Thread 127493318

Molina edition

Welcome to /cmg/. The old thread >>127482936 was taken from us too soon, so I decided to bring it back rather than wait for Lostgrass Anon to do it himself. Decided to mostly leave the OP as he had it all the same.
https://voca.ro/1hlf5nBdqd2T

Please use this thread to discuss country music and all of its related genres, including bluegrass, jamgrass, outlaw country, Red Dirt country, country-rock, folk, alternative country, and many more.

>/cmg/ Essential Album Charts (in progress) / What Is Country Music?
https://imgur.com/a/cmg-rINi8oK

>Lostgrass Archive (obscure bluegrass & country rips)
https://pastebin.com/1vamLC3W

YourLast.fmlistening charts are highly encouraged!

Feel free to drop any recommendations below, no matter the subgenre (but please do attach subgenres to it!). We are in the long and intermittent process of compiling updated recommendation charts, so your contributions will be very appreciated.

And I don't know what you been spinning anons, but you can't go wrong with Molina (RIP):

https://youtu.be/eGN2FHgww24

Twinkly garbage from the 70s and 80s is awful trash and the corny 90s shit is way better

>>127493374
My knowledge of '70s and '80s country isn't what I'd like it to be, but I find '90s country, at least its most popular interactions, to be rather same. Every man sounds like George Strait.

Not that such is necessarily a bad thing, but there's more out there, and it deserves to flourish to show the world what the possibilities are:

https://youtu.be/lAj-Q_W9AT4

Updated modern country chart

Still have to give Zach Bryan a listen. If he's as good as Childers and Crockett, he'll be right up my alley.

Found out about James King from Billy Strings GQ profile. Amazing musician. A true musical storyteller. Gone too soon at 57:

https://youtu.be/y13r2nzwdV0

>>127493953

Definitely like this piece of Zach's:

https://youtu.be/HL6osaiYTP4

>>127493318 (OP)
the fire rises

LGA here thanks for picking up my slack. /cmg/ is eternal

>>127493557
Man I love it, my only thing is Highway Prayers kinda sucks ass. Home is a far better Billy Strings album

I also want to get some insight from y'all about something.

I recently picked up a lot of stuff from thrift stores while traveling out west (US) and there's some interesting looking red dirt-ish country in there.

I started LostgrassArchive as a way for me to preserve all the bluegrass music I was finding here in Appalachia, but eventually I started including other sttuff, like that album by a Wisconsin band called The Hay Shakers.

Now, my question to anyone who cares:
Should I try to keep is mainly to albums from Appalachia (bluegrass, southern gospel, folk) or should I just start including all obscure country-adjacent music regardless of where it's from?

I like the idea of "grass" representing the lost "grassroots" rather than just pure "bluegrass". Not sure if I'm overthinking this or not, I just get really autistic about things and I care about preserving these obscure pieces of media.

Im getting that feeling, anons
Any worthwhile Christmas country?

>>127493557
It's funny that Little Sonhs is the go to Colter on here. Unconventional pic, but respectable.

>read up on Jason Molina after discovering his music
>the last decade of his life is some of the saddest shit I've ever read
Dude just entirely lost the will to live at some point

>>127493318 (OP)
The imgur link isnt working

>>127493374
Meaning what

>>127494608
>>127494751
Both were actually requests. I wanted it to be a mix of personal choices and popular consensus picks. I myself would've used Western Swing for Colter, and I admit I'm not a Strings aficionado.

Why don't /mu/ like us /cmg/??? :(

>>127495353
We just need a concerted /cmg/ propaganda effort across all of /mu/ and 4chan as a whole. 4chan operates solely on psyops. Repeated viewing of something solidifies it in the viewers head.

We just havent been active enough in spreading the psyop. When I get home I will fix this Imgur link but anyone feel free to create posters here.

Good propaganda is typically square images with a universal truth in big text, shit like that. Idk I’m kinda fuckin baked beans right now.

I will do my best to keep the thread alive. I figure if /mu/ can keep a lively classical thread, there's more than enough room for country.

