Hey, I live in West Texas, so I **LIVE** for c/w music! You know the old line--in Texas we have both kinds of music; country AND western :-) Besides the classic stuff, I do enjoy much of modern Nashville when it's well-recorded, even if it does border on pop. The key for me is a beautiful female voice. Mandy Barnett's second CD, the lovely Allison Moorer (yowza!), and yes, the Chicks among others. How can I not like the Chicks--Natalie is from right here in Lubbock. My only real complaint is that you can't get **ANY** of the reissue LP companies to do c/w vinyl, which is a real disappointment. I for one would love to hear something like Mandy Barnett's disc on vinyl, it would be lovely through a tube-based system!.....PS--Anyone that doesn't worship George Jones is a pinko :-)
C/W music Audiogon members
Are there ANY Agon members that like SOME country/western music besides me? I have fair collections of J. Cash, Emmylou Harris (not purely C/W I know), G. Jones, Merle Haggard, Don Williams, Linda Ronstadt (early especially), the Judds, Hank Williams Jr., and some others. Some of this music is very well recorded, and the voices great/unique. Also, is it true that if you play a C/W CD backwards that (1) the guy's dog comes back to life (2) he gets his pick-up truck back (3) quits drinking, (4) gets out of prison, and (5) gets his woman back :>) BTW, we won't see Albert Porter on THIS thread. Cheers. Craig.