JCCFS Fall Festival 2018
If you’ve been to a Pressley Girls’ performance you’ve more than likely heard the story about the girls’ obsession with “The Golden Age of Country” infomercial.
They liked to have drove us crazy watching that thing. The Deer Hunter and I love all the old country songs too and I can see how the girls became star struck when they heard the likes of Marty Robbins and Ray Price, but after weeks of watching the infomercial it got a little old.
They’re telling the truth when they say they could sing 45 seconds of all the songs. Over the years they’ve managed to learn several of the songs all the way through.
It’s also true that we finally bought them the set of cds for Christmas.
All these years later they’re still listening to “The Golden Age of Country” and still learning songs from the cds, so it was a good investment on our part, especially since we got to quit watching the infomercial.
Most recently the girls learned the Charlie Walker track off disc 5 “Pick Me Up On Your Way Down.”
Hope you enjoyed the song!
Tipper
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18 Comments
Leon Pantenburg
January 19, 2019 at 7:00 amNice! I enjoy hearing the young ladies sing and play.
SusieQ
January 13, 2019 at 8:27 pmI sure agree that was great singing and fun listening … 🙂
b. Ruth
January 13, 2019 at 2:50 pmTipper,
Those girls are on their way up…..love the rendition they sing and play…Thanks for posting…
PS…
Did you ‘all have any snow your way yesterday? Just wondering and pondering…it is all around us…well mainly north…
tipper
January 13, 2019 at 5:47 pmB.Ruth-not one flake! I beginning to think I’m not going to get any snow this year. Rain rain rain is all we had 🙂
Don Byers
January 13, 2019 at 2:24 pmI must be getting old! I remember “Pick Me Up on Your Way Down” when it was on the charts! Later on I ran into him quite often on Music Row and around Nashville.
Gayle Larson
January 13, 2019 at 12:29 pmLove, love , love the old music. I too ordered the set and play it every now and then.
Wanda Devers
January 13, 2019 at 12:03 pmGreat job! I love the old music!
Dana Wall
January 13, 2019 at 10:56 amDelightful.
Cynthia
January 13, 2019 at 10:44 amI really enjoyed the song, especially the instrumentals. Such talented young women!
Allison B
January 13, 2019 at 9:52 amSounds good! Maybe they can make a CD “The Pressley Girls’ Golden Age of Country” ? That’d be nice 🙂 …just like all their songs are.
Shirl
January 13, 2019 at 9:39 amIt’s good to know I’m not the only person who became obsessed with the Golden Age Of Country infomercial. Who wouldn’t order a set after seeing the great presentation? The girls did a fabulous job singing one of my favorite songs from the set.
aw griff
January 13, 2019 at 9:23 amGood job! I agree with TMC on the music. I sometimes ask my wife what class of music do you put a certain song in and she don’t know either.
I went to humming that song as soon as I read the title.
Dee
January 13, 2019 at 8:50 amI sure remember Marty Robbins and Ray Price! I remember when my brother came back from Texas and gave me a record entitled “El Paso.” I didn’t realize at the time that the guy singing it was the same guy that sang “A White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation, ” but I liked both. He was a fantastic entertainer.
The girls really did a good job singing “Pick Me Up On Your Way Down” and that is a song with a tune that can run in your head after you have heard it.
carol roy
January 13, 2019 at 8:20 amHi….great job girls….reminds me of Paul and Pap singing….!
Miss Cindy
January 13, 2019 at 7:52 amGood job, girls! Yes, the older songs are somehow clearer in both words and the music.
I agree with TMC there is less distinction between various types of music.
Nance
January 13, 2019 at 7:47 amMarty Robbins is my my all time favorite and Roy Price right up there too. Your girls can’t go wrong singing the old time country music songs. Great job!
tmc
January 13, 2019 at 6:27 amThat’s a golden oldie, and they did a good job, the older songs are still some of my most favorite, maybe it’s an age thing, but music during our time had a certain flavor, if that makes any sense, if your listening to country it sounded like country, if you listen to rock it sounded like rock and so on, seems most songs whether it’s country, rock, pop or whatever if you’ve heard one nowadays you’ve heard them all, they just sound all alike, they’re not separate sounds anymore.
Cynthia
January 13, 2019 at 10:43 amI agree. And the stuff teenagers listen to, I don’t even call music.