. Urban 4. Lose My Mind - B. Eldredge 5. Save it for a Rainy Day - K. Chesney 6. Hell of a Night - D. Lynch (during bridge) 7. House Party - S. Hunt (ganjo) 8. Fly - Maddie & Tae 9. Strip it Down - L. Bryan 10. Gonna Wanna Tonight - C. Rice
11. Anything Goes - Florida Georgia Line 12. Let Me See Ya Girl - C. Swindell 13. Break Up With Him - Old Dominion 14. Nothin' Like You - Dan + Shay 15. Smoke Break - C. Underwood 16. Gonna - B. Shelton 17. Real Life - J. Owen 18. Long Stretch of Love - Lady Antebellum 19. Like a Wrecking Ball - E. Church 20. Burning House - Cam (violin)
21. I'm Comin' Over - C. Young 22. Top of the World - T. McGraw 23. Run Away With You - Big & Rich 24. I'm to Blame - K. Moore 25. Already Callin' You Mine - Parmalee 26. Stay a Little Longer - Brothers Osborne 27. Gonna Know We Were Here - J. Aldean 28. Dibs - K. Ballerini 29. I Got the Boy - J. Kramer 30. 21 - H. Hayes
Banjo: 6/30 (-1 from 3wks ago), peak of 7/30 Fiddle: 3/30 (-1), peak of 4/30 Slide: 11/30 (+2), peak of 11/30
There are only 2 songs that use more than one of these instruments (Fly, Anything Goes) and Fly is the only song that uses all three instruments. Please let me know if I misheard anything.
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ITALICS indicates banjo used BOLD indicates fiddle used UNDERLINE indicates slide instrument used
Country Aircheck issue dated 10/05/15
1. Save it for a Rainy Day - K. Chesney 2. Lose My Mind - B. Eldredge 3. Strip it Down - L. Bryan 4. John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16 - K. Urban 5. Anything Goes - Florida Georgia Line 6. Gonna Wanna Tonight - C. Rice 7. Let Me See Ya Girl - C. Swindell 8. Break Up With Him - Old Dominion 9. Smoke Break - C. Underwood 10. Fly - Maddie & Tae
11. Nothin' Like You - Dan + Shay 12. Gonna - B. Shelton 13. I'm Comin' Over - C. Young 14. Gonna Know We Were Here - J. Aldean 15. Burning House - Cam 16. Top of the World - T. McGraw 17. Buy Me a Boat - C. Janson 18. Run Away With You - Big & Rich 19. Stay a Little Longer - Brothers Osborne 20. Already Callin' You Mine - Parmalee
21. Dibs - K. Ballerini 22. I Got the Boy - J. Kramer 23. Long Stretch of Love - Lady Antebellum 24. I Love This Life - LoCash 25. 21 - H. Hayes 26. We Went - R. Houser 27. Country Nation - B. Paisley 28. Little Bit of You - C. Bryant 29. Real Life - J. Owen 30. That Don't Sound Like You - L. Brice
Banjo: 7/30, (up +1 from last wk) peak of 7/30 Fiddle: 4/30, (up +1 from last wk) peak of 4/30 Slide: 13/30, (up +2 from last wk) peak of 13/30
There are only 3 songs that use more than one of these instruments (Anything Goes, Fly, Country Nation) and Fly and Country Nation are the only songs that use all three.
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ITALICS = banjo, BOLD = fiddle, UNDERLINE = slide
Country Aircheck issue dated 10/26/15
1. Strip it Down - L. Bryan 2. Anything Goes - Florida Georgia Line 3. Break Up with Him - Old Dominion 4. Let Me See Ya Girl - C. Swindell 5. Smoke Break - C. Underwood 6. Nothin' Like You - Dan + Shay 7. I'm Comin' Over - C. Young 8. Gonna - B. Shelton 9. Gonna Wanna Tonight - C. Rice 10. Gonna Know We Were Here - J. Aldean
11. Lose My Mind - B. Eldredge 12. Burning House - Cam 13. Top of the World - T. McGraw 14. Stay a Little Longer - Brothers Osborne 15. Run Away With You - Big & Rich 16. Already Callin' You Mine - Parmalee 17. Dibs - K. Ballerini 18. I Got the Boy - J. Kramer 19. I Love This Life - LoCash 20. We Went - R. Houser
21. Die a Happy Man - T. Rhett 22. Country Nation - B. Paisley 23. Break Up in a Small Town - S. Hunt 24. 21 - H. Hayes 25. Backroad Song - G. Smith 26. Little Bit of You - C. Bryant 27. (This Ain't No) Drunk Dial - A Thousand Horses 28. That Don't Sound Like You - L. Brice 29. Riser - D. Bentley 30. Beautiful Drug - Zac Brown Band
Banjo: 8/30 (+1 from last wk) peak of 8/30 Fiddle: 5/30 (+1 from last wk) peak of 5/30 Slide: 14/30 (+1 from last wk) peak of 14/30
There are only 4 songs that use more than one of these instruments (Anything Goes, Die a Happy Man, Country Nation, Break Up in a Small Town) and Country Nation is the only song that uses all three.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2015 18:04:11 GMT -5
"Breakup In A Small Town" has fiddle? Dafuq?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2015 19:37:20 GMT -5
"Breakup In A Small Town" has fiddle? Dafuq? Well, I have a hard time deciding how to include violin. Obviously "fiddle" is just a way of playing violin. So, I think that determination can be very subjective. I figured, a song like "Burning House" which features a violin should be credited as such, even though she really isn't using the violin as a "fiddle." So by the same rules, "Break Up in a Small Town" would get credit too, as it features violin in second verse and the solo part with the piano. Similarly, I debated about "Loving You Easy" which definitely uses the instrument more as a "violin" than a "fiddle".
