Country music thread [Archive] - F13: The Community

BlakeTyner

07-26-2007, 01:58 AM

Okay, I know it's not considered "cool" to like country music, but hell, I think most of us have outgrown cool anyway. So, this is the place to talk about your guilty country/western pleasures.

Me? I'm a big fan of George Strait. I own every album from the box set to the present, and some of the ones released pre-box. I've seen him life every year since 1995, with the most recent concert being my favorite, as Ronnie Milsap opened for George.

I actually don't listen to country radio at all, because I really can't stand most of the new stuff. I like Alan Jackson and Brad Paisley, but I suppose I dig the older stuff more. Merle Haggard, George Jones, Hank Williams, Jr., etc.

~Blake

sCabbOy

07-26-2007, 02:41 AM

I like old stuff... select artists.

Hank Sr, Jr, III
George, Willie, Waylon, Marty Robbins, Merle, Jimmy Dickens, Faron Young, David Allan Coe, Cash, and so on.

Lance Lives

07-26-2007, 03:05 AM

I dig Hank III and Those Poor Bastards. I urge anybody into against the grain/true alternative music to check out Those Poor Bastards. They're great.

Linderman

07-26-2007, 05:38 PM

I love Rascal Flatts, Garth, Trisha, King George, Doug Stone and many many others.

I'm kinda like Blake when it comes to Garth, I own all his stuff, from DVDs to CDs all the way back to when he started.

Hi, my name is Doog and I'm a Garth Brooks fan boy.

On a Pale Horse

07-26-2007, 06:13 PM

Not a big country music fan at all, but there a few artists / songs I like

Johnny Cash
Hank Williams JR
Kenny Rogers

I like more of the older stuff, like folk/ballad type songs.

Shoesalesman

07-26-2007, 07:09 PM

Awsome thread!!!

I love the twangy classics of the 50s/60s/70s. Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, George Jones... all great performers. I liked Garth Brooks for a while in the late 90s.

Just saw Willie Nelson in concert last month - great show.

Starting to buy more of Merle Haggard's older albums as of late.

CanadianFonzie

07-27-2007, 08:32 PM

I don't like country music perse, but I do enjoy listening to it when I'm at certain places that play it such as restaurants and my old town always plays it during their events, especially the annual fair. It's great to listen to, I have good memories with it

and I do love that country album that Alvin & the Chipmunks made, lol

sCabbOy

07-27-2007, 09:57 PM

Special Killa B

07-27-2007, 10:22 PM

I don't listen to country everyday but I do like a few

Johnny Cash
Hank Williams Jr.
Toby Keith
Travis Tritt
Big and Rich
Cowboy Troy
Garth Brooks

just a few of my favorites

Shoesalesman

07-28-2007, 01:13 AM

Merle Haggard has such a great voice much like all of the legends from the 50-70's. Nowadays it to me seems that everything sounds alike. I miss all of the distinct voices... Merle, George, Willie, Cash, Waylon, Cash and so on. They all had voices that cut through you and were unmistakable.

Agreed. Today's country seems to be more about eye candy and flash than songwritting. I'm sure there are some performers today that'll challenge that and win, but it doesn't seem to have the same meaning it had back then.

kain4521

07-29-2007, 04:16 AM

I love the old country music give me Hank Merle Johnny or Waylon. I don't care for this new stuff, sorry I just don't think kennys tractor is sexy and anybody that beats my truck up is gonna get there ass kicked I don't care how pretty they are.

sCabbOy

07-29-2007, 04:56 PM

Today's country's demographic are females, not males. That's the whole problem.

Shoesalesman

07-30-2007, 02:28 AM

I think today's country is more country rock than true country. The bands are either Dixie Chicks clones or Big & Rich clones. I wonder what the legends mentioned above think of today's country.

Kat

07-30-2007, 02:52 AM

I like some new country and some old.

Garth Brooks
Toby Keith
Hank Williams
Johnny Cash
Lone Star
Patsy Cline
George Jones

Other than that I am not too up to date on country music.

