Country Music? (McKBrew's musical evolution)

[the_bird]

What? No one likes alt-country? No Uncle Tupelo, Old 97s, Sun Volt, Wilco, Whiskeytown, Steve Earle, etc?

I like older country like Cash, Jennings, David Allen Coe, but I also like Dave Alvin and the likes.

I mentioned Neko Case; she's alt-country, or at least has alt-country influences in some of her material. I think I like her stuff better in New Pornographers, though.

 

[rfidd]

Hey, Bird, I just saw Neko Case out in Reno a couple of weeks ago, great show.

Rick

 

[Ceedubya]

I'm a big fan of country music. That being said, most of what's played on country radio today isn't country. I absolutely hate it! I have to quote Steve Earle "If Garth Brooks is country, I hope the hell I'm not".

I'll tell you what I like. Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, The Louvin Brothers, Jimmy Rogers, Hank Williams, Hank Penny, Bob Wills, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Tammy Wynette, George Jones, The Delmore Brothers, Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, Roy Clark, Waylon Jennings, Roger Miller, Spade Cooley, Tom T. Hall, Webb Pierce, Ernest Tubb, Lefty Frizzell, Hank Thompson, Roy Acuff...

Now THAT's country!

Damn Straight! But there is some great new country music out there, you will just never hear it on modern country radio. In the words of Hank III "Pop country really sucks" :rockin:

I am soooooo tired of this bubble gum feel good "remember the good old days" country crap that I could puke. I can't wait till country music experiences what rock went through in the early 90's. A good old fashioned music enema.