>>127494735

Plenty. But this is what most comes to mind for me now:

https://youtu.be/syS9wU1Sr8A

>>127494686
You have a lot of options. You can always start another "show", so to speak, on your channel. But you can always start another channel.

>>127496308
I think I’m just going to start including obscure “grassroots” country-adjacent music of all kinds.

>>127495900
I remember in the pre-cmg days if you tried posting about any of the modern top-shelfers Sturgill or Tyler or Isbell or Stapleton the automatic response would always be "hurr this is shitty hipster country real country died in the 70s david allan coe for life faggot". These were the first regular threads where you could talk about this stuff constructively.

>>127494735
Not strictly country but Chris is countryish enough. This is unironically my favorite Xmas album of all time. You could roast chestnuts on the warmth of this thing.

Anybody familiar with Shakey Graves?

He has something of a following, but I've only just heard of the guy. Wish I knew of him earlier. He was playing near me not all that long ago, but I didn't know enough to prioritize the ticket:

https://youtu.be/fEw9ofXnpGE

>>127494808
What even happened

I unironically like this version better than Kenny’s
https://youtu.be/hCVe11AX7Uk?si=B0_h1EaL5XWxM9Tu

>>127494122
I just saw Billy Strings a few weeks ago. I'll admit to not being that familiar, but I was surprised at the following of Deadheads at the show. They were even selling Grateful Dead merch in the parking lot. Really good show, except there was a constant dim roar of people talking loudly in the whole arena. Must be getting old.
>>127497348
Love Shakey Graves. I'm generally don't listen to much country or USA folk, but he's doing something I really like. Raw, one takes, live sets. I love the way he puts together albums and EPs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke_BD6VbYcY

>>127493318 (OP)
hell yeah

Looking into an alternative for image hosting for the OP text. Instead I'll dump them here since >>127494891 asked.

>>127496776
I'm honestly glad we've cultivated such a good community of country loving motherfuckers here. There is no shame in loving country music and I think we're finally starting to turn the tides. I've always been a believer in "If you build it, they will come" and country music charts were almost nonexistent, and the ones that do exist sucked ass and were well over a decade old. So I figured why the hell not make some new ones and see if I can attract some likeminded people in here. And I'm glad that it happened because I'm thankful for all of you fuckers. Found a lot of good recs, learned a lot about the genre, and probably taught a little bit about the genre, and that makes me feel happy.

Aaaand to stay true to my roots, here's one for Eastern Kentucky.

>>127498881
I'm working on expending this chart. Don't have any additions but suggestions are always welcome.

>>127493318 (OP)
Nice general, haven't seen it before. My favourite Songs: Ohia album proper is probably Impala, if you count The Ghost and Protection Spells as tour albums, but my favourite release overall is Our Golden Ratio, more people should listen to it, it's amazing.
>127493557
like canadian country here? Sweet, that's good to see. I know The Sheepdogs aren't strictly country, but Bowskill released this album with his wife not too long ago, I thought it was really nice.

To whoever suggested Guy Clark in one of these threads a while ago, thanks for that. Listened to Dublin Blues and enjoyed it quite a bit

SHOTGUN WILLIE SITS AROUND IN HEES UNDERWEAR

Billy has the most ethereal looking photo here, but that Sturgill pic goes hard as fuck.

>>127494686
i wouldn't put music with drums in it under bluegrass if that's what you're asking

>>127500069

A single snare drum and I'd still count it, but certainly not anything with a kit.

YouTube's Marcel has a pretty good definition, I think:

https://youtu.be/AR_3DRGVqdQ

>>127499173
It's been posted a few times for a couple months, but it's had trouble surviving more than a day, and I still don't recall if one's ever gotten into three digits.

Let's make this one be the start of a new trend.

>>127502126
Even if a bit of shameless bumping is what it takes!

bump

>>127499173
Started listening to Impala right now. I can already tell this'll be an amazing record.

