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Country music you should listen to
Patrick:
--- Quote from: muteKi on 25 Oct 2007, 20:21 ---I actually ended up enjoying a fair bit of Alan Jackson's music. I like the stuff that was more bluesy / rock-ish when it comes down to it.
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EVERYBODY, FOLLOW THIS EXAMPLE
Seriously Alan Jackson is a god among men.
I will also second Kieffer's mention of Dougie Sahm. HUGE points if you can find any Texas Tornados, even if it's totally just English-language TexMex.
I'll second Steve Earle ("Guitar Town," anybody?) and Emmylou Harris, although I'm of the opinion that the only Emmylou album worth getting is her Duets album. Seriously, when she's alone, her voice is like a speech by Ann Coulter. Grating, obnoxious, and you just want to shove a rock down her throat.
devilcrayon gets points for mentioning both Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard. I'm glad Cash is finally getting the recognition he deserved his whole life, but I'm very disappointed that it only happened after he made the movie and promptly died.
I'll subtract a few points for pointing the finger of commercialism on Brooks and Dunn, though. Sure, there was plenty of unit-pushing, especially with that era of country, but there's no better duo in terms of creating the sheer number of '90s country classics like Kix and Ronnie. Not to mention the pop culture influence of bringing back line dancing for a short period of time with the release of "Boot-Scootin' Boogie," heh.
Idunno, I might just be defending Brooks and Dunn because "Brand New Man" was the first song I ever knew all the words to. The story goes that I was 2 and singing my heart out to that song in the back seat of our Chrysler minivan.
Johnny C:
--- Quote from: KimJongSick on 04 Nov 2007, 17:07 ---I'm glad Cash is finally getting the recognition he deserved his whole life, but I'm very disappointed that it only happened after he made the movie and promptly died.
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I... you... what? I'm pretty sure Live At San Quentin alone sold enough copies to make the man a damn institution.
Patrick:
Yeah, but it was pretty much within the country crowd. After Nashville wouldn't let him play because of the Opry incident, it didn't change anything. He was still the best act in country music.
Doesn't change the fact that nobody outside of one specific crowd ever gave him any recognition until he died and the movie was released.
Mnementh:
He had that recognition outside of country long, long before the movie ever came out.
and before that ad was published too.
carrotosaurus:
Why the fuck has no one mentioned Albert Lee yet?? I mean, the guy is the best country guitarist of all time.
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