To me this is such a moot subject and here I am contributing to more wasted space on a wasted subject but here goes.....

Country will never....ever....ever....ever be what it was 20, 30 or 40 years ago. Reminisce about it. Listen to your old 45's and tilt a can of suds in salute but quit letting everyone know just how much you can't stand todays sub-genres of country music.

Those of us that have grown up in the 70,s and 80's are a product of the age. We have been saturated and innundated by so many cultures that we're just trying to make sense of it musically the best way that we can and the result is what you hear today.

In the 50's and 60's, how many different kinds of music were there on a.m. radio anyway?.....two?

Your drawn to what you grew up with because that was all that was available to listen to and your influences were few. Those of us in todays country scene have grown up with a veritable plethera of musicals examples and the many styles that have developed are merely an extension of that influence.

What your too embarassed to have anyone listen to is probably what's playin' on the radio.

IMHO....country has a distinctive sound that differs from the distinctive sound of yesteryears country and in 20 years I'll probably be the one hollerin' "THIS AIN'T COUNTRY!!!"

Eric
http://www.soundclick.com/ericharris

"If you only do what you've always done, you'll only get what you've always got"