Real Country music

I'd rather listen to Chipp McCapp than Florida Georgia Line.

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That's a damn good start!

And it gets lost a bit that Waylon was a hell of a guitar picker.

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he's been wearing a bob dylan style sort of bowler hat/cowboy hat combo the last few times i've seen him.

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I guess that's why the statement confused me- I haven't seen him in over ten years, and back then he certainly wasn't wearing a cowboy hat. He certainly didn't in the 90's, and I don't think he did in the 80's either when starting out

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Around the time Hubbard went shirtless and slammed a beer with Florida I started Googling "job opportunities + Presby Hospital."

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NICE!

Being country doesn't require a cowboy hat.
Why does everyone have to pretend like they grew up on the farm in order to make country music?

Billy Joe Shaver never worked on a farm and didn't live a particularly country lifestyle, but you can't get much more authentic than him.

Overcompensatin' suns of beaches.

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Real Country Part 3

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That song makes me cry every time.

Don Williams is greatness.

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He said when the LA hair band scene fell apart in the late 80s/early 90s, all of those producers moved to Nashville. He said those are now the entrenched producers in Nashville. So what you hear now is nothing but Poison with a fiddle.

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Mutt Lange and Shania Twain come to mind.

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it also happened locally. kevin fowler was in an austin heavy metal band in the 90s. had a label and everything. decided to go the hair metal with hayseeds method mentioned earlier. dudes been a "successful" texas country musician ever since.

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I didn't know this about Kevin Fowler. Wow. Kinda calls into question how sincere his country roots are. Given that knowledge, I have a hard time looking at his video of "Panhandle Poorboy" and not wanting to lose my lunch.

There is another guy, Tyrone Vaughan, from Austin that was in a great band that some of you may remember, Breedlove. Fantastic band. It's interesting as he was in rock band and was Tyrone Vaughan Fullerton. So now he's resurfaced and he's now just Tyrone Vaughan, and guess what, that's right. He's a country artist. Still some blues mixed in, but again, how sincere am I supposed to think these guys are.

It's almost as if they are following where the money leads.

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The same thing happened with Aaron Lewis from Staind. Now he sings country music songs about how country he has always been, don't tread on me, 'Merica, etc...

Also, BurnetAggie's links FTW

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The same thing happened with Aaron Lewis from Staind. Now he sings country music songs about how country he has always been, don't tread on me, 'Merica, etc...

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Awful. He absolutely crams as many cliches in as possible. Grew up in New Hampshire, but he's a country boy! LOL.

Ha ha. And he's so damned patriotic, he forgot the words to the SSB.

The dude from Staind sings country?

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The dude from Staind sings country?

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Aaron Lewis - Country Boy


Now, ol' Possum Jones on that video is a little different...

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The dude from Staind sings country?

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Aaron Lewis - Country Boy


Now, ol' Possum Jones on that video is a little different...

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lmao, the whole thing is like a commercial trying to prove it to everyone. "Hey guys, all that stuff before was total BS. I'm so country it hurts! 'Merica! Guns! Trucks!"

The problem, of course, is that mainstream country music fans still eat this up. The dude has two No 1 records! It just boggles my mind that there is not one single shred of skepticism shown to this type of pandering and money grabbing by C&W fans.

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The problem, of course, is that mainstream country music fans still eat this up. The dude has two No 1 records! It just boggles my mind that there is not one single shred of skepticism shown to this type of pandering and money grabbing by C&W fans.

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Every time I hear a bro country song (especially FGL), I change the station. If all of the local ones play that madness, I just turn it off or pop in a CD.

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It doesn't get much better than Don Williams. "You're my best friend", "Some broken hearts never mend", "Lord I hope this day is good" and so many more... If those songs don't hit you hard, I just don't know what to tell you!

Over the past 5 years or so, and the older I get, the more I love Don Williams.

Don Williams voice is straight up sex

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Real Country Music Part 5

Okay, so at first glimpse, this is a parody, right? Or is it?





But these two have 10 million views between them and reading comments, I think there are some folks that really do like this.

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Yes, those are parodies, but somehow this one is real and serious:

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A girl I'm involved with on and off is a huge old-school country music fan and this thread makes me smile cause it reminds me of her rants.

We've gone to a couple of shows of up and coming country bands/artists, but the one show that stood out to me was Nikki Lane's at the Continental Club in Houston this summer. She had a beautiful voice and her songs were certainly not in line with the seemingly *******ized stuff in the mainstream. She also was down to earth, genuine and very easy on the eyes. I'd recommend checking out some of her stuff.

When it comes to classic female vocalist she one of the best all time.

So only country music recorded 30+ years ago is real? Come on.

It should be noted that Johnny Cash was not considered a county purist in his day. We look back now and say of course it's country because we grew up with it but Ring Of Fire is not a classic country tune.

Make no mistake. I'm not defending bro country. Just trying to add some perspective.

Outside George Strait not many great country artist that are out there this past decade. Even then George got his start in the late 70's.

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So only country music recorded 30+ years ago is real? Come on.

It should be noted that Johnny Cash was not considered a county purist in his day. We look back now and say of course it's country because we grew up with it but Ring Of Fire is not a classic country tune.

Make no mistake. I'm not defending bro country. Just trying to add some perspective.

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who is the "we" in your post referring to? the johnny cash part of your post makes me laugh.

you miss the entire point of this thread if your takeaway is that only country recorded prior to 1984 is real country.

Problem number one is the idea these jokers think they can write songs.

Meh, probably no worse than me jamming to Limp Bizkit in college.