Mission statement

I've written about music a lot before, but country music seems to be where I have the most opinions so I decided to dedicate a blog to real country music.




As a fan of at least a piece of most genres and someone who grew up listening to mainly rock, I just want good music despite the genre.  My main problems with pop country
1.  It's not country (yes even though they added a token banjo, still no)
2.  It's mostly bad music regardless of the genre.


I used to make jokes circa 10 years ago that country radio was pop music with a fiddle.  Sadly the joke was on me as I can now remove the phrase "with a fiddle" from that statement.




For the most part my sweet spot is Americana or more rock oriented country or vice versa.  Rock radio got so fractured it was hard to find what I was looking for.    Country music was starting to be bland drivel.  In 2004 I fell in love with Cross Canadian Ragweed and Isbell era Drive By Truckers and opened the flood gate to Red Dirt & Texas country music and the rest is history. 


Thanks to Country Perspective and Saving Country Music, it's easy to find like minded people who enjoy good music.  Unfortunately this is a small percentage of the population.




The reason this annoys me is I am greeted with the same 2 responses anytime someone finds out I like country music.


1.  "I hate country"  For the most part, these people only know country in radio form.  They may have grown up listening to the Eagles or other country leaning rock bands, but their only experience with country is the dreck on the radio.


2.  "I love all country music like Sam Hunt, Thomas Rhett, FGL, etc."  These people are more annoying and often the reason person 1 says they hate country.




Regardless of the response, I'm tired of having to explain that yes I like country music, but no I hate the stuff they play on country radio.  The frustrating part is a lot of both groups of people would find something to like be it William Clark Green perhaps for person 1 or Turnpike Troubadours for person 2 who may enjoy actual country music as well, but isn't exposed to it.


I just like good music and want to share it with everyone.  The faster Sam Hunt and Thomas Rhett go away, the better the world will be.