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Been listening to this stuff since the early 70's and have no interest in looking for new stuff. Most of my playlist will make my friends want to jump out of a moving vehicle but I love it. Old country is an acquired taste but when you get it you get it. My favorite stuff is the 60's,70's & 80's.
Beyonce's woke revisionist history about not being accepted by country fans cuz she's black kinda falls apart when you go back&look at Real country music's black pioneer.First off, I will say I respect her talent immensely but country ain't Beyoncé.
I'm not even a country music fan but good grief, that shit sounds like a hip-hop production with plenty of "Woooo's", "Chooo's" & a pretend country draw on 3 or 4 words.
Is it a wonder country musicians ain't handing out a warm and fuzzy welcome to her?
What's all y'alls take on this?![]()
Great picks. Listen to them quite a bit on Pandora. Along with the following:
Creed has blown up the last couple of years. Nice man, shot the breeze with him before a show in McKinney TX a few months back. Told him I was from SoCal and asked him to play “Don’t California my Texas.” He laughed and shook my hand.Great picks. Listen to them quite a bit on Pandora. Along with the following:
Ryan Bingham
Brent Cobb
Zach Bryan
Creed Fisher
Chris Knight
Uncle Lucius
Guy Clark
Ray Wylie Hubbard
I'm trying to get to where you're at, too, lol. After all, most of the oldschool artists we enjoy, whether that's country, punk or rock, will no longer be with us within the next 5-10 years, and I too enjpy live music.There’s a ton of newer “old sounding” country out there, but little of it is on the radio. I love the old stuff (Johnny, George, Hank, Waylon, Lefty, Merle), but I find myself listening to newer artists that I can see live. If you like the old sounding stuff, check out these newer guys:
Colter Wall, Whitey Morgan, Jeremy Pinnell, Jesse Daniel, Vince Neil Emerson, Ellis Bullard, Jason James, Tyler Childers, and Sturgill Simpson/Sunday Valley (my personal favorite of all these guys).
I’ve seen most in small venues.
Agree on Colter as far as his early stuff. He said it himself, he forced his voice.I'm trying to get to where you're at, too, lol. After all, most of the oldschool artists we enjoy, whether that's country, punk or rock, will no longer be with us within the next 5-10 years, and I too enjpy live music.
I like Sturgill that you posted up and will check out the others. I can't get on the Colter Wall wagon though, his voice to me sounds too gimmicky. Just sing, dude.
I feel like Midland might be an option for you. They get no play on country radio (at least the one in the inland empire called kfrog) but I think their songwriting is great and they catch the feel of older artists.Here’s my take on it. I wanna embrace new country music, but nothing seems to stick. So, on the train ride home tonight I listened to Cody Jenks, Tyler Childres and Lainey Wilson.
After listening to all 3 it struck me – there’s no creativity in the lyrics.
I thought they all had the great, oldschool country sound, but most of their songs start with “I” and revolve around some life event they had to overcome. They sing the same song, using the same words and cliché’s, but in different order. In most every song. And no, that’s not every country song ever written; there’s a difference.
I don’t get it, why do all the new country stars need to prove themselves through stories of hardship over and over again? It’s boring. That formula may have worked in the 60-80’s, but it’s simply not believable in 2024.
Tyler Childres - I liked his music better. Same as Wilson. But another pet peeve of mine is that labored country twang. Nobody sang like that before Reba splashed on the scene. Dolly talks like that, but she doesn’t sing like that. Tammy, Patsy, and Wynona didn’t do it, either.
Gone from today’s lyrics is simple storytelling. Songs like Jolene, El Paso, Country Bumpkin, City of New Orleans, Don’t Take the Girl, He Stopped Loving Her Today…where are they?
Somebody please send a memo to Nashville that we get it; you’re country and you survived the great recession…you drove a Ford…and you got a ticket for talking on your cell while driving that Ford. But PLEASE, stop singing about it. Branch out and tell some stories.
And stop trying to write anthems that will become mega selling hits. Most ginormous anthems are the result of happenstance and did not achieve success thru design.
