Any Country people out there?

Systems
Systems Posts: 14,873
edited May 2010 in Music & Movies
Mary Chapin Carpenter has a nice new album out to listen too.
nice vid on this site too!
http://amzn.to/9oCPgY
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited April 2010
    Hasn't kept up with MCC's recent albums, but I have about 6 of her albums....starting with her debut, "Hometown Girl".

    "Come On Come On" is a classic and deserves a SACD version.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited April 2010
    Danny Tse wrote:
    "Come On Come On" is a classic and deserves a SACD version.

    That is a very well recorded redbook CD and might be hard to improve significantly via SACD. Time*Sex*Love does sound good on SACD but it is not my favorite of her work.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,461
    edited April 2010
    To paraphrase from the Foxworthy dictionary... "If you listen to country music just because the chicks are hot, you might be a redneck."

    I love country. and Dolly still has the best rack ever recorded.
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited April 2010
    Not much into country of any variety anymore, but I do have a couple of Big & Rich CD's I listen to in the truck! Save a horse ride a cowboy!
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited April 2010
    Mary Chapin Carpenter has just been classified as "country" in the last few years as her early albums never got any airplay on country stations. Her music is more "Americana" or "Contemporary Folk" than country IMO. It does have some country elements...but just how country can a woman born and raised in Jersey with time spent in Japan who later moved to DC before going to college at Ivy League Brown University be?
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited April 2010
    I like old country...newer country doesn't do it for me for the most part.

    Gram Parsons
    Willie Nelson
    Waylon Jennings
    Merle Haggard
    Johnny Cash
    Merle Travis
    Hank Williams Sr...not to be confused with Hank Williams Jr., who is essentially a textbook definition of racist, white trash, redneck.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited April 2010
    shack wrote: »
    Her music is more "Americana" or "Contemporary Folk" than country IMO. It does have some country elements...but just how country can a woman born and raised in Jersey with time spent in Japan who later moved to DC before going to college at Ivy League Brown University be?

    Did you write for the old "Stereo Review"? That was exactly what they said when one of her early album was reviewed.

    Her slowed down, acoustic cover of Springsteen's "Dancing In The Dark" is quite excellent.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited April 2010
    Danny Tse wrote:
    Did you write for the old "Stereo Review"? That was exactly what they said when one of her early album was reviewed.

    Her slowed down, acoustic cover of Springsteen's "Dancing In The Dark" is quite excellent.

    No, just a fan...and I never read anything about her in Stereo Review as I almost never read music reviews.

    I have just never considered her to be country...and was a bit suprised when she started to be labeled as such. Much in the same way I don't view Nanci Griffith as country...but that seems to be the broad brush they get painted with.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited April 2010
    comfortablycurt wrote:
    I like old country...newer country doesn't do it for me for the most part.

    Gram Parsons
    Willie Nelson
    Waylon Jennings
    Merle Haggard
    Johnny Cash
    Merle Travis
    Hank Williams Sr...not to be confused with Hank Williams Jr., who is essentially a textbook definition of racist, white trash, redneck.

    I will listen to "some" country...primarily some of the more contemporary female country artists...along with a touch of bluegrass...but none of those artists you mentioned get any play on my rig. I simply do not care for their music.
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  • camp21178
    camp21178 Posts: 273
    edited April 2010
    I have a huge collection of old time country music from the 1920s through the 1960s. I don't have anything after 1970 because I feel that it's not truly "country". Give me some Jimmie Rodgers or Bob Wills and I'm happy.
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited April 2010
    Both MCC and Nancy Griffith are members of the East Texas Songwriters Association if I remember correctly. If you ever have a chance to watch that group perform, I highly recommend it.
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  • POIDOG
    POIDOG Posts: 391
    edited April 2010
    http://www.amazon.com/Somewhere-Time-Reckless-Kelly/dp/B00319DXBA/ref=pd_sim_m_1

    Under the Radar, but good rockin' Country
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  • thuffman03
    thuffman03 Posts: 1,325
    edited April 2010
    Can't say I am a Country music fan. I do like one Country song though.

