# Country music with horns? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [October 2, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/country-music-with-horns/922044 "2020-10-02T15:23:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/country-music-with-horns/922044/1 "2020-10-02T15:23:09Z")
I have only a rudimentary familiarity with most country music. My country music library is comprised almost entirely of Willie Nelson and Hank Williams, and a smattering of a song or two from a handful of other artists. Anyways, I was listening to “Ring of Fire” recently and, to me at least, the horns are what makes that song _really_ stand out. In my limited experience with country music, horns are not a common sound in the genre. Can anyone give me examples of other country music featuring brass? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/country-music-with-horns/922044/2 "2020-10-02T15:46:55Z")
The Mavericks have a horn section. They’re a bit of a fusion with Latin music, but so a country band. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/country-music-with-horns/922044/3 "2020-10-02T16:40:09Z")
“Seven Spanish Angels” by Willie Nelson & Ray Charles has some kind of horn in the background. Not quite sure if that’s a Willie song or a Ray song though… ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/country-music-with-horns/922044/4 "2020-10-02T17:30:20Z")
I second the Mavericks. [“Dance the Night Away”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UajuBAUkBs&ab_channel=TheMavericksVEVO) is how you put horns on a country song. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/country-music-with-horns/922044/6 "2020-10-02T19:50:32Z")
How about “Johnny’s Cash and Charley’s Pride”? 😃 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_QIJ1tFMTmA/maxresdefault.jpg "Mac Wiseman - Johnny's Cash and Charley's Pride") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QIJ1tFMTmA) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/country-music-with-horns/922044/7 "2020-10-02T20:26:49Z")
Is a CAKE cover of a Willie Nelson song considered “country”? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nAeMZ8hhXVA/maxresdefault.jpg "Sad Songs and Waltzes") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAeMZ8hhXVA) ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/country-music-with-horns/922044/8 "2020-10-02T22:47:25Z")
Your assignment: research Bob Wills. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/country-music-with-horns/922044/9 "2020-10-03T03:16:18Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Xsfw9CEQITA/hqdefault.jpg "Ghost Riders In The Sky - Vaughn Monroe") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsfw9CEQITA) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/country-music-with-horns/922044/10 "2020-10-03T03:35:53Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z8Jd281xrAU/hqdefault.jpg "Pistol Packin' Mama Al Dexter") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8Jd281xrAU) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/country-music-with-horns/922044/11 "2020-10-03T03:47:53Z")
How about a little western swing? Al Dexter again: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zFgdD1zcd9c/maxresdefault.jpg "Saturday Night Boogie") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFgdD1zcd9c) ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/country-music-with-horns/922044/12 "2020-10-03T07:38:52Z")
Dwight Yoakam had a horn section on _Gone_. Here he is doing _Nothing_ with them on the Tonight Show. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/country-music-with-horns/922044/13 "2020-10-05T21:59:46Z")
“Come a Little Bit Closer” - country style. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/mGdK06RAuk4/maxresdefault.jpg "Come a Little Bit Closer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGdK06RAuk4) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/country-music-with-horns/922044/14 "2020-10-05T22:39:46Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > “Come a Little Bit Closer” - country style Never mind. Seems they only have the horns in the intro. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/country-music-with-horns/922044/15 "2020-10-06T00:45:21Z")
Plenty of horn in this one (including a solo) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5LDyz_9ERJY/maxresdefault.jpg "The Old Man And His Horn") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LDyz_9ERJY) ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/country-music-with-horns/922044/16 "2020-10-06T21:19:19Z")
“Ain’t Nice To Talk Like That” by NRBQ Skeeter Davis just loves that country trombone!