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So this is what happened to Country Music.
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<blockquote data-quote="J. T." data-source="post: 476231" data-attributes="member: 289"><p>Country music was in bad shape long before Garth came along. The 1970's and 1980's began with some cancerous artists that sounded too pop or urban. I never considered Kenny Rogers, Eddie Rabbit, Ronnie Milsap, John Conlee, and their ilk to be true country. Cheatin', drinking, prison, trains, lovin', story telling, rural life are all components of country songs. Singing with a convincing voice that makes you believe the singer has lived what he's singing about makes one a successful country artist. Of course, some have lived the subject matter of their songs. Today's artists are too slick and polished and know little, if anything of rural life. Tammy Wynette, Patsy Cline, Kitty Wells, Mother Maybelle Carter and her girls, Loretta Lynn, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Roy Acuff, Hank Snow, George Jones, Ray Price, Eddie Arnold, Lefty Frizzell and others made you feel what they were singing. Mother Maybelle, June, Helen, and Anita sounded like they were singing from the side of an Appalachian hillside whether they were at the Ryman or at Madison Square Garden. The likes of them and the others I named will never be seen or heard again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J. T., post: 476231, member: 289"] Country music was in bad shape long before Garth came along. The 1970's and 1980's began with some cancerous artists that sounded too pop or urban. I never considered Kenny Rogers, Eddie Rabbit, Ronnie Milsap, John Conlee, and their ilk to be true country. Cheatin', drinking, prison, trains, lovin', story telling, rural life are all components of country songs. Singing with a convincing voice that makes you believe the singer has lived what he's singing about makes one a successful country artist. Of course, some have lived the subject matter of their songs. Today's artists are too slick and polished and know little, if anything of rural life. Tammy Wynette, Patsy Cline, Kitty Wells, Mother Maybelle Carter and her girls, Loretta Lynn, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Roy Acuff, Hank Snow, George Jones, Ray Price, Eddie Arnold, Lefty Frizzell and others made you feel what they were singing. Mother Maybelle, June, Helen, and Anita sounded like they were singing from the side of an Appalachian hillside whether they were at the Ryman or at Madison Square Garden. The likes of them and the others I named will never be seen or heard again. [/QUOTE]
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