Re: country music -Reply -Reply

[ANDREW EAKETT <aeakett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 6 Jan 1998, Kevin King wrote:

> 
> >Kati-Jane writes,
> >I'm sorry, but there is no way in HELL that Lynyrd Skynyrd would be
> >classified as mainstream country. I have never heard any of the
> >orgasm-inspiring guitar solos that are common practice for Steve
> >Gaines, Allen Collins, and Gary Rossington (or our boy Jimmy Page, for
> >that matter) in country music. I doubt that there will ever be such original
> >and delicious guitar in any country song, EVER. 
> 
> I was NOT suggesting that anyone in country music could come close to
> touching Skynyrd (my 2nd favorite group of all time) I was just
> suggesting that (traditional) country music I heard in the 70's has
> changed significantly.  My point was that if a group like Skynyrd (not that
> there will be another) or Allman Brothers (same) were to come along
> today, IMO they would be classified as country music. 
> 
> -Kevin

Case in point: Steve Earle.  I can't count the number of times I've heard 
people say he's a country artist.

My two cents

Andrew