"Tonight I am gambling / With my sentiment / Tonight I am gambling / With my repentance / Tonight I am losing / In a crowded room"

>>127497368
have you listened to his music? Jason was clearly not having the best time here

>>127494735
Hard Candy Christmas by Dolly

>>127493318 (OP)
i just got into him a few days ago. there are so many songwriters were you can tell they have to effort themselves to write sad music, even great ones. maybe im projecting, but you can tell the guy was not happy very often. some of the most moving music ive heard, i want to tear thru his catalog but the music does put me into a pretty awful mood but he is incredible

>>127493318 (OP)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UofYl3dataU&pp=ygUXc28gZmFyIGF3YXkgY2Fyb2xlIGtpbmc%3D

>>127500069
>>127501277
I appreciate the good discussion, but this was not what I was asking. I’m familiar with genre distinctions.

My question was whether or not LGA should remain a bluegrass archive, or if I should expand it to include other “grassroots” music (with grassroots music being a combination of the hyper-obscure and American roots music).

I don’t want to split my efforts in sourcing and archiving music between too many channels, ya know?

>>127493318 (OP)
emo country
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMmkACdbQc0

>>127505357

Since you're collecting stuff that's still fairly tied in, I'd just keep 'em all there and use separate playlists to keep the various grassroots genres separate.

>>127504945
So hard to pick a favourite track, but I love Program: The Mask, the shorter songs on this album are astonishing, not a second wasted.

I can't stop listening to Snipe Hunter. It feels like this album was made specifically for me. It's my favorite album of this decade already.

>>127505632
Good call! That's the way I'm leaning right now.

https://youtu.be/4Y9RolTqiuM?list=RD4Y9RolTqiuM
been on a charley crockett kick, I just think he's great

When and why did "country & western" stop being a common label?

>>127505467
https://youtu.be/BqBrZqPex-Y

>>127506511
Adding western just sounds gay. No need for it. It’s all country music and all welcome here.

>>127493318 (OP)
"If Heaven's really coming back / I'm gonna have a heart attack"

/cmg/ propaganda

>>127511004
keep 'em coming

>>127511310
Got any ideas?

>>127499173

Listening to Brooks and Bowskill right now. This album.

They're great! Can't believe how small their following is. Downright criminal.

I love smokin

>>127506229
I'll have to listen to Lioness next.

Hank WHYYYY DO YOU SMOKE?

>>127516868
Fuck I messed it up cause I’m driving

>>127516879
get off your fucking phone dumbass

>>127516868
I howl this song when it comes on like im a lonely hound brother

>>127516916
That kind of hostility has no place here!!!!

>>127493318 (OP)
Been jammin hard on Jason Aldean - Bumpfire

>>127498908
Greetings from across the river, KT bro. I grew up just south of Akron where David Allen Coe is from.

Waltzing Across 4chan For (yous)

>>127519486
sup craig

>>127519616
Howdy, Pilgrim

>>127505004
Who hurt him?

>>127519636
You been watching the G1?

>>127519471
Coe is a fucking genius, I haven't digged too far into his stuff but the few albums I've heard (Requiem, X-Rated, Just Divorced) are so fuckin good. Literally could've been the GOAT if people weren't so offended by his obviously shit shock humor songs. Despite the lyrical content, they still bang.

Glad to have you here brother.

how we feelin about this

>>127521066
I respect George but I never connected with his music that much. It's spartan classic country but it never grabbed me. Everyone says he was the GOAT country vocalist but imo Merle had the true golden pipes.

bump

>>127522742
Doing god's work friend.

I will not let this thread die so another Ice Spice thread can live!

>>127521066
It's definitely Cash by a country mile

I want to box a kangaroo

>>127526881
I've only listened to a fairly small amount of Cash. Any album recs?

>>127529165
I gotcha senpai

>song I like reminds me of a girl
GOD DAMMIT
I HAVE ONE MEMORY FROM A COUNTRY SONG AND THESE FUCKING THINGS REMIND ME OF IT

>>127529610
>just listen to his whole discography bro

>>127530404
most of his mediocre 70s and 80s output is not included

>>127530022
What song is it bub?

>>127531543
Right now it's Hardwood Floors by Charles Wesley Godwin
Really it can be any up tempo country song

>>127531604
It’s time to disassociate country music from her.

Reclaim your roots, brother.

OP, here. We're almost at a three-digit postcount!

Thanks everybody. It's good to see the thread really thrive this time.

