Monday, August 23, 2010

The Rizdales' fave country duets


Writing about Tom and Tara Dunphy's classic-sounding male/female country duets on The Rizdales' fantastic new How The Marriage Ended! album left me wondering what their favourite recordings in the genre might be. So I asked Tom put together a top 10 list which you'll find below in no particular order...

"Here's our list. It's not necessarily a definitive top 10, but they're all songs we get a lot of enjoyment from. We've included some obvious classics – hey, they're classics for a reason – along with few recent duets that get us every time. And yes, I realize that they're not strictly male/female duets."                                                                                                           
Tom Dunphy, The Rizdales
                             
"When that list was being put together, Tom left out one of my favourites – Steve Earle and Iris DeMent's recording of I'm Still In Love With You from the album The Mountain. It's a classic!"
Tara O'Connor Dunphy, The Rizdales                                                                                                                

Holding On To Nothing - Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton






Loose Talk - Buck Owens and Rose Maddox



No One is Gonna Love You Better - Merle Haggard and Heather Myles



Pickin' Wild Mountain Berries - Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty



Sweet Thang - Loretta Lynn and Ernest Tubb


Say it's Not You - George Jones and Keith Richards


In Spite of Ourselves - John Prine and Iris DeMent


My Elusive Dreams - David Houston and Tammy Wynette




Take Me - George Jones and Tammy Wynette


We'll Sweep out the Ashes in the Morning - Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris

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