Name: Keep it Country!
Duration: 4 min 22 s
Channel: Wild Bill Austin
Description: "Keep it Country!" is a song by Wild Bill Austin and The North 40. A live show setting for a plea to keep the rockin' country songs alive with traditional values while kicking butt.

Keep it Country!

Wild Bill Austin and The North 40

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A live show setting for a plea to keep the rockin' country songs alive with traditional values while kicking butt.

Wild Bill Austin and The North 40

Wild Bill Austin covers the following genres (in descending order) Various Country, Various Rock, Folk (acoustic), Spiritual Contemporary, Middle of the Road (

Wild Bill Austin is returning to music for the first time in 20 years. However, since 2004 he has composed over 200 additional songs and has released "Give 'em Some Rock 'n Roll," a 12 song sampler of rock, folk and country on Local Scene Record Label, Big Bear Lake, CA. http://www.localscenerecordlabel.com/home.html He is now proud to rejoin sunFlower Music, as his career shifts into 6th gear!! His 2nd CD, "Ballad of the Asian Cowgirl" has all 16 songs (primarily country) selected and is waiting capitalization for a producer, musicians and sound studio. Our goal is a June 2009 release. And be on the lookout for "Fears We Left Behind," on sunFlower in the 2nd half of 2010. Please be on the lookout for Wild Bill and his songs!

Song Info

Genre

Country • Country General

Charts

Peak #520

Peak in subgenre #179

Author

Wild Bill Austin

Rights

Uploaded

April 05, 2009

Track Files

MP3

MP3 4.0 MB • 128 kbps • 4:22

Story behind the song

Today's modern country draws a much wider audience than ever before who can really enjoy the new sounds.  The singer praises country rock and at the same time asks its players to keep the same, basic root values of traditional Country.

Lyrics

Keep it Country                        © 2008                         Wild Bill Austin


Verse 1	I really dig that rock and roll guitar.
		It sure fits that hot, new Country Star.
		I love those solos, love that urban sound.
		The music lifts me right up off the ground.
		His roots are down in Country, that's for sure.
		You (can) feel it in his style, and it's still pure,
		And every night he wins a brand new crowd
		With kickin' country-rock that's good and loud.

Chorus	So fire up them fiddles.  Hit that pedal steel.
		Add a little banjo.  Show 'em that you're real,
		And when you play your rockin' Country song,
		Keep it Country.  Make it strong.

Verse 2	I really dig that modern Country beat.
		It turns me on!  I just can't keep my seat.
		Some say, it ain't Country anymore.
		(Not the way it used to be, before.)
		Then one day, they will play their radio,
		And they'll hear a song that they don't know.
		Pretty soon, they'll start to sing along,
		And then they'll say, now that's  a Country  song!!

Chorus

Bridge	Changes come and changes go.  Now, that ain't no big deal.
		All that ever matters is how good we really feel.

Break

Verse 3	Remember, we all face some rocky times,
		But somehow, everything will turn out fine.
		Even when it's tough, keep moving on,
		Once the storm has done its worst and gone,
		Music weaves its way into our soul--
		With the classic sounds and Country Rock and Roll.
		It keeps our spirits high.  We stay on track,
		And we won't spend our time just looking back.

Chorus	(repeat last line as:  Keep it Country.  Our Country's strong!)


Thursday May 15, 2008

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