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coolingitdown wrote:Does the genre still exist? Most "country" bands I see these days are just pop rock bands with twangy vocals and occasionally a pedal steel or mandolin thrown in for good measure.

End of short, non-passionate rant.

Tom Petty said simply in 2007, "What they call country today is just bad rock with a fiddle"

Johnny Cash, Hank Williams Sr, Conway Twitty, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, Carl Perkins and Merle Haggard is TRUE country.

Don't forget Junior Brown!

JakeK wrote:Tom Petty said simply in 2007, "What they call country today is just bad rock with a fiddle"

I agree with Tom Petty, except I think 98.9% of ALL country music is just horrible rock with a fiddle AND annoying vocals.

jimk wrote:

coolingitdown wrote:Does the genre still exist? Most "country" bands I see these days are just pop rock bands with twangy vocals and occasionally a pedal steel or mandolin thrown in for good measure.

End of short, non-passionate rant.

Well yeah, it does. If you consider this lady country, that is

JimK

Yes, Emmylou is country, indeed. She's old school, thankfully. I particularly loved her work with Gram Parsons.

That's just the thing, though. She's not really modern country. She's been doing the same thing all along.

Jake, that quote from Tom Petty perfectly summed up country's state of affairs.

As for the original topic, I certainly wouldn't hesitate to use my 4003 if I landed a country gig. Like Joshua said, that neck pickup won't steer you wrong in that scenario.

rickenbrother wrote:

JakeK wrote:Tom Petty said simply in 2007, "What they call country today is just bad rock with a fiddle"

I agree with Tom Petty, except I think 98.9% of ALL country music is just horrible rock with a fiddle AND annoying vocals.

Take out the fiddle, add Jeff Lynne, and you've got Petty.

JakeK wrote:Johnny Cash, Hank Williams Sr, Conway Twitty, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, Carl Perkins and Merle Haggard is TRUE country.

You gotta have Chet Atkins and Roy Clark in there. And I could live without Conway Twitty, but I'll grant you some latitude.

sloop_john_b wrote:

rickenbrother wrote:

JakeK wrote:Tom Petty said simply in 2007, "What they call country today is just bad rock with a fiddle"

I agree with Tom Petty, except I think 98.9% of ALL country music is just horrible rock with a fiddle AND annoying vocals.

Take out the fiddle, add Jeff Lynne, and you've got Petty.

Hahahaha!

You won't get any grief from me over that comment, but those are fightin' words for most folks around here.

I thought country died with Good Ole Johnny Cash?

FretlessOnly wrote:You gotta have Chet Atkins and Roy Clark in there. And I could live without Conway Twitty, but I'll grant you some latitude.

Ah, yes! How could I forget them, especially Chet? He had that great style of playing guitar that was unique like no other.

When I was young, I was tortured by my Father by making me watch Hee Haw every week! The only bright spot (other than the well endowed young ladies ) was watching Roy Clark pickin'!

teeder wrote:When I was young, I was tortured by my Father by making me watch Hee Haw every week!

Hmm, my mother made me watch Night Gallery!

jps wrote:Hmm, my mother made me watch Night Gallery!

Well, that explains a lot of things!

jps wrote:

teeder wrote:When I was young, I was tortured by my Father by making me watch Hee Haw every week!

Hmm, my mother made me watch Night Gallery!

I think, of the two....Hee Haw was by far, the scarier show!!!!!!


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Having spent much of 2010 living in and playing in Nashville, I can tell you that every conceivable type of country is alive and well. "Traditional" country may not get the same radio time that some folks want, but there's a mess of folks pouring their hearts and souls into that genre.

Personally, I love a lot of different types of country (I strongly dislike others!). Most pop music (be it pop country, pop R n' B, pop rock, etc.), though, is a "watered down" version of what some folks consider the "real deal." That's the history of pop music. Keep in mind that what everyone is saying about Gloriana is the same thing folks said about Johnny Cash and the third wave of country music back in the 50s and 60s. He was popular rubbish back then compared to Roy Acuff.

That's my subjectivist mini rant