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I must say I'm pretty out of the loop on current country. I seem to go through phases where I'm really liking new artists or not so much.
Earl Thomas Conley also had a great song in Too Many Times with Patti LaBelle(?). I always enjoyed the parodies (ala Weird Al) of country songs...Ben Coulder (aka Sheb Wooley) did a lot of them. I also like the fact of the different genres within the genre. The bluegrass sounds of Bill Monroe, Flatt and Scruggs, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Allison Kraus to name a very few. Allison's CD with Robert Plant is excellent. The rockabilly of Sun records, Jerry Lee, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash etc really expanded the definition of country music. Then there's the "old-timey" country ala the Carter Family, Hank Thompson, Little Jimmy Dickens etc. Then you have Ernest Tubb, Jimmy Rodgers for Texas Swing. Females you have Kitty Wells, Patsy Kline, Brenda Lee, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton and many more. Rosanne Cash did a CD called The List that contains songs that her dad (Johnny) wrote down for her when she was 18 years old and he told her these are the songs that are true classics. Excellent CD. You have your "orchestral" country with Eddy Arnold, Marty Robins etc. The Lounge sounds of Ray Price... Plus the Bakersfield sound of Buck Owens (followed by Dwight Yoakum). Then there's the Hag...Merle was always pretty much his own man. Really like his I am What I am CD that's semi-recent. It's a great genre that does in fact deserve a thread of it's own. Good job Dr. Fever!
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Radney Foster- geek cowboy. Great song though.
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I also forgot to mention the instrumental country of Chet Atkins, that man was one of the absolute best guitar players of all time. Roy Clark was also a heck of a picker.
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Now you've done it. That's another all time fav of mine. Radney is still a great writter for other artists and that song is to me about me and my ex.
Foster and Lloyd was a great duo before Brooks N Dunn came along. Very soulful.
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You know...I noticed that we haven't had any Buck Owens.
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KS Smitty check this out. Tammy Wynettes last hit from 1990. I don't think she lost a thing. Great song.
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Hank III has been an interesting trip. Shooter Jennings is one that I really like and think he has improved and defined himself better with each new album.
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Some of those guys just went way over the top with those suits. It was great. Gawd, now I'm remembering some of the records my parents had when I was a kid. Buck, Waggoner/Parton, Kitty Wells, Haggard, Jones... I think they had Eddy Arnold too but I hated that bastard for some reason. I didn't hear much, if any, pop or rock music in the late sixties because this was what was in our home.
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