    Dean Hall
    If you play another Country song I am going to kick your @ss!
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited May 2010
    Wow, I had never heard of Mary Chapin Carpenter before reading this thread. Just looked her up and played some of her stuff; I like!

    Thanks for opening my eyes a little more!
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited May 2010
    Jamey Johnson is the only modern country singer worth listening to.
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
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  • wayne3burk
    wayne3burk Posts: 939
    edited May 2010
    I'm originally from Oklahoma -- does that make me country?

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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited May 2010
    http://www.jameyjohnson.com/videos.aspx
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited May 2010
    ben62670 wrote: »
    Jamey Johnson is the only modern country singer worth listening to.
    I LOVE his High Cost of Living!! Great song, and he does it just so incredibly well.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited May 2010
    audiobliss wrote: »
    Wow, I had never heard of Mary Chapin Carpenter before reading this thread. Just looked her up and played some of her stuff; I like!

    Earlier in her career, her albums were regularly in the Billboard Top 10 albums chart. Then country went really commercal....enter Faith Hill and Shania Twain. Check out MCC's covers of Tom Waits' "Downtown Train", which predated Rod Stewart's cover, and Dire Straits' "The Bug"....excellent music no matter what label they want to market it under. Also look for her concert DVD, "Jubilee - Live At The Wolf Trap".

    I am kinda hooked on Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" single. Is it country? Sound more like U2 to me.
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  • Litz
    Litz Posts: 111
    edited May 2010
    No kidding audiophile recording: Willie Nelson: stardust.
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  • searay40dad
    searay40dad Posts: 82
    edited May 2010
    5-6 years ago my kids started getting into music. my sons ipod had some rap that I just couldn't take. Now, i'm not against freedom of expression --I'm in the business to fight for it--but some of it was just no good. didnt seem like there was all that much on top 40 to get excited about either (afterall, we had michael jackson, prince, and yes madonna -ha!). so, we kinda pushed the kids towards 'new' country. ok, before I get flamed, i grew up with van halen (sans sammy hagar), aerosmith, ted nugent, sammy hagar, molly hatchett, etc. and played it as loud as anyone but i'll give credit where credit is due, there is some decent guitar work in some the new country. now, don't get me wrong, listening to keith urban isn't quite the same as Anthrax, but i've needed earplugs at a couple concerts recently--their amps work! plus, kenny chesney is kinda like Buffet to the boating segment which is my passion. Now, I still play my share of Alice in Chains (yes, even at 45--and I wish Layne Staley was still around), U2, Metallica as well as some Prince, John Mayer, Motown, stevie ray, skynyrd, etc, but new country has worked for us. and Shania isnt too hard to look at either !
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited May 2010
    searay40dad wrote: »
    5-6 years ago my kids started getting into music. my sons ipod had some rap that I just couldn't take. Now, i'm not against freedom of expression --I'm in the business to fight for it--but some of it was just no good. didnt seem like there was all that much on top 40 to get excited about either (afterall, we had michael jackson, prince, and yes madonna -ha!). so, we kinda pushed the kids towards 'new' country. ok, before I get flamed, i grew up with van halen (sans sammy hagar), aerosmith, ted nugent, sammy hagar, molly hatchett, etc. and played it as loud as anyone but i'll give credit where credit is due, there is some decent guitar work in some the new country. now, don't get me wrong, listening to keith urban isn't quite the same as Anthrax, but i've needed earplugs at a couple concerts recently--their amps work! plus, kenny chesney is kinda like Buffet to the boating segment which is my passion. Now, I still play my share of Alice in Chains (yes, even at 45--and I wish Layne Staley was still around), U2, Metallica as well as some Prince, John Mayer, Motown, stevie ray, skynyrd, etc, but new country has worked for us. and Shania isnt too hard to look at either !

    Some of the "new" country music is not bad at all, Keith Urban is one example (although I don't own any of his CDs). I believe one of his early #1 songs was written by members of The Go-Go's. As with music of any genre, there's some good and there's some bad. If it sounds good to YOU, then go for it....
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