Country music fans, sign in please...

[Bluesman0511]

A post by Sixgun77 on an unrelated thread got me interested in this...

 

 

Originally posted by Sixgun77 I don't think there are many people here who like country music. I do. I like bluegrass too. Bluegrass, not hippy music with a banjo in it.

 

 

I am not too thrilled with the overly commercial type of country music. By that I guess I mean the type that follows the tried and true Nashville formula. My exceptions to this would be Travis Tritt and Garth Brooks and possible Martina Mcbride (although she is awfully formulaic, but I love the quality of her voice).

 

Mostly I really like the non-formula country stuff. Lyle Lovett is a personal hero. Townes Van Zandt, Emmy Lou Harris, the list can go on and on.

 

We have to include modern bluegrass artists like Nickel Creek and Ricky Skaggs (is it with a "k" or a "c" ?). Jerry Douglas, Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Sam Bush, Mark O'connor - all of them absolute monster musicians.

[Rippin' Robin]

Sign me in for outlaws like Johnny Cash, David Allan Coe, Dave Dudley, Red Sovine, etc...

[More Cowbell]

 

I love it all, whether it's the nashville pop stuff or the outlaw stuff or the good ol' hank williams stuff.

 

i love it all!!

 

Going to see a bunch of country concerts this summer, too....Brad Paisley, Tim McGraw (don't like him, but got free tickets...), Willie Nelson, The Big Valley Jamboree in Big Valley, Alberta...TONS of awesome musicians there...Big & Rich will be there, and I love that stuff, too. George Jones, and last but not least, Don Williams.

 

I'm frickin' excited here.

 

I play in 3 country bands at the moment. Good times, let me tell you. I also sing lead in 2 of them. Oh, and guitar.

[Rippin' Robin]

Originally posted by rx-7heaven Oh, and guitar.

 

For a moment there I thought you were a nice person.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[chris dax]

Originally posted by rx-7heaven I love it all, whether it's the nashville pop stuff or the outlaw stuff or the good ol' hank williams stuff. i love it all!! Going to see a bunch of country concerts this summer, too....Brad Paisley, Tim McGraw (don't like him, but got free tickets...), Willie Nelson, The Big Valley Jamboree in Big Valley, Alberta...TONS of awesome musicians there...Big & Rich will be there, and I love that stuff, too. George Jones, and last but not least, Don Williams. I'm frickin' excited here. I play in 3 country bands at the moment. Good times, let me tell you. I also sing lead in 2 of them. Oh, and guitar.

 

Can you get me Shania's autograph...? I don't care what she sings.....

 

[More Cowbell]

i guess i fooled you all. I don't know why I hang around here, I'm just a dumb farm kid with a guitar.

 

and yes, CD...i can try to get you an autograph. but it might take some time.

[Detox]

I'm a 1930s - 1970s country music fan. I love to practice along to the slow ass-grabbing songs, like Buck Owens' "Together Again". The bass part is quite simple, but if your timing is the slightest bit off, it's glaringly obvious.

 

I'm also a fan of the old Western Swing guys (Bob Wills, Hank Penny, Tex Williams, etc.).

[speddling]

YEEEeeee HAW!!!

 

 

Hot sun goin' down, heatin' up this little town The cows are fed and the plowin's all been done Moon light, fireflies, beer on the bank by the riverside We're gonna have ourselves a little fun Dancin' on the tailgates and raisin' a little cain Rockin' in the pastures and rollin' in the hay It's the life I love And I'm gonna live it 'til they bury me I can't get enough of dirt roads and dusty fields and the simple things And I take pride in everything I've got 'Cause I'm American-born and country by the grace of God I don't need no Cadillacs, you can't put no hay bails in the back It won't cross a creek or tow no heavy load I don't like a high-rise cluttering up my clear blue skies Don't wanna be where the city's all that grows Some are born with a silver spoon and some come from the farm Some have a ball in the mansion, but we get down in the barn It's the life I love And I'm gonna live it 'til they bury me I can't get enough of dirt roads and dusty fields and the simple things And I take pride in everything I've got 'Cause I'm American-born and country by the grace of God We build a world of dreams on a big ol' piece of land We're free to so anything we like, we're country so we can It's the life I love And I'm gonna live it 'til they bury me I can't get enough of dirt roads and dusty fields and the simple things And I take pride in everything I've got 'Cause I'm American-born and country by the grace of God

 

 

 

I like modern country stuff... yeah the pop crap! New Grass too....

