Tim, Matt, an Oldjunk have nailed it....

Reba is a well defined, well kept woman of her age, that has a down to earth/Help another if she can type of attitude; Not like the majority of the artists now that believe image is everything and a couple hours with a good sound guy will solve everything else....

As for the crack about her sitcom show, I actually love it...Nice comedy, that the whole family can watch...

And yes, for the record, she is DEFINANTLY easy on the eyes....Then again....I like redheads...

 

Although I do agree that a lot of country music today is a far cry from "true" country music, I listen to most of it.

But give me some good ol' Roger Miller or Hank any day.

 

To all you guys that like old school, check out Jamie Johnson. He's a total throwback to the good ol' outlaw style of country music. Songs with a lot of depth and heart.

Reba is a sweetheart. If you ever get the chance to meet her, she comes across as the genuine article. She talks to you like she's really interested in you. (She's the only artist I've had the opportunity to meet in that forum- well, her and Kelly Clarkson- so I've nothing to compare the experience to, but she really seemed down to earth and very likeable on a personal level.)

 

If there's one thing I love about country music artists it's that they love their fans and we love them back for it.

 

if you want old school country look up an australian called slim dusty on utube. he passed away a couple years ago, but def classic

 

I'll have to side with the folks who say that what is called country today isn't country. It's pop music with a fiddle and a steel guitar, sometimes not even that. When Hootie and the Blowfish can do the same songs, just swapping the harmonica for a fiddle, it's not country.
The old stuff is great, though, and a modern artist that comes close is Dwight Yoakam. It is interesting that a number of the covers he's done are barely different from the originals that were classified as rock. Genres change over the years I guess.

 

Funny thing is Brian, he's actually from Ky.....About 45-50 miles from where I live actually.....Along with Loretta Lynn, Crystal Gail, Keith Whitley.....There's more....lol

All within a 50 mile radius of my home....So I definantly think I know what REAL country is...

 

reba is my all time fav!

 

I don't think country music can be defined by what instruments the artists are playing. Brad Paisley and Keith Urban- both quite successful singer/ sing writers- are both very accomplished guitar players. Country music doesn't have to have a fiddle or a banjo in it (though both instruments have a way of making me feel good inside, FWIW) to be a country song. Country is more about what the artist is saying. Are they telling a story with their music? Can you relate it to your own life? Does it make you feel sad, glad, angry or remorseful? The beauty of (all) music is that it really has no boundaries.

So if you were from Louisville, you'd know everything there is to know about baseball bats? J/K.
I'm not as much of a Crystal Gayle fan, but I will say that Keith Whitley songs have a way of making me feel a tremendous loss in the country music industry. I love all his songs. Loretta Lynn has re-invented herself a time or two... sort of moving with the times, but still a great artist.

 

Actually, I'm on the OTHER side...Pikeville area for general area reference...

 

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My gripe with "modern country" is when a lot of artists get washed up, they'll try their hand at country to music to revive their sales.
Case in point: Several years ago I had the boss from he11 that HATED rock and roll or classic rock music, but loved country. We always had to listen to top-40 country at work. About this time, the band Bon-Jovi was somewhat washed up as a rocker and tried their hand at top-40 country music. We were listening to one of his songs on the top-40 COUNTRY radio station one day and my boss asked me who sang the song that were were listening to. I told him that it was Bon-Jovi. My boss said that he had never heard of this artist. I told him that Bon-Jovi was an older artist and that he had quite a few albums that had been released in previous years. My boss and I didn't talk any more about Bon-Jovi that day.
The next day my boss came in and said that he had logged into Amazon and ordered every single CD that Bon-Jovi had ever released and would have them have them in a few days......
All of us were chuckling about that behind the boss's back that day.
We just knew that in a few days we would get home, open up his package from Amazon, put the CD into the tray, hit play and hear: "SHOT THROUGH THE HEART....AND YOU'RE TO BLAME, YOU GIVE LOVE.....A BAD NAME!!!!.........."
****....****....****.......

My boss never mentioned Bon-Jovi again.

 

Groups like the Dixie Chicks and Rascal Flats kinda ruined it for me. I'm sorry fells, that ain't country music to me.

All music tells a story or has a meaning or both, it's all about the delivery. The country group Big and Rich do some nice rap or hip hop style music in their inventory but I wouldn't begin to listen to that style of music from a hip hop / rap artist.

I'll say that my heart broke the day that Brooks and Dunn announced their farewell tour. I love every piece of their work.

 

my heart broke too! not one bad song...ever! how crazy is that? its almost like George straight.

 

Tonight I went thru the CD collection and found a Reba CD that my wife must have had since I met her...5 disc player, put in Reba, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, James Taylor and Billy Joel. Everyone has their own taste in music, but out of the 5, For me Reba was the worst!! At 47 years old I would have rather listened to The Who, AC/DC, Rolling Stones, Creed and Staind. I need to grow up one of these days!! On second thought, No way!!!

 

I listen to classic rock all day every day. This music makes me feel good. But, I can tap to some classic country as well.

I love me some Johnny Cash, Hank Sr. and Hank Jr, Randy TRavis, Alan Jackson, Clint Black, George Strait, Earl Thomas Connoly, and many many more.