{"id":7799,"date":"2016-04-20T07:00:20","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T12:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/?p=7799"},"modified":"2016-04-18T13:09:42","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T18:09:42","slug":"my-experiences-with-country-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/2016\/04\/20\/my-experiences-with-country-music\/","title":{"rendered":"My Experiences with Country Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note: This is an example of Blog Post 5<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"the-little-longhorn-saloon\"<\/a>\"Tecate<\/a>My friends and I occasionally go to The Little Longhorn Saloon<\/a> on Sundays for Chicken Shit Bingo, and while that\u2019s a lot of fun, it sometimes becomes hard to watch the band and get your drink order because of the massive amount of tourists that flock there. Nevertheless, when a group of \u00a0friends\u00a0I met at UT from New York and L.A. had friends in town and wanted to do something \u201cTexan,\u201d I had to bring them to The Little Longhorn for \u201cTecate and Taco Tuesday.\u201d This event is perfect for any college student: $2 Tecate, Free Tacos, $1 Lonestar during happy hour, and free music. While the bar didn\u2019t feature one of their usual old school country bands, they had a blues band, Kevin & the Krawlers, who\u00a0ended up being a lot of fun to listen to. When we were leaving, the girls from New York told me that they felt like Texas was like an entirely different country. I had done my job.<\/p>\n

Another \u201ccountry\u201d experience I had this semester was watching The Last Waltz <\/em>(1978)<\/a> about a week ago. This is one of my Top 10 favorite movies of all time; I\u2019ve probably seen it 50 times and for some reason I own two or three copies of it. It\u2019s a concert documentary about a band named \u201cThe Band\u201d and their last concert before they broke up. The Band\u2019s music is a mix of American roots rock: bits of blues, rock and roll, and country all mixed together. It was directed by Martin Scorsese and features many musical guests such as Bob Dylan, Muddy Waters, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Dr. John, Emmylou Harris, and Eric Clapton among others. This movie was huge for me because it changed\u00a0my sense of genre in music and I began to appreciate what blues, country, jazz, and rock and roll all have in common.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RDnlU6rPfwY<\/p>\n

Lastly, I went to a festival at Cedar Park a couple weeks ago. The setup was a little strange: There was a large amphitheater which hosted some of the artists, while outside there was a dozen food trucks and an outdoor stage for the rest of the artists. I was there with my friends to see three of the artists: Dr. John<\/a>, Leon Russell<\/a>, and Asleep at the Wheel<\/a>. Dr. John\u2019s music is a weird mix of New Orleans voodoo culture with rock and roll and R&B (he is featured in The Last Waltz<\/em> as a guest)<\/a>. Leon Russell started out as a studio musician and worked alongside Glen Campbell<\/a> before going solo and making his own rock and roll mixed with a gospel style performance.<\/p>\n