Rick Bayles
@rick-bayles
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Joined: Feb 28, 2017
Last seen: Jan 26, 2026
Topics: 0 / Replies: 25
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

@joe-nathan One of my favourite Hunter albums. Why that man was never a major star will always be a mystery to me.

4 days ago
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RE: The Devil went down... and met Doc Watson

Nice riff on the old Charlie Daniels song and, as you say, some good picking and nice animation. Thanks for posting.

2 weeks ago
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RE: Which artists do you wish you'd seen?

I was a college social sec, then a festival worker, then a tour manager, then in TV production for music programmes - I've seen a lot of bands and hav...

3 weeks ago
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RE: Venezuela

I think we've seen this coming for a while but it's still a shocker. There's a very good editorial piece in the New York Times this weekend, explainin...

3 weeks ago
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?

The Dead South - Illusion & Doubt

1 month ago
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RE: What are you watching at the moment?

I agree and it does seem that violence on streamed TV shows is far higher than on terrestial TV. I wonder if this is because so much of it is based on...

1 month ago
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RE: What are you watching at the moment?

I do like a bit of grim dystopia from time to time and I've been sucked in to Prime's 'Fallout' which is, apparently, based on a video game (as most t...

1 month ago
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RE: Holiday Americana

I can't even name one I'm prepared to listen to at Christmas!

1 month ago
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RE: Songs you love with lyrics you hate

I can't separate the two. If I don't like the lyrics I don't like the song.

1 month ago
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RE: Get ready for an AI country music explosion

I have a friend, the bass player from my old band back in the UK, who writes songs using AI (not americana related). We've discussed this at some leng...

2 months ago
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RE: Steve Cropper

Very sad. Truly one of the greats and it's always sad to see a musician of such ability leave us. 😥

2 months ago
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2 months ago
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RE: C&W

Did anyone watch the recent Country Music Awards? It was pretty grim stuff. About the only standout artist was Chris Stapleton, who stood head and sho...

2 months ago
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RE: Trial by jury

Absolutely agree. The lack of a written constitution is a serious worry for the UK, in my opinion. This is what makes Farage's threat to take the coun...

2 months ago
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RE: Jimmy Cliff

Reading the Chris Blackwell autobiography recently, it was interesting to find that he and Jimmy Cliff didn't get on so well, despite Blackwell promot...

2 months ago
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