The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #23454   Message #261162
Posted By: Banjer
19-Jul-00 - 07:45 PM
Thread Name: Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper. Huzzah!
Subject: RE: Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper. Huzzah!
Rick, add me to the list of wilma Lee and Stony Cooper fans. The most recent song done by her that I can recall is the gospel number, "Walking My Saviour Up Calvary's Hill" Quite often I manage to get into a discussion at work when the 'not yet dry behind the ears' crowd crows about the latest 'country' artist. I manage to get them all fired up when I announce that MOST of todays artists wouldn't make a pimple on the ass of REAL country artist! There are some, bless their hearts, like Ricky Skaggs that do their best to retain the style of the folks that taught them well. I remember seeing a show with Ricky Skaggs where he is telling about when he and his group were as yet undiscovered and playing venues such as local churches, they were doing some bluegrass gospel numbers that were largely attributed to Mr. Bill Monroe when Mr. Monroe and a few of his band walked in to the gathering. Ricky said he was scared that Bill would not take kindly his imitating him and his group, but was pleasantly surprised when he was told by Bill Monroe himself that he was flattered that anyone would even take time to try to maintain the 'old sounds' and gave his blessing to continued performances!