Country music

[Matt UK]

Evening all,

I need to buy some country / folk type music and it's not something I know much about.

Can you please suggest some upbeat songs for dancing. I've been on itunes and there's plenty of the crying-because-I-lost-my-dog type stuff, but I really need some upbeat, funky, good old boys hitting some funky base notes and banjos and violins and harmonicas all that good stuff!

Edited by Matt UK on Friday 31st August 20:06

[Use Psychology]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5__UQbZVcMU

[Matt UK]

Cheers, funky but too laid back.

Just been emailed this link to Charlie Daniels Band "Devil Went Down to Georgia" Grand Ole Opry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnepPZChA5U

Hard to decribe what I'm after, but this is getting close

[Matt UK]

This sort of thing

Waylon Jennings - Good Ol Boys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ylRozwTJ70

[Use Psychology]

what about some of the songs on the seeger sessions by bruce springsteen?

[davepoth]

You're looking for Bluegrass, I think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_Y3mnj-8lA

Earl Scruggs and Lester Flat - Foggy Mountain Breakdown.

[CrabDan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ-D4jmkUiQ

Sort of, anyway.

Edited by CrabDan on Saturday 1st September 15:53

[satan 59]

Try this bunch, seen them live and they don't disappoint.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYJUywl7CFw

[suthol]

A bit like Hayseed Dixie but preceded them by many years.

Fargone Beauties
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnUBk3WzmOU

[Matt UK]

Thanks - blue grass revealed some of the stuff I was looking for.

Not quite what I was looking for originally, but stumbled upon these guys, really like 'em:

String Cheese Incident - Texas - Horning's Hideout - 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwNHMjfvZXo

[Dick Dastardly]

Drive By Truckers and Ryan Adams might be worth checking out for quite accessible stuff.

[BeansOnToast]

Ocean Colour Scene - This Day Should Last Forever

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRvS7dRoQuE

Not exactly a country band, but I always liked this jaunty little number, which meets a few of your requirements

[SeldomSeenKid]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PVLqtNOpw7E&deskt...

Zac Brown Band- Whiskey's Gone

http://m.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&...

ZBB- Sic em on a chicken

http://m.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&...

Little Big Town- Boondocks