Looking to get into country music

[JulesMaximus]

Which artist's library should I immerse myself in?

Garth Brooks or Shania Twain?

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Is this a cry for help?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Is this a cry for help?

Do you have any other artist recommendations whose first and last names combined total eleven letter?

 

[Humpy]

Taylor Swift

 

[brianmanahan]

highwaymen

phil vassar

joe diffie

sara evans

 

[JM Aggie08]

Check out the 'Original Outlaws' playlist on Spotify. Solid starting point.

 

[JMapleton]

My favorite county song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmcA9LIIXWw

 

[MongGrel]

I'll just say David Allen Coe, Johnny Cash, and Willie Nelson for starters, and move along.

 

[lxskllr]

Do you have any other artist recommendations whose first and last names combined total eleven letter?

Lindi Ortega

 

[NoTine42]

Do you have any other artist recommendations whose first and last names combined total eleven letter?

George Jones
Dolly Parton

If you aren't constrained by 11 letters, George Strait

 

[brianmanahan]

If you aren't constrained by 11 letters, George Strait

heck yes, george strait has had great songs for almost 40 years now

 

[zinfamous]

Ralph Stanley
Merl
Willie
Patsy Cline
Johnny Cash.

your poll is a troll, methinks.

 

[MongGrel]

I must have missed the eleven thing earlier, must be a joke I missed.

 

[brianmanahan]

Willie
...
Johnny Cash.

throw in kris and waylon and you've got one of the best groups of all time

 

[brianmanahan]

I must have missed the eleven thing earlier, must be a joke I missed.

i figured it was a joke, but decided to listen to some good old songs while i'm thinking about them

 

[eldorado99]

How about John Fogerty?

 

[KLin]

George Strait
Alabama
Diamond Rio
Brooks and Dunn
Hank Sr.
etc. etc. etc.

 

[IronWing]

Marty Robbin(s)

 

[Fingolfin269]

Sturgill Simpson

 

[shortylickens]

Theres a bunch of stuff to sample on Amazon, as well as Prime music, and quite a few free albums from emerging artists.

 

[Carson Dyle]

Start with old school country and progress through the 1940s, 50s, 60s, 70s. If you get into it, chances are that only a fraction of what passes as country today will appeal to you.

Hank Williams
Roy Acuff
Ernest Tubb
Merle Travis
Johnny Cash
Patsy Cline
George Jones
Merle Haggard
Waylon Jennings
Willie Nelson
Emmylou Harris
Townes Van Zandt

Too many others.

Without question, I'd recommend starting with Hank Williams. The songwriting was incredible, that high lonesome sound unmistakable. Humor, pathos, love and longing - it's all there, and I'm not sure it's ever been equaled. If you're not familiar with his songwriting, you might be amazed at the tunes that you know, but were written and first recorded in the late 40s and early 50s.

 

[John Connor]

I don't care for country music, but I do like Johnny cash and these two are pretty good. HEHE.

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

 

[JulesMaximus]

Start with old school country and progress through the 1940s, 50s, 60s, 70s. If you get into it, chances are that only a fraction of what passes as country today will appeal to you.

Hank Williams
Roy Acuff
Ernest Tubb
Merle Travis
Johnny Cash
Patsy Cline
George Jones
Merle Haggard
Waylon Jennings
Willie Nelson
Emmylou Harris
Townes Van Zandt

Too many others.

Without question, I'd recommend starting with Hank Williams. The songwriting was incredible, that high lonesome sound unmistakable. Humor, pathos, love and longing - it's all there, and I'm not sure it's ever been equaled. If you're not familiar with his songwriting, you might be amazed at the tunes that you know, but were written and first recorded in the late 40s and early 50s.

Eleven letters in his name. Good. :thumbsup:

 

[Greenman]

Start at the beginning, Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers.

 

[dainthomas]

Vince Gill. Fantastic voice, and one of the best guitar players from any genre.