Country music thread

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Toujours Pret said:
Sounds a lot like the Blind Horse in Greeneville SC, their house band opens every show.

I laughed about the music, the intermission music for Jinks in Knox was heavy on Phil Vassar and Lonestar. That's what happens when you tell the intern to "play country music"
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The house band finally started. They don’t sound great, but they’re playing the right music. Josh Abbott, Watson, Ledoux, Brooks and Dunn, and Strait
 
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So. The house band was, well a house band. But what they played was pretty good. The venue isn’t a concert hall, it’s a huge urban cowboy bar, complete with mechanical bull. Lots of sections where you wouldn’t even see the stage.

I actually found a tv with the Duke-Miami game and watched that while drowning out the radio Country and waiting for the real show. Where I met a “Nasty Girl” (TP will get it at least) who was in town because he was getting recertified at Bragg. Dude knows his hill/red dirt country.

The real opening act was really good. I’m going to check them out on Spotify. Mikele Buck Band. Had quite a few songs I liked the sound of. Complete with a female fiddle player. My affinity for the fiddle is well known. So when the lead singer strapped on a harmonica, I got curious. The he goes “2020 sucked, but this past year got a whole lot better.” you could see the room perk up. Then he says “I mean Turnpike got back together” and he started into good lord Lorrie. Place went nuts. At least sort of. More on that later.

RRB still brings it. Every song. Randy isn’t a showman of any sorts, but he keeps you in the palm of his hands with how he crafts the set list and just a few one liners here and there. Brady is an incredibly gifted fiddle player. And the showman of the group. RRB is the reason I got into this music so I’ll always have bias with them, but the lyrics and sound are phenomenal. Still my favorite.

The total crowd was huge, and the bar is gigantic. I’d argue that 75% of the crowd was there to see the show, specifically a red dirt show. About 5% were there to dance. Country dancing mind you, but I think they show up whether it’s the house band all night, one of the FL/GA line doofuses (who will be there next month) or a Red Dirt elder. The other 20% were choosing to go to a country bar in clubbing attire. They even hung out on the dance/stage floor, and it was just weird.

but RRB still puts on a heck of a show, and I’d go back tonight if they were playing again. And fwiw, they are playing Blind Horse tonight.
 
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volfanbill said:
So. The house band was, well a house band. But what they played was pretty good. The venue isn’t a concert hall, it’s a huge urban cowboy bar, complete with mechanical bull. Lots of sections where you wouldn’t even see the stage.

I actually found a tv with the Duke-Miami game and watched that while drowning out the radio Country and waiting for the real show. Where I met a “Nasty Girl” (TP will get it at least) who was in town because he was getting recertified at Bragg. Dude knows his hill/red dirt country.

The real opening act was really good. I’m going to check them out on Spotify. Mikele Buck Band. Had quite a few songs I liked the sound of. Complete with a female fiddle player. My affinity for the fiddle is well known. So when the lead singer strapped on a harmonica, I got curious. The he goes “2020 sucked, but this past year got a whole lot better.” you could see the room perk up. Then he says “I mean Turnpike got back together” and he started into good lord Lorrie. Place went nuts. At least sort of. More on that later.

RRB still brings it. Every song. Randy isn’t a showman of any sorts, but he keeps you in the palm of his hands with how he crafts the set list and just a few one liners here and there. Brady is an incredibly gifted fiddle player. And the showman of the group. RRB is the reason I got into this music so I’ll always have bias with them, but the lyrics and sound are phenomenal. Still my favorite.

The total crowd was huge, and the bar is gigantic. I’d argue that 75% of the crowd was there to see the show, specifically a red dirt show. About 5% were there to dance. Country dancing mind you, but I think they show up whether it’s the house band all night, one of the FL/GA line doofuses (who will be there next month) or a Red Dirt elder. The other 20% were choosing to go to a country bar in clubbing attire. They even hung out on the dance/stage floor, and it was just weird.

but RRB still puts on a heck of a show, and I’d go back tonight if they were playing again. And fwiw, they are playing Blind Horse tonight.
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Please don’t use “Nasty Girl,” it’s very offensive

The preferred pronoun is “Weekend Warrior”
 
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WestTennesseeVol said:
Please don’t use “Nasty Girl,” it’s very offensive

The preferred pronoun is “Weekend Warrior”
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Ive always used Weekend Warrior with the Reserves. And I just can’t say many nice things about the Guard. Especially currently. Their recruiting tactics are sleazy. And that’s not to say I feel totally proud of some of what I do.
 
