Monday, January 22, 2007
Outlaw Country
I havn't advanced to the world of digital music yet but I listen to satilite radio. It is a place you can listen to about anything you want to, not unlike regular radio you have to listen to some stuff you don't like to hear some stuff you do like. I have always enjoyed country music but I hate the way radio beats a song or artist to the point you are sick of hearing them. I picked a few artists I have enjoyed over the last couple of months. You won't hear these guys on your local country station, at least not here. I can't testify to their body of work but they all have some great songs. Cross Canadian Ragweed, The Bottle Rockets, Steve Earl, Drive By Truckers, Joe Ely, and in the Bluegrass dept Cherry Holmes. Dara mentioned she enjoys country but not with the twang and dopy lyrics, these guys arn't imune to either but they do know how to rock.
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Hey it wouldn't be country without the dopey lyrics but I am definitely a rock/country girl at heart. Or as Steven would put it, manly country. He likes to point out that my favorite songs have growly voices. I will check out your suggestions.
I started to feed these names into Pandora, but I see Dara beat me to it. Now we have a Pandora radio station Dara called "Keith's Choice" to go along with the one I called "Dara's Manly Country." My main favorite I called "Folky Females." As Dara and Kyla know, I'm fond of angry chick music with a country twang -- think Kasey Chambers.
You know something weird is going on when your mom listens to "manly country" and your dad prefers the "angry chick" version.
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