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 That's right...country music. I can't STAND what passes for "country music" nowadays, I prefer the old-time "hillbilly" music , not this phoney pop pap that passes for it nowadays. Some favorites...
Bluegrass-I like all sortsa bluegrass-they have a good radio show on Sundays around here called "Grass Roots" that I like to relax to sometimes. Like the Osbourne Bros. ,Flatt and Scruggs, etc...
.Hank Williams Sr.-of course.
.Loretta Lynn
.Patsy Cline
.Hank Snow
.Granpa Jones!!! (Chewing gum chewing gum chewing gum... :smile:)

  The Osbourne Bros.-Ruby-                                                     

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlKMbezXtZE  
 

Dam! Havin' a hard time getting other videos to work here...oh well...

I couldn't agree more!  You should have seen the looks I got cruising around Oakland, CA, blasting Patsy Cline from my car stereo!  :teddyr:  But all genres of music are pretty much sharing the same crap pop phase at present.

There is hope, though.  Have you heard Jolie Holland?  I'm positively in love with that woman!  Her music falls between country-folk-jazz, but it's all really great stuff.  She's on the small label ANTI... doesn't get much if any radio play, but here's a live clip off YouTube:

[youtube=319,262]http://youtube.com/watch?v=TrfJICyzI0E
[youtube=319,262]http://youtube.com/watch?v=RE1P9UTLWC8

You can download some MP3s from the label itself:  here (http://anti.com/media.php?id=2)

 Great stuff! I was afraid I would get the hairy eyeball posting country music! Shoulda known better-a very eclectic bunch around here!-Thanks!  :thumbup:

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEIBmGZxAhg

 Jimmie Rogers...T for Texas!


...and Hank Snow-I Been Everywhere!

  [youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIwzGtlHOwo

I'm not a huge country fan, but I have a respect for the old sound.  Nowadays, everyone mainstream seems to want to sound like Garth Brooks, and I'm against homogenization in almost any form of music. 

My wife is a big fan of neo-country, but I'm not a big fan.

That being said, I do love older country.  Not sure what it is about the music, but I do rather enjoy it.  Hank Williams Sr, Bellamy Brothers, David Allen Coe, Waylon Jennings, etc.  It's a huge difference from what I normally listen to but it has a sincerity that is missing from modern music.

That's how I would sum it up as well. I really don't listen to country, but when growing up I was exposed to a lot of the older stuff due to my mother liking it so much. As a result, I associate a lot of it with good memories of the past. Stuff like Marty Robbins, George Jones, Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson and a slew of others.

David Allen Coe.  I listen to him sometimes and he drives my wife nuts.  She dislikes any of the older, "twangy" country music.  I don't have a problem with those at all, probably from hearing them when my dad would listen to them.

How many times has David Allen Coe said his own name in his songs, anyway?

I despise modern country, but I just love the old outlaw country singers.  Johnny Cash is among my all-time favorite artists, because of his old stuff and for his covers of modern songs too. 

Well being from Kentucky and living on the Tennessee boarder with family all over each ...

There ain't but one kind of county music and that's old timey music, but around here it's bluegrass!

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etdnxX5ULP8

Now don't you just want to get up and cut the rug?

I'm not very familiar with the older bluegrass type of country.  But, I do like Johnny Cash and the little bit of Hank Williams I've heard. 

Of the current crop, most I don't listen to, although I do like Randy Travis, Toby Keith, and Cledus T. Judd.

My wife and daughter pretty much live on country music; I'm more eclectic. I do enjoy some of it. I love Hank Williams, Sr., Willie Nelson, Roger Miller, Johnny Cash, Buck Owens, Dolly Parton, and others in that ilk. In a more modern sound, I enjoy some of Randy Travis's stuff, Travis Tritt and Junior Brown (i.e., mostly artists who have retained a lot of the "old" sound). I also love bluegrass (even got to see Bill Monroe in concert when I was in grad school!), as well as pickers like Flatt & Scruggs, Roy Clark, Jerry Reed, etc.

Look up these guys ...