>>127533163
The power of Jason Molina

>>127533175
If I grow a unibrow and develop an alcohol addiction will I become a success?

>>127533273
Unfortunately, you also need to be able to come up with lines like "mama here comes midnight with the dead moon in its jaws, must be a big star about to fall" too
And thats the hard part

Any of you nerds listen to Benjamin Tod?

>>127534534
Never really liked him. He's always seemed contrived to me.

Listening to a Woody Guthrie tribute album I found. Never realized how influential he actually was. Everyone always talks about his influence but he's just so ubiquitous in country and folk-adjacent music that you don't even recognize it.

Shadowgrass fuckin RIPS.

>want to make a country band
>don't live in the South
I'm mad

>>127493318 (OP)
Im not big on country but I gotta say, this is the friendliest, least toxic thread I’ve ever seen on /mu/ or maybe 4chan. Congrats to all countryfags

>>127498872
>20+ year old albums
>modern

>>127537899
country isn't a location, it's a state of mind

>>127538079

This is a genre with over a century of history. 21st Century country is certainly "modern".

https://youtu.be/LKEBVH-HZVU?si=3YwDYiwyrMQy2NEL

>>127537899
Wilco and Ubcle Tupelo are from Chicago, no?

>>127540067
Molina was also from the Great Lakes region.

>>127540695

Surprised his profile's still so small. Even Nick Drake gets more streams.

>>127540695
For heaven's sake, Merle was from California!

Jason Molina's one of the few musicians to almost break my heart when I listen to his shit.

>Now all you folks in heaven not too busy ringing the bell
>Some of us down here ain't doing very well

Drive By Truckers

Watching the Toby Keith tribute. I don’t think I’ve seen a good singer yet

Why is modern country just built fat bearded white dudes in flat bills with arm sleeves?

>>127546171
Country is so much more than this today. That's what we wanna highlight with this thread.

>>127540067
Try finding a Cuban into country music
t. Miamifag

>>127549513
Oh really? You don't think there's even one? Not a single Cuban? Into country music?

I'm starting a chart of artists outside country who went to nashville and made a country record, the good ones at least. So far I've got Elvis Costello and Ringo. Any suggestions? I'm not counting country rock artists.

>>127541934
And Coe is from Ohio, which is pretty rural and heartland anyway but not southern

Great album.

https://youtu.be/yOad7gNImac

>>127551130
Anon every Hispanic island immigrant only listens to garbage Reggaeton

>>127497368
He found what he was missing in life in the bottle

Good morning
I love Shania Twain
That's all

>>127551651
she dont impress me much

>>127551657
Whatever

>his best album
>nobody talks about it
Why is that?

>>127553394
Got some of his best on it by far. Sea Stories is my favorite Sturg song by far. Could leave the In Bloom cover though,

bump

>>127555064
Ah, when's the show?

Do you have any favorite acts other than Billy and Molly that are clicking for you? Particularly newer ones.

I've been getting into Greensky, but have still only listened to a fairly smsll amount of their work.

>>127555150
It was in April at the Centennial Hills Amphitheater. I guess it’s an annual thing. Very small free show with mostly more obscure acts, at least as far as I know. I’m a total bluegrass pleb.

Shadowgrass is the future of bluegrass

goodnight cowboys

>>127558312

Goodnight, LGAnon. ;)

Good morning, /cmg/!

Anybody ever listen to Leon Bridges new stuff? Unlike Beyoncé, he's actually been making serious country with his crossover work.

>>127560171
https://youtu.be/kG6D6nlL1LQ

>>127557010
Might be a chance I could catch 'em this September. Here's hoping!

Zach Top has done it again.

Has anybody listebed to the new Oliver Anthony record? Has he finally learned how to sing?

>>127565248
I'd rather chop my own dick off and die than listen to that whiny fag

>>127565853
I'm fairly certain I heard Jim Pankey accuse him of being an industry plant on a live stream once, but I'm not sure I buy it since he hasn't exactly gotten the Zach Bryan treatment.

>>127493318 (OP)
Bump

>>127493318 (OP)
Can you or anyone ITT hook me up with a gothic country chart?

i think i'm the only person in the world that can say steve earle inspired them to play guitar. never has more hits been made off the back of Cadd9

One week of /cmg/ and we're still going strong!

