Top five fave country artists

cheezyridr · 05-02-2009, 06:52 PM

pam tillis
martina mcbride
brooks and dunn
george jones
johnny cash

JosephineG · 05-13-2009, 07:56 PM

Miranda Lambert, Patsy Rigger, James Otto, Vince Gill, Brad Paisley,

Nicktarist · 05-16-2009, 09:00 PM

Bob Dylan
Johnny Cash
Wilco (tweedy)
Golden Smog (tweedy)
The Jayhawks (okay, more rock than country, but my mind is fried right now)

swordwanderer · 07-28-2009, 09:28 AM

1. George Strait- The man hasn't made a bad song or album yet.

2. Dwight Yoakim- The champion of Buck Owens and the Bakersfield Sound.

3. Alan Jackson- Keepin' Honky Tonk alive.

4. Ricky Skaggs-There isn't any area of country music this guy hasn't
covered or can't do well.

5. Tracy Lawrence-A perfect blend of traditional and contemporary styles.

Svengali · 08-25-2009, 06:47 PM

Allison Krauss
George Jones
Johnny Cash
Dolly Parton
Patsy Cline

lsd hippy · 09-01-2009, 02:35 PM

Johnny cashh has to be firsttt !!! The king of countryy !! :d

Bulldog · 09-03-2009, 03:50 AM

I'm bored, so here's my updated list...

Gram Parsons
Possibly my favourite country singer-songwriter ever, he's been involved with some of the best albums of all time and been partly responsible for the directions that outlaw/alternate country took.

Emmylou Harris
My favourite 'country lady' who boasts a great voice and a good know-how of how to write effective, stylistically varied country rock tunes. Wrecking Ball is a top album too.

Gene Clark
One of the main songwriters behind the classic Byrds lineup. He has this interesting, Dylanesque (very lyric-centric and folky) slant on the country style he opts for. White Light's a classic album as well.

Guy Clark
More traditional than what I usually listen to, but that approach lets the lyrics grab your attention more which, given his knack for such things, is a great thing. His grainy kinda voice gives them that much more edge as well.

Townes Van Zandt
From what I've heard of him, his style is very similar to early Cohen and John Wesley Harding-era Dylan with more of a country vibe about it. Sounds a lot like most of the modern alternate country I've heard, which is quite something seeing as his debut came out in '69.

~~Flower Child~~ · 09-03-2009, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Bulldog

I'm bored, so here's my updated list...

Gram Parsons
Possibly my favourite country singer-songwriter ever, he's been involved with some of the best albums of all time and been partly responsible for the directions that outlaw/alternate country took.

Emmylou Harris
My favourite 'country lady' who boasts a great voice and a good know-how of how to write effective, stylistically varied country rock tunes. Wrecking Ball is a top album too.

Gene Clark
One of the main songwriters behind the classic Byrds lineup. He has this interesting, Dylanesque (very lyric-centric and folky) slant on the country style he opts for. White Light's a classic album as well.

Guy Clark
More traditional than what I usually listen to, but that approach lets the lyrics grab your attention more which, given his knack for such things, is a great thing. His grainy kinda voice gives them that much more edge as well.

Townes Van Zandt
From what I've heard of him, he style is very similar to early Cohen and John Wesley Harding-era Dylan with more of a country vibe about it. Sounds a lot like most of the modern alternate country I've heard, which is quite something seeing as his debut came out in '69.

I absolutely love Emmylou Harris! I don't take to a female country voice too often, but I make an exception for her. There is this song by Emmylou that I am HOOKED on right now. If you haven't heard it, put this on your list. Its off of the album "Honeysuckle Rose" (an album I've been meaning to review for sometime) and its called "So You Think You're A Cowboy".

Quote:

Thinking classic country artists (and not people like Mark Knopfler), my list looks like :

Jerry Reed
Earl Scruggs
Johnny Cash
Willie Nelson

aaand ..

Hank Williams Sr.

I think that's the way it goes, at least at the moment.

Some stellar choices there Tore. I'm impressed.

Bulldog · 09-04-2009, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Flower Child

I absolutely love Emmylou Harris! I don't take to a female country voice too often, but I make an exception for her. There is this song by Emmylou that I am HOOKED on right now. If you haven't heard it, put this on your list. Its off of the album "Honeysuckle Rose" (an album I've been meaning to review for sometime) and its called "So You Think You're A Cowboy".

Haven't come across Honeysuckle Rose before, but I could swear I've heard of it somewhere or other - is it one of her later ones? I've got a lot of her 70s work, Wrecking Ball from the 90s and her last one, All I Intended To Be myself. Top lass - Elite Hotel and Pieces Of Sky are up there with the best of them.

~~Flower Child~~ · 09-06-2009, 06:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bulldog

Haven't come across Honeysuckle Rose before, but I could swear I've heard of it somewhere or other - is it one of her later ones? I've got a lot of her 70s work, Wrecking Ball from the 90s and her last one, All I Intended To Be myself. Top lass - Elite Hotel and Pieces Of Sky are up there with the best of them.

Actually, Honeysuckle Rose is a Willie Nelson album/soundtrack off of his movie Honeysuckle Rose. I should have clarified that

But she makes a guest appearance in it a few times one of them being that "So You Think You'e a Cowboy" song. Emmylou Harris's voice + Willie Nelson's guitar = bliss.

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swordwanderer Groupie Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 24	1. George Strait- The man hasn't made a bad song or album yet. 2. Dwight Yoakim- The champion of Buck Owens and the Bakersfield Sound. 3. Alan Jackson- Keepin' Honky Tonk alive. 4. Ricky Skaggs-There isn't any area of country music this guy hasn't covered or can't do well. 5. Tracy Lawrence-A perfect blend of traditional and contemporary styles.

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Svengali Groupie Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 19	Allison Krauss George Jones Johnny Cash Dolly Parton Patsy Cline

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lsd hippy Groupie Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: canada Posts: 4	Johnny cashh has to be firsttt !!! The king of countryy !! :d

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Bulldog why bother? Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: UK Posts: 4,840	I'm bored, so here's my updated list... Gram Parsons Possibly my favourite country singer-songwriter ever, he's been involved with some of the best albums of all time and been partly responsible for the directions that outlaw/alternate country took. Emmylou Harris My favourite 'country lady' who boasts a great voice and a good know-how of how to write effective, stylistically varied country rock tunes. Wrecking Ball is a top album too. Gene Clark One of the main songwriters behind the classic Byrds lineup. He has this interesting, Dylanesque (very lyric-centric and folky) slant on the country style he opts for. White Light's a classic album as well. Guy Clark More traditional than what I usually listen to, but that approach lets the lyrics grab your attention more which, given his knack for such things, is a great thing. His grainy kinda voice gives them that much more edge as well. Townes Van Zandt From what I've heard of him, his style is very similar to early Cohen and John Wesley Harding-era Dylan with more of a country vibe about it. Sounds a lot like most of the modern alternate country I've heard, which is quite something seeing as his debut came out in '69.