Came across Junior Brown awhile back on utube brilliant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRMNeoao ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yojUpMPt ... re=related

adding...
Alan Jackson
Clint Black
Jerry Reed

I also like a few by Josh Turner

Alan Jackson is a top of the list guy. He has a Christmas album out that so good also.
Weather she's country or what?, Patsy Cline. Willie Nelson wrote the song, Crazy. That song is one of those songs that gets in my head for two or three weeks at a time.
A lot of the ladies of country, Faith Hill, etc.

Last night as I was trying to get some sleep, an ad for old country music came on. as I listened to all that stuff, I realised that it wasn't all good either. Not much different than today. Maby 2 or 3 out of 10 were really great, The rest were so so, maybe we expect to much. There is nothing we can do about change. EXCEPT play what we like and try to keep it alive that way.
----Danny,

Have to agree with you Danny. I don't like every Fender bass made either. I play the one I like.

The Zac Brown Band comes to mind.

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Miranda Lambert?

Also for some good albums, check out "Somewhere in Time" by Reckless Kelly and "This is Indian Land" by Cody Canada and the Departed. The former is composed entirely of covers of Pinto Bennet and the Famous Motel Cowboys, an older country band out of Idaho. It's got an old country feel to it with a rock edge. Indian Land comes out tuesday but it's also a cover album, but it's all songs by artists native to Oklahoma. A lot of older stuff - Tom Skinner and some others whose names I can't find. But it's looking likely to be the same sort of country/rock feel.

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I've never liked Toby Keith's music much, Brooks and Dunn I do like most of their tunes, and Little Texas I'm not sure I've heard; I'll check 'em out. There are some of the more pop artists that I like, just most of it doesn't sit well with me. I'm not knocking 'em though by any means, just looking for artists that I have yet to discover that play the kind of country I like.

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I'm listening to some AssJack right now, and Hank 3's Hellbilly country, while being very, very untraditional, is #$@*&!% amazing.

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Nobody said George Strait? He's kept to his roots.

The OP did.
Yes George is great, one of the few where I can listen to his whole catalog.

Last night before the wife got home from work. I over did it with all the old 40's and 50's "Grand Old Opry" I could find. The one thing that I picked up from all that was, the sound was definitely Texas ,Low Country Blues, some cagen, and what I call down home country. The songs that were popular were like Little jimmy Dickens "Out Behind The Barn" "Take an Old Cold Tader And Weight" Old Hank and all his old tear jerking and beer drinking songs. Then of course you had Lester Scruggs And Earl Flat and the "Blue Grass" stuff. and the carter family what a bunch they were, Clowns, dancers and singers. Think they could each play 20 instruments at the same time . There were a hole bunch oh comedians and balled type singers. "Tennessee Ernie Ford" "George Gobel" and "Minnie Pearl" and a new comer every night. They kept us happy and laughing, or crying for an hour what a wonderful show. I Think all of today's country artists get there basic sound from that bunch. For me the ones that conform to that old country sound are the ones that I love to listen To. The ones that play that country,pop rock stuff don't appeal to me at all. Just My opinion, and don't forget that music is what I grue up listening to.
----Danny,

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Dwight Yoakam and his long time lead player Pete Anderson, probably my modern favorites. Give them a listen....

Also love Vince Gill and Alan Jackson.

In this opinion, no one currently on a country stage can come within a lap of Junior Brown for pure pickin' power.

I'd like to recommend the Watson Twins. Both with and without Jenny Lewis.

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