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volfanbill said:
Ive always used Weekend Warrior with the Reserves. And I just can’t say many nice things about the Guard. Especially currently. Their recruiting tactics are sleazy. And that’s not to say I feel totally proud of some of what I do.
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Meh, I spent 7 years in the Tennessee NG and just got back into the Indiana NG after a sabbatical which included a little time in the Reserves.

I agree they’re incredibly sleazy towards high school kids, but this time around, I don’t have anyone to blame but myself lol. I tried to be brutally honest with the kids I was in MEPS with about the reality of the military. Their recruiters had obviously sold them a pipe dream.
 
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WestTennesseeVol said:
Meh, I spent 7 years in the Tennessee NG and just got back into the Indiana NG after a sabbatical which included a little time in the Reserves.

I agree they’re incredibly sleazy towards high school kids, but this time around, I don’t have anyone to blame but myself lol. I tried to be brutally honest with the kids I was in MEPS with about the reality of the military. Their recruiters had obviously sold them a pipe dream.
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The ng recruiter here has literally told hs kids here they have to go NG before they can try and go active. I’ve heard it from multiple high schoolers. We get a lot of 20-23 year olds too who have been laborers for a few years and realize the money isn’t worth the hours/manual labor. The ng recruiter has been here 8 years and a few of them have also confirmed he said that when they were in high school.
 
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volfanbill said:
The ng recruiter here has literally told hs kids here they have to go NG before they can try and go active. I’ve heard it from multiple high schoolers. We get a lot of 20-23 year olds too who have been laborers for a few years and realize the money isn’t worth the hours/manual labor. The ng recruiter has been here 8 years and a few of them have also confirmed he said that when they were in high school.
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Man, that’s legitimately awful.

Just goes to show not everyone who wears the uniform is good and decent person.

My favorite story was when one of the high schoolers told me his recruiter said he could apply for the FBI hostage rescue team after basic training. I was like kid, you need a degree and a lot more experience than basic training just to get FBI to even look at your resume. I think I broke his dreams.
 
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WestTennesseeVol said:
Man, that’s legitimately awful.

Just goes to show not everyone who wears the uniform is good and decent person.

My favorite story was when one of the high schoolers told me his recruiter said he could apply for the FBI hostage rescue team after basic training. I was like kid, you need a degree and a lot more experience than basic training just to get FBI to even look at your resume. I think I broke his dreams.
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Wow. I’ve had people want to join CID or the like, never heard anyone with aspirations/expectations such as though
 
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Toujours Pret said:
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I do get a chuckle from folks that consider anyone in uniform to be as decent and pure as Sir Galahad. There's the same cross section of good and scummy as there is in any group
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Too true. Some of the worst people I’ve met in life were standing in the same formation as me.

Of course, those were the same ones with the “I’m a hero, give me stuff” attitude
 
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Gonna have to get myself tickets to see Alan Jackson in Greensboro. He says it won’t be his final tour, but he seemingly knows his touring will be limited going forward. Hopefully the Pitt game will be a day game
 
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Type Orange+ said:
This is no troll, punk.

This is straight up in your face.

I never veered from where I started
All I did was post a video.
You're the one who began with the racial epithet.

Don't bother scrubbing it. It's been screenshot several times.
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I still wonder about this, just some sort of explanation
 
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Toujours Pret said:
We don't get much for internet fireworks in these parts anymore
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Evidently BJ had to tell the crowd in Tampa to try to keep the personal conversations at a reasonable level so people who came to see the music could hear it.

Suppose that happens when you play dance clubs
 
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volfanbill said:
Some of the worst and some of the best. All in one formation. It’s wild.
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Looking back with an old man's observation qualities, I had 3 or 4 guys who were pure sociopaths. You dont pick it up much as a kid but if these guys led off the news as serial killers being caught I wouldn't be shocked. Just bad juju
 
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