Shoesalesman

08-01-2007, 03:39 PM

Just picked up Johnny Cash's "Live In Ireland" DVD yesterday. I can't wait to watch it tonight.

sCabbOy

08-02-2007, 05:41 PM

Haven't seen that.

I have the DVD to Montrose 1993? I think? It's great.

Shoesalesman

08-02-2007, 06:43 PM

The Ireland one is from '93 as well. Has the Carter Family as well as Kris Kristofferson singing some songs.

sCabbOy

08-02-2007, 06:53 PM

In the Montrose one he had The Carters and his son playing guitar.

I still wanna see the Willie & Cash on storytellers.

Shoesalesman

08-02-2007, 07:08 PM

I still wanna see the Willie & Cash on storytellers.

That sounds good.

Saw Willie Nelson's concert a few months ago. His sons' band (40 points) opened and they were okay at best. It must have been hard for Willie to pick 2 hours worth of songs from his HUGE catalog. But he covered the majority of the big ones.

BlakeTyner

08-13-2007, 04:38 AM

I bet Willie does put on a good show!

Right now I've got Merle Haggard's "Big City" playing on the iPod. Man I love this song.

"Big city turn me loose and set me free..."

~Blake

Lance Lives

08-13-2007, 05:02 AM

Well, in my last post in this thread I said I liked Hank III and TPB. Now I'm quite excited be cause they are touring together and coming close to me. You guys should come out and check them out. Hank is also supporting Reverend Horton Heat after this tour is wrapped up.

MaDMaNMaRz

08-13-2007, 05:06 AM

Kat

08-13-2007, 05:06 AM

Tanya Tucker is actually one of my favorite country musicians. Although she is one of the biggest stuck ups I have ever met in my entire life though. I worked at her concert and could not believe how she treated people and what her behavior was like.

sCabbOy

08-13-2007, 04:59 PM

scab - Have you heard the Rebel Meets Rebel album? It has David Allen Coe singing, and it had Dimebag(R.I.P.), Rex, and Vinnie from Pantera. It's like a heavy country/bluesey heavy metal album. It's pretty good.

Yeah, I have the album on my iPod and love it. Hearing old school country singers sing to Pantera-esque music is awesome.
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That sounds good.

Saw Willie Nelson's concert a few months ago. His sons' band (40 points) opened and they were okay at best. It must have been hard for Willie to pick 2 hours worth of songs from his HUGE catalog. But he covered the majority of the big ones.

I'm sure it's hard for all of those people to pick a 2 hour set because a lot of people either way will be wanting to hear something else. He seems to do all of his big ones like Whiskey River, On the Road..., and such, which is good.

Shoesalesman

08-13-2007, 07:36 PM

Hank is also supporting Reverend Horton Heat after this tour is wrapped up.

RHH is a great, fast tempo band. Should be an excellent show.

Good point about Willie, scab. He sure picked some favorites and one of his guitarists even did Hag's Workin' Man Blues.

I'm on a Tammy Wynette kick since returning from camping last week. My parents played the piss out of her songs by the fire pit and it's carried over now.

girlychaos

09-23-2007, 08:39 AM

I'm completely in love with some of George Strait's songs...he's just amazing.

I also like Trisha Yearwood very much.

Shoesalesman

09-23-2007, 08:20 PM

George has a few good tunes. My wife has the box set that came out last decade.

girlychaos

09-23-2007, 11:35 PM

My favorites are:

"Carrying Your Love With Me"
"Texas"
"Write This Down"
"If It's Gonna Rain"

I really like a lot of others too, but there's something about those songs...dunno...I love them.

Shoesalesman

09-24-2007, 03:11 AM

Our wedding song was I Cross My Heart.

girlychaos

09-24-2007, 06:08 AM

Awww...Shoey!

That's so cute!!! I bet everybody cried. lol

Shoesalesman

09-24-2007, 06:24 PM

I did. :cry: :p

I wasn't a country music fan back then in '97 and I wanted one of Alice's ballads as 'our' song; something like You And Me from his Lace & Whiskey album. It's mellow.

