Let me say first that until recently I had never actually listened to country. I cracked jokes about it but I never sat down and gave it a worthwhile listen until I saw
The Bridge, at a local music fest. Their songs "Shake 'em Down and Bad Locomotive perfectly illustrate the Funktry sound I dig so much. They blew me away! Soon enough I was screamin' and cheerin' with the rest of the crowd.
I want to find more country bands to listen, even if they don't have that funk element to them. I think that this stuff is definitely worth a listen or two but I have no idea where to start and something tells me that I could find better than the offerings of GAC and CMT (not that they're all bad).
Oh, and anything with chicken pickin', I want, lol. I've only heard it here and there but for some reason I think it's the coolest thing ever.