Country artists

I am a huge country music fan. This thread is dedicated to discussing country artists and why you connect with their song, posting music from country artists and sharing stories of meeting country artists.

I will start it off by posting what many consider the greatest country song ever made and the interesting part is that the artist didn't want to record it because when he heard the demo stated that no one will buy that record because it is just too sad. The late great George Jones



Hard to believe George Jones thought anything could be "too sad" for country music lovers. This is a group of people who feel cheated if they're NOT hit in the feels.


When the record was finished, the performer didnā€™t have very high hopes. In his autobiography I LivedTo Tell It All, Jones wrote, ā€œI looked Billy square in the eye and said, ā€˜Nobody will buy that morbid son of a bitch.ā€™ā€ Of course, the songā€™s success changed his tune. ā€œTo put it simply I was back on top,ā€ he wrote. ā€œJust that quickly. I donā€™t want to belabor this comparison, but a four-decade career was salvaged by a three-minute song.ā€


Oh, no, I believed you. I just find it a bit hard to believe. Country music is famous for "My woman left me, my truck broke down, and my dog died". This is not an audience that insists on happy-feelgood.

I am a huge country music fan. This thread is dedicated to discussing country artists and why you connect with their song, posting music from country artists and sharing stories of meeting country artists.

I will start it off by posting what many consider the greatest country song ever made and the interesting part is that the artist didn't want to record it because when he heard the demo stated that no one will buy that record because it is just too sad. The late great George Jones



Hard to believe George Jones thought anything could be "too sad" for country music lovers. This is a group of people who feel cheated if they're NOT hit in the feels.


When the record was finished, the performer didnā€™t have very high hopes. In his autobiography I LivedTo Tell It All, Jones wrote, ā€œI looked Billy square in the eye and said, ā€˜Nobody will buy that morbid son of a bitch.ā€™ā€ Of course, the songā€™s success changed his tune. ā€œTo put it simply I was back on top,ā€ he wrote. ā€œJust that quickly. I donā€™t want to belabor this comparison, but a four-decade career was salvaged by a three-minute song.ā€


Oh, no, I believed you. I just find it a bit hard to believe. Country music is famous for "My woman left me, my truck broke down, and my dog died". This is not an audience that insists on happy-feelgood.

CMT used to have real interesting shows on about artists behind the song and that is where I learned of it. I used to get Country Weekly too but they stopped home delivery of that some years ago and I don't pick it up in the store because it has turned into a soap opera magazine
 
You are probably a very nice person but you are completely obsessed. I have 29 CDs of George Strait but I don't worship the guy. Do you even know music from other people?
 

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