October 24, 201412 yr I don't disagree with your first paragraph. I just don't consider Garth, or pretty much anything on country radio today, country music. That's not to say I don't enjoy him or the stuff that's out now, just consider it a different genre. What would you call it? I don't like the "Bro Country" on the radio today much, but it's a lot different from Garth Brooks. "Much to old to feel this dang old" "Rodeo" "Beaches of Cheyenne" "River" "Full House" are all about as country as it gets. I think when people say that Brooks isn't country is has more to do with the way he is in concert than the actual words to his songs. FWIW he doesn't go on my Mt Rushmore either...he'd be about 6th or 7th
October 24, 201412 yr What would you call it? I don't like the "Bro Country" on the radio today much, but it's a lot different from Garth Brooks. "Much to old to feel this dang old" "Rodeo" "Beaches of Cheyenne" "River" "Full House" are all about as country as it gets. I think when people say that Brooks isn't country is has more to do with the way he is in concert than the actual words to his songs. FWIW he doesn't go on my Mt Rushmore either...he'd be about 6th or 7th I'd call it pop country. And yeah, he's got a handful of old school country songs, but so does Kenny Chesney. That doesn't make him country though.
October 24, 201412 yr I'd call it pop country. And yeah, he's got a handful of old school country songs, but so does Kenny Chesney. That doesn't make him country though. True but it's not like Brooks is the only one to have "Pop" Cross over hits...George Jones, Conway Twitty, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash all had hits from Non-Traditional Country songs! Until Chesney and Brooks and others start hitting the POP top 40 consistently, they'll be considered Country. Taylor Swift is indeed a Pop Artist as she has completely switched over. But anyway you cut it "Pop Country" is still Country Music.
October 24, 201412 yr Author George Jones George Strait Waylon Jennings Conway Twitty Got to see Waylon Jennings about 20 years ago at Lollapalooza in Indy when he went on mainstage right before Soundgarden and headliners Metallica. The reception of the young rock n' roll crowd was sort of tongue in cheek. They didn't necessarily disrespect, but joined in the fun in a sort of sarcastic condescending way. I remember that it started raining and then the entire audience started tossing water bottles into the air in a perpetual water bottle display which actually proved to be visually interesting. It started small and then grew to major proportions.
October 24, 201412 yr ,..... Garth is neck and neck with Elvis for the largest selling solo act of all time. His exclusion is crazy, whether someone likes him or considers him country enough or not. Comparing him to Shania isn't close to analogous. Neither is Chesney. I'd also have Johnny Cash and George Strait. The 4th would be the Possum.
October 24, 201412 yr ,..... Garth is neck and neck with Elvis for the largest selling solo act of all time. His exclusion is crazy, whether someone likes him or considers him country enough or not. Comparing him to Shania isn't close to analogous. Neither is Chesney. I'd also have Johnny Cash and George Strait. The 4th would be the Possum. Why would I put a person on the Mt Rushmore of Country Artists I don't consider country?
October 24, 201412 yr Why would I put a person on the Mt Rushmore of Country Artists I don't consider country? Since it is your Mt. Rushmore, I suppose you could do whatever you like. However, since he has about 1,383 Country Music Awards, I'd say some group of folks somewhere would disagree with your categorization of his genre. I get how everyone romanticizes "old country", but I think we go overboard. If you can sit and listen to 30 straight minutes of Hank Williams, Sr. music, you're a better man than I (and most of you are, I already know that). To me, country music has always been about the lyrics and the story, and I think Garth does that very, very well. As does Brad Paisley (who by the way is a fantastic guitarist).
October 24, 201412 yr Not for the mountain, but one country dude that I've always dug that never seems to get much notice is Don Williams. His simplicity is brilliant and smooth.
October 25, 201412 yr Why would I put a person on the Mt Rushmore of Country Artists I don't consider country? What would you consider him...please don't say POP...he's never on POP radio. I think he has rarely even been on the Top 40...at least compared to how many times he's been on the country charts. I agree he's not Johnny Cash or even George Jones style of Country, but Johnny Cash wasn't really Hank Williams style of Country either. Country like every other genre of music evolves.
October 25, 201412 yr The only difference I see between the music that gets played on country radio and the music that gets played on pop radio is that the artists in the former are wearing cowboy hats and tighter jeans.
October 25, 201412 yr George Jones (Back in my rambling days a beer just didn't taste right without ol' Possum's songs close by) Hank Williams (Great song writer and performer. His songs are still being covered today) George Strait (He's been around since the mid '80's and has had countless number 1 hits....and is still performing) Waylon Jennings (He was a little outside the fringes of the Nashville scene but I still have to include him) Others almost there: Jim Reeves (Big in the '50's and early '60's and had several crossover hits. Career ended in tragedy when his plane crashed in 1964.) Conway Twitty Johnny Cash (Kind of in the same description as Waylon) Garth Brooks
October 26, 201412 yr George Jones (Back in my rambling days a beer just didn't taste right without ol' Possum's songs close by) Hank Williams (Great song writer and performer. His songs are still being covered today) George Strait (He's been around since the mid '80's and has had countless number 1 hits....and is still performing) Waylon Jennings (He was a little outside the fringes of the Nashville scene but I still have to include him) Others almost there: Jim Reeves (Big in the '50's and early '60's and had several crossover hits. Career ended in tragedy when his plane crashed in 1964.) Conway Twitty Johnny Cash (Kind of in the same description as Waylon) Garth Brooks :no:
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