Originally Posted by Bill Robinson
John Denver did NOT cross over from COUNTRY to POP
It was the other way around.
Along with Olivia Newton John and a few other POP singers who wanted to tap into the Country market. And they did. John Denver was a Folk/Pop singer. He wrote great songs and did very well in the country market and was very instrumental in blending the genres.
Oh and By the way
I have bought a house in Nashville.
I commute regularly to Nashville.



First, folk and country music are very similar in many respects, especially to outsiders like me. John Denver was always referred to as a country artist, wrote and performed songs that were clearly country in nature, some of them even using the word in their titles (e.g., Country Roads, Thank God I'm A Country Boy), used country arrangements (e.g., fiddles, steel guitars), and consistently appeared on the country music charts. For a Northern boy like me, THAT'S COUNTRY. Perception is everything.

You prefer a specific style of country music, which is fine. I don't why it should matter that it is called 'traditional country' instead of 'country'. Take comfort in the fact that 20 years from now the stuff that is today called NEW COUNTRY will probably be reclassified as OLD COUNTRY and something else will take its place, and todays fans will be lamenting the passing of what they call 'real country music'.



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