Top 3 favorite country artists of all time?

[KingOfBBN]

This is more of a discussion for the old stuff because I hate the new crap. I just want to hear some of your thoughts.

My favorite

1. Waylon Jennings
2. Johnny Cash
3. George Strait

 

[JimmyWa11]

Florida Georgia Line, Luke Bryan, Rascal Flatts

 

[Get Buckets]

Chris Gaines
Chris Gaines
Chris Gaines

 

[KingOfBBN]

Chris Gaines
Chris Gaines
Chris Gaines

He transformed the industry.

 

[maverick1_rivals376538]

1. Bob Ross
2. Claude Monet
3. Thomas Kinkade

 

[Phantom]

1. Waylon
2. Johnny Cash
3. Merle Haggard

 

[KingOfBBN]

1. Waylon
2. Johnny Cash
3. Merle Haggard

How could I have forgotten Merle? AHHH!

 

[akers65]

1. Waylon
2. Johnny Cash
3. Merle Haggard

I seen Merle Haggard in concert at Rupp many many yrs ago. He put on one heck of a show.
Hard to argue against any on your list

 

[Free_Salato_Blue]

1. Bill Monroe
2. Garth Brooks - purely for bringing it main stream
3. Willie Nelson

 

[liveblue92]

Dwight Yoakam (acoustic album is money)
Chris Knight (see both Trailer tapes albums) (from Webster County)

 

[liveblue92]

Florida Georgia Line, Luke Bryan, Rascal Flatts

 

[Free_Salato_Blue]

Dwight Yoakam (acoustic album is money)
Chris Knight (see both Trailer tapes albums) (from Webster County)

If had more to chose Yoakam would be in there.
Alison Krauss for her ability to play a multitude of instruments and a voice of an angel.

 

[liveblue92]

If had more to chose Yoakam would be in there.
Alison Krauss for her ability to play a multitude of instruments and a voice of an angel.

No doubt she is great, I'm mainly going off of what I play in my truck the most. It's down to either that or listening to KSR or other podcasts because the radio is terrible.

 

[maverick1_rivals376538]

How could I have forgotten Merle? AHHH!

It's not hard to overlook someone who's only 5' 2"

 

[GhostVol]

This one is tough. But here goes:

1. Johnny Cash
2. George Jones
3. Merle Haggard

It hurts me to leave off Patsy Cline and Charley Pride tho.

 

[domino79]

Ernest Tubb
George Jones
Hank Williams Sr

 

[Wall2Boogie]

Johnny cash
His garthness
Brad paisley

No love here for dusty chandler or the Dixie chicks?

 

[Wall2Boogie]

Florida Georgia Line, Luke Bryan, Rascal Flatts

Well 2 out of 3 ain't bad. If you wanna see Luke fla/ga line randy houser, and thomas Rhett that trainwreck crashes in the natti in July.

 

[Stonewall12]

Hank Williams jr
George jones
Merl haggard or George strait

 

[BlueRaider22]

George Strait
Brad Paisley
Alabama - technically a group of artists

 

[WalkersGoggles_rivals310859]

Willie and Waylon and the boys. That might have been 4

 

[AustinTXCat]

Johnny Cash
Hank Jr.
George Strait

 

[uk_bill]

1 Cash
2 Jones
3 Yoakam

and Sturgill Simpson is climbing...

 

[wcc31]

I'll keep it modern.

All-time favorite: George Strait

All-time most underrated: Tracy Lawrence

 

[HossCat73_rivals]

1) Merle
2) Hank, Jr.
3) Keith Whitley

 

[420grover]

George Jones
George Strait
Conway Twitty

 

[Festivus Miracle]

1. Jones
2. Haggard
3. Strait

Honorable Mention: Mel Street, Tammy Wynette, Cash, Twitty

Real County Music has been dead for a couple of decades.

 

[Festivus Miracle]

1) Merle
2) Hank, Jr.
3) Keith Whitley

Great call on Keith Whitley. He was no stranger to the pain.

 

[Anon1640710541]

hank jr
george strait
johnny cash

 

[Comebakatz3]

I was wondering when Keith Whitley was going to make someone's list. I am going to go with some oddball picks:

1. Keith Whitley
2. Doug Stone
3. Steve Earle

My current favorites are Jason Eady and Reckless Kelly.

 

[bigblueinsanity_rivals250340]

1 Cash
2 Jones
3 Yoakam

and Sturgill Simpson is climbing...

Sturgill is climbing, and may well end up saving country music. Especially after his rounds at music festivals this summer.

Chris Stapleton is another to watch, although Im not sure country is the best classification for him.

 

[Anon1640710541]

if sturgill simpson is going to "save" country music, they have to let him in first. the industry still calls him "americana" at this point, which is pretty shameful.

 

[KentuckyStout]

1. Hank Sr.
2. Johnny Cash
3. Patsy Cline

 

[catsfanbgky]

Merle Haggard (Epic Hits and More To Come, #1 cd ever)
George Strait and The Ace In The Hole Band
Hank Jr. (old Hank Jr, not the "We Are Young Country" trash. The old pill poppin, Jim Beam drinking Hank.

One CD I wore out, Mark Wills Greatest Hits. "Almost Doesn't Count" top 5 song for me. "Places I've Never Been" and "Back At One" really solid. Oh and "19 Something" cause of the 80's and Roger Staubach references.

Vastly under rated, Vern Gosdin "Chiseled In Stone" damn what a tear jerker, Johnny Paycheck "Don't Take Her She's All I Got", "Butterflies and Babies."

 

[catsfanbgky]

Left out JP's "Old Violin."

 

[starchief]

Great call on Keith Whitley. He was no stranger to the pain.

Did you know Keith Whitley started out as a bluegrass singer? Was a lead singer (along with Ricky Skaggs) with Ralph Stanley.

 

[UKserialkiller]

Kenny Chesney

 

[Festivus Miracle]

Did you know Keith Whitley started out as a bluegrass singer? Was a lead singer (along with Ricky Skaggs) with Ralph Stanley.

I did know this. He was raised just east of Lexington, I believe.

 

[KingOfBBN]

A lot of great stuff here. What the hell happened to this genre? There's some good stuff sprinkled here and there but its been taken over by skinny jeans, flat ironed hair, clean shaven or soul patch guys with fake twangs and female pop singers who think using a fake twang makes you a country singer.

When did it all go wrong?

 

[CatManDoo_rivals376463]

Flatt & Scruggs
Statler Brothers
Jerry Reed