The old folks always think the younger folks music is crap.
Been that way for many moons.
And I agree. LOL.
What we hear today is not country western. If you like it , no problem, but don't call it Country Western. More like Pop Western The days of true Country Western Ballards are gone.
If God wanted you to walk and carry things on your back, He would not have invented stirrups and pack saddles
Now and then one of the new voices/faces/styles will be "pretty good", and it's nice to experience. But, the overall trend and style has been degenerate.
Yes, old farts usually don't appreciate the stuff admired by the younger set - nothing new there - but with country music it seems to be more than that. There were significant differences in the styles and hallmarks of past performers (one could pick and choose with some certainty) but, to me, most of the more recent stuff seems to be formulaic and indistinguishable.
Some such performers do evolve - sorta. When I was a little kid, a slightly cross-eyed young fellow would get up on the stand with guitar at the weekend "sale barn" at Booth's Corner and sing solo hillbilly songs - crudely. By the time I was an early teen got a few calls to play bass in his new and not very polished hillbilly music group - sometimes on the local station WPWA. By the time I graduated from high school he was well and widely known as one of the first big rockers - Bill Haley and the Comets. Guess some called that rockabilly.
It's so refreshing to hear a great voice backed up by fiddles and steel guitars! I can see a couple of her CDs finding their way into my truck! Thanks for the heads up. There are a few still doing traditional Country. Trouble is that they don't get played on the air anymore. The CMA and radio producers are too busy promoting trash. 7mm
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I saw Amber Digby at the Heart of Texas Country Music festival in Brady TX last week. She did two shows. I have all her music, she is a guest on the Opery one in a while. She is one of my favorite singers. We go to Brady TX every March the festival. Lot of good country music. Darrell McCall and Moe Bandy were also there
James Pepper: There's no law west of Dodge and no God west of the Pecos. Right, Mr. Chisum? John Chisum: Wrong, Mr. Pepper. Because no matter where people go, sooner or later there's the law. And sooner or later they find God's already been there.
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James Pepper: There's no law west of Dodge and no God west of the Pecos. Right, Mr. Chisum? John Chisum: Wrong, Mr. Pepper. Because no matter where people go, sooner or later there's the law. And sooner or later they find God's already been there.
And I gotta say... I do like Kid Rock too.., Especially when he's singing with Martina
James Pepper: There's no law west of Dodge and no God west of the Pecos. Right, Mr. Chisum? John Chisum: Wrong, Mr. Pepper. Because no matter where people go, sooner or later there's the law. And sooner or later they find God's already been there.
James Pepper: There's no law west of Dodge and no God west of the Pecos. Right, Mr. Chisum? John Chisum: Wrong, Mr. Pepper. Because no matter where people go, sooner or later there's the law. And sooner or later they find God's already been there.
He said that this is the most perfect country and western song. I wrote him back a letter and I told him it was not the perfect country & western song because he hadn't said anything at all about mama Or trains, or trucks, or prison, or getting' drunk Well, he sat down and wrote another verse to the song and he sent it to me And after reading it I realized that my friend had written the perfect country & western song
James Pepper: There's no law west of Dodge and no God west of the Pecos. Right, Mr. Chisum? John Chisum: Wrong, Mr. Pepper. Because no matter where people go, sooner or later there's the law. And sooner or later they find God's already been there.
