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[woof woof !]

First off, I've gotta say that back in my youth (the 60's) , country music was something you took the p'iss out of, only yer mum/dad listened to that sh'it. Just too much syrup .

Maybe it was a question of age 'cause as I got older I found myself actually listening to some of the stuff. Maybe it's because "Country Music" moved on and grew up (along with me ) It's not like I listen to the old sh'ite, but as I got older I began to appreciate that country music was no longer just simple melodies and sentimental lyrics.

Anyways, not claiming to be an expert but there's some good stuff out there, maybe some of you lot can turn me on to even more.

I like stuff like this  .

Keith Urban

[account deleted by request]

Like you I have always been a little embarressed about liking a little country music. I always liked Olivia Newton John, but I think that was more youthful lust than her music. Of the rest I think I liked Kenny Rogers the best, mainly because I didn't realise he was a country singer at the time.

[Kash_Mountain]

You guys must be getting old    only messing.

I just can't get on with country music- makes me think of line dancing and cowboy hats- not that there anything wrong with those things.

[JoeTerp]

Country music, as in that crossover type stuff that Kenny Chesney pumps out is meant for 15 year old suburban girls that want to dress up in jean skirts and cowboy boots and hats.

Not a bad style for girls that are of legal age though:



either way the main stream music is sh.ite

[woof woof !]

You guys must be getting old    only messing.

I just can't get on with country music- makes me think of line dancing and cowboy hats- not that there anything wrong with those things.

I'd wear a cowboy hat and go line dancing with this girl anyday of the week , if she'd have me .



you don't impress me much

[112-1077774096]

i grew up listening to it, my parents like it, i quite like it also

[Bad Bob]

Shania's a stunner but I can't be bothered with her music.  That goes for most everything that falls into the country music genre.  The only real country musician I've ever really liked is Emmylou Harris.  Two of my faves of hers:

If I Needed You (This one's with Steve Earle but the version with Don Williams is better)

Pancho and Lefty.

Other than that, there are quite a few Canadian artists that skirt the edge of country that I quite like: Cowboy Junkies, Blue Rodeo, Great Lake Swimmers...all worth a listen.

[woof woof !]

Emmylou's a legend Bob. Her "Wreckin Ball" album took "country" music to another level.

All my Tears - from wreckin' ball

[account deleted by request]

You cant call it real country music unless there are a couple of deaths in the song ode to billy joe

[JoeTerp]

JoeTerp's Country Playlist (condensed Newkit Version)

[JoeTerp]

Plus this song


Late one morning I just packed my things
Burned all my bills and I hopped on a plane
I told the cops and the bankers goodbye
They said "Don't let us catch you, you owe us your life"

Well the plane was headed east and so I was
Bound for Tennessee to outrun the fuzz
They found me in a day or two
Now I'm flat busted in jail fightin' the Nashville Blues

Chorus
I like George Jones, Willie and Waylon
I think Kris and Merle are songwriting saviors
Townes Van Zandt, he died to soon
But now he's up there with Hank
And they're both fightin' the Nashville Blues

Well the songwriting's left up to old hillbillies
Hippies and rednecks and girls like Miss Emmylou
I'm too young to have a point of view
But I just want to be a part of fightin' the Nashville Blues
Fightin' the Nashville Blues

Chorus
Fightin' the Nashville Blues ain't fun no
It takes it's toll upon your mind
But all the great ones have been there too
And they're all fightin' the Nashville Blues
Fightin' the Nashville Blues

Well I moved back to Austin to try to make a living
But it ain't been so easy with those hill country women
And i'm stuck inside of this 8x12 room
And my throat's a scratchin' from the cigarettes and booze

And my face in wrinklin' and my mind's a strayin'
And I get on my knees and I get to prayin'
But my hands are worn like the soles of my shoes
And the Lord only knows I'm just fightin' the Nashville Blues

Chorus
I like Johnny Cash, Willie and Waylon
I think Chris and Merle are songwriting saviors
And old Keith Whitley he died to soon
But now he's up there with Hank
And they're both fightin' the Nashville Blues

[woof woof !]

JoeTerp's Country Playlist (condensed Newkit Version)

F'uckin' hell Joe ! can't you just type it in ?

Was hopin' from some input from you and other American cousins in this thread but can't be doing with "links" especially when they don't work for me   

[GYBS]

Garth Brooks

Prob the only country song i like

[NANNY RED]

You cant beat a bit of Patsy Cline. I still listen to her even now

[JoeTerp]

OCMS - Wagon Wheel
Ring of Fire
I walk the Line
Pat Green - George's Bar
Wade Bowen - Walkin Shoes
Alabma - Born Country
Cross Canadian Ragweed - Alabma
Alabama- Song of the South
Robert Earle Keen - The Road Goes on Forever
Alan Jackson - Drive
Hank Williams Jr. - Family Tradition
John Denver - Thank God I'm a Country Boy
John Denver - Country Roads

Geroge Jones - Why Baby Why
George Strait - Nobody in His Right Mind Would Have Left Her
Townes Van Zandt - To live is to fly
Merle Haggard - Seven Spanish Angels
Merle Haggard - Branded Man
YMSB - At the End of the Day
YMSB - Pride of Alabama
John Pride - Paradise
Soggy Bottom Boys - Man of Constant Sorrow
Glen Campbell - Witchita Lineman
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
CCR - Cotton Fields
CCR- Heard it through the grapevie
Pat Green and Cory Morrow - Songs about Texas
Garth Brooks - Callin' Baton Rouge
Travis Tritt- Best of Intentions