 

 

 

cause it's songs about me and who I am songs about loving and living and good hearted women and family and God yeah they're all just songs about me

 

[BerserkingBovine]

I like a lot of alt-country like Uncle Tupelo and all the other various Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy projects. Also older stuff like Johnny Cash and Hank Williams. And I just started reading this: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0312194641/qid=1116736236/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/104-8744418-5940758?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

I love Gram Parsons.

[ezstep]

I am not really sure why, but a lot of people send me their cd's, and I listen to them all. Some are very good, some are pretty bad. Some we have taken into the studio. I get exposed to a lot of alternative and folk-type country. Some are fairly famous, some never will be. In addition, we have been the opening act for some pretty famous guys (mostly has-beens), and we have some more dates coming up where we open up for some more heavyweights.

 

I have played in a country band for about 20 years now. We also play some classic rock and blues, but mostly country. I have worked with guy singers and girl singers who easily blow me away. For anyone out there who thinks country is "simple" or "easy" to play, I'd like you to sit in with us some night. After starting you with the three-chord stuff, we shift into a bunch of Texas swing (Right or Wrong, Ace in the Hole, then San Antonio Rose and other Bob Wills stuff). If you aren't completely lost by then, we shift into some bluegrass (Rolling in My Sweet Baby's Arms, Foggy Mtn Breakdown, Rocky Top, etc.). Then we top it off with a few "country-jazz arrangements (Night Life, For the Good Times, etc.). A few unlucky forumites out there have actually heard some of the band's studio stuff, but I assure you that the live stuff is better.

 

Yeah, count me in! I am not crazy about the Country "Boy Band" stuff, but I do like a bunch of it. And, I agree, country had a bad reputation around here, like a red-headed stepchild of HCBF. I don't know why, but that's the impression I get.

 

And, in all those years of playing, I have never uttered or even heard anyone holler "Yee Haw!" (sorry speddling!)

[speddling]

Originally posted by ezstep And, in all those years of playing, I have never uttered or even heard anyone holler "Yee Haw!" (sorry speddling!)

 

well.... I am from Jersey

 

I grew up in the country part of north west Jersey farming, fishing, camping, etc in a strictly "Non Country" family. Mom and Pop were R&B to Disco to Jazz but came from do-wop and the Beatles. It wasn't till the mid 90s when I moved briefly to Kentucky that I opened my mind and ears to Country.

 

My Grandpop was a guitarist farm boy from Iowa... but I mostly remember the 'sing-a-long' stuff he played to entertain all the other oldfolk... not the cowboy stuff he really dug.

 

I get a little pang in my chest thinking how I missed out on that part of him (he bought me my first bass and amp)

[societystease]

I LOVE country! Moslty old stuff, but I like a few newer guys like Garth, some Tim McGraw, Clint Black, Blake Shelton, Josh Ritter, some Joe Nichols, and my new fav Brad Paisley (this guy has some real talent).

[ezstep]

Our "old" singer moved to Nashville a few years ago. When I first heard Blake Shelton's "Goodbye" song, I told my wife that Stacy finally had his first single. They sound EXACTLY alike, which is probably the problem. Too many current country singers are indistinct - you can't tell who is singing simply by listening.

[Thunderbroom]

I grew up in the South listening to my parent's country (Tammy Wynette, Waylon & Willie, Merle Haggard, etc.). I liked it then (but wouldn't admit it) and like it now.

 

As most of you know I'm playing in a country band now (see sig). It's something I saw myself doing. It just kinda happened. As a matter of fact, I'll be leaving in an hour or so to head to Chicago for rehearsal.

[Cortfan]

I like most all versions of country music, and wouldn't hesitate to play in a country band, given the chance. I recently heard on public television Rhonda Vincent? and her band. They just blew me away. She has a voice that is right there with my favorite, Allision Krauss, and her band smokes! They are going to be the next overnight sensation (after 20+ years) in bluegrass.

[Tim in WV]

Hank Williams SR. ( His kid sucks ass, IMO )

 

Hank III ( at least something good came out of his daddy)

 

The Carter Family

 

Buck Owens and his Buckeroos

 

early Johnny Cash

 

Flatt & Scruggs

 

Hawkshaw Hawkins

 

Patsy Cline

 

Jimmie Rodgers

 

Al Dexter and his Troopers

 

Grandpa Jones

 

Vernon Dalhart

 

all the greats. 98% of the so called country music made today is {censored}.

 

That song "Murder On Music Row" has got it right. There's nothing country about TODAY's "country music" except they all sound retarded with their forced hick fake accents.