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Post by bksouthga on Oct 26, 2015 22:24:07 GMT -5
Someone had posted above about the mandolin, which indeed is very much a bluegrass traditional instrument, much like the banjo. "Stay a Litttle Longer" has mandolin pretty much all the way through, and the guitar solo at the end employs some very banjoesque licks where he's using the open string. By the way, that dude's a badass!
Inclusion of banjo and/or mandolin is really only applicable for certain types of country songs, ones that are more bluegrass rooted. For example, those instruments really have no place in Western Swing (like so much of George Strait's music) or Bakersfield kind of sound (Buck Owens, the Hag, Dwight Yoakam in more modern times). I'm sure there are probably some other styles as well that this would also be the case.
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Post by bksouthga on Oct 26, 2015 22:32:59 GMT -5
One other thing, I do think the addition of the banjo has been a relatively recent phenomenon. I think I've heard more banjo in the last ten years than in the previous twenty. And in a lot of songs that arent really that country (like Aldean's ironically named "She's Country", for example).
So while this thread is interesting, as evidenced by the fact that I've made two posts on it in the last five minutes, I dont really use those criteria to judge a song's countriness. I listen much more to the groove of the song, the vocal phrasing and rhyming scheme, that sort of thing. That's why I have pointed out variois songs as being hip-hop influenced: groove and phrasing/rhyming. I just find it to be a more reliable indicator.
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Post by bksouthga on Oct 26, 2015 22:54:32 GMT -5
One other interesting note about the banjo: did you know it was once the stringed instrument of choice in jazz bands? Before the amplification of the guitar, the guitar was not loud enough to be heard with the horns. The banjo was much louder in a strictly acoustic setting. Of course, it was played very differently than bluegrass style banjo, particularly the Earl Scruggs innovated five string style.
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THROWBACK!
ITALICS = banjo, BOLD = fiddle, UNDERLINE = slide
Billboard issue dated 11/12/05
1. Better Life - K. Urban 2. Skin (Sarabeth) - Rascal Flatts 3. Who You'd Be Today - K. Chesney 4. Come a Little Closer - D. Bentley 5. Probably Wouldn't Be This Way - L. Rimes 6. Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off - J. Nichols 7. Good Ride Cowboy - G. Brooks 8. You're Like Comin' Home - Lonestar 9. Something to Be Proud Of - Montgomery Gentry 10. Big Blue Note - T. Keith
11. Best I Ever Had - G. Allan 12. Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On - N. McCoy 13. Redneck Yacht Club - C. Morgan 14. She Let Herself Go - G. Strait 15. Like We Never Loved at All - F. Hill 16. Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right - B. Currington 17. Boondocks - Little Big Town 18. USA Today - A. Jackson 19. My Old Friend - T. McGraw 20. Honky Tonk Badonkadonk - T. Adkins
21. Miss Me Baby - C. Cagle 22. (I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden - M. McBride 23. Just Might (Make Me Believe) - Sugarland 24. When I Get Where I'm Going - B. Paisley 25. Jesus, Take the Wheel - C. Underwood 26. XXL - K. Anderson 27. Comin' To Your City - Big & Rich 28. Your Man - J. Turner 29. She Didn't Have Time - T. Clark 30. I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today - G. Wilson
Banjo: 8/30 Fiddle: 17/30 Slide: 25/30
There are 20 songs that use more than one of these instruments.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2015 14:21:51 GMT -5
Honkeytonk Badonkadonk had a fiddle. I officially know nothing!
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Post by carriekins on Nov 11, 2015 15:57:50 GMT -5
Honkeytonk Badonkadonk had a fiddle. I officially know nothing! It's pretty prominent throughout the chorus.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2015 16:06:43 GMT -5
Honkeytonk Badonkadonk had a fiddle. I officially know nothing! It's pretty prominent throughout the chorus. Seriously?! I'm just stunned by that.
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Post by sabre14 on Nov 11, 2015 18:30:01 GMT -5
It's pretty prominent throughout the chorus. Seriously?! I'm just stunned by that. How can you be stunned if you've heard the song? It's pretty obvious there's a fiddle throughout. The song subject may be stupid as all get out, but its most certainly got many country music elements, sonically.
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