I don't know. Johnny Cash was truly awesome, and country music will never recover fully from his passing, but was he the be all and end all? Probably not.
Lyle Lovett isn't exactly ballsy, but some of his stuff is excellent.
Some of the Alt-Country stuff is really good: Son Volt, Uncle Tupelo, Wilco. The Jeff Tweedy crowd.
I second the Gourds. That cover of Gin 'n Juice is rolling on the floor hysterical. More bluegrass than country, though.
As for the rest, hell, the ballsiest thing to come out of country in the last 20 years is the Dixie Chicks telling Bush he's a bloody minded moron. Doesn't matter to me. Their music <strike>still blows.</strike> is not to my taste.
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