How do I get into country music?
How do I get into country music?
Thomas Perez
James Roberts
be white and racist
Ayden Peterson
Hank Williams in general
Chase Adams
Nice
Tyler Ward
make the transition from bob dylan/neil young into the real stuff
Christopher Roberts
townes van zandt is pretty palatable
David Martin
Country is fucking DEAD. The best country band I've heard in years is First Aid Kit and they're Swedes.
Jason Jenkins
I would start with the bluegrass / early country. Carter Family, Doc Watson, Charlie Poole. Most of even the "classic country" is too poppy for me and mostly sounds like the pop of its day just like modern country does.
For country that isn't bluegrass but it's less poppy, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings... Commander Cody
Daniel Perez
Listen to Alabama and understand real life
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Grayson Kelly
I like these guys a lot: youtube.com
Jaxson Perry
God damn this is cheesy. I get that Americans are more earnest than the rest of the world but even then this is too much.
Asher Price
Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger
Bobby Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe
Blaze Foley - Clay Pigeons
Dominic Ortiz
you got to know when to hold em, know when to fold em
Alexander Ortiz
Country takes an ultra simple, highly accessible route to get its fans. It extremely effective though.
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Easton Johnson
Why does country sound like pop garbage these days
Benjamin Roberts
Same reason Rock does.
Samuel Edwards
Because of a lack of moral fiber
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Jonathan Campbell
rural americans only care about getting fucked up and talking about how rural they are
Ryan Carter
first thing you've gotta know is when to hold 'em
Thomas Flores
It is (or was) a pretty broad genre, so there are many good entries.
Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, and Gram Parsons could be pretty accessible if you like folk or more bluesy acoustic rock.
Check out the album Wayfaring Strangers: Cosmic American Music for some more psychedelic country.
Willie is easy to get into at most any stage, but maybe try Redheaded Stranger or his album with Waylon Jennings.
All three Hank Williams are varying levels of good to great and varying levels of accessible.
As for contemporaries, though there are few good ones, you could check out Colter Wall, Sturgill Simpson (slowly becoming less country and more his own thing), Jamey Johnson, and maybe Chris Stapleton.
It's a fantastic genre once you get into it. You just learn to ignore the absolute trash that makes up most of the modern artists
Ayden Fisher
It's more of a singles genre then an album genre, at least the early golden days before it turned to shit.
Andrew Williams
>Blaze Foley
based
Joseph Kelly
If we're talkin Blaze, OP should also check out "My Reasons Why" and "Rainbows and Ridges"
The simplicity of his recordings and warmth in his voice just make me want to cry
Caleb Smith
>rural americans
you mean yuppies with coal rollers
Lucas Baker
same thing
Juan Watson
no. they're roleplaying as rural americans
Jordan Murphy
Elijah Gomez
Hunter Gutierrez
elvis is country? lmaoooooo
Nathan Jones
Jonathan Richardson
it's not but his early hillbilly shit is worth a listen
Jace Fisher
yes, he started out as country. His original nickname was the hillbilly cat
Isaiah Cooper
>I would start with the bluegrass / early country. Carter Family, Doc Watson, Charlie Poole. Most of even the "classic country" is too poppy for me and mostly sounds like the pop of its day just like modern country does.
Do this OP. This guy gets it
Carter Wilson
First line is great
William White
American Music Club 'California' belongs on this way more than DCH
Benjamin Evans
a mixture of country and gospel, yes
do a little bit of research
William Edwards
Nathan Rogers
Evan Robinson
why is turn turn turn on here instead of sweetheart of the rodeo
John Butler
These guys suck, don’t listen to them OP. Hippie country. Listen to Hank Williams, Carter Family etc. also get into what’s called old-time music, which is basically pre-country&western. Dillard Chandler, Ernest Stoneman, Art Stamper are all good and many others like them. Lots of fiddle tunes, gospel and whatnot. But don’t listen to Alabama. Seriously.