But to each his own; all good.![]()
I have Purgatory as a single, i'll check out more at home
Wait in the truck is a Sledgehammer.Dont care what anyone says.. Lainey Wilson is killing it!! Beautiful voice and is straight up country!! Jmo
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I keep hearing it on a local LHC station.......which is not a country station btw![]()
#CHARLIEPRIDE
Thanks, I'll give him another listen, I like his songs.Agree on Colter as far as his early stuff. He said it himself, he forced his voice.
His newer stuff is much better, imo, but more cowboy music than country per say.
Try Ellis Bullard. More outlaw meets honky tonk. Think Waylon, Dwight, with a little Sturgill and Colter mixed in. Only been around a couple of years, and still quite underground.
Also, check out Sturgill’s first band, Sunday Valley. Punked out country and simply incredible stuff.
Crossing the desert listening to the Country stations it was all dudes & Bakersfield garage bands.I like country music but just can’t handle the lyrics. It’s just brutal. I don't have time to explain, I have to go get some beer for my horses.
I have Purgatory as a single, i'll check out more at home
Just realized I have Whitehouse Road too, I need to check out the rest
She is the exception and I was going to state so in my post, good catch . I only meant the forced twang on Wilson, I wrote it poorly.A couple of my favorite Childers songs are "Feathered Indians" and "I'm all Your'n." I don't think his twang is forced. He's from the same area as Loretta Lynn, who had plenty of twang.
So what your saying is Blink182 are the new Dead Kennedy's ?Funny what everyone’s opinion of what real country is. Country music originated from black folk music from
slaves and share croppers. Yes everyone wants to embrace this ideology that real country is from guys like Hank, Merle, Willie and DAC. When in reality it’s just one era of country as it’s progressed and changed over the years.
My cousin is a music historian and worked for the Library of Congress and a member of the Grand Old Opry. It’s always interesting at holidays to listen him talk and play music. Our ideas and concept of where country music came from are way off from reality.![]()
Funny what everyone’s opinion of what real country is. Country music originated from black folk music from
slaves and share croppers. Yes everyone wants to embrace this ideology that real country is from guys like Hank, Merle, Willie and DAC. When in reality it’s just one era of country as it’s progressed and changed over the years.
My cousin is a music historian and worked for the Library of Congress and a member of the Grand Old Opry. It’s always interesting at holidays to listen him talk and play music. Our ideas and concept of where country music came from are way off from reality.![]()
Where does "Soul" fit into this equation? I'm far from any expertise on music history. So much so that even though I listened to Reggae a lot I was still surprised to learn Bob Marley was half white.I don't know if it's fair to say that it originated soley from black folk music. I've been to the alleged "birthplace of country music" in Bristol, VA and they argue that it's a blend of black folk music and Appalachian folk music. Your cousin doesn't mention the Scots-Irish mountain heritage involved also? That surprises me.
I don't know if it's fair to say that it originated soley from black folk music. I've been to the alleged "birthplace of country music" in Bristol, VA and they argue that it's a blend of black folk music and Appalachian folk music. Your cousin doesn't mention the Scots-Irish mountain heritage involved also? That surprises me.
Where does "Soul" fit into this equation? I'm far from any expertise on music history. So much so that even though I listened to Reggae a lot I was still surprised to learn Bob Marley was half white.![]()
I don't know if it's fair to say that it originated soley from black folk music. I've been to the alleged "birthplace of country music" in Bristol, VA and they argue that it's a blend of black folk music and Appalachian folk music. Your cousin doesn't mention the Scots-Irish mountain heritage involved also? That surprises me.
Nobody's debating the origin I've never thought it came from the 70's. Just like Led Zeppelin didn't create it but it's definitely rock & roll and in a class all it's own.You’re 100 percent correct on the origins. My point was people think real country music came from the 70/80’s. That was just another progression of the music.
Nobody's debating the origin I've never thought it came from the 70's. Just like Led Zeppelin didn't create it but it's definitely rock & roll and in a class all it's own.