I'm talking about artists today not guys from back in the day. Who has kept it reAl in country music?
What country music stars have stayed true to the art form?
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If you hate it so much, why listen to it? I hate classical music, but I don't sit and listen to it so I can bash it more
Jamey Johnson is probably on eof the only ones that is actually on some mainstream country radio, but even that was pretty short-lived.
There are plenty of them out there that are doing a great job singing real country music, but unfortunately they will never really be mainstream.
Country has always had some songs that were different. They were more upbeat and fun and sometimes goofy. A Boy Named Sue can somewhat be an example of this. However, those songs were not the norm. They were just changes of pace. The norm was Ring of Fire, I Walk the Line, Sunday Morning Coming Down, and Man In Black. They were serious songs with feeling and with a message. Now those serious songs are rarely heard on country radio and the upbeat fun songs are the norm. There have been some excellent real country songs over the past decade, but just way too much of what we are exposed to is bro country.
By the way, I give you Jason Eady:
There are plenty of them out there that are doing a great job singing real country music, but unfortunately they will never really be mainstream.
Country has always had some songs that were different. They were more upbeat and fun and sometimes goofy. A Boy Named Sue can somewhat be an example of this. However, those songs were not the norm. They were just changes of pace. The norm was Ring of Fire, I Walk the Line, Sunday Morning Coming Down, and Man In Black. They were serious songs with feeling and with a message. Now those serious songs are rarely heard on country radio and the upbeat fun songs are the norm. There have been some excellent real country songs over the past decade, but just way too much of what we are exposed to is bro country.
By the way, I give you Jason Eady:
I guess shouting lyrics about stalking, raping, torture, necrophilia, serial killers, satanism and warfare etc...should be the music for everyone? A whole genre whose success rests on lyrics and cover albums that offend and shock.
What about "Cry Pretty"? Really not happy that song and album are not available on Spotify.
Now, this is songwriting.
"I stand on the hill, not for a thrill,
but for the breath of a fresh kill.
Never mind the man who contemplates,
doin' away with license plates.
He stands alone, anyhow, bakin' the cookies of discontent,
by the heat of the laundromat vent.
Leavin' his soul...
Leavin' his soul and partin' the waters,
of the medulla oblongata of -brrr- mankind!"
"I stand on the hill, not for a thrill,
but for the breath of a fresh kill.
Never mind the man who contemplates,
doin' away with license plates.
He stands alone, anyhow, bakin' the cookies of discontent,
by the heat of the laundromat vent.
Leavin' his soul...
Leavin' his soul and partin' the waters,
of the medulla oblongata of -brrr- mankind!"
Yep, he is really good. Whiskey and You is one of the better country songs I have heard in a long damn time.
Do you like Charlie Robson? He has some great stuff also.
I am not sure that I have heard a lot of his stuff. Just listened to "My Hometown" and I know I have heard it before, but I am not sure when I came across it. I start to listen to stuff like Eady or Darrell Scott on Youtube and continue to click on the suggestions and wind up pretty deep and finding some great stuff. Robison sounds like he has some pretty good stuff. Thanks for bringing him back to my attention.
Yep, he is really good. Whiskey and You is one of the better country songs I have heard in a long damn time.
Do you like Charlie Robson? He has some great stuff also.
Listen to El Cerrito Place and Sunset Boulevard (the live version)
Huge Sturgill and Isbell fan. Seeing my third Sturgill show at the Ryman, on Halloween.
Right up there with them for me is Chris Stapleton. He may have the best voice in country music. Was also lead singer for a bluegrass band called the Steeldrivers.
Others...
Hayes Carll
Jamey Johnson
Corb Lund
Cody Jinks
The Turnpike Troubadours
Whitey Morgan and the 78's
The people in charge in Nashville should be ashamed for the garbage they've unleashed on a clearly dimwitted public.
Right up there with them for me is Chris Stapleton. He may have the best voice in country music. Was also lead singer for a bluegrass band called the Steeldrivers.
Others...
Hayes Carll
Jamey Johnson
Corb Lund
Cody Jinks
The Turnpike Troubadours
Whitey Morgan and the 78's
The people in charge in Nashville should be ashamed for the garbage they've unleashed on a clearly dimwitted public.
"I know your definition consists of artists that might sell out a Drury Inn conference room, which is fine."
The TRUE country music awards take place at the americana awards every year on whatever obscure station it comes on.
Country isn't dead, you just have to dig. If you are about the song and love the music, that's what you have to do, im afraid. I have recommended sirius outlaw country for a decade to get the REAL.
would willie and George's talent be enough to get them on mainstream country radio today? Mainstream country radio long tried to please two completely different audiences. Young women and the whiskey soaked middle aged guy with too much life experience. It's hard to argue with the success the metrosexuals and pop groups with their meaningless songs have had. Its about the money. Too bad about the SOUL of the music.
The TRUE country music awards take place at the americana awards every year on whatever obscure station it comes on.
Country isn't dead, you just have to dig. If you are about the song and love the music, that's what you have to do, im afraid. I have recommended sirius outlaw country for a decade to get the REAL.
would willie and George's talent be enough to get them on mainstream country radio today? Mainstream country radio long tried to please two completely different audiences. Young women and the whiskey soaked middle aged guy with too much life experience. It's hard to argue with the success the metrosexuals and pop groups with their meaningless songs have had. Its about the money. Too bad about the SOUL of the music.
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