Flame On...I really like Country Music
 

So after getting XM radio when I bought a new car (see my trip report) I have discovered I really like country. But not just country, Old School Western Country. The only artists in this genre I know are Merl Haggard, Johnny Cash, Willie, Hank Sr., alittle Kenny Rogers, and that about ends it for me. Please peoples, recommend me some good music. I like the soulful almost depressing pure country sound.

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I like the soulful almost depressing pure country sounnd

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I turned 21 in prison
Doing life without parole
No one could steer me right
But mama tried mama tried
Mama tried to raise me better
But her pleading I denied
That leaves only me to blame
Cause mama tried


You can't go wrong with Merle Haggard. He will make a grown man cry.

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So after getting XM radio when I bought a new car (see my trip report) I have discovered I really like country. But not just country, Old School Western Country. The only artists in this genre I know are Merl Haggard, Johnny Cash, Willie, Hank Sr., alittle Kenny Rogers, and that about ends it for me. Please peoples, recommend me some good music. I like the soulful almost depressing pure country sound.

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I don't really like any new "country", but some of the better "newer" stuff is Dwight Yoakam, The Mavericks, The Derailers, Steve Earle, and Jesse Dayton.

For some real old school you might want to try Woody Guthrie (most famous for "This Land Is Your Land", but quite a few lyrics have been deleted in the elementary school version.

craig

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I do too man, don't worry about. Girls love a bit of a twang in your accent anyway.

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Waylon Jennings

Townes Van Zandt (really folk, not country, but everything he did was gold)

Guy Clark (The Essential Guy Clark is a good place to start)

Steve Earle (I'm not sure if he counts as country. I recommend Guitar Town and Train a Comin')

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You know there's another kind of music?

There's Country...

and Western.

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Steve Earle (I'm not sure if he counts as country.

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Why wouldn't he?

craig

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Hank Jr
Older Garth (Unanswered Prayers)
George Jones (He Stopped Loving her Today)
Brooks & Dunn
Kenny Chesney (his slow stuff)
couple Ty Herndon songs

ill go thru the mp3s at some point and come back with a more comprehensive list.

uh... older stuff rules. there's some decent newer stuff among the "pop" crap that's come out lately, but nothing is springing to mind.

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Steve Earle (I'm not sure if he counts as country.

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Why wouldn't he?

craig

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Well, some of his songs could be considered "country," but others are certainly "rock." He also has done bluegrass and pop. I think he's a pretty tough guy to categorize. Is "The Revolution Starts Now" a country song?

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Another guy who is tough to categorize but could be considered country is Jerry Jeff Walker. Check him out.

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Steve Earle (I'm not sure if he counts as country.

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Why wouldn't he?

craig

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Well, some of his songs could be considered "country," but others are certainly "rock." He also has done bluegrass and pop. I think he's a pretty tough guy to categorize. Is "The Revolution Starts Now" a country song?

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Well, I know he is considered "Alt. Country". He is definitely tough to categorize though, as are other "country" singers/bands. Is older Johnny Cash and George Jones country or rockabilly? Also, Steve Earle doesn't have typical modern country lyrics. And is frowned upon by the Toby Keith's of the country world.

I am not familiar with the song you mentioned above.

craig

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Steve Earle (I'm not sure if he counts as country.

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Why wouldn't he?

craig

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Well, some of his songs could be considered "country," but others are certainly "rock." He also has done bluegrass and pop. I think he's a pretty tough guy to categorize. Is "The Revolution Starts Now" a country song?

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Well, I know he is considered "Alt. Country". He is definitely tough to categorize though, as are other "country" singers/bands. Is older Johnny Cash and George Jones country or rockabilly? Also, Steve Earle doesn't have typical modern country lyrics. And is frowned upon by the Toby Keith's of the country world.

I am not familiar with the song you mentioned above.

craig

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Whatever he is he is goddamn brilliant.

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Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, (or check out the Highwaymen, that was a country supergroup with those guys, Kristofferson and JC)... enthusiastic second on the Townes Van Zandt.

Graham Parsons is considered sort of the founder of alt-country, has some interesting stuff.

NT

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Jerry Jeff rules. That is all.

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what's to flame? country music kicks ass - except most of the "pop" country that so-called country radio stations play, off course.

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If those are the ones you like you should also be listening to Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, George Jones... and maybe Shooter Jennings (Waylon's son).

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Another guy who is tough to categorize but could be considered country is Jerry Jeff Walker. Check him out.

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Jerry Jeff Walker is pretty easily categorized as Texas Country, along with Robert Earl Keen, Pat Green, Kevin Fowler, etc.