Country music that doesn't suck.

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  1. Rimjob Bob

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    No. There really isn't. :no:
    Rimjob Bob, Aug 16, 2016
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    I kinda like this one, if only because it reminds me of my time haying.

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    Waylon Jennings

    Are You Sure Hank Done it This Way?

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    I don't know a whole lot about country music, but I like Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash and there's something about Reba's voice that is nostalgic to me.
    Mrs. Albert, Aug 16, 2016
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    American Aquarium
    Sturgill Simpson
    Alabama Shakes
    Damn Quails (although they just broke up. :( )
    Aenea, Aug 16, 2016
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  6. Nova

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    90% (at least) of all the music featured in the show "Nashville" is good country music.









    Nova, Aug 17, 2016
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    Some of these really pop when you see them preformed on the show but they hold up fine just on the audio.
    Nova, Aug 17, 2016
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  8. Nova

    Nova livin on the edge of the ledge Writer

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    unrelated to the show...or anything else...this is a song that always sticks in my head when the subject of good country comes up - naturally, not the sort of thing you'd ever hear on the radio

    Nova, Aug 17, 2016
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    Of the ass.
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    Shirogayne, Aug 18, 2016
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    The illustrious Iowahawk has said that you get to be a snob about three things, after that you're just an asshole. We'll I'm a snob about beer, iced tea, and country music. Country music, good, real country music isn't about the country, or trucks or any of the nonsense I have a peripheral knowledge of regarding country radio.

    I gave up on country years ago, and I'm country as fuck. It holds nothing. It's a cargo cult of hollow emotion dressed up in a cowboy hat. Real country is about heartache, loss, decisions and their eventual consequences. Not to say it can't be fun or humorous, but it has to have that underlying core.

    My beloved named a few artists, I will expand.

    American Aquarium
    Sturgill Simpson
    Jason Isbell
    The Damn Quails
    Turnpike Troubadours
    Jason Boland
    Honey Honey Band
    Deertick

    ....and Wheeler Walker Jr. Trust me on that one.
    evenflow, Aug 19, 2016
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    Did anyone else try to read that tweet to the tune of "Piano Man"? :flow:
    NAHTMMM, Aug 19, 2016
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  14. Nova

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    well not until NOW :D
    Nova, Aug 20, 2016
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    Another one of my favorite bands is Sons of Bill out of Virginia, authors of one of the best lyrics in "country" music.

    Hank Williams might've been a lovesick drinker
    But bein' a lovesick drunk don't make you Hank

    shootER, Aug 21, 2016
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  16. oldfella1962

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    Very good I must say!
    oldfella1962, Aug 21, 2016
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