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[KeithHernandez]

Garth Brooks lived in my town.

I drive through Toby Keith Blvd. between my parents house and my apartment.

Good ole Oklahoma.

(We also have Wayne Coyne and the Starlight Mints, so that is good.)

The problem is that you were buying albums at all.  Get some shows.

That is what I hear.

[littlefallsmets]

I am not sure I have ever heard any of these, but I assume they are what a student of mine once described in a paper as, the only way you know it's country music is that the singers have Southern accents?

Imagine Bon Jovi... except with steel guitars... and even worse.

This is what is being talked about.

Whether something could ACTUALLY be worse than Bon Jovi or not is really a question for philosophers, once they get past whether God could make a burrito so big He Himself could not finish it, but for the sake of practical arguement, we'll hold with that statement.

[jough]

Yes, I've heard the Dead, but only when I wasn't stoned (which is pretty much always).

They suck.  Sorry to be the one to tell you.

And yes, I guess the Eagles are kinda countryish - Peaceful Easy Feeling, Desperado, Take It Easy (I have to say I really liked the Travis Tritt cover), Lyin' Eyes, Already Gone, Tequila Sunrise, Heartache Tonight - yeah, very country.  Life in the Fast Lane, Hotel California, Those Shoes - not so much.

[theinevitable]

for me, the Eagles reside with James Taylor and Fleetwood Mac as "Dad Bands." I can never really hear their music as anything other than "goddamnit, why can't my dad listen to cool music! fuck!" from the past 18 years of life.

[wombat]

"goddamnit, why can't my dad listen to cool music! fuck!"

Because anything he listened to would by definition be uncool?  You should be glad he didn't ruin anything good for you.

[Gimpson]

Cracker's "Kerosene Hat"

I also think that "The Golden Age" and "Gentleman's Blues" by Cracker don't get the respect they deserve.  (Gentleman's Blues in particular). 

These may veer a bit too far into folk, but how about The Be Good Tanyas or Jolie Holland?

[Choop]

Ronnie.


James.


Dio.

[Carlos del Vaca]

Ronnie.


James.


Dio.

He has songs of wildebeasts and danger
He has soared on the wings of a demon.

[Sub_Topical]

Don't forget the thrilling defeat of animatronic laser spiders with ultra-powerfull guitar blasts during concert.

(He's really a good dude, times I met him)

[iron_felix]

If you have time to check out others...

...

• Robert Earl Keen

I've always enjoyed Robert Earl Keen.  My mom (who purports not to like any any country music whatsoever) is friends with Rich Brotherton's best-friend-since-the-first-grade.  "Free concert tickets" kind of friends more so than "backstage pass" kind of friends, but he did also give us a huge crate full of mix tapes once.

Ramsay Midwood is another good artist, although I had always thought of him as more bluesy than country until Last.fm informed me otherwise.

[Carlos del Vaca]

Everyone's already listening to Neko Case, right?  RIGHT?
Neko live set from Austin City Limits up on eMusic.  I haven't downloaded it yet, but as soon as I get my next set of credits, I'm there.

[Ben-San]

Every time I see this thread title I parse it as "rock which is a little bit country but also a little bit country", which is obviously confusing.

[linnea]

I've always enjoyed Robert Earl Keen.  My mom (who purports not to like any any country music whatsoever) is friends with Rich Brotherton's best-friend-since-the-first-grade.  "Free concert tickets" kind of friends more so than "backstage pass" kind of friends, but he did also give us a huge crate full of mix tapes once.

Ramsay Midwood is another good artist, although I had always thought of him as more bluesy than country until Last.fm informed me otherwise.

Oh shit yes. You get a tiny can for liking Robert Earl. He's so rad. I was introduced to him by an old flame who pointed out when we were young that Robert Earl has a song called "Oh Somebody nice". Word is that he was inspired to write it about the Grizzly Rose, a country-western bar in Denver. I was born and raised in Denver. Hence, I really love that song.

Everyone's already listening to Neko Case, right?  RIGHT?
Neko live set from Austin City Limits up on eMusic.  I haven't downloaded it yet, but as soon as I get my next set of credits, I'm there.

I don't like Neko Case very much, but I fuck*ng love Austin City Limits. I'm in the ACL group on last.fm. Tiny cann'd.

[iron_felix]

I like the Dead, and always have, and I haven't been high in 15 years or so. However, before I ever listened to them and only knew them from seeing album covers in my older brother's collection, I so looked forward to them sounding like Black Sabbath. I think I would have been happier if the whole skull motif had panned out in more of a metal manner. Oh well, at least both Jerry and Tony shared that whole finger thing, so that's good I guess.

This is exactly what I thought as a child.  My dad hates the Dead, so for a long time when I was growing up I would only see their logo as a sticker on the backs of people's cars.  For a while I thought it was some sort of gang insignia.  Very recently I was also reminded of the first time I saw the cover of Avalon and put it on thinking it was a heavy metal album.

[Choop]

Can'd for your avatar felix - that's great.