Filed under: Music
Gee, I hope Matthew doesn’t get jealous, but I’m writing about a new man today.
If someone were to ask me about country music, I would say that I am not a country music fan. And I’m not, but there is something about Dwight Yoakam’s music that totally appeals to me. Dwight burst on the scene in 1986 and his Kentucky-bred voice has been wailing from my speakers now for over twenty years. His music is pure honky-tonk and I dearly love singing along.
The Bakersfield Sound is a country music genre that emerged in the mid- to late 50’s as a reaction against the slickly produced Nashville sound. Needless to say, the genre developed in honky tonk bars in and around Bakersfield, California. Buck Owens, Merle Haggard and the Derailers are some of the innovators of the Bakersfield Sound. And, in my opinion, Dwight Yoakam’s body of work has brought the genre to a whole new level.
The Bakersfield Sound takes some stylistic elements from rock ‘n roll. The music generally has a driving backbeat and a picking style of guitar playing rather than strumming. Throw in some pedal steel guitar, a fiddle or two and sometimes a mandolin and you have the basics of the Bakersfield Sound. Dwight’s instrumentation has fleshed out over the years, but he still stays true to the original sound.
Now, I know he’s bald under that cowboy hat, but with those skin tight jeans, cowboy boots and that totally cool attitude, Dwight is a force to be reckoned with. His music speaks to me and I can imagine that walk on the ‘Streets of Bakersfield’.
Sorry folks! I just didn’t get my Fun Monday fridge pictures taken. I’m a dinosaur that doesn’t own a digital camera. My dog and cat are a lot more interesting than the inside of my fridge anyway!! Enjoy and have a Fun Monday!
La, la, laaaa…..prrrrr…..if I roll around in this dirt…..la, la, la…….and get really covered with dust……prrrrr…..la, la…….then if I lay all crumpled up like this…..prrrrrrr…..she’ll think I’m dead…..la, la, la, la, laaaaaa…..
…..and she’ll be so happy when she finds out that I’m actually alive….prrrrr…..that she’ll give me a whole bowl of milk……la, la, la…….or maybe a can of tuna….purrrrr…ssst!…..what….?!!
Hey! You’re not supposed to be taking pictures of me looking like this! What will everyone think?!!!!! My hair’s all messed up and I’m so diiiirrrrtttttyyyy….yowl……hmmmm…..prrrrr…..at least my shadow still looks regal……
I can’t believe she had me working outside all day. I’m so tiiiiirrrreeeedddd……I’ll just stretch out here…….yawn……and be real still……..yawn………and
….she won’t make me go outside again………oh, this feels so good……zzzzzz…..zzzzzz…….zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…………
I can’t believe she woke me up with a camera flash……….
Gawilli at Back in the Day tagged me with the best meme yet; a moaning meme. Gawilli called it a license to rant so here goes!
Five people who will be annoyed you tagged them
* Jodi at Miller-Insight
* Karmyn at Dreaming What Ifs
* Pamela at The Dust Will Wait
* Susan at Slice of Life
* Tiggerlane at Neophyte Blogger
Four things that should go into Room 101 and be removed from the face of the earth
* Pedophiles
* War
* The No Child Left Behind Act
* All the calories in desserts
Three things people do that make you want to shake them violently
* Talk incessantly about how busy they are. We’re all busy. Give it a rest.
* Smack gum in inappropriate settings. Ok, there is no appropriate place to smack gum except perhaps in the privacy of your own home. I watched the president of our school board sit on the stage in front of thousands of people and TV cameras at graduation and he was smacking gum the whole time. Inappropriate, unprofessional and just plain bad manners. Or what about celebrities smacking gum at the Academy Awards…..ugh!
* Arrive late for everything and expect others involved to accomodate and adjust because their schedules are far more important than anyone else’s schedule. I find this attribute particularly distasteful in my students.
Two things you find yourself moaning about
* The end of summer vacation.
* The end of summer vacation the slowness of my dial-up Internet connection.
One thing the above answers tell about yourself
* I’m a teacher who likes to post pictures of Matthew McConaughey.
Rules
* Link to the original meme at freelancecynic.
* Be as honest as possible so people will get to know the real you.
* Try not to insult anyone unless they really deserve it or are very, very ugly.
* Post these rules at the end of every meme.
