Songs For Saturday: Waylon Jennings, Patsy Cline, Roy Orbison & K D Lang and the Rolling Stones

Back on April 11th, I posted a country music edition of Songs For Saturday featuring the music of Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, Ronnie Milsap, Linda Ronstadt, the Soggy Bottom Boys and John Prine.

Let's revisit some of more of my favorite country songs.

Way, way, way back in the day when I was working as a DJ at a country music station, this next song was in rotation. This is ""I Ain't Living Long Like This" by Waylon Jennings.

Waylon Jennings was the balladeer/narrator for the Dukes of Hazzard.  Whenever I name check Dukes of Hazzard for any reason, I have to post an image of the star of the show.

What? You thought the stars were Bo and Luke? Or even the car? 

It's almost  cliche to have this song play in a movie when two people are falling in love, especially when those two people are living dangerously with their romantic attraction.

Cliche or not, "Crazy" by Patsy Cline is still a damn fine song.

OK, I'm pushing the limits of what is called "country music" here but hey, it's my blog. Roy Orbison's distinctive voice and black shades made him an icon of early 1960s rock 'n' roll. Orbison's sound had a rock-a-billy influence which connected him to country. 

In this next track, Orbison covers one of his classic tunes in a team up with the wonderful, soulful voice of K D Lang. Lang was touted in the 1980's as a dynamic new voice in country music. Lang's willingness to push the boundaries of what is considered country music did not always endear here to country music's core audience in the American South. 

Also K D Lang was an early celebrity to come out openly as being gay (as I covered in last week's Songs For Saturday.)

Anyway, here is Roy Orbison teaming up with K D Lang for "Crying".

I had almost forgotten about this next song until I heard it again a few weeks ago.  The Rolling Stones are not known for country music but this song from the 1978 album Some Girls certainly sounds like a straight up country song to me
what with Ronnie Wood's use of a pedal steel guitar and Mick Jagger affecting a twangy back woods Southern drawl. 

Here's Mick and the boys with "Far Away Eyes". 

I hope you enjoyed today's post. Until next time, remember to be good to one another and to always keep the music alive.