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Bork
Executive Hillbilly
Location: Vinson Mountain, GA
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- Posted: 04/13/2010 15:17
- Post subject: Country Music of the 21st Century
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Because of a recent thread in another forum touching on the subject of not being able to stand country music I here offer up some good starting points for those believing it still sounds like Hank Williams or Kenny Rogers. Consistently good albums are very hard to find, and a lot of people will still find that the genre is too formulaic, but for those able to enjoy a solid, good rocker, here are ten suggestions from the last few years in no particular order:
Randy Houser - Boots On (from Anything Goes, 2008)
Jason Aldean - She's Country (from Wide Open, 2009)
Miranda Lambert - Gunpowder & Lead (from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, 2007)
Jamey Johnson - Ray Ray's Juke Joint (from The Dollar, 2006)
Gretchen Wilson - All Jacked Up (from All Jacked Up, 2005)
Montgomery Gentry - Your Tears Are Comin' (from Some People Change, 2006)
Jason Michael Carroll - I Can Sleep When I'm Dead (from Waitin' in the Country, 2007)
Trace Adkins - Swing (from Dangerous Man, 2006)
Toby Keith - American Ride (from American Ride, 2009)
Brad Paisley & BB King - Let the Good Times Roll (from Play: The Guitar Album, 2008)
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Applerill
Autistic Princess <3
Gender: Female
Age: 30
Location: Chicago
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- Posted: 04/13/2010 15:51
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I liek Hurt 
Really, where's the Johnny Cash? I know it's a BIT overstated (not overrated), but leaving him off your list is a sin.
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Bork
Executive Hillbilly
Location: Vinson Mountain, GA
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- Posted: 04/13/2010 15:59
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Johnny is one my all-time favorite artists, but when it comes to getting a snapshot of good rockin' country from the last couple of years I am forced to omit him. Hurt is now 8 years old.
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Mr. Shankly
Gender: Male
Age: 51
Location: Auburn, Washington
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- Posted: 04/14/2010 17:27
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Have you heard any of the alt country bands/ artists? If you like the old school country with a tinge of rock flavor, I recommend:
Whiskeytown (Ryan Adams' old band)
Ryan Adams- Heartbreaker
Neko Case (An amazing voice like Patsy Cline or Loretta Lynn)
Uncle Tupelo (country meets punk and then slowly becomes more country)
Son Volt
Wilco's first two albums
Gillian Welch
Lucinda Williams (especially, Carwheels on a Gravel Road)
Steve Earle
and of course there's always the godfather of the movement:
Gram Parsons
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Bork
Executive Hillbilly
Location: Vinson Mountain, GA
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- Posted: 04/14/2010 19:17
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I have heard most of the bands you listed (not Neko Case) and for the most part it's a very different genre to the stuff above, pretty much removing the fairly simple melodies and, in all honesty, populistic riffs and hooks and drums of the contemporary country. Gram Parsons and Lucinda Williams, for instance, probably build more on the folk scene of the 60s than on country, and Ryan Adams, Uncle Tupelo, and Wilco borrow much more from alt/indie rock, something that does not even exist in the world of the Toby Keiths, Brad Paisleys and Montgomery Gentrys I listed. That's not saying it is bad, I like a lot of that stuff, but it is something else.
Steve Earle, of course, is one of the masters of rebel country throughout the 80s and 90s, proudly picking up and reinventing Jennings, Nelson, Shaver and Coe.
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RFNAPLES
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Gender: Male
Age: 75
Location: Durham, NC, USA
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- Posted: 04/15/2010 00:25
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I think it is a mistake to look for Rock in Country and vice versa. Accept the styles for what they are. Here are some great country songs from the 2000s, though I don't know why you should limit your choices to that decade:
"Before He Cheats"-Carrie Underwood-Some Hearts-2006
"Believe"-Brooks & Dunn-Hillbilly Deluxe-2005
"Give It Away"-George Strait-It Just Comes Natural-2006
"Hurt"-Johnny Cash-American IV: The Man Comes Around-2003
"I Hope You Dance"-Lee Ann Womack with Sons of the Desert-I Hope You Dance-2000
"I May Hate Myself in the Morning"-Lee Ann Womack-There's More Where That Came From-2004
"I Run to You"-Lady Antebellum-Lady Antebellum-2009
"I Saw God Today"-George Strait-Troubadour-2008
"I'm Movin' On"-Rascal Flatts-Rascal Flatts-2001
"In Color"-Jamey Johnson-That Lonesome Song-2008
"Live Like You Were Dying"-Tim McGraw-Live Like You Were Dying-2004
"Man of Constant Sorrow"-Dan Tyminski, Harley Allen, and Pat Enright (The Soggy Bottom Boys)-O Brother, Where Art Thou?-2000
"Murder on Music Row"-George Strait with Alan Jackson-Latest Greatest Straitest Hits-2000
"Stay"-Sugarland-Enjoy the Ride-2007
"Three Wooden Crosses"-Randy Travis-Rise and Shine-2002
"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)"-Alan Jackson-Drive-2001
"Whiskey Lullaby"-Brad Paisley with Alison Krauss-Mud on the Tires-2004
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Mr. Shankly
Gender: Male
Age: 51
Location: Auburn, Washington
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- Posted: 04/15/2010 03:58
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| RFNAPLES wrote: | | I think it is a mistake to look for Rock in Country and vice versa. |
Interesting. Go tell that to Gram Parsons and the Byrds circa 1969, or the Rolling Stones- same time period, or the Flying Burrito Brothers or Sun Records era Johnny Cash, or Elvis or Buddy Holly or Carl Perkins or Lonnie Donegan or even The Beatles at times (Don't Pass Me By, I Don't Want to Spoil the Party) There has always been a little country in rock and sometimes a little rock in country. You really need to study your music genealogy more, Naples.
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RFNAPLES
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Age: 75
Location: Durham, NC, USA
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- Posted: 04/15/2010 04:20
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There are no fences separating the genres. There have been and will be crossover artists and albums. My point was not to learn to like country from a rock point of view and vice versa. The crossover groups are good for what they are, not necessarily true representatives of any genre. Don't fool yourself into thinking that you like country or rock when in fact you happen to like some crossover album or group. I like both genres and some crossover for what it is. I was not debating music genealogy.
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Mr. Shankly
Gender: Male
Age: 51
Location: Auburn, Washington
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- Posted: 04/15/2010 04:33
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| RFNAPLES wrote: | | There are no fences separating the genres. There have been and will be crossover artists and albums. My point was not to learn to like country from a rock point of view and vice versa. The crossover groups are good for what they are, not necessarily true representatives of any genre. Don't fool yourself into thinking that you like country or rock when in fact you happen to like some crossover album or group. I like both genres and some crossover for what it is. I was not debating music genealogy. |
My point is that rock itself is a mutt genre that has always borrowed from other genres, especially from blues, country, gospel, and folk. Rock is not a pure genre that sprang up from nowhere. It came from these sources.
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RFNAPLES
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