Country music: Dumping ground for dried-up rock artists

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chuck, maybe you can explain why both Ray Charles and James Brown have cited Little Jimmy Dickens as an influence. If not, maybe somebody else can.

― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 00:02 (nineteen years ago) link

What's the take on Bret Michael's BTW? Which is his best country album?

― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 00:03 (nineteen years ago) link

and you guys saw the toby keith/aerosmith/run dmc collab on cmt this year, right? but i mean, face it, if rock radio didn't turn to utter shit in the past ten years, maybe some of these old farts wouldn't *have* to go country. but hey, country radio is where the drummers are these days, you know? not to mention the songs. not to mention, um, the rock. who rocks harder montgomery gentry or hoobastank? (so what i wanna know is, what the hell's taking tom petty so long???)

― chuck, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 00:03 (nineteen years ago) link

I have to say I don't mind Toby Keith but DMC embarrassed himself a little on the Superbowl thing or whatever it was. And aren't Tom Petty's bandmembers working on those Tift Merritt records?

― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 00:09 (nineteen years ago) link

who rocks harder montgomery gentry or hoobastank?

Amen, brother... Assuming that that question is rhetorical and that the answer is what I think it is.

― martin m. (mushrush), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 00:58 (nineteen years ago) link

Ken L, where is this 17 Day Threadbare Dementia on the Where Does Folk End And Country Begin?. I must read it.

Also, mentioning Suds in the Bucket makes you the Hero of this Thread.

― martin m. (mushrush), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 01:01 (nineteen years ago) link

yeah, my answer is the same as yours, martin, at least judging from the "amen brother: i was about to give you when you wrote this, which i agree with so much it's not funny:

"where is the required "I don't like modern country, but I like old country" line from the token shithead who can only name two old country artists* when asked what the fuck that means? Cause that's totally my favorite part of any discussion that starts out as a thinly-veiled I Hate Country Rant."

― chuck, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 01:05 (nineteen years ago) link

here you go martin, and i'll send you more threads you should read in a second:

Where does folk leave off and country begin?

― chuck, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 01:07 (nineteen years ago) link

Holy SHIT is my reaction to You Do Your Thing by Montgomery Gentry

― chuck, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 01:09 (nineteen years ago) link

Thanks... So sad I have been keeping up with neither ILM nor ILE as well as I used to.

― martin m. (mushrush), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 01:09 (nineteen years ago) link

rolling 2004 country thread

― chuck, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 01:10 (nineteen years ago) link

Big & Rich: Album of the Decade?

― chuck, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 01:12 (nineteen years ago) link

Why I Love Country Music

― chuck, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 01:13 (nineteen years ago) link

The all-new contemporary mainstream country thread

― chuck, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 01:15 (nineteen years ago) link

"...maybe you can explain why both Ray Charles and James Brown have cited Little Jimmy Dickens as an influence."

If I was to guess, I would imagine it was because they heard him many times on the Grand Ole Oprey.

― Earl Nash (earlnash), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 01:19 (nineteen years ago) link

That's a good answer, thanks. I personally never like his stuff, he always seems like an annoying novelty act.

Also, mentioning Suds in the Bucket makes you the Hero of this Thread.
So my strategy worked?!? I was afraid I was gonna end up the token S-head.

― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 02:20 (nineteen years ago) link

Donny and Marie to thread.

Cracker's Countrysides is "country" I guess. I just like it is all.

― rat, Tuesday, 4 January 2005 22:50 (nineteen years ago) link

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