Any Ray Wylie Hubbard fans here???

Subject: Any Ray Wylie Hubbard fans here???
From: Bobert
Date: 20 Jun 10 - 03:17 PM

Well, if not, there oughtta be... This guy is one heck of a fine singer/song writer...

B~

Subject: RE: Any Ray Wylie Hubbard fans here???
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 20 Jun 10 - 06:10 PM

Never heard of 'im

Dave H

Subject: RE: Any Ray Wylie Hubbard fans here???
From: Rob Naylor
Date: 20 Jun 10 - 07:04 PM

"Up Against The Wall You Redneck Muther"

Subject: RE: Any Ray Wylie Hubbard fans here???
From: bobad
Date: 20 Jun 10 - 07:10 PM

Hey, watch out how you talk about Bobert there, bud. :)

Subject: RE: Any Ray Wylie Hubbard fans here???
From: Bobert
Date: 20 Jun 10 - 08:22 PM

Actually, I think Bobby Bear wrote "Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother"...

Subject: RE: Any Ray Wylie Hubbard fans here???
From: Rob Naylor
Date: 20 Jun 10 - 08:44 PM

Nope, it was Ray

Subject: RE: Any Ray Wylie Hubbard fans here???
From: Bobert
Date: 20 Jun 10 - 10:10 PM

Musta wrote it real young 'cause I remember learnin it & playin' it at parties in the early 70's...

No matter... Ray is the real deal, ya'll... Hey, if ya' wain't heard of him just Google him up and check out the samples of his stuff on Amazon...

B~

Subject: RE: Any Ray Wylie Hubbard fans here???
From: Bobert
Date: 20 Jun 10 - 10:24 PM

Yeah, Rob... Just Googled up "Redneck Mother" an' sho nuff was ol'er than I thought, ahhhhhh, Mister Hubbard.... Cool beans... I gotta buy some more of his CD's... All I know is that he is the *shits* (Georgia term for great)...

He's got this song about dreaming he is in Hell which also is the *shits*... Wish I were younger so I could remember all them words... Be nice to pull it out now and then... Brain just don't take in long songs any more... The ones I know, like "Redneck Mother", I know... But ol' squash ain't what it used to be...

Ya'll go listen to Ray, will ya'???...

B~

Subject: RE: Any Ray Wylie Hubbard fans here???
From: Rob Naylor
Date: 21 Jun 10 - 10:19 AM

Bebert,

Here Ray "explains" how he came to write "Redneck Mother":

RWH Explains How He Wrote "Redneck Mother"

Subject: RE: Any Ray Wylie Hubbard fans here???
From: GUEST
Date: 21 Jun 10 - 03:14 PM

I opened up for Ray at The Downhome in Tenn. In my book Ray is one of our best American songwriters and he is the real deal. And a good guy to boot.

Subject: RE: Any Ray Wylie Hubbard fans here???
From: GUEST,Roger Knowles
Date: 21 Jun 10 - 03:50 PM

Yep, I like him too

Subject: RE: Any Ray Wylie Hubbard fans here???
From: GUEST,Wesley S
Date: 21 Jun 10 - 04:01 PM

Here's one of my favorites from Ray


Screw you, we're from Texas


I got on my cowboy boots, jeans
And Hawaiian shirt, mirrored sunglasses
And a mobile phone
I guess I look like some Port Aransas
Dope dealer that's out on bail
Just trying to get home
Well I ain't in jail and I got me a guitar
Got a little band that's hotter than a rocket
Sometimes we're sloppy
We're always loud, tonight we're just ornery
And locked in the pocket

So screw you, we're from Texas
Screw you, we're from Texas
Screw you, we're from Texas
We're from Texas baby, so screw you

Now I love the USA
And the other states
Ahh, they're OK
Texas is the place I wanna be
And I don't care if I ever go to Delaware anyway
Cause we got Stubbs, and Gruene Hall and Antone's, and John T's
Country Store
We've got Willie and Jacky Jack, Robert Earl, Pat, Cory, Charlie and me
And so many more.

Sing it with me--
Screw you, we're from Texas
Screw you, we're from Texas
Screw you, we're from Texas
We're from Texas, screw you!

Now Texas has gotten a bad reputation,
Because of what happened in Dallas and Waco
And our corporations well they are corrupt
And the politicians are swindlers and loco
But when it comes to music my friend
I believe these words are as true as St. John the Revelator's
Our Mr. Vaughan was the best that there ever was
And no band was cooler than the 13th Floor Elevators.

So screw you, we're from Texas
Screw you, we're from Texas
Screw you, we're from Texas
We're from Texas, screw you!

Subject: RE: Any Ray Wylie Hubbard fans here???
From: Bobert
Date: 21 Jun 10 - 08:54 PM

Finally heard the story about how Ray coem to write Redneck Mother... Great video... Reminds me of some places in Richmond, Va. where I played in the 60s...

B~

Subject: RE: Any Ray Wylie Hubbard fans here???
From: Bobert
Date: 22 Jun 10 - 08:02 PM

Come on, ya'll... Don't let this thread die... Gotta be more than three or four of us who appreciate Ray Wylie Hubbard...

B~

Subject: RE: Any Ray Wylie Hubbard fans here???
From: Collingsgirl
Date: 22 Jun 10 - 09:52 PM

I love the guy's music. He lives in Wimberley, Texas and hits a guitar shop there I've been known to frequent. His "Hey That's All Right" is one of my favorites:

Well now me I've been hanging out down at the Harbor with them old hard boys from the double A
Yeah like old stories they tell how they ain't gonna be a-drinkin just for today
And then I take that guitar you give me the one I didn't pawn and I go over to this little folk club and I wait around to play
Cuz now I can do what I want but I gotta ask a favor ever' day
Hey that's all right, I believe I'll be ok

"After The Harvest" is another winner.

