What happened to country music? A vent.

[nannerbadnanner]

I loved in Nashville once.

At least it's a funny typo!

An attorney I used to know represented someone against David Alan Coe in a lawsuit and won a judgment. This was before he was famous. Anyway, everytime they contacted Mr. Coe to settle, he cursed them for everything they were worth. Well, one morning on the way to work, the attorney was listening to the radio when they announced a "new hit single" by David Alan Coe. He said he ran to the office to grab a copy of the judgment and then headed straight to ASCAP to put a lien on his royalties (you can't do this anymore, but you could at the time). He said about two days later, he received the sweetest call from Mr. Coe who was suddenly ready to settle. When he told him no, he said he was once again cursed for everything he was worth. I just think it's funny that his first royalty check went to pay back a lawsuit. I think it would make a great country song!

 

[pperfectmom]

I absolutely loath mainstream country music, but love country music. If it plays on commercial radio I hate it, but I still listen to Billy Joe Shaver, Robert Earl Keen, Emmylou, OCMS(my favorite band of course! ), Hank III, Yonder Mt. String Band, James McMurtry and many others. Good country is still out there, you just have to look for it.

 

[WI_DisneyFan]

I like most of it... I love old Hank, Strait... Garth, Travis Tritt, and newcomers like Darius Rucker, Brad Paisly and even Taylor Swift. Some bring pop or rock to it (like Kid Rock) but I actually like it all

Wait... Hootie is singing country music now?!? (And yes, I know he wasn't technically "Hootie", but I always refer to him as that.)

 

[ClarabelleCowFan]

Wait... Hootie is singing country music now?!? (And yes, I know he wasn't technically "Hootie", but I always refer to him as that.)

Bret Michaels (of Poison) made a stab at country music too. He sounded great but every concert he did would be packed with Poison fans screaming for him to play those songs.

 

[GenieCat]

... Of course then there are the Eagles who are country rock. I love them too.

http://eaglesband.com/tour.php

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They are currently on tour. Their live shows are nothing anywhere close to the wooden performance they turned in on the CMA, after losing the vocal group award to the ubiquitous repeat winner in this category.

However, in response to the OP, the Eagles certainly cannot be labeled as "Country" by the same narrow definition as the AM Country Stations that our parents listened to in the 1960's. Times change, and commercialism follows the demographics. If that's your preference, newer versions of George, Faron and Porter probably are not going to make a reappearance anytime soon on main stream radio.

You might try searching http://www.live365.com for "classic country".

 

[RadioNate]

Haven't read the whole thread, but here's my response...

What we saw on the ACMs was what DH and I call "Nashville Country". We lived in Texas for about 4-5 years and during that time we realized there were two different kinds of country music. Texas Country and Nashville Country. Pat Greene was a GREAT example of Texas Country before he made it big OUTSIDE of Texas. Songs like "I GAve Up on Nashville". I miss the OLD Pat Green.

I haven't listened in a long time but 99.5 The Wolf out of Dallas was a great station and they used to have it so you could listen online. You could google it and give that a try. It really was a great station with a good mix of old and new stuff.

It is amazing that people like Kid Rock are making songs that show up on country radio, but it is nice to be able to hear something other than R&B on the radio.

I absolutely loath mainstream country music, but love country music. If it plays on commercial radio I hate it, but I still listen to Billy Joe Shaver, Robert Earl Keen, Emmylou, OCMS(my favorite band of course! ), Hank III, Yonder Mt. String Band, James McMurtry and many others. Good country is still out there, you just have to look for it.

I didn't really want to bump this up but I wanted to say that I agree. The problem isn't country music, it is that you are listening to the wrong country music. There is a HUGE country music scene that isn't coming out of Nashville. Texas Country, Outlaw Country, Americana, even things like Roots Rock have more of a 'classic country' feel than what is currently coming out of Nashville.

Pat Green and Jack Ingram may be the 2 most well known outside of Texas (and maybe Oklahoma) but there are a host of other artists with really big followings.

Trent Willmon
Roger Creager
Wade Bowen
Stoney LaRue
Cory Morrow
Kevin Fowler
Randy Rodgers
Mickey and the Motorcars
Mark McKinney
The Pear Ratz
Jason Boland and the Stranglers
Highspeed Hayride
Reckless Kelly
Bleu Edmonson Band

even more mainstream artists like Cross Canadian Ragweed, Shooter Jennings, Charlie Robinson and Robert Earl Keen are still putting out more traditional country albums.

Outside of Nashville there is a huge, very popular, country music scene.

 

[daisax]

Wait... Hootie is singing country music now?!? (And yes, I know he wasn't technically "Hootie", but I always refer to him as that.)

Yes, he had the #1 country song this Fall.

I saw him on the Chelsea Lately show last week and he was funny -- she asked if people call him Hootie and does it bother him, and he said it used to, now he's just happy that they call him anything.

I love his voice and I don't know if he wrote his hit, but it was a good one, and he's got another one just released.