For the second episode of Moving the Needle, Dominic Alston takes us through eight musical, cultural, and historical reasons why we should all love Country music.
An informed rambling with one aim; to convince you that Country is more than a crude stereotype or a fancy dress fad - it’s a truly authentic, virtuosic, diverse expression of working-class roots culture.
In the Shadow of the Valley - Don Burnley
Water is Precious - WIlcox, Sullivan and Wilcox
El Paso - Marty Robins
Highway Kind - Townes Van Zandt
Down from Dover - Dolly Parton
I Don’t Mind - Sturgill Simpson
Canyoneers - Jake Xerxes Fussel
I Don’t Believe You’ve Met My Baby - The Louvin Brothers
Blue Yodel no.9 - Jimmy Rodgers
Little Sadie - Doc Watson
Los Angeles - Dougie Poole
Cocaine Country Dancing - Paul Cauthen