Come to think of it... the first three traditional songs (bride and Groom song, wedding party song, then parents' song) were country tunes. :confused:

CanadianFonzie

11-02-2007, 01:32 AM

Shoesalesman

11-06-2007, 08:43 PM

I fancy the old twangy stuff. Just had Hank Williams on yesterday; that man knows pain.

Shoesalesman

01-25-2008, 02:55 AM

George Jones announced a second date to his already-existing Edmonton show, and Charlie Pride is coming too (on his own). Not sure of the exact dates, but I'm guessing the Summer months.

sCabbOy

01-25-2008, 03:40 AM

I'd like to see Charlie Pride.

Shoesalesman

01-26-2008, 01:15 AM

I'm trying to talk my dad into going with me to see Charlie. It would be a great show for sure.

Kat

01-26-2008, 08:09 AM

I have worked at two Charlie concerts. He was a cool guy and as a non-country fan, I thought he was pretty good live.

Shoesalesman

01-27-2008, 01:22 AM

The last time I saw George Jones his throat was bothering him and he sounded awful. So far the best country shows I've seen have been Garth Brooks in '96, Merle Haggard in '04, Willie Nelson in '07.

Kat

01-27-2008, 07:43 AM

Willie Nelson was pretty cool, I seen him live once. I liked George Canyon too, he put on a great show.

Shoesalesman

01-28-2008, 01:12 AM

Most of the Country bands/singers I want to see hardly ever come our way or they're dead; Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, Conway Twitty, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings to name a few.

xashholee

02-26-2008, 11:08 PM

i am actually a pretty huge country fan! i like all kinds, but my favorite is Rascal Flatts. i was suppose to go their concert last week and the canceled for sickness. pretty lame!

sCabbOy

02-26-2008, 11:37 PM

Same here shoesalesman... all of the country people I love are either dead, retired or super old.

Lance Lives

02-27-2008, 12:25 AM

I've been getting nito country music alot lately, I'm still not crazy for it, but I notice myself stretching out my taste for country music, especially The Charlie Daniels Band...The Legend of Wooley Swamp, what a song!

Legend of Wooley Swamp rules. I always wished it would become a movie when I was little. I don't know if Charlie Daniels is really country or not but I think he kicks ass.

Shoesalesman

02-29-2008, 01:12 AM

i am actually a pretty huge country fan! i like all kinds, but my favorite is Rascal Flatts. i was suppose to go their concert last week and the canceled for sickness. pretty lame!

My wife LOVES those guys. I think they were here not too long ago, but I could be mistaken.

Shoesalesman

03-08-2008, 05:36 PM

Been listening to Loretta Lynn alot lately. There's another performer I'd like to see live.

Skye

03-21-2008, 02:16 AM

Trace Adkins is on The Celebrity Apprentice, so I've been watching that because of him...

I listen to a lot of country music. My favorite artist is Keith Urban, but since he's become so popular after marrying Nicole Kidman his ticket prices are rediculous. I used to be able to see him in concert for like $30-$45 but now his ticket prices are like in the $100s.

The local amusement park has their list of concerts for the summer:

Blake Shelton - May 24th (I've met him twice and have seen him in concert 3 times)
Craig Morgan - May 31st (Never saw him but want to)
Jason Michael Carrol - June somethingth (never saw him either)

And David St. Romain (if you watched last season of Nashville Star) is from Baton Rouge, (so he does a ton of concerts out here) and will be doing a benefit concert out here next weekend, so I'm really looking forward to that.

TalbotLives

03-21-2008, 03:11 AM

I'm another big fan of the older stuff...I love Hank, Johnny, Willie, Merle, Waylon and Roy Acuff. I also really like David Allan Coe and Steve Earle, who I think is one of the best songwriters out there today. His first album, Guitar Town is one of my favorites.

sCabbOy

03-23-2008, 04:45 PM

Earle is a great songwriter much like Coe in his prime. People don't realize how many hits Coe wrote for big stars. One of the biggest is Take This Job And Shove It that Johnny Paycheck recorded and Would You Lay With Me recorded by Tanya Tucker and Johnny Cash.

I have been really into George Jones' 1950's rock and roll stuff lately. The Love Bug album mainly.