Good Old Country

[labgnat]

During the commercials of the sports talk radio show i was listening too, i was looking for another station found a very staticy station playing old country, John Conlee, and some others i dont' know their names. I've always kinda hated country, so damn depressing, but i was digging it for some reason the other night.
Anyone have any suggestions for old country artists to listen too? i'm talking stuff from the early 80's and back

[pklima]

Some personal semi-modern favorites: Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Jerry Jeff Walker, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Jerry Reed.

More old-school: Loretta Lynn, Roger Miller, Hank Williams Sr., George Jones, Lefty Frizzell.

[Dave Martin]

Originally Posted by pklima

Some personal semi-modern favorites:
More old-school: Loretta Lynn, Roger Miller, Hank Williams Sr., George Jones, Lefty Frizzell.

And add Johnny Bush, Red Steagall and Ray Price for 'real' country shuffles; Tex Williams, Spade Cooley and the master, Bob Wills for western swing; Conway Twitty, Hank Thompson, Bill Anderson, and Kitty Wells for honky-tonk country (the kind you probably hate); Warner Mack, Dave Dudley and Red Sovine for truck drivin' country.

There's a million of 'em...

[labgnat]

thanks a lot fellas. a few of those names are familiar but most of em aren't, so i'll defintely check em out.

[bassplayer347]

Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings,Willie Nelson, and David Allan Coe