The evolution of Country music.(past,present,future. What floats your boat.)

Dereck.

 

This song sums up what country music has become.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNpLSaCirj8

 

So these guys played a lot at a local bar in college and they even got to play at cheyenne frontier days last year. I watched this video and looks like it was all filmed where i went to school. Good ol' Laradise Wyoming. https://youtu.be/pKyTeNJKw6E

 

If any of yall are on spotify, yall should look me up. Just type in "Mark Horton" it should be a pic of me and my two brothers. I have a playlist titled TEXAS COUNTRY that has over 500 songs on it

 

The son of country royalty, and one of my favorites. He really blurs the lines between country and rock most of the time, but it works.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M-6mU98UGAo

 

this song is stuck in my head after escorting my gf, her 2 friends around (one of which is OMG....), although it was in the straight pipe lowrider, they loved it...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ckej8kZ-YE

 

A friend just pointed me in this direction. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8sgCwMoN580 A little bluesy but pretty good.

 

Decided I wanted to get a little more hands on, took a leap, got a guitar and my roommate is helping me learn.

 

Awesome. You only need like 2 chords and a case of lonestars.

 

Didn't really read through the thread so sorry if I'm beating a dead horse, but I wanna throw my 2 cents in.
For the most part I'm not a fan of modern country. There's a few artists that I like, even a couple that I listen to religiously, but for the most part its just all way too.... manufactured, is the word I'm looking for. Like it was made by a record label for tasteless listeners, not by a man with a passion for music. What I love more than anything is old school outlaw country. Anything by Merle Haggard (who's one of my favorite artists) and the like.

Side note, Florida Georgia Line is terrible and should be banned from the radio

 

Don't need to read shit. This thread is nothing but people's opinions, and all are welcome. But you said pretty much what the rest of us have said. Few exceptions, mostly crap. If you have any suggestions of random artists that people may not know that is also appreciated.

 

There's a couple modern ones people may not know. Sara Watkins is great (Long Hot Summer Day is an awesome song). Old Crow Medicine Show is pretty much only known for the song Wagon Wheel, but they have a lot of other great songs that feel raw and unedited, and give that old school folky country feel

 

Yes old crow is pretty good. Never heard of Sara Watkins, but I'm gonna check her out.

 

Can't get enough of these guys lately. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZihGwSMNnxg

 

I made a list of all artists mentioned in this thread and going through them all. Sturgill Simspon is my favorite so far.

if you like really good guitar work I don't think anyone mentioned Junior Brown?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEhv8OQ7KeM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqNgXTjMhPQ

 

Oh yes that's some good stuff. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DaEzT5MusFs

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HOSNQkxXKW4

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rE4ISDUT4RM

 

We talk a bit about John Pardi, here is his latest song I heard on the radio. What's your opinion on it?
https://youtu.be/k67fIJU_7CI

 

It's a little cookie cutter. But it might grow on me.