Music to work to

[bruce johnson]

Luke,

I will pass along your sentiments to Dave. We are driving down to Visalia Saturday night to see him. There is a little coffee joint they clear out and set up chairs. Seats about 40 and they get some pretty good entertainers in there between bigger shows. Very tight setting and worth the 3 hour road trip.

Kevin,

I go back to the Ian and Sylvia days, and the first song I think I heard was Un Canadien Errant. I don't understand a lick of French and probably spelled it wrong, but that one got me. The new Ian Tyson is different. He had a throat deal and ended up with a permanent gravely kind of voice now. It took a guy who always sang smooth as silk and gave him an earthy kind of edge. The writing is good and I am not sure if I like the new one more for the reality of his voice or the music.

[oldtimer]

I´m listening to Willie Nelson and David Allen Cole mostly.

You must listen to the lyrics in David Allen Coles " The perfect country song" !

/ Knut

(It's David Allan "Coe" ~~Johanna)

[Hilly]

You all are going to think I'm some kind of weirdo! but, while running up and down the road going to horse shows and ropings, I discovered I could drive all day and night if I had a good audio book to listen to. When I got home I would finish listening to whatever story I had going and that became a habit. Now I listen to them all the time while I work. I just love good mysteries and westerns! I sometimes find myself tooling and listening until three o'clock in the morning! I can check out ten books at a time from the public library and so that is what I listen to while I work. When I don't have a good story going I listen to talk radio. I find Rush, Laura Ingram, Michael Medved, Dennis Prather and a few others interesting to listen to.

Bob

Don't forget Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Michael Savage, Wilkow Major, Neil Boortz and G. Gordon Liddy! XM radio and America Right rocks!

Edited March 4, 2009 by Hilly

[TroyS]

I'm a fan of all kinds of music. some days I listen to country, other days I listen to HARD ROCK! I have a PC in my shop that I keep tuned to Slacker Radio ! You can search for any artist and it's virtually like satellite radio but better. It's FREE! You can make your own totally customized radio stations based on your tastes.

Ok, I'm starting to sound like a sales rep for them. I'm not. I'm just a loyal fan! Go there and check it out.

Unfortunately, it's on available in the USA right now, but there are plans to expand it...

Check it out! Go HERE!

[BruceGibson]

I'm a fan of all kinds of music. some days I listen to country, other days I listen to HARD ROCK! I have a PC in my shop that I keep tuned to Slacker Radio ! You can search for any artist and it's virtually like satellite radio but better. It's FREE! You can make your own totally customized radio stations based on your tastes.

Ok, I'm starting to sound like a sales rep for them. I'm not. I'm just a loyal fan! Go there and check it out.

Unfortunately, it's on available in the USA right now, but there are plans to expand it...

Check it out! Go HERE!

Thanks, Troy! Just checked out Slacker...now I think it just turned me into one! Good stuff--thanks for passing it along!

[rcsaddles]

When I am at work at the paying day job, I listen to Ranchandreata.com. It drives the teenagers nuts.

At home in the leathershop I listen to older country and some of the Aussie music I brought back from there. I also listen to Christian music to help me relax and get my mind right for working.

Joe

[Dually]

Now here's a topic I can warm up to. YA gotta listen while ya work. For me its Ian Tyson, Marty Robbins, and Chris Le Doux. I think it was Bruce J in an old post on a similar subject that turned me on to Clear out West Radio. And Bob...I too like to listen to audio books, and especially cowboy poetry. Bruce, you say the latest Ian is pretty good? I'll have to get that one now.

[Double U Leather]

When I'm pounding on some leather or whatever in my shop, I listen to a Christian station. Actually, I listen to a couple different ones. One of 'em I really like. It's Christian talk radio where they really delve into the Bible and put it in practical terms for living today. They have guys like Chuck Swindoll on. The other station K-Love is just music. Now when I'm on the road taking my kid to high school rodeos, or if I'm off rodeoin' myself, I'll also pop in some Ian Tyson, Robert Earl Keen, or Chris LeDoux along with the Christian stations I can find. Being fairly new at the Christian walk, it seems like I need to stay plugged into the Word or something close to it or I find myself getting sucked back into my old thoughts and ways. And I can assure you, I don't want to go back down that road. But, bottom line, when I'm in my shop it's 99.9% Christian. Oh and I should add, it makes it harder when I mess something up to curse violently and throw things when I'm listening to my Christian music.....LOL

Edited March 4, 2009 by leatherrookie

[Doug C]

I like Dave Stamey, Ian Tyson, Chris LeDoux. One of my favorites is Jesse Ballantyne and I just found Adrian, she is real good for a young one.

Among others I listen to, The Flying Burritto Brothers and Pure Prarie Legue. Also like some Rock and Roll, usually the older stuff.

Doug

[wildrose]

Actually, it was me that brought this topic up last time...I was curious too. I'm glad it's back around again for discussion.

In my workshop I listen to primarily Celtic (my heritage) or Latino music (I have a degree in Spanish). We have such a variety of music in our house, that I could pick 'most anything: my husband listens to anything from classical (Mozart, Beethoven, etc) to classic rock (Pink Floyd, Rush), and aside from what I already mentioned for myself, I listen to alot of rock and country. My car radio is almost always on country.

I used to think country was awful until I started hanging out at the Tandy in Allentown, PA. The manager there, Frank Cardenal, played it because he felt it was the only thing family friendly. I was there so much, I really got hooked on it.

BTW, I do love the hammered dulcimer. Thanks for that link!!! There's a person at the PA Renaissance Faire that plays, and I am nuts about that sound.