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It's "A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (or my salute to Bob Wills)"

Kathy Mattea is one of the best, her Untasted Honey album is a classic. Too many women to mention, but after Dolly Parton the obvious is Reba McEntire, and one of my other favorites, with a perfect C/W name, Patty Loveless.

Paul, Avguy; glad to see there really are some others who appreciate good C/W. I do agree/think that the last several years (10-20?), that what is called C/W has evolved into a kind of country pop that I really don't care for either. In fact there seems to be a kind of fusion of Country and Pop. I still like the "classic" C/W singers though and would love to see Emmylou..... going to have to find Merle Haggards latest. Cheers, Craig.

Hey, I live in West Texas, so I **LIVE** for c/w music! You know the old line--in Texas we have both kinds of music; country AND western :-) Besides the classic stuff, I do enjoy much of modern Nashville when it's well-recorded, even if it does border on pop. The key for me is a beautiful female voice. Mandy Barnett's second CD, the lovely Allison Moorer (yowza!), and yes, the Chicks among others. How can I not like the Chicks--Natalie is from right here in Lubbock. My only real complaint is that you can't get **ANY** of the reissue LP companies to do c/w vinyl, which is a real disappointment. I for one would love to hear something like Mandy Barnett's disc on vinyl, it would be lovely through a tube-based system!.....PS--Anyone that doesn't worship George Jones is a pinko :-)

Since I moved to Nashville in the early 90s, I have acquired a taste for C/W including Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, and many others. I often have opportunities to see many of the famous and not so famous C/W artist/songwriters live at the local venues. (I saw Emmylou perform last Saturday at the Opry at the Ryman). Nashville seems to be also attracting many varied singers/songwriters/musicians in recent years. Among those who reside in Nashville currently include Emmylou, Donna Summer, Janis Ian, Steve Winwood, Peter Frampton, Felix Cavaliere of The Rascals, Michael McDonald, Larry Carlton, Steve Earle, and Kirk Whalum as well many mentioned above. Besides C/W, I really enjoy acoustic bluegrass or jazz from Bela Fleck, Mark O'Connor, Edgar Meyer, Jerry Douglas, and Tim O'Brien. Good listening!

I thought I had to keep that buried deep in the closet. My tastes started in folk, went to rock (Airplane, Dead, Youngbloods, etc.) in the 60's then on to country swing (Seatrain, Dan Hicks, Amazing Rythym Aces), bluegrass/newgrass (Old & in the Way, older Kraus, Mark O'Conner, Emmy Lou, New Grass Revival, Laurie Lewis, D. Grisman) and then into crossover C/W-bluegrass/folk (Michelle Shocked, Lucinda Williams, Nanci Griffith, Martin Smith Jazz Quartet, Meyer-Douglas-O'Brien, etc.) Haven't seen anyone mention one of my favorites- Jesse Winchester and the Trio lps by Emmy, Linda and Dolly. I guess I go for simple instrumentation and fine voices. BTW, don't miss Will the Circle be Unbroken (I & II) which brought singers and music lovers from two generations together.