 

I do have to say that I think George Strait and Alan Jackson have some class. There are others, but most of them are as country as New York City. Also Tim Mc Graw is a terrible singer ( he's got ONE note ) but he has done wery well with his limitations, he never trys to go beyond what he knows he can sing.

[bonscottvocals]

I love it. Old, new, pop, whatever. Like rock, there's simple stuff to play and tough stuff. Listen to "Hillbillies" by Hot Apple Pie and you'll hear pop and slap bass, but listen to much of Alan Jackson's stuff, and it's simple lines. The same can be said for the differences between "Can't You See" and "One of These Nights" in country rock. The complexity doesn't make a great song - being catchy and enjoyable makes a great song.

[J.]

I echo Detox and Tim in WV's posts.

 

I didn't care for any country until I got a job DJing at a local radio station. Before long I fell completely in love with the genre. My favorite country is from the 40's, 50's and 60's. I like old roots country (back when it was a brand new genre) from folks like Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family, and I love guys like Marty Robbins, Eddy Arnold, Hank Snow, Ernest Tubb, etc who had a bit more polished sound starting in the late forties and going on through the fifties. Everyone knows I'm a diehard Cash fan as well.

 

I don't care for the new stuff at all, and I absolutely hate the fake country twang they sing with (like Tim in WV said). Old country superstars sang naturally and didn't try to twang out if it wasn't in their voice.

[ezstep]

Marty Robbins was The Man!

 

[Mr. Burns voice] Excellent! [/Mr. burns voice]

[Detox]

 

Originally posted by J. I echo Detox and Tim in WV's posts. I didn't care for any country until I got a job DJing at a local radio station. Before long I fell completely in love with the genre. My favorite country is from the 40's, 50's and 60's. I like old roots country (back when it was a brand new genre) from folks like Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family, and I love guys like Marty Robbins, Eddy Arnold, Hank Snow, Ernest Tubb, etc who had a bit more polished sound starting in the late forties and going on through the fifties. Everyone knows I'm a diehard Cash fan as well. I don't care for the new stuff at all, and I absolutely hate the fake country twang they sing with (like Tim in WV said). Old country superstars sang naturally and didn't try to twang out if it wasn't in their voice.

 

 

 

Have you checked this out?

 

http://www.bear-family.de/indexframes/index_english.htm

 

These are great! So far I've got Johnny Cash, Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran at Town Hall Party. THP was a country music TV show. Most of the THPs seem to have been filmed in the '50s. I'll have all of them, eventually.

 

Edit: this is actually a better starting point to check out what they have. The DVD page is where the THP shows are.

 

http://www.bear-family.de/mailorder/index.html?lang=en

[RSBro]

I guess they're not really "country" in the defined terms, but I like:

 

Pat Green

Roger Creager

Robert Earl Keen

Cory Morrow

Kevin Fowler

Jason Boland

Wade Bowen

Bleu Edmondson

Phil Pritchett...

 

and of course, my BOYZ-

 

Cross Canadian Ragweed! Like my singer said last night, "Dude, no matter how much you want them to be, Cross is NOT country!"

 

I can definitely get down on some David Allen Coe, Johnny Cash and some Willie.

[More Cowbell]

cross canadian ragweed is pretty awesome. i like everything, though. so i can appreciate what they do. cool guys.

 

pat green is amazing, as well.

 

i think one of my favorite songwriters is Rodney Crowell, though. I love all his stuff...

[NeonVomit]

Meh country. Not my thing.

 

Then again, there's probably plenty of people here who aren't too excited about the Greek Black Metal scene or think that the Florida Death Metal scene is too pasee

[Bluesman0511]

 

Originally posted by J. I don't care for the new stuff at all, and I absolutely hate the fake country twang they sing with (like Tim in WV said). Old country superstars sang naturally and didn't try to twang out if it wasn't in their voice.

 

 

So how do you feel about Lyle Lovett. In my opinion he is outside the Nashville hit machine and completely original in his approach to his music. He is a native Texan, so you know the drawl is his and not a put on.

[More Cowbell]

I know a lot of people who used to LOATHE country music...and once they actually listened to it, they started to like it. I'll be the first to admit it's an acquired taste for a lot of people, but I guess I was lucky..i got to grow up with it.

 

Country is starting to get a lot more broad now, too..just like anything...a lot of country-rock and alt country is really surfacing as of late.

 

and i still love it all. i think i'm just a fan of music, in general.