I would like to ask Burning Man what style John Stewart is?

PS I think that I should learn to speel

Haha

The Clumsy Lovers' new album and Nathan - Jimson Weed are both very hick but I like 'em. Lots of banjos and fiddles, the type of too country for CMT stuff I go for.

From what I've heard, I would say that all the people you see on billboard like Garth Brooks and Alan Jackson are to country like the Backstreet Boys and N Sync are to rock.

I had this image of country built up in my head based on people like them that made me think it was hackneyed and all about the 'cowboy' image. Then I heard Loretta Lynn, Lucinda Williams, Mary Gauthier, and Ray Charles' country album. And now I like country.

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Originally posted by Bobthespirit:
From what I've heard, I would say that all the people you see on billboard like Garth Brooks and Alan Jackson are to country like the Backstreet Boys and N Sync are to rock.

More like what Justin Timberlake is to Michael Jackson. There actually is some good country out there but from my experience it's the indie of the indie that's decent. My cousins are huge country fans...every xmas it's the same drinking/f*cking songs by different artists. They don't like new Johnny Cash because it's not country enough.

I bought a fantastic 2-CD collection of Charlie Rich stuff recently. What a great great voice, like Elvis singing country -- rich, warm, deeply moving. "Feel So All Alone" is the heartbreaking classic, of course, but my favourite is "There Won't Be Anymore".

Another strong recommendation, "Tracy Nelson Country". Nelson sang with the blues/country band Mother Earth, but this fantastic solo album of originals and country standards blows me away. It has a blistering version of "That's All Right", and a great hurtin' song, "Sad Situation". The missing link between Patsy Cline and k.d. lang.

Don't know if you'd call it country, but it's outta Nashville, and the pedigree's pretty good...Bobby Bare Jr.'s last record has many good moments...recommended.

Y'know, I checked out Bobby Bare, Jr.'s From the End of Your Leash when it came out last year, Daddyboy. I really liked it, but for whatever reason didn't return to after a couple of listens.

Thanks for the reminder!

Now Playing: "Troubles" The Beta Band Heroes to Zeroes (Astralwerks)

Alan Jackson, greatest hits. Great album

"Sweetheart of the Rodeo" by the Byrds.

I'm sure somebody already mentioned this, but I'm going to New Zealand tomorrow for three weeks, and this album is drillin' a hole in my brain. I already posted at Americana, and I think it's damn fine at that, but Wowwee Zowwee, this is easily (SORRY, you already know) one of the finest Country albums I've ever heard. I thinkI should go post at Rock now !!!

I've enjoyed every album Patty Loveless has recorded. Whether it's an attempt at alt-country, something traditional or even mainstream country (which I normally detest). She has the most heartfelt country voice I've ever heard. Pour her voice and emotion over even the most syrupy of silly lyrics and it still connects. I loved "Mountain Soul" to death as well as basic country of "On Your Way Home". Now I'm waiting for her latest to arrive in the mail. If it's not a winner, I'll come back here and say so. Don't wait up for me.

I don't really get into either kind: country...or western, but I absolutely love Emmylou Harris. While I don't think anyone would dispute her early career was country, would do you all think about later stuff like "Wrecking Ball" and "Stumble into Grace?" Still country?

The best Rock album of the year is actually Shooter Jennings' LETS PUT THE O BACK IN COUNTRY. More country than the Black Crowes, but kinda like them on a really, really good day. Actually he sounds exactly like I thought Kings of Leon were going to sound like just reading their reviews. No one who should listen to the album will. Makes me sad.

After hearing some samples from their latest album, I bought a copy of BR549's Dog Days. I wish all country artists sounded this good. There's a nice mix of country blues, country swing and some humor I didn't expect from what I had thought was just another mainstream country group (glad I was wrong). Also liked the cover of Dave Edmunds' "A1 on the Jukebox". Guess I'll have to check out some BR549 back catalog now.

Country rocks...

"Strangers Almanac" Whiskeytown
"The Hits" Garth Brooks
"GP/Grievous Angel" Gram Parsons
"Being There" Wilco
"Strait from the Heart" George Strait
"Car wheels on a Gravel Road" Lucinda Williams
"Anodyne" Uncle Tupelo
"Identity Crisis" Shelby Lynne
"Patsy Cline Story" Patsy cline

and a whole lot moooooooorrrrreeeeee........

To name a few in no particular order:

- "Now That I've Found You: A Collection" by Alison Krauss

-"50 Number Ones" by George Strait

-"O Brother Where Art Thou" soundtrack

-"In Pieces" by Garth Brooks

-"Did I Shave My Legs For This?" by Deana Carter

-"Greatest Hits" by Tim McGraw

I agree with many of the great choices already listed, but would add Joe Ely's classic Honky Tonk Masquerade.

Two live albums I regularly return to are:

Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels - Live 1973
and
Charley Pride: In Person At Panther Hall - Fort Worth, Texas
(which feature some stellar pedal steel playing by Neil Flanz and Lloyd Green, respectively).

I'd take a listen to a somewhat unknown guy named Rick Holdin. A friend played the album for me. Really good voice and I like the songs too. Sort of his own style. But definitely can sing. You can google him. Definitely worth a listen.

Ernest Tubb and the Texas Troubadours - Live at the Spanish Castle (recorded 1965)

Merle Haggard - Swinging Doors/The Bottle Let Me Down (1966)

Willie Nelson - Shotgun Willie (1973)

Waylon Jennings - Waylon Live: The Expanded Edition (recorded 1974)

Johnny Cash - American Recordings (1994)

Kris Kristofferson - Broken Freedom Song: Live From San Francisco (recorded 2002)

OK, I am by no means a country expert, and I only listen to mainstream I guess - just the radio.
And here, y'all (can I used that word given the thread? ) are listing off classic type country.
I never did like Johnny Cash.

This year, I like Rascal Flatt's "My Gang" and Neko Case's "Fox Confessor Brings the Flood"

Dabbler! ^

Listen to anything involving Alison Krauss.

Just... just do it.