For old school it's Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys, Stanley Brothers, Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs with the Foggy Mountain Boys, Reno and Smiley, Lonesome Pine Fiddlers, Jim & Jesse, Jimmy Martin and the Osborne Brothers, Mac Wiseman, Mac Martin and the Dixie Travelers, Carl Story and his Rambling Mountaineers, Buzz Busby, The Lilly Brothers, Jim Eanes and Earl Taylor.

That that banjo pickin', fiddlin', ge-tar pikin', double bass thumpin', mandolin pluckin' lap harp strumin' music.

I've heard some stuff by the Stanley Brothers.  Not a lot, though.  My grandmother might have some of the people mentioned here.  She's more into the country music area than I am.

 I love bluegrass. Found this on youtube...1965 Fincastle Bluegrass Festival!

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3nSC965fE4

If it's good music, I'll listen to it.  I love Country staples like HANK WILLIAMS SR., JIMMIE RODGERS, PATSY CLINE, WILLIE NELSON, MERLE HAGGARD, DOLLY PARTON, LORETTA LYNN, GEORGE JONES, JOHNNY CASH...wow, there are alot of great Country artists, but not nowadays. 

THE BYRDS did an all Country album Sweetheart Of The Rodeo though not a favorite of mine, it has some fine moments and is one of the earliest appearances of GRAM PARSONS on record (still haven't picked up that Safe At Home by his INTERNATIONAL SUBMARINE BAND which was overlooked and even earlier, now back in print).   THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS are very early proponents of what came to be called "Country Rock" (but not by PARSONS, who called his recordings "Cosmic American Music".)  The Gilded Palace Of Sin is one of the best records in any genre. 

I particularly like the bluesyness of true Country,  Bluegrass, and Delta Blues.  I've long admired SKIP JAMES, recently picked up a ROBERT JOHNSON album, and finally added THE CARTER FAMILY Can The Circle Be Unbroken? to my Amazon cart. 

I don't like country music at all.  I respect it mainly because a lot of performers can actually play a musical instrument...I also respect the fact that it appeals to a large number of people in this country.

That being said...I'm from New England.  There wasn't a FM Country Music station where I lived until the mid-90's or so.  The first time I remember hearing country music (or that new "hot" pop-country music) was during the half-time show at one of the Superbowls of the early 90's (Probably Bills/Cowboys).  I watched in horror at Billy Ray Cyrus and some other group (playing the song "Boot Scootin' Boogie" or something like that) whipped the crowd into a frenzy with this junk (well, to my ears anyways).  I was shocked at the reaction that the music was getting.  People were screaming and dancing around as if the Beatles had gotten back together or something.

I think the turn-off for me is the subject matter and the singing.  I listen to punk and metal (and rock, too).  I guess I can identify with what those bands are trying to say as opposed to the: my-wife-left-me-and-is-sleeping-with-my-best-friend-in-the-back-of-my-pick-up-truck type stuff.

Now, I've matured a little.  I do like rockabilly, blues-rock, and country influenced rock.  I just don't like the "hot" country and some of the older stuff.  Heck, I love the bluegrass music in "O Brother Where Art Thou".  And, I will say this, Johnny Cash kicked large amounts of ass.   :thumbup:

Oldskool138's post reminded me of the Travis Tritt concert I went to several (a dozen or so) years ago. I was near the back of the crowd with some friends, so I was enjoying watching the crowd as much as the show. There was a woman a little way off from us who was dressed in full punk regalia (colored hair, leather boots, punk t-shirt, etc.--all of which was pretty uncommon in South Texas). She was ignoring everything going on on the stage, and I would glance at her every so often, wondering why she would have bothered coming to a country concert. All through the opening acts (some band whose name I can't remember and Marty Robbins), she and her two friends just stood in a small circle and talked as though nothing were happening around them. And then Travis Tritt took the stage. Once he started playing, she went nuts. She was dancing punk-style (or as near as she could) to Tritt's music. It was hilarious to watch, so I watched her off and on through Tritt's set. Great show, both on and off the stage.