Subject: RE: Any Ray Wylie Hubbard fans here???
From: Bobert
Date: 22 Jun 10 - 09:57 PM

I love "After the Harvest", too... Great song... Great song writing...

Any other RWH stories, C-girl???

B~

Subject: RE: Any Ray Wylie Hubbard fans here???
From: Collingsgirl
Date: 22 Jun 10 - 10:21 PM

No more stories but if you hang around Wimberley, you will run across him sooner or later. Alejandro Escobedo lives there as well. Laid-back little town between Austin and San Marcos (I'm from Houston so don't get up there that often). Hill Country Guitars, which I am in no way affiliated with, is a great store I've been dealing with for years- five Collings', a Huss & Dalton, and Froggy Bottom later and I should have just bought the damn store.

Subject: RE: Any Ray Wylie Hubbard fans here???
From: Bobert
Date: 22 Jun 10 - 10:47 PM

Ummmm, I'm just a hillbilly bluesman, but what are these "Collins"??? And, ahhhh, prolly showin' my complete ignorance but I ain't to sure what "a Huss & Dalton" or a "Foggy Bottom"... Okay, "Foggy Bottom" is a stop on the Washington D.C. "orange line" subway but I get the feeling that ain't what yer talkin' about???

(Collingsgirl is from Mars, Bobert from Venis??? Help...)

B~

Subject: RE: Any Ray Wylie Hubbard fans here???
From: Rob Naylor
Date: 23 Jun 10 - 04:00 AM

Well I know people in the UK with Collings guitars, so I'd assume that Huss & Dalton and Froggy Bottom are also guitar brands. Probably not cheap ones as I know the Collings' are definitely not lows-end of the market jobs! Hence the "buy the store" comment!

Subject: RE: Any Ray Wylie Hubbard fans here???
From: open mike
Date: 23 Jun 10 - 06:21 AM

there is a link to a t.v. performance on his home page http://www.raywylie.com/

he has an album called:
A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment (Hint: There is no c)

Subject: RE: Any Ray Wylie Hubbard fans here???
From: Wesley S
Date: 23 Jun 10 - 07:15 AM

Collings makes some of the best guitars - and mandolins - available today. As someone once told me - If you want an old Martin buy a new Collings. Both of my Collings guitars - a German topped OM and a 000 slothead - were purchased from Hill Country Guitars when I lived in Ft Worth.

Web site for Collings

Subject: RE: Any Ray Wylie Hubbard fans here???
From: Bobert
Date: 23 Jun 10 - 07:37 AM

How 'bout them Foggy Bottoms, Wes??? That a Texas geetar??? And how about them Huss & Daltons???

Subject: RE: Any Ray Wylie Hubbard fans here???
From: Wesley S
Date: 23 Jun 10 - 07:47 AM

Yankee made if I remember correctly. Pretty darn good too if you like geetars made north of the border { aka Mason Dixon line }.

I always figured you had a foggy bottom anyway.

Subject: RE: Any Ray Wylie Hubbard fans here???
From: Wesley S
Date: 23 Jun 10 - 08:06 AM

Froggy Bottom Guitars


Huss and Dalton Guitars

Subject: RE: Any Ray Wylie Hubbard fans here???
From: Collingsgirl
Date: 23 Jun 10 - 09:13 AM

Well, the links tell the stories really, but Huss & Dalton guitars are made in a small Virginia shop and the Froggy Bottoms are made in Vermont in an even smaller shop. H&D tends towards a vintage Martin sound and the Frogs are just in a league of their own.

Collings guitars are made outside of Austin; the sound is a bit brighter than what one might find on a good Martin but I'm partial to the sound and enjoy the guitars a lot.

Subject: RE: Any Ray Wylie Hubbard fans here???
From: Bobert
Date: 23 Jun 10 - 06:21 PM

Well, thanks fir that info, Wes... I don't play that kinda music no more so I gave my '66 Martin D-18 to my great niece who does... Okay, I had to keep the original hardshell case that anyone who has seen it knows why... The poor girl couldn't carry that case into her high school without ngettin' suspended... lol... I carry my resonator in it, tho...

B~

Subject: RE: Any Ray Wylie Hubbard fans here???
From: Wesley S
Date: 23 Jun 10 - 06:50 PM

I have a 1967 D-18. It's the one guitar I'll never get rid of. It's my "Ol' Reliable".

Subject: RE: Any Ray Wylie Hubbard fans here???
From: Collingsgirl
Date: 23 Jun 10 - 10:54 PM

Wes-

Kevin Davis sold Hill Country Guitars; I got on well with Kevin and the new owner is an equally cool guy. I'm considering a mandolin the shop has for sale.

The one Martin guitar I have is a 1970 D-18 and it is definitely an "Ol' Reliable." These days the Froggy Bottom is the guitar I reach for when playing alone- it's a little parlor and just thing for sitting back and entertaining myself.

Subject: RE: Any Ray Wylie Hubbard fans here???
From: Bobert
Date: 24 Jun 10 - 05:01 PM

'Round these parts everyone who wants a Martin but can't afford one buys Blue Ridge geetars... I donno... I'm not over impressed with 'um... I had a nice little parlor geetar that I bought for $25 in a pawn shop... It was a "Syaria" and played and sounded like a dream... Leant it to my son who put it in a closet where his mother's roof leaked... Got back a completely ruined instrument...

Sniff...

B~