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Country Music, what I grew up on, Roy Clark, Alan Jackson, Willie and Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Loretta, Patsy, it was more than tailgates and dashboard tunes.

If you remember country as it was, post a video of an artist that exemplifies country as country is..

For starters, a little Patty Loveless...



Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q0huwBOXBk

edited to get the video to work imbedited Razz

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I agree. Now it's just bland pop music being given to stage performers who simply look the part.
They are to country music what Taco Bell is to Spanish food.
 
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I don't think Hank done it this way.



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To me country is Hank, Johnny, Willie and Waylon.

If you dig through all this crappy bullshit country that is pushed out now you'll find a few artists trying to keep the legacy alive. Guys like Cody Jinks, Chris Stapleton and Whitey Morgan







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Modern country is pop. It’s terrible. People from California and Australia faking southern accents.


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Not all new(er) country is garbage. Can't hardly get no more country than this Smile




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^^^^You do realize that song is 24 years old, right? “New”? Smile


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This automatically popped-up right after Blue. Wow. Nearly brought tears to my eyes.




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^^^^You do realize that song is 24 years old, right? “New”? Smile

It's "new" compared to some of the earlier cites Smile

(Made slight edit to that post.)



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And just to show it can be contemporary:



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nashville/radio country is garbage. nashville has always been about making a buck. freddie fender, the bellamy brothers, and, though I love his music, glen campbell aren't exactly outlaws.

so while nashville sucks, there is tons of great country music being made right now. asI've posted dozens of times in similar threads to this: YOU WILL NOT FIND GREAT MUSIC ON THE RADIO. That's regardless of genre. Just like Hollywood doesn't have any original ideas anymore, popular music is following the formula to the bank.

If you want good country music, listen to Stapleton, Jason Isbell, Tyler Childers, Wade Bowen, Randy Rogers, Midland, Sturgill Simpson, Brent Cobb, Lukas Nelson, Ruston Kelly, Robert Ellis, Mandolin Orange, Trampled by Turtles, Turnpike Troubadors, Cody Jinks, Ryan Bingham, Hayes Carll, Todd Snider, Nikki Lane, Joy Williams, Patti Griffin, etc. etc. etc. etc.










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This s Country:



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YOU WILL NOT FIND GREAT MUSIC ON THE RADIO.


Depends where you live Wink

One of my favorite stations is KHYI 95.3 "The Range". Here is their mission statement.

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KHYI is a beacon of hope in the murky ocean of cheesy, generic, pseudo, so-called “Country” music. One of the last remaining major-market “mom & pop” radio stations left in the country, no one from New York or L.A. (Or Atlanta, in the case of Cumulus) has the power to make us play Jason Aldean, or Kenny Chesney, or Rascal Flattulence. We’re mavericks…and we believe the world deserves to hear Robert Earl Keen, Ray Wylie Hubbard, the Turnpike Troubadours, and the Dirty River Boys. We also think its impossible to be a country radio station and not play Waylon and Willie, and Hank (Sr.), and J.R. Cash, and Merle, and the Possum…but we digress.
We love our listeners and we keep it real. We close the bars on Saturday nights, but never miss church on Sundays.
We’re happy you found us. Keep it here for a while.


http://khyi.com



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YOU WILL NOT FIND GREAT MUSIC ON THE RADIO.


Depends where you live Wink

One of my favorite stations is KHYI 95.3 "The Range".



The Range throws in a lot of vintage country to their playlist.

My go-to station for literally every band that Yellow Jacket noted above is 95.9 The Ranch out of Fort Worth. Yellow Jacket, check them out on their app to stream the feed. I think you’ll be presently surprised. That’s not to say though that the format is overly popular or would work elsewhere. We have a very healthy music scene in Texas that eats up the sounds and bands you listed. Just won some tickets to see Jason Isbell on the station last week as a matter of fact.



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Jason Isbell is a great songwriter, but a bit political for me.

https://www.savingcountrymusic...rvative-songwriters/




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Well, Wink ...




Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhEHB0a7Uyg




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I agree CM is different today, but damn there are some talented people croonin' around on our radio waves. My home town station was country all the time, our home stereo was just for Dad's favorites. Buck Owens, Charlie Pride, Lefty, Kitty, George Jones and all the oldies.

Today it's all about quality musicians and production, and the hook to bring us in. Sure, some crap, it's always been that way.
 
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Well I've been lucky enough to have seen Travis and George both and Merle and quite a few other REAL Country singers live. This crap now isn't Country


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