Good country music.

[PokerBob]

gillian welch
emylou harris
kathleen edwards
get uncle tupelo's "March 16-20, 1992" record
anything by Johnny Cash
avoid anything on the radio

[Kratzer]

just listen to bluegrass, it's better

[econophile]

for a good overview of more obscure artists, listen to Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "May the Circle Be Unbroken" vols 1 & 3

[ed8383]

To the author of the first post. How dare you put the dixie chicks and garth brooks in a post and call it "country music," You sicken me!

here are some real country music songs, Outlaw country, all are great (my favorites)

WAYLON JENNINGS SONGS
ive always been crazy
I can get off on you
the wurlitzer prize
honkey tonk heroes
are you sure hank done it this way

MERLE HAGGARD SONGS
im a lonesome fugitive
mama tried
the bottle let me down
sing me back home
swinging doors
if we make it through december

JOHNY PAYCHECK
im the only hell my momma ever raised

CLASSIC OUTLAW COUNTRY ALBUMS
Wanted! The outlaws (classic outlaw country cd)(this is real country music)

Waylon and Willie (another classic Outlaw country cd)

[DCWildcat]

I used to despise country, then started to like it. Then I started listening to texas country, and now don't listen to anything else.

Best texas country songs & artists, and some of their famous songs
Pat Green- Wave on Wave, Carry On, Texas on my Mind, If I Was the Devil, George's Bar, South Bound 35
Robert Earl Keen- The Road Goes On (you must download this song if you haven't already, you're not a country fan until you do), Gringo Honeymoon, Down that Dusty Trail, Corpus Christi, Feelin Good Again, Fightin Texas Aggie, College Days, What I Really Mean (yeah, he's popular)
Cooder Graw- State Line, West Texas Wind, Better Days
Jack Ingram-- Beat Up Ford, Keep On Keepin' On, Biloxi, Work This Out
Cory Morrow- Light on the Stage (live), Drinkin' Alone, Gitmo Blues, Songwriter's Lament, Straight to Hell

[DCWildcat]

The other important thing, which goes with all music but country especially, is just to listen to what you like. Country seems to attract a lot of snobs who decide that unless you listen to what they specify, you don't like "real" country. Of course, what they specify is really just what some other snob told them to listen to, but whatever.

Listen to what you want, and let them pleasre themselves to their own pretension.

[ed8383]

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The other important thing, which goes with all music but country especially, is just to listen to what you like. Country seems to attract a lot of snobs who decide that unless you listen to what they specify, you don't like "real" country. Of course, what they specify is really just what some other snob told them to listen to, but whatever.


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We have to be honest with the kid. He asked for good country music. You expect me to suggest to him bublegum pop mainstream modern country music and feel good about it?

Most People don't call old country music "real country" just because it's old. They call it "real" country music because the men that sang it were "real." Merle, Waylon, Hank Williams etc etc, those guys were "real" in terms of having lived the life they sang about. They were cowboys, outlaws, they lived on the edge, they lived the lifestyle. They were much like rappers now in terms of "realness" (rappers having gone through the school of hard knocks, growing up in the ghetto and singing about it).

These days country music is no different from pop music. It is soft, mostly pretty faces but no real hardcore cowboys like those of the old country music.

[GooseHinson]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Alan Jackson yet, get some of that if you haven't yet.

[tdarko]

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Best texas country songs & artists, and some of their famous songs
Pat Green- Wave on Wave, Carry On, Texas on my Mind, If I Was the Devil, George's Bar, South Bound 35
Robert Earl Keen- The Road Goes On (you must download this song if you haven't already, you're not a country fan until you do), Gringo Honeymoon, Down that Dusty Trail, Corpus Christi, Feelin Good Again, Fightin Texas Aggie, College Days, What I Really Mean (yeah, he's popular)
Cooder Graw- State Line, West Texas Wind, Better Days
Jack Ingram-- Beat Up Ford, Keep On Keepin' On, Biloxi, Work This Out
Cory Morrow- Light on the Stage (live), Drinkin' Alone, Gitmo Blues, Songwriter's Lament, Straight to Hell

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Cory Morrow is probably the best of the Texas Country ilk and not Pat Green. More talented and a better songwriter, though PG is more popular amongst a nationwide base.

Great call with Cooder Graw, Jack Ingram and of course REK.

I am going to add Dub Miller. Intelligent lyrics and great hooks. He even has a famous Dalmation that smokes pot and knows commands in Spanish.

Cross Canadian Ragweed is about as popular as it gets, especially with the college radio and crowd. I am not a big fan but their concerts are incredible, some of the best live country shows you can see (other than Cory).

Roger Creager, extremely talented and sometimes their music doesn't come off nearly as good on their albums as it does live b/c they are basically a "live" band. Even still, their sound is unique which is good when talking about country.

My top 3 are: Cory Morrow, Dub Miller, Cooder Graw.

[theben]

semi country-folk-pop

jewel:

-"you were meant for me"
-"standing still"
-"cleveland"

great songs if you are comfortable listening to a woman sing