In Reply to: Is country music safe to listen to? posted by jedrider on November 13, 2016 at 19:19:09:
well, dumb. Guess redneck and ignorant though, is redundant.The Johnny Cash American Recordings is one of the most satisfying oeuvres of anyone I can think of.
His Sun Recordings are damn good. Most of his pre 1980 Columbia Recordings too.
The "outlaw" country guys are worthy, especially Willie.
Recently deceased Guy Clark was a helluva writer and singer.
Ditto Merle Haggard.
Females? Besides Patsy Cline there's Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn and Emmylou Harris.
Lucinda Williams rides the line 'tween Country and... Americana.
Country is like any other genre, there's some mighty Good, PLENTY of Bad, and of course the obligatory Ugly.
The best of it is, in fact, Beyond Category (to use Duke Ellington's apt phrase).
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination"-Michael McClure
Edits: 11/13/16
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
Follow Ups
- Ain't turned me into a redneck, made me ignorant OR vote... - musetap 22:18:10 11/13/16 (7)
- RE: Ain't turned me into a redneck, made me ignorant OR vote... - mcondo 05:20:45 11/14/16 (1)
- RE: Ain't turned me into a redneck, made me ignorant OR vote... - mes 05:38:18 11/14/16 (0)
- RE: Ain't turned me into a redneck, made me ignorant OR vote... - Tweaker456 23:09:55 11/13/16 (4)
- You start judging artist's art on their personal behaviour and you may as... - musetap 05:41:49 11/14/16 (3)
- RE: You start judging artist's art on their personal behaviour and you may as... - Tweaker456 09:57:05 11/14/16 (2)
- Yep... it's a STRONG Wind Blowin'... N/T - musetap 12:02:49 11/14/16 (1)
- RE: Yep... it's a STRONG Wind Blowin'... N/T - Tweaker456 21:25:35 11/14/16 (0)