"I would not sell short the music of Gene Autry, nor Roy Rogers and/or The Pioneers...not all good Western music sounds alike, just like not all good Rock and Roll sounds alike...you might find Tex Morton of some interest...Doug Green's Singing…"
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Michael Helwig replied to Hal Bogerd's discussion 'Happy Mother's Day Playlist! What would you add to the list?'
"That Pioneer Mother Of Mine by Roy Rogers has always reminded me of my mom...in addition, Roy's rendition is how I imagine my own father would have sung the song "
Michael Helwig commented on Kyla Fairchild's video
The George Jones Show (FULL EPISODE) Merle Haggard, Trace Adkins, Lorrie Morgan
"certainly one of the handful of the very greatest country singers ever...we'll miss you Possum...thanks for the post, Kyla"
Michael Helwig commented on Mary Margaret's video
Iris DeMent - Let The Mystery Be
"she's been back, at the Aladdin, a couple of times recently Ronnie...as great as ever"
Michael Helwig commented on Easy Ed's blog post 'No Depression Merges With Mapquest'
"Ed, during the treasure hunt, we'll need to be looking for Waylon...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke83cH1onQg"
Michael Helwig replied to Lost Hills's discussion 'The year of the gun.....'
"I'm glad you don't have a rocket launcher and I'm sorry so many people do"
Michael Helwig commented on Craig Young's video
Bob Wills ~ "Sittin' On Top Of The World"
"hey Pete, I wasn't really saying Wills isn't the King Of Western Swing (with a nod to Milton Brown), just that Duncan was a much better singer"
Michael Helwig commented on Craig Young's video
Joan Baez ~ "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
"that was great, perhaps a better vocal than even the record"
Michael Helwig commented on Easy Ed's blog post 'Rethinking Facebook'
"I have a fb account that I set up several years ago because I thought it rude to turn down friend requests from people I had known for years...but I seldom visit my page and I don't really know how to use it...which is fine with me...I'm…"
Michael Helwig commented on Henry carrigan's blog post 'Alvin Lee Goes Home'
"nice tribute...no one mentioned it, but Alvin Lee In Tennessee is a pretty good album"
Michael Helwig commented on Nancy Dunham's blog post 'Lindi Ortega Talks Red Boots, Hank Williams and the Blues'
"she sounds a little like Rosie Flores...good song"
Michael Helwig replied to Roscoe's discussion 'Top Five Songwritwers'
"I certainly agree with both you guys on Sgt Pepper being over-rated...Let It Bleed and Abbey Road are my two favorites and while I do respect the Jagger/Richards team, it was the two Beatles that I included in my top 5"
Michael Helwig replied to Roscoe's discussion 'Top Five Songwritwers'
"well gee Steve, if that's one of the criteria, how much good stuff have Lennon/McCartney come up with since 82?"
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- At 7:07am on January 23, 2013,
NoDepression said… Hi Michael,
Just wanted to take a moment to thank you for your recent participation in a discussion here on No Depression. It means a lot to the folks who blog and post other content here to know that it's being noticed and appreciated. Since the majority of content on this site is crowd-sourced, community involvement is what makes everything here on ND possible. So, thanks again for taking the time to post comments - we really appreciate it!
- Lucca at No Depression
- At 12:55pm on December 27, 2009,
No Depression said… - Hi Michael - Welcome to the No Depression community! We hope you're finding everything okay. Please let us know if you have any questions or feedback (here are some FAQs in case anything's confusing). Thanks for joining. Cheers!
Kim
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