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re: When did country die?
Posted on 9/12/25 at 1:51 pm to Fiddler crab
Posted on 9/12/25 at 1:51 pm to Fiddler crab
Good friend of mine has played fiddle for a former big name country star for close to 20 years and just retired a month ago to chase his passion for teaching.
Seeing behind the curtain has been a blast but I can't imagine living the road life.
Seeing behind the curtain has been a blast but I can't imagine living the road life.
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Posted on 9/13/25 at 7:30 pm to GeauxtigersMs36
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Love Chris knight. Also check out Slaid Cleaves.
Man, I heard some Slaid when I lived in Houston.
Posted on 9/13/25 at 7:31 pm to auggie
Obama!
Guy was elected in 2008, but he and his voters derailed country and made them start singing cheesy patriotic songs or Friday nights with a beer and a truck.
This post was edited on 9/13/25 at 7:34 pm
Posted on 9/14/25 at 12:01 am to TheCenLACouyon
It was evolving a bit in the early 2000s but not horrible. Florida Georgia line threw it off the rails.
Early 2000s you still had Kenny Chesney and Brad Paisley making fairly good country music
Even if you listen to Luke Bryan, his first album (before FGL hit the scene) was pretty country sounding, even if pretty cliche.
FGL cruise was the death nell And sent everyone that followed down a different track.
Garth and Shania were still 90% country even if they had a few songs that crossed over.
Early 2000s you still had Kenny Chesney and Brad Paisley making fairly good country music
Even if you listen to Luke Bryan, his first album (before FGL hit the scene) was pretty country sounding, even if pretty cliche.
FGL cruise was the death nell And sent everyone that followed down a different track.
Garth and Shania were still 90% country even if they had a few songs that crossed over.
Posted on 9/15/25 at 2:24 pm to TheCenLACouyon
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I listened to most of the BS you suggested. There's no band simply called Turnpike or Charley on YT.
That's the best laugh I've had lurking here for a good bit.
Posted on 9/16/25 at 9:36 am to SportTiger1
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It was evolving a bit in the early 2000s but not horrible. Florida Georgia line threw it off the rails.
Early 2000s you still had Kenny Chesney and Brad Paisley making fairly good country music
Even if you listen to Luke Bryan, his first album (before FGL hit the scene) was pretty country sounding, even if pretty cliche.
FGL cruise was the death nell And sent everyone that followed down a different track.
Garth and Shania were still 90% country even if they had a few songs that crossed over.
congrats, you're the key demo for shitty corporate country music
Posted on 9/16/25 at 3:24 pm to TheCenLACouyon
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You folks who have a severe difference of opinion don't need to be jerks. It was a simple question to a very personal topic. If you're going to a jerk to every new user I suggest you develop manners first. Bullying someone who's tastes that are finely tuned isn't acceptable. I'm almost 50, I don't appreciate some of your posts. There are times I have very thick skin. But you guys are as immature as the sports dudes. Too quick to ascertain your thought(s). Idk what some of you mean by baw. I'm not ghetto nor backwoods trash. I'm close to leaving this website for a 2nd time, and my last. To those of you who chose to be mature in responding, thank you for not popping off with your rudest opinions.
Can't tell if this is a troll or a dumbass?
Posted on 9/18/25 at 10:46 am to TheCenLACouyon
Don't know when it started to die, but the overuse of Snap & Clap Tracks were the nail in the coffin for Country Music to be played on-air.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 4:49 am to sledgehammer
I said it a while back in another thread but John Rich is a dork.
With everything a President deals with, you really think he was out to get country music? Stop it. That has to be one of the worst takes I’ve ever heard on any topic.
I say this as someone who couldn’t stand Obama.
With everything a President deals with, you really think he was out to get country music? Stop it. That has to be one of the worst takes I’ve ever heard on any topic.
I say this as someone who couldn’t stand Obama.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 5:55 am to King of New Orleans
I discover most new material and artists on Saving Country Music.
The Spotify playlist for "Saving Country Music’s Top 25" is an evolving group of a wide range of new country songs.
For songwriters, the guy who runs the blog is involved in The Hook, a new songwriter showcase program. It's sort of an open mic for writers to demo their song, get some critiques, and hopefully some helpful exposure. The Hook
The Spotify playlist for "Saving Country Music’s Top 25" is an evolving group of a wide range of new country songs.
For songwriters, the guy who runs the blog is involved in The Hook, a new songwriter showcase program. It's sort of an open mic for writers to demo their song, get some critiques, and hopefully some helpful exposure. The Hook
Posted on 9/19/25 at 9:25 am to Twenty 49
Western AF is a similar site that is worth checking out, though it veers pretty far away from "traditional" country as well. They have the added bonus of doig Western AF sessions where they record live versions of their own with artists similar to Tiny Desk or other "in house" recording sessions.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 6:42 pm to TheCenLACouyon
You could argue country is more mainstream today than it's been at any point in the last 40-50 years.
So yes, to many that would mean that "real" country is dead and has been for a while.
So yes, to many that would mean that "real" country is dead and has been for a while.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 7:38 pm to TheCenLACouyon
Zach Top is trying to bringing it back.
Posted on 9/20/25 at 1:57 pm to TheCenLACouyon
You can blame Garth Brooks and Shania Twain for the shite you hear on country radio now. It became less about the music and more about marketing.
Posted on 9/21/25 at 12:49 am to monsterballads
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congrats, you're the key demo for shitty corporate country music
I will join him and say I like a lot of 2000's country, it's what I grew up with so I enjoy it.
I also like old school 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's country, bluegrass, and a lot of stuff by folks like Sturgill, Red Clay Strays, Turnpike, etc
Posted on 9/21/25 at 8:19 am to TheCenLACouyon
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A simple unplugged wooden guitar and a voice without lyrics of drinking, drugs, gambling, honky tonks, etc. Vince Gill was always nice and calming. Willie Nelson is hit or miss. These people playing a metal guitar and a violin can take that bluegrass junk to the mountains where it belongs. We don't listen to that BS in Louisiana!!!!
Hayes Carll
Jesse Daniels
Joe Stamm's solo Album Memoirs
Ben Nicholson - well maybe not the lack of drinking and depression on this one
Mo Pitney
Posted on 9/21/25 at 8:52 pm to GeauxtigersMs36
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Love Chris knight. Also check out Slaid Cleaves.
Good stuff.
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