So here's my good natured rant.

Okay, so I was checking out the thread in "General Audio" regarding "What type of music do you listen to?" Tons of people said a variation on "Everything except Country or Rap." That's dumb. How can you completely dismiss a genre like that. I would have posted a direct response to that in the thread, but I can't get videos embedded in that thread. Saying you don't like country because Big and Rich are tools is like saying "I don't like pop music because of Britney." Really? Because Marshall Crenshaw is pretty pop too.

So here is my Country primer. A little "greatest hits" package that doesn't take long to put together. Can anyone really say with a straight face that any of this sucks? Find me any on reference to Wovaka in modern music. At least if people on these boards want to persist in their erroneous assertion that country sucks, I can say that I've done my part.

Here ya go:

Old Crow Medicine Show





The Bottle Rockets





Robbie Fulks





McCourys and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band





The Chicks





Wailin' Jennys





Finally, the King of Country - Charley Pride