Brian Hineline/The Morning Call

The country music star opens his recent 'Talks at Google' interview with some thoughts on his recent guest spot and "country" Stones. - [youtu.be]

'Dead Flowers', Philadelphia June 18 - [youtu.be]

Brad is worth the time if you haven't checked out his music...man that bastard can play a Tele!

I don't know, man. I can't get into the new phony country music with the cowboy hats and the pretentious down home accents.

Maybe you shouldn't be prejudiced by calling it phony. And start from there.

There's a lot of very enjoyable country'pop'.
Pistol Annies are great, So are the solo albums of Miranda Lambert & Ashley Monroe.
Kacey Musgraves is an up and coming talent.
Jamey Johnson is utterly fantastic.
Hell, if you listen to Taylor Swift without any prejudice...great songs man. They really are.
Brad is a great guitar player (although I'm not a big fan of his albums). Same thing goes for Keith Urban.

The old 'hat-acts' are still doing great: like the almighty George Strait (but he is in a league of his own). Alan Jackson is still very enjoyable.

I just don't get the hats. Why does every country dude have to be a hat? Who wants to be a hat? Hats just stand there and... sing, 99% of the time awful horrible lyrics to boot (sorry, had to throw that in there). They don't really do anything. It's like they're riding a horse - gotta be stiff. Hats are weird. I know some hats and they make me laugh they're so serious.

Serious as a Bugs Bunny cartoon.

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I just don't get the hats. Why does every country dude have to be a hat? Who wants to be a hat? Hats just stand there and... sing, 99% of the time awful horrible lyrics to boot (sorry, had to throw that in there). They don't really do anything. It's like they're riding a horse - gotta be stiff. Hats are weird. I know some hats and they make me laugh they're so serious.

Serious as a Bugs Bunny cartoon.

But Keith's headbands and scarves and eyeliner or Mick's jumpsuits and tights are "serious"...O.K.

Paisley was a great fit for this song

Paisley was a great fit for this song

I think so too, schillid. Paisley looked very natural on stage with the Stones, much more so than some of the other guests from the recent tour.

If I remember correctly, Keith's sported a cowboy hat or two in the past also.

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Maybe you shouldn't be prejudiced by calling it phony. And start from there.

There's a lot of very enjoyable country'pop'.
Pistol Annies are great, So are the solo albums of Miranda Lambert & Ashley Monroe.
Kacey Musgraves is an up and coming talent.
Jamey Johnson is utterly fantastic.
Hell, if you listen to Taylor Swift without any prejudice...great songs man. They really are.
Brad is a great guitar player (although I'm not a big fan of his albums). Same thing goes for Keith Urban.

The old 'hat-acts' are still doing great: like the almighty George Strait (but he is in a league of his own). Alan Jackson is still very enjoyable.

Blessings on you...you advance to Boardwalk Avenue...

Imagine how many Stones songs would never have been, without the country influence, from the early days to present...

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Maybe you shouldn't be prejudiced by calling it phony. And start from there.

There's a lot of very enjoyable country'pop'.
Pistol Annies are great, So are the solo albums of Miranda Lambert & Ashley Monroe.
Kacey Musgraves is an up and coming talent.
Jamey Johnson is utterly fantastic.
Hell, if you listen to Taylor Swift without any prejudice...great songs man. They really are.
Brad is a great guitar player (although I'm not a big fan of his albums). Same thing goes for Keith Urban.

The old 'hat-acts' are still doing great: like the almighty George Strait (but he is in a league of his own). Alan Jackson is still very enjoyable.

I'll be whatever I want. You can pick out a song or two that's okay, but most of them are about looking back. 'Remember when we went to the drive-in? When you had a mini-skirt? When I drove a Camaro?' It's phony. Keith Urban is a good guitar player, at least from what I heard at Staples Center.

I like old school country. George Jones (didn't wear a hat), Johnny Cash, Skeets McDonald, and I saw Willie Nelson and Lyle Lovett just two weeks ago. So, don't assume I'm prejudiced against country. I'm just not into K-Mart Cowboys and maybe you are.

Great song...

Brad Paisley is a great guitarist. He's better than most rock guitarist even if he had both hands tied behind his back. The same is true for Vince Gill. I'm really not a fan of country songs but it has some of the best guitar playing I ever heard.

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I just don't get the hats. Why does every country dude have to be a hat? Who wants to be a hat? Hats just stand there and... sing, 99% of the time awful horrible lyrics to boot (sorry, had to throw that in there). They don't really do anything. It's like they're riding a horse - gotta be stiff. Hats are weird. I know some hats and they make me laugh they're so serious.

