I love the Highway Men song they do! I didn't know about it till a year or so ago. A friend of mine had a Johny Cash album and he said there was this song on it and the first part of it sounded like something I'd say so he had me listen to it. It's a pretty cool song...I think my favorite part is the part Willie Nelson sings on; I just think his voice fits the song perfectly.
It is a great song. And! there is a full album of them
I think so many rock fans hate country music nowadays because the popular stuff on the radio misrepresents the genre. Until just a few years ago I frequently said I hated country, but Ryan Adams tricked me into broadening my horizons. I'm anything but an expert in the genre, but I'm definitely more open-minded than I used to be.
I'd secretly liked the Dixie Chicks since the late nineties, and I started listening to a little Johnny Cash a couple years ago. I love Uncle Tupelo as well as early Wilco and Son Volt (love what they're doing now as well, but you know). Alison Krauss and Union Station are good, though I guess they more specifically fit into the bluegrass category. I haven't hear much or her yet, but I'm planning on checking out Lucinda Williams in the future. I love what I have heard so far.
To those who write off country music as a whole, or any genre for that matter, you might want to think about trying out some of the less mainstream stuff before writing it all off based on Garth Brooks and Kenny Chesney. There's some really intelligent, artistic country music out there.
Johnny Cash
Kasey Chambers
Lyle Lovett
Dixie Chicks
Willie Nelson
Lucinda Williams
Old Crow Medicine Show
Nickel Creek
As noted in several posts above, the fringe of country music is where the real action is for the genre. Most of the radio-friendly stuff sounds a whole lot like pop/rock with a twang.
The artists I listed are the ones that I find really appealing and with something relevant to say in their lyrics/music/worldview.
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Memphis 1994 New Orleans 1995 Fort Lauderdale 1996 Atlanta & Birmingham 1998 New Orleans 2000 Tampa 2003 Kissimmee 2004 New York City (x 2) 2008 East Troy (x 2) 2011 Chicago & New Orleans 2013 Hampton, Raleigh, Boston 2016 Baltimore2020 Louisville 2022 Philadelphia & Baltimore 2024
I disagree with that I mean if you look at some folk artists I guess like bob dylan, ani difranco, even david gray if you'd like to think about him that way, i don't think there is much country about these artists. I even see chris cornell & bernard fanning's solo work as folk. But I guess i'm just a folk lover and I like to see it as a stand out genre of it's own, just depends the way you would like to view genres. I do think there are getting too many sub-genres though but I don't see folk as a new concept at all.
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http://www.wishlistfoundation.org
Oh my, they dropped the leash.
Morgan Freeman/Clint Eastwood 08' for President!
"Make our day"
or Alt-Country
http://www.last.fm/user/merkinball/
spotify:user:merkinball
or Americana
http://www.yourmusic.com/browse/album/19020.html?sendroicid=aa2fad5b-792a-4756-b1a2-ff78b6e15f83&sendroikwd=Album
I'd secretly liked the Dixie Chicks since the late nineties, and I started listening to a little Johnny Cash a couple years ago. I love Uncle Tupelo as well as early Wilco and Son Volt (love what they're doing now as well, but you know). Alison Krauss and Union Station are good, though I guess they more specifically fit into the bluegrass category. I haven't hear much or her yet, but I'm planning on checking out Lucinda Williams in the future. I love what I have heard so far.
To those who write off country music as a whole, or any genre for that matter, you might want to think about trying out some of the less mainstream stuff before writing it all off based on Garth Brooks and Kenny Chesney. There's some really intelligent, artistic country music out there.
Kasey Chambers
Lyle Lovett
Dixie Chicks
Willie Nelson
Lucinda Williams
Old Crow Medicine Show
Nickel Creek
As noted in several posts above, the fringe of country music is where the real action is for the genre. Most of the radio-friendly stuff sounds a whole lot like pop/rock with a twang.
The artists I listed are the ones that I find really appealing and with something relevant to say in their lyrics/music/worldview.
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New Orleans 1995
Fort Lauderdale 1996
Atlanta & Birmingham 1998
New Orleans 2000
Tampa 2003
Kissimmee 2004
New York City (x 2) 2008
East Troy (x 2) 2011
Chicago & New Orleans 2013
Hampton, Raleigh, Boston 2016
Baltimore 2020
Louisville 2022
Philadelphia & Baltimore 2024
outside of that most country is utter rubbish
http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=165191
any chris gaines fans out there? lol
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finally, FUCK TICKETMASTER
I disagree with that I mean if you look at some folk artists I guess like bob dylan, ani difranco, even david gray if you'd like to think about him that way, i don't think there is much country about these artists. I even see chris cornell & bernard fanning's solo work as folk. But I guess i'm just a folk lover and I like to see it as a stand out genre of it's own, just depends the way you would like to view genres. I do think there are getting too many sub-genres though but I don't see folk as a new concept at all.