We're starting something here, anons! This board has place for more than just kthots and potsloots.

>>127544843
Based
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTYwfzdHR9I&list=RDBTYwfzdHR9I

>>127565248

His latest single is at least a thousand times better than "Rich Man North of Richmond":

https://youtu.be/_DH6npClQ

Improved vocals are the single biggest point of favor in him here. He sounds much more like a real singer on this track than he did on his big hit. Only twice did I count the really awkward squawk that was practically the hook of RMNoR.

>>127571140
I've only listened to a fairly small amount of Steve Earle. Got any recs? I do like what I've heard so far.

>>127571677
Launchpad for Jason Isbell, but the other two are accomplished songwriters on their own.
Women Without Whiskey is a must listen.

>>127573993
guitar town, copperhead road, and exit 0 album are all bangers. his newer stuff isn't very good imo and he went through some kind of mid life crisis and now he's a different person. he doesn't even play his hits at the same tempo or energy anymore when he does tour

Wild that /cmg/ is doing better than /prog/ right now

>>127570977
Anyone?

>>127577908
Country is the real /mu/core. I been telling y'all.

>>127578013
LGA here, I'm not very familiar with gothic country but I can try to do some research on it and compile something. If anyone with more knowledge on the genre wants to do it, please feel free to and I'll add it to the imgur (still haven't figured out why the link is broken)

As music becomes more and more automated and artificial, the jamgrass and jam country scene is going to keep exploding.

>>127578331
Alright, I only know The Handsome Family at this stage

>>127493557
This is all fucking dog shit

>>127578321
Lol

>>127579389
>16 Horsepower
>Slim Cessna's Auto Club
>Everything else involving Jay Munly
>Sons of Perdition
>Those Poor Bastards
>Blanche
>Tarantella
>Trampled by Turtles, not really but listen to em anyway

>>127579389
Yeah I was gonna say 16 Horsepower but thats all I know.
I think Gothic county is cringe, but I'm Wilcopilled so take that with a grain of salt.

>>127579472
thanks

>>127579669
fuck wilco

>>127493318 (OP)
Is 'Aint my Fault' by Brothers Osbourne good?

>Ctrl-f Banjo
>0 results

>Ctrl-f Resonator
>0 results

>Ctrl-f Harmonica
>0 results
ok im just shitposting.

>>127581547
I talk about bluegrass fairly often

>>127578355

I sure hope so. It'd be nice to see the business get turned on its head like that. Show the suits that music is still what really matters.

>>127579669
16 Horsepower are great, really liking picrel. I am also Wilcopilled, but I think a man has the potential to be both Gothic Countrypilled and Wilcopilled, the duality of man and so on

>>127581547
Billy Failing has a really good solo album. Not as good as Billy Strings records, since Failing isn't as good a singer, but it's worth checking out if you care about serious banjoing.

They are trying to divide us >>127583976

Unironically, it's a 10

Where does Orville Peck fit into all this

>>127584018
People like the OP of that thread really are retarded aren't they?

>>127584606
He fits in the glory hole business

>>127493557
ive only heard two of those (sturgill simpson and wheeler walker) am i allowed to call myself a country music fan? which of these albums should i try?

Bumping this thread to keep it in front of that gay ripoff version in the catalog

The retard trying to splinter this thread doesn’t realize what kind of turbo autism he is matched up with.

I will go to war for /cmg/.

>>127585005
Top two rows are essential, the most popular and generally respected artists and albums in modern country. The rest is more or less for deeper digging.

/cmg/ on top

>>127564005
Yes, another painfully mid album

>>127572018
your links broken

Feels good to be in the real country music thread

>>127585205
He's hearkening back to an era in country was a singles game and every album was painfully mid. George Strait has dozens of stone cold classic tracks but going through his albums feels can be maddeningly repetitive.

I’m just gonna say it

I can’t stand Zach top’s voice. At all.

