Starving For Traditional Country Music

Paul King · Post by **Paul King** » 25 Aug 2013 2:30 pm

Two weeks ago I got in my car and headed down the road. Turned on the radio station I listen to for good country music. I thought that it was on the wrong station since they were talking sports. I adjusted the knob and found out I had it on the right channel. Now, here I am with no good country station to listen to and I am srarving myself for good traditional country. Plenty of the new so called country stations are out there but I sure have no desire to listen to them. I guess that I am a minority for sure these days and radio stations do what brings them the money. What a shame and disgrace it is when you cannot hear good country music while driving.

Bill Moran · Post by **Bill Moran** » 25 Aug 2013 3:32 pm

XM

Rick Campbell · Post by **Rick Campbell** » 25 Aug 2013 5:54 pm

Paul,

That's why I haven't had my FM radio on in months. Sometimes I think I was just born about 20 years too late. I would like to have been 30 in 1969 rather than 10. Yes, there's still some traditional country around, but I'm afraid the days of it ever being popular with the general public are all over.

Darrell Criswell · Post by **Darrell Criswell** » 26 Aug 2013 9:08 am

Move to West Texas and I mean really west, Van Horn, Marfa, Fort Stockton, Pecos and that's all you will hear other than spainish music.

Daniel McKee · Post by **Daniel McKee** » 26 Aug 2013 9:27 am

The only station I ever listen to now is 650 AM WSM out of Nashville.Its hard to find any good country on the radio.

Leslie Ehrlich · Post by **Leslie Ehrlich** » 27 Aug 2013 3:35 pm

In my opinion, the last good year for rock and pop music was 1974. The last good year for country music was 1969. There wasn't too much happening after that.

Darrell Criswell · Post by **Darrell Criswell** » 27 Aug 2013 4:26 pm

Ike Johnson said country music pretty much died, at least dramatically changed direction in 1963, there wasn't any one factor he could point to for this just a general observation.

Eddie Stubbs says if you want to study country fiddle you will have to listen to recordings before 1962 (I have to go back to the article to check the year), after that there were no number one records with a fiddle3 intro or break. Faron and a few others brought some fiddles into their bands despite the trend but it looks like the music drastically changed.

Richard Damron · Post by **Richard Damron** » 27 Aug 2013 6:09 pm

Paul -

I have a rotating inventory of 6 CD's in my center console. Gave up on radio ages ago. Now I listen to what I want when I want it. Granted, the "library" is limited - but changing - but it's better than the futility in searching for something which is nonexistent.

Richard

Butch Mullen · Post by **Butch Mullen** » 28 Aug 2013 10:43 am

Tunein.com/Nashville Classics. Good music, even a little Jimmy Rogers sometimes.

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 28 Aug 2013 3:02 pm

Leslie Ehrlich wrote:In my opinion, The last good year for country music was 1969. There wasn't too much happening after that.

man, sorry you missed vince gill, george strait, merle, vern gosdin, waylon, clinton gregory, gary stewart, joe diffie, mark chesnutt and a thousand other ass kickin' tunes!

Brint Hannay · Post by **Brint Hannay** » 28 Aug 2013 7:59 pm

...Gene Watson, Emmylou Harris, Ricky Skaggs, Dwight Yoakam, Rodney Crowell, Desert Rose Band...

Jack Strayhorn · Post by **Jack Strayhorn** » 29 Aug 2013 5:18 am

It's depressing. Thinking of hanging up!

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 29 Aug 2013 2:32 pm

Some of these comments are depressing.....

Leslie Ehrlich · Post by **Leslie Ehrlich** » 29 Aug 2013 2:54 pm

chris ivey wrote:
Leslie Ehrlich wrote:In my opinion, The last good year for country music was 1969. There wasn't too much happening after that.
man, sorry you missed vince gill, george strait, merle, vern gosdin, waylon, clinton gregory, gary stewart, joe diffie, mark chesnutt and a thousand other ass kickin' tunes!

Vince Gill - like his guitar playing, not so much his singing.
George Strait - 'Amarillo By Morning', 'The Chair' and 'Oceanfront Property' are great tunes, but I can't stand 'The Fireman' or 'Ace In The Hole'.
Merle Haggard - most of the tunes I like were recorded in the 1960s.
Vern Gosdin - the only ones I remember are 'I Can Tell By The Way' and 'Slow Burning Memory' (both are good tunes, by the way).
Waylon Jennings - 'Luckenbach Texas', but that's about it.
Clinton Gregory - never heard of him.
Gary Stewart, Joe Diffie, and Mark Chesnutt - I'm not familiar with their stuff.

Kevin Hatton · Post by **Kevin Hatton** » 29 Aug 2013 5:08 pm

Satellite radio, Classic country. We have a classic country AM station here in Buffalo. They play good stuff. Hank Thompson and such. Dear John sometimes.

Howard Parker · Post by **Howard Parker** » 29 Aug 2013 5:24 pm

XM, Internet Radio (Shoutcast, etc), mp3s.

Plenty of great music out there. Many new releases also.

You won't find it on "FM Radio".

Welcome to 2013.

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Darrell Criswell · Post by **Darrell Criswell** » 29 Aug 2013 5:53 pm

http://www.keqx897.com

Pure country is a great station at the webwsite above. Of particular note is Justin trevino's show wednesdays from 6 to 8pm Sundays from 2-4pm CST.

Paul King · Post by **Paul King** » 2 Sep 2013 3:23 pm

Thanks guys for the comments. I had forgotten about this topic. Maybe Sirius radio is the answer. I need to hear more steel and I ain't gonna hear what I want on today country music.

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Starving For Traditional Country Music

Starving For Traditional Country Music

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