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..
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February 18, 2020, 02:40 PM
Ryanp225
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.
February 18, 2020, 03:08 PM
vinnybass
"We're all travelers in this world. From the sweet grass to the packing house. Birth 'til death. We travel between the eternities."
February 18, 2020, 03:37 PM
Prefontaine
I don't think Hank done it this way.
What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone
February 18, 2020, 03:43 PM
Patrick-SP2022
February 18, 2020, 04:08 PM
DTREND75
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
Sensitive and caring since August 2009
Some people are like a Slinky....not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs.
February 18, 2020, 04:40 PM
PowerSurge
Modern country is pop. It’s terrible. People from California and Australia faking southern accents.
——————————————— The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Psalm 14:1
February 18, 2020, 05:13 PM
ensigmatic
Not all new(er) country is garbage. Can't hardly get no more country than this
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher
February 18, 2020, 05:18 PM
PowerSurge
^^^^You do realize that song is 24 years old, right? “New”?
——————————————— The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Psalm 14:1
February 18, 2020, 05:20 PM
ensigmatic
This automatically popped-up right after Blue. Wow. Nearly brought tears to my eyes.
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher
February 18, 2020, 05:21 PM
ensigmatic
quote:
Originally posted by PowerSurge: ^^^^You do realize that song is 24 years old, right? “New”?
It's "new" compared to some of the earlier cites
(Made slight edit to that post.)
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher
February 18, 2020, 06:14 PM
TMats
And just to show it can be contemporary:
_______________________________________________________ despite them
February 18, 2020, 06:35 PM
YellowJacket
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.
I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log.
February 18, 2020, 06:53 PM
craigcpa
This s Country:
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Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right ♫♫♫
February 18, 2020, 07:14 PM
oddball
quote:
Originally posted by YellowJacket: YOU WILL NOT FIND GREAT MUSIC ON THE RADIO.
Depends where you live
One of my favorite stations is KHYI 95.3 "The Range". Here is their mission statement.
quote:
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.
"I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965
February 18, 2020, 07:36 PM
SigM4
quote:
Originally posted by oddball:
quote:
Originally posted by YellowJacket: YOU WILL NOT FIND GREAT MUSIC ON THE RADIO.
Depends where you live
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.
Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view.
Complacency sucks…
February 18, 2020, 10:26 PM
Todd Huffman
Jason Isbell is a great songwriter, but a bit political for me.
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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