Cow Music

[christopher3393]

19 hours ago, Superdad said:

So that's one species on this planet... 

 

Well, Superdad, I have to agree that the many cow/accordion videos are far more persuasive than any of the zoo videos or cat and dog accordion videos. For example, this one strikes me as mere back scratching:

 

 

But keep in mind the vast number of cows in this country, not just here in the dairy state, but in New York, California, and Texas (over 10,000,000in Texas alone!).

 

And clearly there is a rich tradition of Americana accordion music:  A History of the Accordion in Americana Music

Edifying, isn't it?

 

Here's just one fine example:

 

 

Pee Wee King - "Bull Fiddle Boogie" (1949)

 

 

Cowboys love accordion and Texas alone is as big as many countries:

 

"Guacamole" - by Chris Rybak, the Accordion Cowboy ( featuring guacamole as sexual innuendo)

 

 

But it's not just the States.

 

Gauchos love accordion. That's no accident. 

 

Geraldo's Gauchos Orchestra (1931)

 

 

Even more compelling:

 

Amazing gaucho dance with boleadoras (Argentina):

 

 

 

 

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Aaron Johnson, "Cheeseburger Cowboy", 2017

 

 

Aaron Johnson, " A Tomcat and a Cowboy Walk into a Bar", 2017

 

Otto Gray & His Oklahoma Cowboys, Part 1 (1929)

 

 

Otto Gray & His Oklahoma Cowboys, Part 2 (1929)

 

 

 

Otto Gray and his Oklahoma Cowboys were the first cowboy band to make the cover of Billboard Magazine in June of 1931!

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On 9/25/2021 at 11:19 AM, christopher3393 said:

"Bob Wills Is Still The King" (Live in Texas - September 1974) · Waylon Jennings

 

"Bob Wills Is Still The King" Live, Rolling Stones, A Bigger Bang Tour. Austin, Texas. 2006

 

"Bob Wills Is Still The King" · Asleep At The Wheel, Clint Black, Ride With Bob, 1999

 

 

 

On 9/25/2021 at 12:04 PM, christopher3393 said:

 Written by Bob Wills and Tommy Duncan:

 

"Stay a Little Longer" · Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 2 ℗ 1946

 

"Stay All Night (Stay a Little Longer)" (Remastered) · Willie Nelson, 1973

 

 

"Stay a Little Longer" -  a young Steve Earle and Rodney Crowell, et alia. From the movie "Heartworn Highways", 1975

 

The Avett Brothers "Stay All Night"  (Bob Wills, NOT Bob Willis!)

 

 

 

Moving these here because this is their true home.

 

 Bob Wills has been selected by The American Bovine Association as the "Undisputed King of Cow Music"!

 

 

 

 

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"San Antonio Rose" · the Signature Song of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, 1939 (written by Bob Wills)

 

 

 

But you really can't fully appreciate this song until you've seen a LIVE performance!

 

 

 

Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. it has been recorded over 200 times.

 

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22 hours ago, sphinxsix said:

Very inspiring posts!

Some hardcore MU meditation.

 

 

An alternative version. 

Mu, mu..  Mu, mu, mu..

BTW this guy has some really cool mu-scles..

 

 

 

hmmmm... how about a little Heart Sutra... on pedal steel guitar!!!!

from album liner notes:

 

"The Heart Sutra

 

“Thus have I heard. Once the Blessed One was dwelling in Rajagrija at Vulture Peak Mountain . . .”

This opening piece is, for the most part, a monotone recitation of the Heart Sutra, the “Sutra of the Heart of Transcendent Wisdom” [as translated by the Padmakara Translation Group] delivered by the Buddha some 2,500 years ago on Vulture Peak Mountain. His message, in so many words, was that “Form is Emptiness” and “Emptiness also is Form”. All of our human conceptions, feelings, dreams, and every aspect of our physical reality is subsumed and therefore “contained” in emptiness. In this piece, the Buddha’s name is marked by a minor third, and points of emphasis are expressed in octaves. In this musical recitation with single unison notes, I tried to pay attention to the overtones produced and the subtle interplay of notes and vibrations that brought them to life."

 

This is immediately followed by....

 

And I Await the Resurrection of the Pedal Steel Guitar

 

notes:

"I remember very clearly the first time many years ago I heard Olivier Messiaen’s massive “Et Exspecto Ressurectionem Mortuoram”. I was in my car driving down the freeway in Houston, Texas on my way to a country-western gig. To say I was overwhelmed would be an understatement. After two minutes or so I had to pull over to the side of the road until the music ended. It has been with me ever since, from the low octaves at the beginning to the gripping propulsive conclusion. So my song is in part an homage to this monumental work by Messiaen (with which it shares the first three notes), and also expresses my own feelings on the current state of the instrument I play, the pedal steel guitar, and my hopes for its future. In this piece I wanted the whole body of the instrument – the legs, the pedals, the wood, the strings, tuning keys, bridge and nut, and pickup – to tell its story. I know the time will someday come when the steel guitar will again sing its own song – a song with a sense of majesty, ecstasy, and beauty approaching that of Messiaen."   😇

 

 

Susan Alcorn - And I Await The Resurrection Of The Pedal Steel Guitar (LP), 2006

 

 

 

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...speaking of pedal steel guitar...

