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Country music you should listen to

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asyluman:
Robbie.  Fucking.  Fulks.

muteKi:
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. I like the rockabilly style stuff but don't know who is aside from the Stray Cats (once saw the bassist live with his own group, was pretty sweet).


Also, http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q53GmMCqmAM

TheFuriousWombat:
O'Death is a pretty cool countryish 'psycho-billy' band that I saw a while back in Philly. They opened for Man Man and were pretty awesome. Definitely not country in the traditional sense of the word, but country nonetheless.

Pelay:
Ohh good thread

Teddy Thompson has an awesome country album out now of classic old country songs.  They don't make them like this anymore
Neko Case, of course, her voice is just so good.
I like The Clumsy Lovers too, its a little more pop, but they play their instruments well and put up a hell of a show I hear
nicklecreek can do some good stuff

Then theres a whole slew of artists that do some country stuff
Bright eyes, Ryan Adams, Jenny Lewis

BrittanyMarie:
Yay Harry, good timing. See, my granpappy taught me all about good country, and his funeral was yesterday. We played him the good stuff during the visitation, so it's still nice and fresh in my mind.

Obviously the previously mentioned Hanks are great
As are Waylon, Willie, Kris (Kristofferson) and the rest of the boys in the Highwaymen
Dolly Parton-Do not be hating on her, she is fantastic and the most important thing in differentiating between good and bad music in my opinion is earnestness and honesty, and she is probably most genuine performer in any genre. She has written amazing songs, and her voice is definitive of this genre. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqEX1nrA8Wo for proof. (sorry, I am used to people hating on her because of the physical appearance and completely disregarding her as an artist)
Emmylou Harris, Loretta Lynn, Alison Krause (she has the perfect bluegrass voice)
Rodney Crowell is pretty good-he took the hard way like Kris did, mostly writing songs for other people before performing himself and he is friends with Townes Van Zant who is also fantastic
newer artists that are really really good include Blitzen Trapper, Two Gallants(one of my newer favorites-as emotionally satisfying as Okkervil River only FUN sometimes), Langhorne Slim, etc but they aren't COUNTRY-country. I don't know if it's the structure or the emotion, but there's definately something in them that makes them country without sounding like a Johnny ripoff

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