Texas vs. Tennessee Songs vs. Others

[walkinghorse]

Had to go to the big city today, Iowa City (well bigger than my town), to get the new pup a coat for winter. While driving I was listening to country on XM, alternating between Prime Country, 80's & 90's country; and Willies Roadhouse, classic country.
So listened to songs about Texas, occurring in Texas, Texas men and women, and songs about Tennessee, Tennessee men, women, and horses....Tennessee Stud, Johnny Cash, version, though also done by Eddy Arnold, and Doc Watson, about my fovorite breed of horse, the Tennessee Walking Horse.
So are these two states the most prominent states for C&W songs and themes ?

 

[Muley Gil]

I would say so.

 

[keith44spl]

Yeah, I guess...




Wells, like All my exs live in Texas, that's why I hang my hat in Tennessee,,,,,, kinda thing




Er, something like that.




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[Rustyt1953]

Any place with truckin', cheatin', drankin', leavin', cryin', pinin', achin', breakin', feudin', minin', ropin', rustlin', pickin', grinnin', yodelin', noodlin', .......

 

[les.b]

Of course there are those with both Texas and Tennessee:

[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SY63KTMrkTM[/ame]

Best Regards, Les

 

[1morethan8]

Well.. Country did start in Tennessee.. Bristol, not Nashville. But, guess it s a Southern Thang and mixes with Western music real well... right, Willie!? And when you add rock, gospel, and blues.. you have something for everyone.

Kind'a funny.. Carl Perkins is my cousin... and the Tennessee Walking Horse was started by my kinfolk on the Brantley Farm in the Noah community of Coffee County, TN...

I can't play or sing.. and horses don't like me!

 

[snuffy51]

Texas and Tennessee have a lot of history and are very good places to live. My great grandfather, Hugh Scott H. , had a son, William Rufus H. , born 1860 in Mississippi and died in Ellis Co. Texas in 1928. He started a now large branch of my family in Texas and Oklahoma. I was born in Memphis in 1951. Used to be really great. Also don't forget Sam Phillips and Sun Studio. Elvis, Jerry Lee, Johnny Cash.

 

[walkinghorse]

Well.. Country did start in Tennessee.. Bristol, not Nashville. But, guess it s a Southern Thang and mixes with Western music real well... right, Willie!? And when you add rock, gospel, and blues.. you have something for everyone.

Kind'a funny.. Carl Perkins is my cousin... and the Tennessee Walking Horse was started by my kinfolk on the Brantley Farm in the Noah community of Coffee County, TN...

I can't play or sing.. and horses don't like me!

So the horses bills $$$ go to you?

 

[walkinghorse]

Less than 10 characters ????? Fix the forum software !!!!!

Yeah, I guess...
Wells, like All my exs live in Texas, that why I hang my hat in Tennessee, kinda thing
Er, something like that.

Definitely crossover music ! Net zero on the count !

For the software problem......010001000000.

 

[pawngal]

Tennessee Waltz, Tennessee Whiskey, Memphis(TN) Yellow Rose of Texas, San Antonio Stroll, T for Texas, Luckenbach Texas, San Antonio Rose, Most anything by Marty Robbins, and that's just a start. I'd say you're right.

Only country style song reference to Iowa I can think of is Sioux City Sue.

 

[les.b]

Did you say Tennesee Waltz?? Here's the version I remember from when I was a kid:

[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kRNdap-ioNM[/ame]

Best Regards, Les

 

[1morethan8]

So the horses bills $$$ go to you?

No.. that's where the family tree splits!

 

[Muley Gil]

Well.. Country did start in Tennessee.. Bristol, not Nashville. But, guess it s a Southern Thang and mixes with Western music real well... right, Willie!? And when you add rock, gospel, and blues.. you have something for everyone.

Kind'a funny.. Carl Perkins is my cousin... and the Tennessee Walking Horse was started by my kinfolk on the Brantley Farm in the Noah community of Coffee County, TN...

I can't play or sing.. and horses don't like me!

Sure was a bunch of folks from Southwest Virginia down there for the "Bristol Sessions", like the Carter Family, the Stoneman family, Henry Whitter and Uncle Eck Dunford.

 

[mtgianni]

Had to go to the big city today, Iowa City (well bigger than my town), to get the new pup a coat for winter. While driving I was listening to country on XM, alternating between Prime Country, 80's & 90's country; and Willies Roadhouse, classic country.
So listened to songs about Texas, occurring in Texas, Texas men and women, and songs about Tennessee, Tennessee men, women, and horses....Tennessee Stud, Johnny Cash, version, though also done by Eddy Arnold, and Doc Watson, about my fovorite breed of horse, the Tennessee Walking Horse.
So are these two states the most prominent states for C&W songs and themes ?

They are the most promenient for the C in C&W but certainly neglect the W western part. Plenty of real cowboying songs about Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, California and even West Texas. [occasionally pronounced "waste takes us"]

 

[CATI1835]

Texas and Tennessee do indeed have strong historical ties. Many from Tennessee fought and died in the Texas Revolution, including a former Congressman from Tennessee named Crockett. We are forever grateful and will always remember.