C/W music Audiogon members

Classic country (American original...like Jazz) is nothing
like the Country Music Video Pop.....that many people see
as country music. While great country music has roots and
meaning....as well as heart/class....current pop/country is
the most $$$$ promoted and marketed music in the world...the
"Boyz2Men" of the world cannot, financially, compete with
the money spent on what most people think of as "country
music".... Even Ray Charles (read: Jazz) had country hits..
when country music was about music...not truck pulls.

lyle lovett is one of my favorite male wocalists, but is he really country? he even races ducati's as a hobby - he couldn't be country! ;~)

i also love bluegrass, but for standard-fare country-western, i'm afraid yule have to count me out...

regards, doug

Doug, you just moved up a notch on the old totem pole, with me, by being a Lyle Lovett fan. The man defies categorization, but a listen to "Stand By Your Man" lets you know he can get REAL country, (if'n he has a mind to.)
Where are my vitamins?

Count me in - more on the bluegrass and pre-70's stuff though. I have a large 78 rpm record collection, so I get to listen to original pressings of guys like Spade Cooley and Jimmy Wakely and Wiley Walker. I guess that's really Western Swing, but ...hey, it's what Dad played when I was a kid, ok? Current faves include Dwight Yoakam and a new kid I just found named Kasey Chambers - the odd part being she's straight outa the south alright - Australia! But if you can imagine Allison Krause crossed with Tammy Wynette, she's what it would sound like. Gotta agree with Whatjd about most of what I hear on the local so called "country" stations, though. Gimme Little Jimmy Dickens anytime!

chas

ok, i was saving this for a thread on "guilty pleasures" but i've gotta admit that i'm a big fan of willie nelson (favorite album "reheaded stranger"), johnnny cash, emmylou harris and especially lyle lovett. lyle and his large band play fairly frequently in colo. saw him in vail last year. awsome concert. just to let you know my tastes are eclectic, tho, i'm gonna see phil lesh & friends at the fillmore (denver) tomorrow nite. yep, old deadhead, too.