Rick Hayes

I am a fan of Johnny Cash from the time he wrote his first song to the day he passed on to whatever comes next. I also like Kris Kristofferson (met him!), Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams, and Charlie Gardner. Great songwriters. I like Waylon Jennings, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, The Band, Harry Hibbs, Ron Hynes, Kiss, CCR, The Beatles, AND The Rolling Stones, Green Day, Rita McNeil, The Rankin Family, Great Big Sea, Neil Young, Roger Miller, George Jones, Emmylou Harris, Jamie Clarke, Van Morrison, Charlie Pride, John Prine, Gillian Welch, The Pogues, and I could probably go on for a long time, but I won't. You get the idea. There isn't much I don't like in the way of music, as long as the song is good, and the performance is its equal. Here are a few songs I like that might be public domain, in any case I don't know who wrote them. The Star of Logy Bay, The Blacksmith, If Those Lips Could Only Speak... I love to hear Danny Boy if the right person is singiing it, and incidentally the right person ain't me (sigh). I love to hear Amazing Grace, but especially on the bagpipes. I like gospel music, but songs like the country legends would sing.