![]() Montgomery Gentry was big back in the day but lately they have fluked out big time due to keeping their old sound from the early to mid 00’s which will NEVER be anything on modern day country radio. artists like Jon Pardi, Josh Thompson, Josh Turner, Mo Pitney, Craig Campbell, Kacey Musgraves, Joe Nichols, Montgomery Gentry, etc will never be anything because they are all TRUE country artists that make damn good modern country music. Jon Pardi will never be anything because he is a REAL country music artist. ) seem to know what’s up and release shit like LITTLE RED WAGON or have jumped ship altogether, as it were, to focus on fans who appreciate them as artists. Even writers who once released songs of substance to mainstream radio ( Miranda, Lee Ann Womack, Martina etc. I think that the women ( real country fans ) who think that mainstream radio is all just marketing bullshit are listening to better acts and better music from other sources and leaving the less discerning listeners to their country ” playpens ”. Seems that market doesn’t mind been pandered to or stereotyped as the ” girl in the truck ” by all those cookie cutter bros. Labels and radio have targeted that particular market with the bro-boys ( tats and fashion ). ( I’m trying to dance delicately here without offending anyone ). The bro stuff seemingly attracts very young women listeners who think the guys are hot and hip …not so much women who ” know what’s up ” musically and otherwise. “Question: Why do women have such a hard time in country music these days? ” Songwriter and performer Will Hoge also questioned the trend recently, saying on Twitter, “New genre, ‘Carpetbagger Country: When Your Career Goes South, So Do You’…” With such a limited amount of space in the top heavy mainstream, is it best for the genre to allow established stars to strut in and pull away attention and resources from artists who’ve worked their entire careers for the cause of country? It’s likely to continue to be debated as the flow of older stars looking to re-launch their careers through country continues. Wherever Clay Walker’s allegiances lie, he brings up an important point about rockers infiltrating country. “I think it’s the perfect evolution and it’s the way it should be. In January of 2014, Clay declared traditional country music was “dead,” and went on to say he wasn’t remorseful about that outcome. That’s not new … But I do blame our format a little bit for feeling like we needed to add that element to our format.”Ĭlay Walker has been known to speak out about the direction of country music before, but it’s not always in opposition to the current tends. “This change in the music has definitely helped country music grow … When I was growing up in the late ’80s and early ’90s everyone loved hip-hop. “It’ll never be the same we will never go back to the way it was in the ’80s or the ’90s or anything like that. There’s no reason we have to dilute it by letting people in the format that don’t have any business being in the format.”Ĭlay also took issue with the influx of hip-hop influences in the genre recently. ![]() “We have great singers, great country musicians. ![]() That really pissed me off,” Clay Walker told The Modesto Bee recently. “I can’t stand to see outdated rock-and-rollers coming in to play country music. Can country continue to delineate itself from other music with so many influences and artists from other sectors of the music world encroaching on country, and are country interlopers pushing more established and worthy country artists out of the spotlight? That’s what has country artist Clay Walker concerned. ![]() It all brings up the question of the integrity of the country genre if the influx continues. Darius Rucker and Sheryl Crow are some other rockers who’ve made the move to country music recently, and with the rising popularity of the country format and the faltering of rock on radio, there’s no reason to think the influx will stop anytime soon. In 1968, country music was how rocker Jerry Lee Lewis got back into the music business, and similar story lines have played out in country music almost since its inception. The last few weeks have seen a new wave of high profile rock artists make their way to the country format in hopes of revitalizing declining careers, most notably Poison frontman Bret Michaels who released a terrible country single called “ Girls On Bars,” and Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler who released his first country single “ Love Is Your Name.”Ĭountry music carpetbagging is nothing new by any stretch.
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