 

"Steel Guitar Rag" is the seminal Western swing instrumental credited with popularizing the steel guitar as an integral instrument in a Western band.

 

Written by Leon McAuliffe, it was first recorded by Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys in 1936.

 

 

Too tame fer ya? Here's Leon goin' up tempo in "59

 

 

 

A little back story on this classic, including its controversial sources!

 

 

 

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21 minutes ago, Confused said:

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AHHHHH!!!!!

 

 

[christopher3393]

1 hour ago, accwai said:

14 hours ago, christopher3393 said:

"The Heart Sutra

 

Like this?

 

 

Sorry, no. Like this:

 

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1 hour ago, accwai said:

14 hours ago, christopher3393 said:

All of our human conceptions, feelings, dreams, and every aspect of our physical reality is subsumed and therefore “contained” in emptiness.

 

Umm... So what's the meaning of life if we're just a bunch brains floating in space?

 

Glad you asked:

 

 

Alternative B: Answering a question with a question ---

 

1. What do you mean by "meaning" (always a good one)?

 

2. What do the artists scare quotes around the word "contain" indicate?

 

 

 

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21 minutes ago, Confused said:

And for the record, my brain is progressing through spacetime at a speed of approximately 74.4 km/sec. Any notion of floating is an illusion of relativity.

 

Nudging things back on topic, this is the same speed as a cow brain.

 

Fully back on topic, here is a polish dancing cow.

 

 

 

Polish Cow is always a great way to return to topic... which at present is the inherent bovinity of the pedal steel guitar!.. which is simply one way of demonstrating the Inner Truth and Greatness of Western Swing as the Quintessence of Cow Music! And Bob Wills as the embodied personification of that greatness.

 

Steel Guitar Players - Western Swing & Country Steel Guitarists

 

 

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1 hour ago, Iving said:

 

Is the "Wills is King" Western Swing thread officially redundant? :~)

 

sorry, intended to address that on that thread. After your posts, for which I am grateful, I realized that I lacked the tenacity, enthusiasm and full tilt curiosity to do any kind of thorough, exhaustive search into the full breadth of the Western Swing sub-genre. As a novice there is not enough that presently resonates with me when digging into the archives. So pleez help yerself to that if you wish. The approach here is more of a free and easy natural grazing on what appear to this novice, for one reason or another, as juicy tidbits to chew on, randomly and at leisure while wandering freely on the open range of the pastures of musical plenty, sans gravitas.

 

 a little moon music 🤠

 

 

 

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23 minutes ago, sphinxsix said:

I watch this thread very closely, it's an expression of my deep respect for it and for the fact that that it's the mother/father/non-binary parent of all animal music threads in this universe and possibly a couple of other ones and apologies upfront, I must state it clearly, as clear as the fact all the mentioned universes are not bigger than a single MU - this clip is a dup..

Ufff... 

 

 

When the mind wanders from the topic, one always returns to Polish Cow or a similar device to develop full awareness of the ncow.

 

 

If that fails, you could try something like this:

 

 

This should leave you calm, grounded, and open to cow music. You are most welcome.  🤠

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11 minutes ago, Iving said:

 

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ufff

 

Exactly, as in:

 

 

I am more familiar with this one:

 

The most likely origin of the term “uff” comes from a Norwegian expression that is used widely in the Midwest U.S. The entire expression was “uff da” and over time it was shortened to just “uff” to make things more convenient and easier. “Uff” is what linguists would call an onomatopoeia.

 

 

 

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(where was i?...totally lost..oh!)

 

"Steel Guitar Rag" · Tom Brumley kickin' ass:

 

 

"The Steel Guitar Rag" - Alvino Rey, takin' a more s-p-a-c-i-o-u-s approach, 1950 

 

 

Jerry Byrd adds a little rockabilly favor, 1958

 

 

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9 minutes ago, sphinxsix said:

Apologies upfront, I MUst state it clearly, as clear as the fact all the muntioned muniverses are not bigger than a single MU - I think I prefer Susan Alcorn.

I probably even prefer her without (MUch) thinking..

Anyway, your effort is appreciated! 

 

Otay!

 

Here's "Shenandoah", Susan Alcorn : "with apologies and gratitude to Buddy Emmons"  😝

 

 

May you be free of suffering and its causes.

 

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Another surprise!

 

What You Were Never Told About Hawaiian Guitar In Juju Music

 

 

 

 

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Ebenezer Obey - "Ohun Oju Ri Laiye"

 

 

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"Enia L'Asho M" · King Sunny Ade

 

 

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Sunny Ade - "Ja Funmi", 1982

 

 

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"Western Swing music is considered a hybrid subgenre of American Jazz, Delta Blues and Frontier Fiddle music that originated nearly a century ago in Fort Worth, Texas. It was developed between the years of 1929 to 1936 at primarily the Crystal Springs Dance Pavilion on White Settlement Road just west of downtown Fort Worth."

 

Cowtown - The Birthplace of Western Swing

 

 

"Big Ball's In Cowtown" · Bob Wills