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Most of today's country is nothing more than pop with an accent. Garth Brooks has always been a favorite of mine. Most of his good stuff never recieves any air play. He was a fine song writter, and an even better performer.
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I actually agree with this. He was great before he became so overexposed, and occasionally still has some good stuff, even though it will be discounted by country purists and thrown in with the trash of new country. I also think it showed balls when George Strait and Alan Jackson sang Murder on Music Row at a country music award show. Dwight Yoakum is also good, but I don't have anything of his in the last few years, if there is anything. The new Texas college country guys are fun to listen to, but the "let's all drink and talk about as many things in Texas as you can" is cool when you first hear it, but gets a little old after you're exposed to it too much. One song I liked recently was "three wooden crosses", ironically by Randy Travis, someone who I doubt has balls. -just look at how he dresses!
Speaking of dress, call me superficial, but real country should be played by someone usually in a cowboy hat and not with silk shirts, leather pants, and/or spiked hair. Examples:
George Strait-hat and old jeans -good
Tim McGraw-hat, but leather pants -soccer mom country
Robert Earl Keen -no hat, jeans -good (it's okay because he sings a line "I don't wear a Stetson, but I'm willing to bet, son, that I'm as big a Texan, as you are.)
Another rule of thumb, generally stay away from what you see most on the country music video channel.