Is it to far gone into the pop stratosphere or is there still a chance at saving it? There are some good things going on in country IMO.... Eric Church, Randy Houser, Gary Allen, Jamey Johnson etc.... But can they (and others) reverse what the Sugarlands, Kenny Chesneys and Rascal Flatts did to country music?
Doubt it but I have never heard of one of those artists. But I don't listen to country very much. I only enjoy old country like Cash and Hank.
Scott, Red dirt isnt even country. Its mellow southern rock :D Johnny Cash is country/western (old school country) Gary Allen is country Kenny Chesney is country/island music George Strait is country Real country music is Garth Brooks, Brooks and Dunn, old Tim McGraw, Reba, Vince Gill, Alan Jackson. FYI, Tayler Swift has written more #1 songs then George Strait
Country? Isn't that a description of a geographical location? :p Johnny Cash was old school country. Willie Nelson is country. Charlie Daniels is country. ...all others are some kind of annoying twangy pop. Give me classic rock and hard rock anyday!
You never have to worry about losing country music.....considering you have an SD card loaded with it :D
Funny, I used to hear country fans say the same thing thirty years ago, the only difference was the names of the artists they didn't approve of. Having grown up in the 60s and 70s I've listened to a great many "country" acts in the last nearly 50 years, and while the sound may have changed to suit the audience to which it's being played the feelings and stories haven't changed a bit. If you don't like what's on then change the channel.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Nashville isn't about talant its about marketing. If you can look good and the dubbers and editors and mixers can make you sound 1/2 way decent you can be a star.
You know how you know you're getting old? You start whining about how much country music has changed. That's something I could see my grandpa complaining about before he passed away. How Garth Brooks and those poachers from Brooks and Dunn ruined country music and musicians like Dwight Yoakam, Patsy Cline and Hank Williams Sr. were the real deal. Sorry my friend, you're officially an old man. Time to bust out the Ovaltine and peruse through your Reader's Digest.
Dude...I can't believe you just said the dreaded words of ssssu...I can't do it. I do like some of Rascal Flatts stuff, but I wouldn't consider them country in the sense that you are using. I still can't get over the fact that you put "Them" in a post.
I like all country but I especially like Zac Brown Band, Brooks and Dunn, Rodney Atkins, Billy Currington, George Strait, Jason Aldien, and Luke Bryan.
I also like Zac Brown Band, but i can not stand all the blond female singers that can't sing worth a rats A$$, theres like 50 of them now.
