I say it loud and I say it proud... I agree with you, FQ. Modern country has simply replaced soft rock with waxed cowboy hats. I was doing my acoustic thing last week when a guy came up (shoved by his wife) and asked if I knew any Kenny Chesney songs. I said , "Sorry I don't- thinking to myself "Chesney isn't a cowboy...he's a fag- he's all 'Broke back' and stuff". I continued..." ...But I do know some other country...how about David Allen Coe or George Strait, or Merle Haggard. They had no idea what I was talking about. And I'm not even a "country guy."THAT'S what's wrong with America.
I told our daughter the reason she and all of her friends like 70's rock so much is because that is what popular modern country is copying. Sad thing is that it took taking music 101 in college for me to finally pay attention to the basics and recognize the ties between one thing and the next. The next thing I'm going to learn is that there really was a purpose behind Underwater Basket Weaving