It's Gothic Country Week!

LoathsomePete · 12-11-2011, 03:52 PM

Oh of course, if anything the music of Johnny Cash and Hank Williams is largely the main influences for many of the modern Gothic Country/ Americana musicians. Almost every Gothic Country album I have has a cover of "Wayfaring Stranger" or "Walk the Line" or one of Cash's darker songs.

As for the TPB debate, I like a lot of the subtly found in some of the other Gothic Country bands. TPB is kind of like a sucker punch to the ears that does just tries a little too much to be the genre to the letter. I love their stuff, and I think it's important to the genre, but I kind of view them as the Immortal of the genre, detrimental to the progression of the genre, but not something one would want to listen to exclusively or even be chosen as the ambassador.

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LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	Oh of course, if anything the music of Johnny Cash and Hank Williams is largely the main influences for many of the modern Gothic Country/ Americana musicians. Almost every Gothic Country album I have has a cover of "Wayfaring Stranger" or "Walk the Line" or one of Cash's darker songs. As for the TPB debate, I like a lot of the subtly found in some of the other Gothic Country bands. TPB is kind of like a sucker punch to the ears that does just tries a little too much to be the genre to the letter. I love their stuff, and I think it's important to the genre, but I kind of view them as the Immortal of the genre, detrimental to the progression of the genre, but not something one would want to listen to exclusively or even be chosen as the ambassador. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too