>>>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.
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>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.
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>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.

Just to show that there are many musical tastes -- not right or wrong, just different -- I love pedal steel, especially in bands like Poco and New Riders of the Purple Sage who were categorized as "country rock."