Hey Rich,
Rich Lockyer wrote to Paul Lawson <=-
Ever notice how modern country sounds like early (really, ANY)
Eagles? They do have a country "feel" to them, but in their
early years, they certainly weren't "country".. no cat-torture
slide guitars, no "I lost my wife and my truck and my beer"...
Yeah. Contemporary country music is definitely closer to country-
rock, than 'real' country. In most cases though, I find the
contemporary stuff to be too formulaic and boring - both lyrically
and musically.
There *are* a few country-rock bands around though, who are doing
things with a bit more sense of adventure. Wilco is probably one of
the better known. Off the top of my head, I also like The Jayhawks,
Blue Rodeo, Lucinda Williams, Kennedy-Rose, Son Volt, and the
recently disbanded Blue Shadows, to name a few more.
If anyone else here has heard any good country-rock recently that
falls somewhere outside of the current Nashville mold, I'm interested
in hearing about it. Always looking for good, new music. ;-)
Martin
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