>>Pretty sure Mike is giving that list as examples of *good* country music. ( at least they'd be on my list )
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>>"Good" country music is a contradiction in terms. :)
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>Only to those who don't know it and insist on having strong opinions on any given subject.


I'm with Kevin on this one. I would rather listen to static than listen to country music. I grew up with county. It was all my parents listened to.

I will grant you that country artists (Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton) have the occasional cross-over hit. I once owned a Juice Newton cd. But those are pop songs by country artists. I have a hard time listening to some Greatful Dead. Just a little too much pedal steel guitar.