I know some of you totally hate all #CountryMusic. I grew up with mostly old timey & some contemporary country music because my Mom enjoyed that & pop music. Dad was more of a blues & rock person. Mom discovered Alan Jackson in early 90s. She loved getting Dad, me & my brothers to dance & sing along to Itty Bitty, at our past annual BBQ Summer backyard bash, before we started yard games fun.
I miss dancing with my Dad - he only danced with Mom & me - his whole life.
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in reply to PhoenixSerenity • •There's nothin' wrong with boot-scootin' boogie.
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in reply to PhoenixSerenity • •Ya, nothin' wrong with bein' little bitty, for sure. But you done put me in the mood for this genre, with which I also recall Eddie Rabbitt...
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in reply to Clara Listensprechen • • •@claralistensprechen3rd This is on all my road trip playlists! I LOVE this song & been singing along to it since childhood 🎵💗🎶
https://youtu.be/1vrEljMfXYo?si=mrJdHLaBqTRNPeCL
One of my elementary school teachers introduced it to me, when I was 11 years old 🥰
#CountryMusic #JohnDenver
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in reply to Clara Listensprechen • • •@claralistensprechen3rd One of my two best friends in childhood was black & she LOVED #KennyRogers a lot. She used to belt out - The Gambler - a lot, just randomly. It's her very fave song ❤️
It's quite likely she still has this, on a VHS tape. She used to VCR record Kenny Rogers when he was performing anywhere on TV - she'd check the TV Guide & the mark dates/times in advance.
https://youtu.be/kNnrTNFWcsg?si=u9zjCFnOeMwkduqW
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in reply to PhoenixSerenity • •I dunno, Kenny Rogers was a rocker and all he did was just mellow out, IMHO
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in reply to Clara Listensprechen • • •@claralistensprechen3rd Me & her loved singing this song together, on the playground. We'd have fun, pretending to act out the song too.
https://youtu.be/Ixrje2rXLMA?si=3nMmEAsiQ8qKgMb8
#DollyParton #CountryMusic
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in reply to PhoenixSerenity • • •She'd shout to strangers: "I'm as black as midnight & I love Kenny Rogers' music! It's racist to think we only like blues, soul & rap! I like country music & so do some other black people." - usually right before she started belting out, The Gambler, to some shocked white people & it was even funnier, when she did it in front of a bunch of black folks.
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in reply to Clara Listensprechen • • •I absolutely LOVE this song & play it multiple times, every Summer!
I like that the lyrics included the respect of essential consent, needed by a woman too 👍
https://youtu.be/JW5UEW2kYvc?si=9Z0OCWdNZLvj8S5b
#Chattahoochee #AlanJackson #CountryMusic
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