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madmikeismad said:
Jr? Really? Get the **** outta here.

Is it cool now to say you only listen to music that's >3 decades old or only good enough to be popular in texas? LOL. Don't get me wrong, jennings and jones and cash and haggard were all top notch, but there is other country out there.

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Short answer -YES. :D But I feel I should expand on that...

On the 3 decades comment - Did you miss the CLASSIC country on the top of my post? Snedge put up classic country videos.
The songs I put up I consider timeless anyways. I was not around when they were originally cut, but I can understand where the artists are coming from and what they are writing about.

On the only popular in Texas comment - It's not my fault Nashville is ignorant to real Country music. Quite frankly, I like the fact that Texas Country is not mainstream.
Nashville has a template for their music - You have two groups; the Brokeback Flatts bands and Taylor Swifts to appeal to the Pop listeners, and the "I have to tell you how Country I am" group. The aforementioned have to sing about their trucks, guns, beer, "insert redneck cliche here".

I'll bring it back to the modern era for you...

For the Pop Country...
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgI4Gl2fS9c"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgI4Gl2fS9c[/ame]

For the "I have to tell you how Country I am" crowd...
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJwCwGDqiWg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJwCwGDqiWg[/ame]

Back to Texas Country

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjXAL_jR8D8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjXAL_jR8D8[/ame]
 
WhitetailAddict said:
For the Pop Country...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgI4Gl2fS9c

For the "I have to tell you how Country I am" crowd...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJwCwGDqiWg
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You can't pick the 2 ****tiest songs there are and declare all nashville country is like that. And my point was that texas country might be good (and for the most part it is), it's only "texas" country because they weren't good enough to get bigger. I'd say half the texas country I've heard sounded just like another artist/band that's already famous "nashville" country, 1/4 of it was genuine, and the other 1/4 sounded like complete crap. Country is country, it just seems texas country is starting to become a bandwagon, like how EVERYONE down there wears boots. Even prepped out Ed Hardy shirt flat billers wear cowboy boots LOL

Sorry, I just get really worked up when people jump on a trend or tradition because it's cool.

And for the record, that casey donahew song was a horrible example. It sounds like 90's rock/pop LOL
 
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madmikeismad said:
You can't pick the 2 ****tiest songs there are and declare all nashville country is like that. And my point was that texas country might be good (and for the most part it is), it's only "texas" country because they weren't good enough to get bigger. I'd say half the texas country I've heard sounded just like another artist/band that's already famous "nashville" country, 1/4 of it was genuine, and the other 1/4 sounded like complete crap. Country is country, it just seems texas country is starting to become a bandwagon, like how EVERYONE down there wears boots. Even prepped out Ed Hardy shirt flat billers wear cowboy boots LOL

Sorry, I just get really worked up when people jump on a trend or tradition because it's cool.

And for the record, that casey donahew song was a horrible example. It sounds like 90's rock/pop LOL
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If I was putting up ****ty song examples it would have been Rascal Flatts and Justin Moore for the two respective groups. You missed the point of the videos. While I don't like all of Hank III's or Shooter's music, they saw the issue and brought it to light in the Nashville circle. They don't conform.

I'm not jumping on a bandwagon because it's cool...FAR from it I assure you.

The thing with Texas Country is the lyrics, they are genuine. Most of the time the music is raw and unpolished. They are not "cookie cutter" insert "redneck cliche here" type of songs.
The Texas music scene is big enough that an artist can sustain themselves with just that following.

Listen to the lyrics of the CDB song. I admit the video was not that good, the album version is better, but it was the only version I could find of that was a half coherent recording.

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Goose said:
What is your typical set list?
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Our website is soooo old. :hehe: Here is the entire song list from around 2000. Some suck and we've pulled them and we've added a few dozen, but you get the picture. Old, outlaw country is where it is at. Cash, Haggard, Waylon, Willie, Steve Earle plus I do a lot of more modern Reckless Kelly, Jason Bolan, Robert Earl Keen. If you want to hear that new top 40 schidtt....better bring a radio. :D

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