 I can't STAND Billy Ray Cyruss,Garth Brooks, and all that  crap your talking about either.  More into anything hard,fast and loud. But I do LOVE  bluegrass!!! For one...It's FAST!!! No sitting on your hands bulls**t. It doesn't comprimise or water itself down to fit into a "radio freindly" format.It also comes from the heart.
  As for the lyrics to country music...the bummed out- my old lady is a tramp -so let's get drunk...hmmm...think early BLACK FLAG-"Wound Up","Six Pack",Thirsty and Miserable" "I Love You."..etc....
  A lotta early R+R owes a debt to hillbilly music...Elvis,Jerry Lee Lewis,Roy Orbinson,Gene Vincent...all theyr'e influnce can be seen and felt in the Misfits,the Cramps (who do a killer version of Mule Train!),the Sex Pistols...and  a s**t load more! Listen to Danzigs voice,and you can hear Roy Orbinson,or Hank Snow's auctioneer rattling on is just as fast as any speed metal vocalist! The gutiar and Banjo speed of Flatt and Scruggs  is easily as fast and deft as Slayer. Hank William's Sr.'s drunken warble is just as unique as Jello Biafra's.

     

Don't skip the STONES, Bela, they are key, like 'em or not.  Lads we like like THE STOOGES (my own all time favorite) owe a certain debt to the STONES in relation to bands like THE MISFITS and THE CRAMPS (not to mention 10 million others).  HANK WILLIAMS exceeds JELLO BIAFRA by a long lonely mile and one of those rare few artists that bands of the stature of the ROLLING STONES owe a debt to!  Hmm...don't care for some of them artists neither, but not sure I agree on ever-ee-yee-thang, BUT, Do you listen to THE ROLLING STONES Exile On Main Street ? 

Old country is awesome stuff.

Probably my favorite old school country artist is David Allen Coe.

The Rolling Stones are one of my favorite bands of all time! The Stones were punk before punk, and their roots go back to the old bluesmen ,and I believe they got their name from an old Muddy Waters song. And yeah,Exile on Main St is a killer! My personal favorite Stones album is Let it Bleed (come to think of it,that tune has a country twang to it!)  :thumbup:

That was my point, there is a lot of Country in THE STONES music, particularly those late 60s early 70s records like Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, and Exile.

A lot of my favourite bands have a bit of country sound:

The Skydiggers
Blue Rodeo
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
 
Even arguably bands like R.E.M., The Grapes of Wrath and 54-40.

I'm listening to this now... I came across this old thread as I'm wont to do because I was looking for an easy link etc. to copy for my last What Have You Been Listening To? post... THE CARTER FAMILY Can The Circle Be Unbroken   
(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff259/allhallowsday/CARTERfamily.jpg) 

I listen to a lot of COUNTRY music.  I like any good music. 

I'd like to check out some Carter Family stuff.  I'm not big on country I guess, but I like Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash.  I've downloaded a lot of really old stuff from archive.org.  His output is limited but I really like Ernest Thompson:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhpyaQvKr9s

I can listen to that song over and over!

Older and traditional bluegrass stuff interests me, I just haven't explored it enough.

I love the older country...50s thru the 80s. So much of this modern stuff sounds more like pop to me. Gimme the First Lady of Country Music any day!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMzSYyjNb74

Old Crow Medicine Show is pretty good, they're more bluegrass/folk:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Novxqmhtwec&feature=fvst

I also kind of liked that album Allison Krauss and Robert Plant did together, but I think I'm in the minority on that one.  As far as "modern" country artists go, I'm ok with Randy Travis, Clint Black, Brad Paisley, but that's about it.  I like Johnny Cash & Hank Sr. (of course!), Tom T. Hall, Loretta Lynn, Charlie Pride, Patsy Cline, Don Williams, Merle Haggard....yeah, pretty much the 50s to 80s stuff. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s8nRL2bPCU  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGCrjeXCuTg  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiz-ycwCkGI

Haunting memories from my childhood...hear this one, and you never forget it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50k18gL76AU

And there's always Chet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NgVdbIdD8w

I originally heard this, but as a cover version by the rock group Cake.  Liked it and dug this up.  Good song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9yDlCC6SG0

Always liked Johnny Cash...even in his later years:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJlN9jdQFSc&ob=av2e
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0MIFHLIzZY

The greatest of them all, HANK WILLIAMS, live on TV doing one of his classics.  This is worth it despite JUNE CARTER's corny intro and ANITA CARTER's unfortunately abrasive opening, as HANK without a word communicates to her how to sing his song on live TV (he was so f**king naturally great):  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJXfIoDrAZ0  

God he was so GREAT!!!

