Okie From Muskogee

[Rocker]

I often think the Beach Boys could have done one hell of a country album in the early 70s.

I don't know about a country-album but I certainly would love if they had shown more country influences, even if only in instrumentation. The great pedal steels in "We got love" and "Hold on dear brother" come to mind. Probably no coincidence that these were Blondie/Ricky songs.


I'll never get tired (I'm sorry!) of mentioning how cool a Stars&Stripes project could have been if they really would have cared about the product and not just about the money.

Try to imagine this just for the fun (and frustration) of it:

Merle Haggard - California saga/Part III (as I understand Al's accoustic demo was done for Hag to record the song for S&S)
Johnny Cash - Let the wind blow
George Jones - God only knows
Kris Kristofferson - Forever
Jerry Lee Lewis - Got to know the woman
Rodney Crowell - Sail on sailor
Tammy Wynette - In my room
Jerry Reed - Shut down
Willie Nelson - Warmth of the sun
Lorrie Morgan - Don't worry baby
Junior Brown - 409
Hank Williams jr. - Back home
Waylon Jennings - Marcella
Bobby Bare - Honkin' down the highway (or maybe Cherry, Cherry Coupe)
Ray Price - Let's put our hearts together

Maybe "We got love" would fit somebody too....

[joshferrell]

well as far as a country album how about this
1. Okie From Muskogee
2.Hold on dear brother
3.Barnyard
4. Marcella
5. looking for tomorrow
6. Cotton fields
 7. Cabin essence
8. Big sur
9. The beaks of eagles
10. California
11. Leaving this town

 

[joshferrell]

as far as why they did Okie? the same reason they did Rap music in the late 80's early 90's, the same reason they did an album of 80's pop, the same reason they did a disco song, and the same reason they showed up on full house and allowed Stamos to sing on "Forever." to stay "Hip" and "with the times."

[Lonely Summer]

I often think the Beach Boys could have done one hell of a country album in the early 70s.

I don't know about a country-album but I certainly would love if they had shown more country influences, even if only in instrumentation. The great pedal steels in "We got love" and "Hold on dear brother" come to mind. Probably no coincidence that these were Blondie/Ricky songs.


I'll never get tired (I'm sorry!) of mentioning how cool a Stars&Stripes project could have been if they really would have cared about the product and not just about the money.

Try to imagine this just for the fun (and frustration) of it:

Merle Haggard - California saga/Part III (as I understand Al's accoustic demo was done for Hag to record the song for S&S)
Johnny Cash - Let the wind blow
George Jones - God only knows
Kris Kristofferson - Forever
Jerry Lee Lewis - Got to know the woman
Rodney Crowell - Sail on sailor
Tammy Wynette - In my room
Jerry Reed - Shut down
Willie Nelson - Warmth of the sun
Lorrie Morgan - Don't worry baby
Junior Brown - 409
Hank Williams jr. - Back home
Waylon Jennings - Marcella
Bobby Bare - Honkin' down the highway (or maybe Cherry, Cherry Coupe)
Ray Price - Let's put our hearts together

Maybe "We got love" would fit somebody too....

Man, that gets me excited just looking at that list. Would've been nice to have Glen Campbell in there somewhere, too. I never could figure out what Timothy B. and Kathy Troccoli were doing on S&S anyway - good tracks, but hardly country.

[Rocker]

I often think the Beach Boys could have done one hell of a country album in the early 70s.

I don't know about a country-album but I certainly would love if they had shown more country influences, even if only in instrumentation. The great pedal steels in "We got love" and "Hold on dear brother" come to mind. Probably no coincidence that these were Blondie/Ricky songs.


I'll never get tired (I'm sorry!) of mentioning how cool a Stars&Stripes project could have been if they really would have cared about the product and not just about the money.

Try to imagine this just for the fun (and frustration) of it:

Merle Haggard - California saga/Part III (as I understand Al's accoustic demo was done for Hag to record the song for S&S)
Johnny Cash - Let the wind blow
George Jones - God only knows
Kris Kristofferson - Forever
Jerry Lee Lewis - Got to know the woman
Rodney Crowell - Sail on sailor
Tammy Wynette - In my room
Jerry Reed - Shut down
Willie Nelson - Warmth of the sun
Lorrie Morgan - Don't worry baby
Junior Brown - 409
Hank Williams jr. - Back home
Waylon Jennings - Marcella
Bobby Bare - Honkin' down the highway (or maybe Cherry, Cherry Coupe)
Ray Price - Let's put our hearts together

Maybe "We got love" would fit somebody too....

Man, that gets me excited just looking at that list.

Thank you! It shows you what could've been if someone was involved who actually cared about country music and the Beach Boys and a little thought was put into this. Of course it's a different question if they would've gotten all these people to record. Jerry Lee Lewis just recorded an album in '95 with Andy Paley (and Mark Linett IIRC) so maybe there would've been a chance. I believe Hank jr.'s name was tossed around in an article about the album.
I actually can hear most of the above mentioned artists singing the respective song. Cash doing "Let the wind blow" should be a given. Same for George Jones and GOK. "Got to know the woman" already sounds like the Killer in it's Beach Boys recording.