Do you like Country Music?

[Ms. Ashley Anne]

It may seem strange to mention country music to a rockabilly crowd, but I'm curious to see who likes it and what bands or artists you like. For a long time I didn't listen to it, yet I had Johnny Cash, Wanda Jackson, Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton (I don't know why I can't think of any legendary male country artists at the moment) and some of my favorite bands today have country influences, like Reverend Horton Heat and even Tiger Army/Nick 13, or even Mike Ness when he did his solo album. Even though I've listened to rockabilly and psychobilly for a long time, I also opened up to country more in the last year which some people find it a strange connection but I can see the links through music. 

Where do you draw the line? Do you just like the old school outlaw country (such as Johnny Cash), enjoy Rockabilly w/ Country Influences, or enjoy some or all of today's country?

 

You would hardly think Susie Brown of the Jane Dear Girls would be a country artist with her rockabilly and classic pin up looks.

 

Some fans were surprised to see Nick 13 produce an Outlaw Country album. (Which by the way is one of my favorite albums ever)

 

 

 This picture of Mike Ness could easily make us drool.

 

[Danni Marie]

I actually do love SOME country, especially some Red Dirt bands (Reckless Kelly, Jason Boland) as well as the the classics like Cash and others you mentioned. I live in a big ranching area and my husband trains cutting horses so it kind of goes with our daily lifestyle. For the most part though I despise some of the new country artists just because its way to pop music sounding and people like Tim McGraw and Rascal Flats make me want to stab something.

And I think Susie Brown is the cutest thing EVER!! Its nice to see a little rockabilly and pinup style in country.

[Kiley BaZooms]

I love country music!  I grew up on it and a lot of it just kind of speaks to my soul and puts me at ease.  The Jane Dear Girls are actually a new favorite of mine.  I grew up listening to Tim McGraw and Garth Brooks, Billy Ray Cyrus and Shania Twain, but there are newer and older artists that I love to listen to!  Johnny Cash is a legend, Merle Haggard, George Jones, Loretta Lynn...I mean they all had their struggles and had great passion in their music, nowadays we have so many crossing over that you never would have thought...Aaron Lewis, Darius Rucker, Kid Rock and Nelly for crying out loud...it's so great to see the talents of so many cross so many genres:)

[Miss Nikki Sin{★}]

A lot of Rackabilly fans love old country, and rockabilly and country are very closely related, so it's not weird that you mention it. I grew up listening to Hank Senior and Junior, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Loretta Lyn, Ronnie Milsap, Conway Twitty, and Waylon Jennings. when I was a teenager and my Dad would blast Hank, I HATED IT (I hated everything though), but now, I'll cruise down the street listening to "the fightin side of me" like a pimp. lol.

[Buttercup Clothing]

When it comes to music I always say, I like a little of everything but not all of anything.

[Roxy Tart {PL Team / Comm. Mgr}]

I love country. I listened to it long before I started listening to Rockabilly. My mom and aunt used to teach line dancing, so I grew up around it. I like the old stuff and the new, and one of my pre-sets on my car radio is "young country". I also like pop, and I like that the new country blends traditional with pop. I have been told numerous times that my taste in music is "questionable", because most Rockabilly fans don't like pop, hip hop and new country, but I don't care. I like it all, and my play list will switch from The Reverend to Brad Paisley to Ke$ha to Ludacris. It's what makes me happy. I think country and Rockabilly go hand in hand, it was country music that got me interested in Rockabilly, and I'm very grateful!

