Do you like country music?

[OrangeJerseys]

Matt the Electrician.

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Not the old stuff...

[scOtt]

Have I mentioned John Hartford?


I've given Glen a lot of crap on the intarwebs about the "Death of Country Music" and Rhinestone Cowboy... He doe deserve some credit as well!

[scOtt]

And nobody doubts that Glen had GREAT taste in mistresses!

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Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris

[scOtt]

I'm really just glomming off myself here.. but I'm REALLY tripping on this... on more levels than most all y'all can even understand...



Only 12x5 hours til I debut THIS CAST


down Lake Anna...






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A nice take on one of her standards.

[24fps]

I keep coming back to Mark Knopfler these days...

[TakebackOPACY]

I keep coming back to Mark Knopfler these days...

No worries. I keep wanting to post Dire Straits' Romeo & Juliet.

You've done a great job of posting plenty of good country music for those of us who are open to it but who would rarely or never turn on a froggy station.

[olehippi]

The Carolina Chocolate Drops……eclectic jug band bluegrass country music at its best. And if you ever get the chance to see them perform live, just do it

[blwalt17]

It doesn't get much better than hank Williams sr.

I prefer the outlaw stuff myself.

[pinkfloydrayford]

I agree with what most have said. I can't stand today's country music. Bands like Rascal Flats are just pop music with country instruments.

That being said, I love real country music. Gram Parsons is one of my favorite artists. His work with the Flying Burrito Brothers, The Byrds, and his solo stuff is some of the best music I own. I also would recommend checking out Justin Townes Earle. He's relatively new on the scene, but his music is just downright amazing. Put on his first album "The Good Life" and it's like being transported back in time listening to country music on your grandparents old time radio.

Thank you, good sir, for the only mention of Gram Parsons in this entire thread. Nobody's mentioned Rodney Crowell,
either.

[Goop]

Thank you, good sir, for the only mention of Gram Parsons in this entire thread. Nobody's mentioned Rodney Crowell,
either.

My pleasure dude. Like I said, I absolutely love Gram Parsons and it's a shame he isn't recognized as the true musical legend that he is.

[Goop]

Has anyone gotten the new Old Crow Medicine Show album yet? If not, do yourself a favor and grab it. It's absolutely fantastic.

[olehippi]

False sentiment in music is a deal-killer for me and country music is certainly no stranger to commercial manipulation and outright phoniness. But country also allows songwriters, especially male songwriters, to express themselves in ways that other genres don't and when done right, it's very powerful.

As a sometimes, wannabe, ain't good enough, male country songwriter, I think your statement is incredibly insightful. As a songwriter, I express things in my songs that I would otherwise never say. I think this is what makes country music, both old and modern, somewhat special.