And I don’t like his gay mustache either

Found a ton of good old country CDs lately. Can't wait to listen to them

Good shit

Found a folk song "milk and honey" performed by Bonnie Dobson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrIsUGURorg

It's a cover of this song by Jackson C. Frank, but with a little different arrangement:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4gdWucBelI
Strangely, I found this because limp bizkit sampled it.

>>127499919

BITIN ON HIS PENIS
PULLING OUT HIS PUBIC HAIR

SHOTGUN WILLIES GOT ALL OF HIS FAMILY THERE

What do we think of Jesse Daniel?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNwx7YyY1Kw

>>127585369
>>127585403

I listened to his '24 record just now. I liked what I heard. Not to mention all three of his records are of reasonable length. Morgan Wallen in particular could stand to learn from that.

>>127584985
Is country the most heterosexual music genre? Especially now that we know how gay rap is?

>>127584606
Bland cowboy pop. Poor (and gay) man’s Chris Isaak.

>>127589214
bluegrass is.

bump

>>127592043

Thanks.

We're almost at two-hundred posts! That has to be a /cmg/ record.

Really hyped about this one. Her last two album's have been stellar.

Titcow made another banger album

>>127594034
Yum

>>127594034
She's just built..

>people believe he's moving surreptitiously
>rumours about untimely death
>mfw alive and well in tennessee

>>127594034
>>127594439
>>127595403

This fat cow should be taken to the slaughterhouse for putting a drumkit in a novelty bluegrass cover:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP6OVvZ_hAI

>>127506511
>>127508611
i would say adding "country" is lame and western is more accurate

>>127598164
Western has its own definition that doesn't necessarily include other forms of country. Combining them was a relic of a time when cowboy ballads had more crossover in country music and pop.

Dwight Yoakam.

That's it. That's the post.

>>127598437

I think it's a shame. I've been listening to a lot of old cowboy songs: "Streets of Laredo", "Little Joe the Wrangler", "Wild Bill Jones"; they really show the power of the story song, and those who appreciate the modern artwork would do well to study them.

>>127599310
Colter Wall is keeping the tradition alive, not just the music but he’s also literally a professional cowboy.

Why hasn't Dream Country become a thing
Those damn slide guitars are begging for it

>>127599890
That Mitski record is kinda like that. But I'd say a good back beat is typically required for country.

>>127579493
I missed this before, cheers anon

>>127602753
You mean Be the Cowboy?

Played Live At The Old Quarter in front of da huzz n got this look
Am i chopped?

>>127606776
I might be the only one in the world who prefers Townes’ studio work. I think the light production touches really help balance out the dourness of his songs and often accentuates them in interesting ways. Like the string arrangements on Our Mother the Mountain are utterly beautiful and add so much. I never felt the transcendent rawness of his solo live performances that so many people seem to worship.

Wish Tyler Childers and Avey Tare would collab. Would be a really cool mix.

>>127607575
I know a little about tyler, but I haven't heard avey yet. any records to recommend?

>>127609134
I mean just pick an Animal Collective Record, I guess (except painting with)

>>127607575
I wish Tyler would give a shit again. He's been coasting off Purgatory way too long now

>>127609770
He evolves his style with every album tf are you on about

Imagine if Charley Crockett focused on releasing one great album per year instead of three or four average at best ones

>>127609838
I wish he were a more adventurous singer and instrumentalist.

>>127609838
I don't really get the hype around him. I've listened to some of his stuff and it just don't hit.

Thoughts on Waxahatchee? I like Tiger's Blood for the most part.

>>127614168
Women shouldn't sing country.

Jake worthington fans? Looking forward to the full album release. He’s great so far. Stunning production on his last album, and great variety, collabs, and cute writing on singles so far. And a hell of a voice.

Also what do you think of Molly Tuttle’s recent direction? Ive been following her for a decade by now.

