Nashville Anthems: Dissecting 80s & 90s Country Music
Melton McMaynerbury
101 episodes
2 weeks ago
1981 takes us to a time when reigning Entertainer of the Year Barbara Mandrell needed to remind us that, unlike some people, she had stayed true to her roots. And if you don't believe her, just ask guest voice George Jones, in of Mandrell's signature hits: "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool". We know this refrain, don't we? in a genre that is constantly pitting itself against the "evil" forces of Top 40. But was Barbara Mandrell country? Or was country Barbara Mandrell? And w...
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1981 takes us to a time when reigning Entertainer of the Year Barbara Mandrell needed to remind us that, unlike some people, she had stayed true to her roots. And if you don't believe her, just ask guest voice George Jones, in of Mandrell's signature hits: "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool". We know this refrain, don't we? in a genre that is constantly pitting itself against the "evil" forces of Top 40. But was Barbara Mandrell country? Or was country Barbara Mandrell? And w...
Nashville Anthems: Dissecting 80s & 90s Country Music
22 minutes
3 months ago
Dissecting "Texas Tornado" by Tracy Lawrence
By request, we're finally chasing down thoroughbred Texas honky-tonker Tracy Lawrence, and his 1995 hit "Texas Tornado". Steel guitar and soaring strings collide on this Bobby-Braddock-penned, Tracy-Lawrence-produced amalgation. But how does Braddock's wild chord progression pick this chorus up, spin it round, and put us right back down again where we started from? Also, if you're into this sort of thing, you can find Melton's other podcast here: Propaniacs: A King of the Hill Podcast.
Nashville Anthems: Dissecting 80s & 90s Country Music
1981 takes us to a time when reigning Entertainer of the Year Barbara Mandrell needed to remind us that, unlike some people, she had stayed true to her roots. And if you don't believe her, just ask guest voice George Jones, in of Mandrell's signature hits: "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool". We know this refrain, don't we? in a genre that is constantly pitting itself against the "evil" forces of Top 40. But was Barbara Mandrell country? Or was country Barbara Mandrell? And w...
