Country Disco: Did Anyone Attempt This?

[Disco Funk]

I don't believe I've ever come across a disco song with a truly country music feel. Not that the world would be a better place with the mixing. The country-funk mix seemed to work well in the early 70s for artists like Area Code 615 ('Stone Fox Chase'), Parliament ('Little Ol' Country Boy'), and Bad Bascomb (led by Wilbur Bascomb, these guys put out the LP Black Grass and singles like Funk City that were totally country funk, eg banjos and fiddles).

There have been other great mixing of genres with disco, like rock disco, jazz disco, blues disco, even traditional Greek music disco (Disco Bouzouki Band).

I'm looking mainly for cuts that are more disco than country. I only recall Patrick Juvet's 'I Love America' making a small reference to country music.

Thanks!

Disco Funk

[srg]

i only know Dolly Parton's "Baby I'm Burnin' " 12-inch (on pink vinyl!!) in 1979-not that bad a song, either! She also did a cover of "Save the Last Dance for Me" in 1984, but it really sounded like 80's disco by then.

[mixtape]

Boots Clement "Ghostriders in the sky" is def a country disco tune.

[Discomanic]

Dolly also had Potential New Boyfriend. Bill Anderson had a 12" of I Can Wait Any Longer (which I thought was quite nice). And I think they also played one by Country Star Sylvia which I think was called Drifter. Someone on the board a long while back claimed they may have seen a 12" of this but I have yet to find one.

[WolverSyr]

I worked at a country station for about 3 years in the early 80's, which played mostly old stuff. There was another Bill Anderson song from 79 called Triple S. I only remember that it sounded disco.

I think Ronnie Milsap also did a disco-type song.

There were a few songs that came out post-82 that had a real disco/dance feel. I wish I could remember the names of the songs, but I kind of blotted that era of my life out of my brain! I know Sylvia had a couple others, Donna Allen had a song that sounded like it was straight out of Philly, Anne Murray did something that was real synthy.

I always wondered why Donna Allen was working in the country genre at the time, although she was quite popular. Didn't she eventually move to pop music & do an album produced by Prince?

[all*that*glitters*]

Originally Posted by Disco Funk

I don't believe I've ever come across a disco song with a truly country music feel.

I'm looking mainly for cuts that are more disco than country. I only recall Patrick Juvet's 'I Love America' making a small reference to country music.

Thanks!

Disco Funk

yowdy Disco Funk,

best bet will be Malcolm McLaren's 'Buffalo Gals', the special extented 12" features a mix with true country-fiddling and the usual line dance instructions. The beat is 4/4 and fits quite well in a standard Disco rhythm pattern. Serious Country dancing here.
Other tracks that refer to C&W can be find on an disco album by The Black Light Orchestra; 'a man and his harmonica', 'once upon a time in the West'. Both tracks being clearly influenced by Ennio Morricone.

And don't forget Max Berlin; 'all over the USA' from his album 'worldwide party'. Check out the mandolin and the harmonica over some serious disco stomp!

Most obvious track of course must be 'baby I'm burning' by
Dolly Parton although there's no C&W element in sight besides the singer....
great record though

all*that*glitters*

[needlefingers]

On the Voyage album From East To West, there is a song called Scotch Machine. Though it starts out with bagpipes, it turns into a country fiddle playing a chicken-reel type of melody.

Also, Patrick Cowley did a song on the Megatron Man album called I Wanna Take You Home. It has a country break and feel to it. It can also be found on the flipside of the Menergy 12 inch.

A couple of other songs that I remember playing, that had a country feel:

Suzi Quatro - Stumblin' In

Dr. Hook - When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman

I wouldn't call them disco songs, but we played them in the disco.

[Marcio**]

''Winter Melody'' by Donna Summer is very country.

[needlefingers]

And I forgot Kiss You All Over by Exile. I think it hit #1 on the Country Charts, but it was played in the clubs also.

[dvdjamm]

wasn't there a extended version of 9 to 5 by dolly pardon?