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Nov 7, 2014 · Provided to YouTube by MNRK Music GroupI Wish I Knew · The Kentucky HeadhuntersSongs From The Grass String Ranch℗ 2000 AUDIUM ENTERTAINMENT LLCReleased on: 2...
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- "Little Queenie"
- "Chug-A-Lug"
- "Redneck Girl"
- "Oh, Lonesome Me"
- "Rock & Roll Angel"
- "Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine"
- "My Daddy Was A Milkman"
- "The Ballad of Davy Crockett"
- "Honky Tonk Walkin'"
- "Dumas Walker"
The blues album in question, 1993's That'll Work, teamed the band with blues player and Chuck Berry pianist Johnnie Johnson. This partnership reconvened a decade later for Meet Me in Bluesland, an album featuring this cut, "Stumblin'," "King Rooster," Superman Blues" and other blues-rock numbers.
The band's inability to choose a genre or decade to mirror comes through in its cover songs. In this case, a Roger Miller hit starts off sounding a little like Johnny Rivers' version of "Memphis, Tennessee."
This cross between raucous rockabilly and Brooks & Dunn-style modern country wasn't quite as far removed from the mainstream as other selections on this list. For even more rockabilly swagger, check out "Dixie Fried."
In another case of a county cover becoming a cross-genre odyssey, the band made what is best described as original writer Don Gibson meets Dire Straits.
The Headhunters' various rock and country influences expanded to include the South of the Border flavor of Marty Robbins for this Pickin' On Nashvillealbum cut.
Something is charming about a bunch of Kentucky pickers covering Bill Monroe, as heard on the very first track on Pickin' On Nashville.
Backed by bass playing that puts most funk-rockers to shame, Phelps adds an uncouth spin to jokes about young'uns looking suspiciously like the neighborhood milkman.
A single off the amazingly titled Electric Barnyardalbum, the band pays tribute to a folk hero from Tennessee and Texas history. Promo copies of the song were mailed to radio stations along with a coonskin cap.
Another great collision of worlds takes boogie-woogie southern rock to the Ernest Tubb and Travis Tritt school of barroom anthems.
The obvious top pick among the band's original composition taught the whole country about a marbles-playing roadside tavern owner in rural Kentucky. What could've just been a regional sensation had a massivehand in those Grammy and CMA wins.
Professional ratings. Songs from the Grass String Ranch is the fifth studio album by the American country rock band the Kentucky Headhunters. [6] It was released by Audium Entertainment in 2000. [7] The album includes singles "Too Much to Lose", "Louisianna CoCo" and "Love That Woman." Although "Too Much to Lose" reached number 66 on the ...
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- August 08, 2000
The songs here run the gamut. From classic southern-rock power ballads (“I Wish I Knew”) with searing slide guitar to old-style bluesy rock ballads (“Too Much To Lose”) with a killer solo, to fun country rock, Headhunters style (“Country Life”), there’s something for everybody.
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27. The Kentucky Headhunters are an American country rock & southern rock band founded in 1968 as Itchy Brother. The band's discography comprises nine studio albums, six compilation albums, two video compilations and 27 singles. Of their albums, their 1989 debut Pickin' on Nashville is certified double platinum in the United States and Canada ...
