Flame On...I really like Country Music

[Jeebus]

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.

[jesusarenque]

check out www.musicplasma.com

[Alobar]

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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.

[craig r]

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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

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

[jesusarenque]

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')

[diebitter]

You know there's another kind of music?

There's Country...

and Western.

[craig r]

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

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Why wouldn't he?

craig

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.