[Kustomkarma]

In the words of the Violent Femmes "I like American music..." As someone pointed out Rockabilly and Country are pretty close, so to like both doesn't seem odd to me. I like everything from Doris Day to the Misfits. I tend to gravitate to anything that cuts to the core of an idea or emotion or shows that a player can really play (SRV) or that a singer can really sing (Patsy Cline.) I sometimes have a hard time with the current music scene because I'm not sure where the music ends and the studio work begins. Sometimes it seems like it's all studio work. Big Band is fun, Surf is great at painting a mental picture, Punk gets in makes its point and gets out, and there are a myriad of sweet female vocalists that are just amazing to listen to. I could go on and on...but I'll spare you guys. Here's a cool old school country link for you guys and gals: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPj3yjXJzYw. Sorry, couldn't help myself.

[BOMBSHELL LOLA POP]

I love country music!  Johnny Cash, Clint Black, Jason Aldean, Zac Brown band, Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw, Alan Jackson just to name a few.  I feel lucky, I saw them all in concert. :)

[Manhattan Storm]

I love Country Music. I love the old Johnny, Merle (I grew up near Bakersfield and he performed there often), Hank, George, Patsy you name it. I enjoy the new stuff too! Zac Brown Band, Jason Aldean, Garth Brooks, Lee Brice, Lady Antebellum, The Band Perry, so much much more. The best part of music is variety in my opinion - diversity is key!

[Ms. Ashley Anne]

I'm glad to see so many rockabilly folks into country. I don't know that very many people that admit they like it. Some of us may like it from rockabilly roots, and some of us might have grown up with it. I used to listen to country as a little girl because I've been riding horses my whole life so it's really not that hard to hear it. In 8th grade when I got into rockabilly, psychobilly, and punk a bit more I quit listening to it. When I quit working an office job and moved to Las Vegas it picked back up again for me. My playlists from traveling back and forth California from Vegas often included rockabilly with a lot of country influence, classic country and outlaw country which seemed to suit the long desert road trips. 

 

Anyways, with a bit of a lifestyle change I connect to it a lot more than I used to. I'm riding and working in the barn 6 hours a day 6 days a week and now live in San Juan Capistrano, CA which is a cowboy and indian town (Seriously, my boyfriend's part of the tribe here) and our local saloon is literally like 200 years old. I often see weddings with bridesmaids wearing cowboy boots which is so cute. So the whole working long days, and enjoying sweet tea and whiskey thing really connects to me now. 

 

Another reason why I think it appeals to me is that I like the "bad ass" kind of appeal that a lot of country artists have. We have a lot of artists today with their synthesized pop music, and lame tattooed boy bands that all sound the same and get caught up in fame while it seems a lot of country artists stick to their roots. I'm an old soul, and I'm also a HUGE fan of blues, legendary classic rock, and soul queens. I find it rare to hear women like Janis Joplin or Aretha Franklin really belt it out (except maybe Adele, Pink, or Haley Reinhart) and I love an old school sound with real instruments. There are a lot of trends in music, but I usually ignore it and choose not to follow trendy music. Bands like Led Zeppelin, or artists like B.B. King never seem to go out of style and always sound amazing and I feel the same way with rockabilly and country, the fact that it's timeless. If you hear something on typical rock station they will play something from around 5 years ago and nobody cares about it anymore, it's old. I can listen to country music stations because something from 10 to 15, to 40 years ago and it still sounds awesome. 

 

As far as new country music, I love Zac Brown Band for their humbleness and true roots, and Kid Rock's new album is amazing. Check out Pistol Annies "Hell on Heels", it's got that old classic sound that I love and Miranda Lambert is a part of the band but the trio sounds awesome together. Nick 13's new album I've probably listened to 100x already and I love it.

[richardwangphotography]

Listen to these fellas all the time


Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys

One of the tightest bands you'll ever heard. Oh and Chuck Berry says he copied this song when he wrote "Maybelline."


Hank Williams The greatest Country Western musician of all times.

George Jones  If your guts aren't in a knot after hearing this...Well you just ain't human.

Mainstream country music today is just soft rock with a slide guitar.

[The Trousseau]

  this one cracked me up as kid and I used to sing until Mom would tell me to stop. 

[Ms. Roxxie Red]

no i do not like country music at all