Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother The Mountain

From the LP Our Mother The Mountain (1969)

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[zenmaster72]

half country, half american gothic.... like an edgar allan poe in cowboy boots

[NOUFGT]

Creepy song. Really beautiful.

This is like night and day when compared to the country music I hear on the radio.

[EyesofNeurosis]

That does not make sense, Germans were a huge influence on Appalachian culture. Yodeling is all the evidence needed! This strong aspect of early Country music is from the Alpine region, Swiss/Austria/Bavaria.

[7Electricity]

holy shit...... love this

[budoon ergo sum]

"A jet black iron ball speeding through the dark night." —Satori

[George Kapitanelis]

Country also came from slave music/blues. Many of the choruses/cadences can be heard in black music. Hank Williams and AP Carter both loved the blues.

[Bugsby Stoop Bandits]

Yes

[Chip Lovitt]

I second this emotion:

"That's the most brilliant description of t. vz ive ever heard."

[Zylon Tex]

Great metaphore

[Myklaaron]

The Civil Wars brought me here

[tigerbajunior]

I cant get enough of this song

[earthlyradiodotcom]

Folk came from the mix of Irish and African peoples of the Appalachians, whereas country came from the South-western US when people started taking folk to the campfires and playing around the fire while rustling live-stock. So country actually spawned from American bluegrass and folk being taken out west with a new breed of people singing it and adding their own experiences. When the Iconic American west became trendy, so did it's music while bluegrass and Folk never changed.