>>127494686
Take already archived all the bluegrass youll ever find do yeah best to move on to orher stuff.
>>127498366
Bluegrass always has deadheads ever since they found out jerry garcia plays banjo (old and in the way)
>>127588255
Hes great. They rip
>>127585369
Dont show this guy 80s or 90s country lest he cry me a chatahoochee (idk), but its mostly the songwriting and tasteful arrangements that are his strengths imo. Hes a good singer, good guitar picker, and has real taste for bluegrass and country. Hes deep in the tradition and not just fortunate to have heavyweight cowriters.
>>127584018
Basedcountry general
>>127581547
You mean dobro?
>>127578355
Yeah musics gonna lean more into performance and improv across the board. Virtuosity is back on the menu. Our new Danny Gatton should be here soon. And no its not Billy Strings. Putting money on Donny Bell. Screencap this and jack me off later

>>127617370
They censor s o y on here?? Fk off ack!

>>127617374
bruh.

>>127616268
*laughs in Carter Family*

>>127611750
Never got into his albums but saw him live and it was super fun. It helped that his band is as tight as a mosquito's ass

>>127617374
They censor onions?

>>127498366
That's because Billy built a big part of his fanbase by playing Dead covers and "sucking on the Dead's teet". He stopped doing Dead songs for a while now after he got called out a tribute act and seethed about it kek

I don't get Zach Top either. Sure he's got a nice voice and he's one hell of a picker but his songs are mostly bro country garbage coated in 90's radio gloss.

>>127599890
I think more progressive and dreamier tones are up next. There were a lot of heavy fx on steel for like 20 years from 2000 on. Just bc the old sound was out. Now the true blue pedal steel sound is in vogue.

Me irl
https://voca.ro/1i8xe2uDPEbR

>>127584018
And days later? WE'RE the ones still standing!

>>127617487
I'll have to get a pedal steel someday. They're so expressive.

>>127618844
And so expensive. :(

https://reverb.com/marketplace?query=pedal%20steel&product_type=electric-guitars

>>127618225
hell yeah brother

/cmg/ is eternal

What are your favorite Cash albums?
Hard mode: no Folsom or San Quentin

>>127623298
With His Hot and Blue Guitar

>>127623298
>>127623508
This, but to be fair any musician that started before 1980 doesn't have good albums just good singles. Buy a double complilation cd of cash and you'll have his best "album"

Is Bob Wills still the king?

>>127623618
Is Garth Brooks worth getting into? I like "Friends In Low Places", but I just can't take anyone who thought Chris Gaines was a good idea seriously as an artist.

>>127623618
Johnny Cash was making concept albums in the 60s

>>127625288
The grandma sex song is good. Also much too young to be this damn old and rodeo is a classic. The music is well made but not super deep. If you like poppier stuff yea.

if you dont like the band Riders in the Sky. Stop the larp. You dont like country. You look dumb. Go back to detroit.

>>127598523
Absolutely heroic for rescuing Buck Owens from only being remembered as the guy from Hee Haw.

>>127626459
https://youtu.be/A0PNW4DXwJ0

One of my go to jams

>>127535559
This.. To the point that Dropkick Murphys even did two acoustic albums just doing Guthrie songs.

>>127571677
Live is where they really shine.

>>127626669
live is where most of the alt-country bands make their name. DBT is one of them, but Lucero and especially American Aquarium are absolute killer on stage

>>127493557
Seeing Isbell three straight nights at the Ryman next month, anyone been there before?

Big Bad John

>>127626459
Then Buck went on to rescue Ringo Starr from only being remembered as the guy from alcoholism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn5hrIiPbDs

>album of work songs
>cover art is red
Dangerously based

>>127628126
Based and sovietpilled

Missed you fuckers like you wouldn't believe. I was checking the page and didn't see /cmg/ for a good month, glad to see we're back.
I'm going to see a Sierra Ferrell show this weekend, wish me luck.
I also got ahold of a lot of good cassette tapes, will post the picture later but my favorite so far is a Freddy Fender one that is sun yellowed and still playing despite all odds
>>127498908
HOLY SHIT JAYCE TURLEY DROPPED A NEW ALBUM. LGA you've been busy with the charts
>>127531604
Check out https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=6gbKrEtscFY&si=lrucQ6V9jnq8_Is7
>>127534534
I like I Will Rise from him
>>127560171
River is amazing

Based Wallen putting Fagtano into a perpetual seethe.

Tyler Childers is finally playing shows in Europe again next year. Can't fucking wait.

Can someone recommend me some Texas stuff

>>127632985
I'll work on a chart