Our friend Dave at classicrock.about.com has offered some Father's Day gift ideas, and we thought that was a pretty good idea. In fact, we've got some of our own ideas about what dad might want this year.
Now our dad is a big country music fan, so I'll start off with what I think would be on his wish list...
The Very Best of Roy Clark on CD - Roy was a fine guitar picker and a standard on the classic country TV show Hee Haw, which dad watched every week.
The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) 3-CD Box Set - Buck was another staple of the Hee Haw gang and a pioneer of the Bakersfield honky tonk sound.
Merle Haggard's discography is a mile long and has more greatest hits packages than some artists have albums, but his 20 Greatest Hits CD (Remastered) has most of the county gems I remember.
The Essential Johnny Cash (Original Recording Remastered) 2-CD set includes some of his biggest hits. I'd rather give this original set, than the soundtrack to Walk The Line.
The CD of A Master and His Music is a great description for this Chet Atkins collection, featuring duets with Dolly Parton, Hank Snow, Jerry Reed and Les Paul.
Speaking as a dad myself, I love my techie toys. And what dad wouldn't love one of these high tech upgrades?
A LightScribe Direct Disc CD or DVD recorder will give him a great new facelift for those home spun music and movie discs.
Yeah the iPod is cool, but the Pioneer Inno XM offers portable XM Satellite Radio plus the ability to play your MP3s and WMA audio files. And you can record any of the 170 XM channels including music, sports, talk shows and live concerts!
For the guitar loving dad, give him something from Fender's Diamond Anniversary online gift store. If you can't afford that 60th Anniversary American Stratocaster, then maybe one of the Fender GMP Diecast Miniatures will fit your budget.
And just in case my daughter is reading along, I'd just like to mention this beautiful Ludwig drumset I found on musiciansfriend.com. The Ludwig Classic Maple five-piece drumkit is a replica of the set that John Bonham played in the early years of Led Zeppelin, before he switched to Vista-Lites.
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