Is REAL Country Dead?

To me, Garth Brooks isn't even Country. I find that era of 'Country Music' to be too 'pop like'



I agree.

I grew up listening to my grandmothers country records. Conway Twitty, Jim Reeves, Patsy Cline, Johny Cash and many others of their time. Now THAT was and is still Country Music in my eyes.

What is the country ? We can't assume that gerne of music.
Now The concept of the Gerne is just tools for viewing convenient.
Although a lot of country was changed, does not differ greatly from old.

I did a research paper on the genre of country music, the trend of late 80's/early 90's country was a response to the movie "Urban Cowboy," which caused country music and ideals to become popular. This was the first time country music basically took popular music and added some steel guitar. The result is now called "Modern Country". I'd say everything past '85 falls into the modern country bracket, including Garth Brooks and Clint Black, and what most people on this board probably consider real country.

Real country music literally pre-dates 1984, at least by music industry standards. If you want to listen to the old style song form, you can find it in Americana, Folk, and Bluegrass.

Hank Snow
Johnny Cash
Hank Williams SENIOR

Props.

I remember the "Old Country" music where if you played the song backwards, their woman would come back, their dog would still be alive, their truck would be running, and they'd still have a job.

J.R.

country hasn't been the same since western came along...
...or is it vise a versa

Classic Movie Line #5

Having recently bought the Pistol Annies album and the latest Kellie Pickler album I can report that real country is definitely not dead.

I dunno, I heard these two for the first time at the Grammys, and fell in love. I think they're more bluegrass, though. They are wonderful!

I like it.

I was on a classic country kick lately, taking a hiatus out of early 80s hardcore

This is one of my favorite gems from that era:




The Civil Wars are good though, and if you like them you might also enjoy The Dead Weather (The album Horehound to be specific) and Scott H. Biram.

Blues Brothers at bob's country bunker
"that aint no hank williams song"

Not that they are particularly "country", but I've been researching Ronnie Van Zant and Lynyrd Skynyrd......who can beat the sound of Southern rock............DUDE!!!!!!!!

I think Southern Rock is quite country anyway. It's good to have a little rock in your country.

I'm a little obsessed with this guy at the moment, he's sort of southern rock/country.

OMG! That's "Lindsy McDonald" from Angel ! Cool.

I know! That's how I found out about him - he sang on the show, I did some quick internet stalkering and hey presto, FAN! (That was about 7/8 years ago, but he's in a new show now which he performed on and I got back into him).

It does help that he is sex on legs though