As I've always said--- my musical tastes are ALL OVER the place!! SO--- it should be NO surprise that some of my favorite artists are from the era that produced the 'Nashville sound'. A period from the early-to-mid 50s, on up to the late 60s. Producers like the legendary Owen Bradley (who was behind Patsy Cline's biggest hits!),and a number of others--- made smooth, well-produced, and just generally well-crafted 2 to 3 minute MASTERPIECES!!!
My personal favorite 'smooth-country-crooners' of this period, include Marty Robbins, the previously mentioned Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves, and the ' Southern Gentleman' himself, Mr. Sonny James!! Back in my early high school days, I borrowed Sonny's 'Best of...' album from my mom's record collection. Sonny's soulful, 'all the way from DEEP-down in his heart' style of singing, whether it was about happiness OR heartache,REALLY spoke to the somewhat awkward, kinda lonely kid I was back then!!
I ended up holding on to that record all the way 'til after I joined the Air Force, at 21, in 1986--- when my mom FINALLY gave up on EVER getting it back, and just let me HAVE it!! It remains in my collection today, (as well as in a digital version too, of course!!) and it STILL remains without a scratch!! Just shows what Sonny and his music / tremendous talent meant and STILL means to me!!
Here's the man himself, around 1965--along with his back-up vocalists, 'The Southern Gentlemen'---doing his biggest hit, 'Young Love'!! The AMAZING thing about this video---- It's JUST Sonny, his guitar, the back-up group, along with one of the guys playing bass!!! That's IT!! No lip-sync / pantomiming to a pre-recorded track!!! COOL!!!
See you next time, gang!!!
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