Serious as a Bugs Bunny cartoon.

But Keith's headbands and scarves and eyeliner or Mick's jumpsuits and tights are "serious"...O.K.

*Boom*
Good one...
It's a cultural/regional thing.
Paisley is good, as is Jamie Johnson....

country music has been dying a long and painful death for about 20 years now and it seem to start with the death of conway twitty. there are a few real country artists left out there but most of the newer famous acts are about as country as jay z. fake phony country artists. i love garth brooks but i blame him for the fall of country music.
here are some good country acts still out there:
willie nelson
shooter jennings
travis tritt
alan jackson
george strait
ray price
merle haggard
hank williams jr
vince gill
hank williams III
randy travis
alabama (they still do stuff right?)
dwight yoakam
kenny rogers
dolly parton
emmylou harris
kris kristofferson

some great country acts that have passed on:
george jones
waylon jennings
johnny cash
conway twitty
hank williams
tammy wynette
buck owens
lefty frizzell



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I just don't get the hats. Why does every country dude have to be a hat? Who wants to be a hat? Hats just stand there and... sing, 99% of the time awful horrible lyrics to boot (sorry, had to throw that in there). They don't really do anything. It's like they're riding a horse - gotta be stiff. Hats are weird. I know some hats and they make me laugh they're so serious.

Serious as a Bugs Bunny cartoon.

But Keith's headbands and scarves and eyeliner or Mick's jumpsuits and tights are "serious"...O.K.

Of course I didn't bring up how the Stones have looked over the years. It was specific to country musicians.

Everyone knows the Stones have looked ridiculous over the years.

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Give me some Lefty: (Listen to Jimmy Pruitt on piano).

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Some Louvin Brothers:

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Skeets:





And of course:

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some great country acts that have passed on:
george jones
waylon jennings
johnny cash
conway twitty
hank williams
tammy wynette
buck owens
left frizzell

Gary Stewart.




Ain't Living Long....

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GasLightStreet
I just don't get the hats. Why does every country dude have to be a hat? Who wants to be a hat? Hats just stand there and... sing, 99% of the time awful horrible lyrics to boot (sorry, had to throw that in there). They don't really do anything. It's like they're riding a horse - gotta be stiff. Hats are weird. I know some hats and they make me laugh they're so serious.

Serious as a Bugs Bunny cartoon.

ever ride a horse? to do it correctly you're not supposed to be stiff, be fluid & move in unison with the steed.

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I don't know, man. I can't get into the new phony country music with the cowboy hats and the pretentious down home accents.

I used to live in the South & Southwest, the western hats come with the territory & the accents are real, much too hard to imitate.

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24FPS
So, don't assume I'm prejudiced against country.

The subject was new country.
I never said you were prejudiced against politically correct country.

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Of course I didn't bring up how the Stones have looked over the years. It was specific to country musicians.

Everyone knows the Stones have looked ridiculous over the years.

Let's face it, live long enough and you'll have looked ridiculous at some point in your life. I can hardly bear to look at pics of me with that '80s perm.

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24FPS
I don't know, man. I can't get into the new phony country music with the cowboy hats and the pretentious down home accents.

I used to live in the South & Southwest, the western hats come with the territory & the accents are real, much too hard to imitate.

a lot of these newer country acts aren't from the south. keith urban is from australia, taylor swift is from pennsylvania, shania twain is from canada.

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I don't know, man. I can't get into the new phony country music with the cowboy hats and the pretentious down home accents.

I used to live in the South & Southwest, the western hats come with the territory & the accents are real, much too hard to imitate.

a lot of these newer country acts aren't from the south. keith urban is from australia, taylor swift is from pennsylvania, shania twain is from canada.

true. the hats are just part of their décor! I have a good western hat & every time I wear it in Manhattan, everybody asks if I'm from Texas.

Keith Urban & Taylor Swift do not have a southern accent.
They don't wear hats either. So all is fine.
Country isn't restricted to the South, of course.
But if you're not from Texas, indeed, don't imitate the accent.

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Keith Urban & Taylor Swift do not have a southern accent.
They don't wear hats either. So all is fine.
Country isn't restricted to the South, of course.
But if you're not from Texas, indeed, don't imitate the accent.

and thats why most of these newer country acts sound nothing like country. because they aren't from the south and are simply imitating a style of music to make money. when george jones sang you felt every word of it because he lived it all.

Of course George Jones was one of a kind.
But to me you don't have to live it before you can sing it.
A good singer is like a good actor.

To me artists like Toby Keith or Jimmy Buffett are the ones to blame.
They make the genre a laughing stock, while others (I already mentioned) truly mean it.