Bill you and I go back a ways and I think we are pals and can trust each other. I know very little about country. However I downloaded the US top thirty country last week and considering it was not my genre could not say that much of it was crap. I thought a lot was dated and in a timewarp but not crap.
Do me a favour and listen to some of our top ten UK pop not really my genre either. I made a list on the Songwriter get rich quick thread with my small critique about each song. See if you agree.
I say that at least half are not even worth recording never mind top ten. One or two are pretty mediocre and only two would I call worthy. Go on I dare you. You will get an education and trust me it will be worth while just to prove my point.
Musically we are worlds apart and it is worth while indulging in a little bit of intercontinental exchange.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.cfm?bandID=687727&songID=5238055