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Whoever wrote that article obviously hadn't listened to either Pat or Cory. It was the flood of people that came afterwards that were cliche.

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Not everyone was impressed. The reviewers from the alternative-weekly magazines began slamming GreenRob Patterson went so far as to equate his rabid audiences with the crowds at Nuremberg ralliesbut that was probably to be expected.

What was surprising was that some older Texas musicians got in on the act. Robert Earl Keen told Patterson that he felt ambivalent about having inspired Green and the new group of singers like him. Charlie Robison, the popular 37-year-old country singer from Bandera (and husband of Dixie Chick banjoist Emily Robison) bluntly told the Austin Chronicle that Green's music was not for "educated people or real music fans." On his Web site, charlierobison.com, Robison also went after the entire new breed of Texas musicians. "I have problems with the current endless crop of people who pick up a guitar and a week later have twenty songs about Texas, Texas, Texas, beer, beer, beer, tacos, tacos, Guadalupe, Gruene Hall, UT, UT, A&M, A&M, etc.," he wrote. "This is whoring a music I hold dear. If you ranch this land, grew up ranching it, and your family fought for its independence, as my family and I have done for 150 years, then you too would be insulted by people who take advantage of the Texas name and flag for financial gain."

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SanAntoneAg said:

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Just say no to Pat Green.

Page two and no mention of Billy Joe Shaver. Blasphemy.

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TXAG 05 said:

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Charlie Robison's quote is dead on what I said about all the guys that sprang up right after Pat made it big.

Go back and listen to the old albums. There is a lot of good stuff there and none of it fits the let's go get drunk and party stuff that they get associated with. Cory gets a little silly with stuff like Big City Stripper, but redeems himself with the Outside the Lines album which is solid from front to back.

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BiggiesLX said:

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TXAG 05 said:

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Charlie Robison's quote is dead on what I said about all the guys that sprang up right after Pat made it big.

Go back and listen to the old albums. There is a lot of good stuff there and none of it fits the let's go get drunk and party stuff that they get associated with. Cory gets a little silly with stuff like Big City Stripper, but redeems himself with the Outside the Lines album which is solid from front to back.

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Thats why I appreciate Steve Earle's style, he can be in the gutter like Townes was or jam out to get his fans going. I dont think he ever talked too much **** about his peers either.

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Some don't understand the difference between Texas County and artists that are also FROM Texas.

It's not a slam on them, its more of a generational thing.

I was in a staff meeting at one of the local radio stations in BCS once and they'd hired a consultant/expert to tell them what they needed to do. They.Paid.A Lot.Of.Money. for this guy. & he had no clue was Texas Country was.

He said, "you mean like George Strait, Clint Black, those guys?" No. So, it's difficult for some to "Get it".

George Strait, George Jones, Bob Wills, Willie Nelson are all from Texas but they are not "Texas Country".

Side note: I told the radio station then that they needed to lean heavily into Texas Country/Red Dirt and far less Nashville. But what did I know? I'd only lived in BCS 20yrs at that point and lived amongst the natives. I couldn't possibly know what I was talking about.........since then a full time Texas Country Red Dirt station has popped up because there was definitely a void to fill.

Mine on Rushmore:

Pat Green
Roger Creager
Ragweed
Charlie Robison

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BiggiesLX said:

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TXAG 05 said:

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Charlie Robison's quote is dead on what I said about all the guys that sprang up right after Pat made it big.

Go back and listen to the old albums. There is a lot of good stuff there and none of it fits the let's go get drunk and party stuff that they get associated with. Cory gets a little silly with stuff like Big City Stripper, but redeems himself with the Outside the Lines album which is solid from front to back.

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Nightmare is a great Pat song and explains his musical inspiration. ****, Robison had a bunch of cheesy songs in Barlight, life of the party, and even REK's Copenhagen and Buckin song are cheesy. I'd assume these guys are pretty competitive and lose sight in sharing fans so words get thrown around.

Thats why I appreciate Steve Earle's style, he can be in the gutter like Townes was or jam out to get his fans going. I dont think he ever talked too much **** about his peers either.

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