Caribbean Country Songs

parrotsgirl · Post by **parrotsgirl** » March 29, 2004 10:31 am

im not sure if this one has been said....but thought of this thread when I heard it this morning

"whiskey girl"...Toby Keith

Pencil Thin (inactive) · March 29, 2004 10:33 am

Wino you know wrote:You may want to give a listen to a C.D. by the Bellamy Brothers called "Reggae Cowboys."
Especially the opening song on that disc-"Almost Jamaica."

Nice Call ! The Bellamy's have a ton of stuff that fits the bill

. If I Said You Have a Beautiful Body, is another one of their classics that shows why they are indeed the "Reggae Cowboys"!

Ilph · Post by **Ilph** » March 29, 2004 2:08 pm

parrotsgirl wrote:im not sure if this one has been said....but thought of this thread when I heard it this morning

"whiskey girl"...Toby Keith

Really? I mean, it's a good song, but I don't remember it having a Carribean groove to it...

parrotsgirl · Post by **parrotsgirl** » March 29, 2004 2:22 pm

Ilph wrote:
parrotsgirl wrote:im not sure if this one has been said....but thought of this thread when I heard it this morning

"whiskey girl"...Toby Keith
Really? I mean, it's a good song, but I don't remember it having a Carribean groove to it...

well guess when I was listening to it maybe I was in the Carribean groove...who knows.....just my 2cents anyway

son of a beach · Post by **son of a beach** » March 29, 2004 6:13 pm

Jahfin wrote:
ph4ever wrote:The whole Cowboy Boots and Bathing Suits CD by Jerry Jeff Walker.
I second that commotion especially since most of the artists being named are wannabe hat acts that wouldn't know what real country music was if it jumped up and bite 'em on the ass.

uh.........whatever

Jahfin · Post by **Jahfin** » March 29, 2004 6:20 pm

son of a beach wrote:
Jahfin wrote:
ph4ever wrote:The whole Cowboy Boots and Bathing Suits CD by Jerry Jeff Walker.
I second that commotion especially since most of the artists being named are wannabe hat acts that wouldn't know what real country music was if it jumped up and bite 'em on the ass.
uh.........whatever

That's just my opinion of a few of the artists suggested in this thread, that doesn't mean you or anyone else have to agree with it. Personally, I'll take Jerry Jeff and Buffett's brand of "Gulf & Western" over any other artist that's been mentioned so far but that's just my take on it.

son of a beach · Post by **son of a beach** » March 29, 2004 7:40 pm

No prob, I just feel that the artists mentioned are not wanna bes, certainly not "most" of them.

I have to agree though I prefer Jimmy and JJW's gulf and western, and throw in a little Guy Clark too.

daddymention · Post by **daddymention** » March 29, 2004 10:57 pm

BERTIE HIGGINS

Just Another Day In Paradise
Key Largo

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » March 29, 2004 11:38 pm

daddymention wrote: BERTIE HIGGINS
Just Another Day In Paradise
Key Largo

One of the greatest NON-Buffett C.D.s I own.
make that TWO of the greatest-since it's a double-C.D.

Jahfin · Post by **Jahfin** » March 30, 2004 1:37 am

son of a beach wrote:No prob, I just feel that the artists mentioned are not wanna bes, certainly not "most" of them.

I have to agree though I prefer Jimmy and JJW's gulf and western, and throw in a little Guy Clark too.

I just tend to be more fond of artists outside of the mainstream, I always have (beginning with Buffett more years ago than I care to remember). Not just because they're out of the mainstream but because I just prefer those artists. That's not to say I don't like any artists that enjoy mainstream success, I do, but artists that exist outside of the mainstream usually do so for good reason. They seem to be less compromising when it comes to artistic integrity, especially these days when that is all too easy to do just to get airplay. A lot of the artists that enjoy mainstream success have done so at the expense of what made their music special to begin with and I just don't have as much respect for them.

Good call on Guy Clark, of course not all of his music is of the Gulf and Western variety but quite a few songs are (or at least have nautical themes): "Blowin' Like a Bandit", "The South Coast of Texas", "Boats To Build", "Supply and Demand", and "The Ballad of Laverne and Captain Flint" to name just a few.

Ilph · Post by **Ilph** » March 30, 2004 8:24 am

I know this isn't country music, but the 50 First Dates soundtrack is all reggae covers of 80's tunes. It's a great CD