Okay . . . tell me some of Hank Williams' songs don't make you damn near cry.  He was one of the best ever at writing lyrics about sorrowful, lonesome people and no one sings his songs nearly as good as he did.  One of my favorites is MANSION ON THE HILL.

 

I like many of the classic country artists already named. For me, it doesn't get much better than Marty Robbins and Roy Orbison. True, Orbison is arguably associated with early rock and roll moreso than country, but the country association is undeniable. Both Roy and Marty were particularly gifted with telling the story behind the emotion and not just the emotion itself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVkrq2zG_c0  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvW6_-TP5cs 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn3JB51NH_M

Orbison is the man who stripped the idea from me that I had any singing talent whatsoever. If you're like me, you enjoy singing along to the music you listen to. If you don't listen to yourself recorded, you might even think you're pretty good. But then you listen to someone like Roy Orbison and realize, there is no way I could ever sound that good.

Don't get me wrong, I still sing along to songs (and play Rock Band), but I won't sound like that.

Roy Orbison is one of the only singers I DON'T try to sing along to, and I do have some singing ability.

Some of Hank Williams songs don't make me damn near cry.  "Hey Good Lookin'" is an example of a Hank Williams song that doesn't make me damn near cry.  :tongueout:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95aP0OWx4jY

On the other hand, there's "Alone and Foresaken."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJHgeYSi9yY

El Paso....my very favorite Marty Robbins song.  :thumbup:

I really enjoy Jimmie Rodgers- waaaay back old school hillbilly music!
(Not to be confused with the rockabilly singer from the 50's and 60's-though I enjoy his stuff too.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEIBmGZxAhg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSq8mnDH_1o&feature=related

He died in 1933-at the age of 36.

Jimmie Rodgers is the real deal. He was the inspiration for Clint Eastwood's character in Honkytonk Man.

I wouldn't say all country music has to be classic to be good. We do have a lot of over-produced stuff these days, and most of it probably won't last, but the reason we don't hear about bad songs from the classic days of country is because they aren't remembered, not because nobody was singing badly back then. Some of the stuff being produced nowadays is very good too, despite many songs in the genre these days being over-produced and homogenized. In twenty years or so, when we've had time to forget the crap, some of today's songs will be classics too. Here's one I suspect we'll remember fondly eventually:


That's not to say I don't appreciate the classics, though. Here's one of my favorite old "pox on you" country songs:

(http://images.uulyrics.com/cover/h/hank-williams/album-hank-williams-40-greatest-hits.jpg) 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAUTfkk2zp0

I got two words: WANDA JACKSON.
Go man go!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u018bt6iQAM&feature=related

 Sing it with me,yall!
 And that sweetie went this way-Dam! I love her.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzJ3hiqsi0U&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBqEewHY18Q&feature=fvst  

Here's the great MERLE TRAVIS doing it live:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS2ShTD3_8E  

TEX WILLIAMS had the first big hit with "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke that cigarette" :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbKQklwNScA

PHIL HARRIS had the biggest hit on the Pop charts I'd guess: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VloC9WnnhaQ

I liked the country-style songs Michael Nesmith did while in the Monkees...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk3btFwivtE

One modern country song that, to me anyway, holds up well against many classic country songs is "You and Tequila" by Kenny Chesney. It harkens back to the sentiments of many of the classic country tunes, expressing a near addiction to self destruction in the forms of a woman and tequila. I don't like most of the drivel coming out these days--songs that are written solely to manipulate one's feelings make me want to puke--but this one somehow strikes me as more genuine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8XkLrErSHw&ob=av2n