prog v. c and w

I know very little about C&W, and what I've heard is either extremely depressing or just plain rubbish...to my ears anyway. But, I guess I've only ever heard the 'mainstream' popular country artists. My Irish relatives always loved C&W. My uncle used to wear a bloody cowboy hat..

It's not my thing.

mrgd wrote:   as an older prog enthusiast i just can't abide country and western. here in aus. its getting shoved in our faces.it's sacrilegious to even put them in the same sentence,yet ijust did.anyone share this general loathing?

One thing is to differentiate Folk from Country

As a youngster in Canada (North America since I travelled a lot back from 76 until 87 in the US), we were constantly being fed through the radios this type of music . Country rock (Eagles and The Band etc...) was  one thing that could still be somewhat correct to me and the buddies.

But we were always unfortunately hearing also plenty of Country music/singer-songwriters (Jackson Browne , James Taylor) and even some Country and Western, but also some of these Southern Rock groups like Marshall Tucker and Charlie Daniels bands and this force-feeding  has actually provoked dire allergies to me..........

Although some forms of Appalachian and Bayou musics can be rather correct (but no more than 10 mins at a time ......./per year), they still are about the traditions and conservatism ( you can check out some of the acoustic Hot Tuna) . But I could also almost qualify those of Folk music

The fact that this music is usually reactionary, conservative and so-called moralistic has not helped out in its favor, also.

Remember the Blues Brothers heading out to a gig falling in one of those sickening hicks bar and the owner saying they were very tolerant and allowing Country and Western to be played

Today, I like much better Rap or Techno music than CR, CM or C&W, to tell you!!!!!

Phil wrote: I agree!! I hate C&W! Its awful! I don't usually like to be so rude about anything but I really can't stand it. The dumb songs, that awful pedal guitar, the crass tunes. The only slight exception I'd make was for a KD Lang album I once heard..... There's a scene in "The Blues Brothers" film that runs like this: The Blues Bros have a gig in a hick town, turning up and seeing the clientelle they realise an R&B act probably won't go down well..so they ask the barmaid: "What type of music do you play here?" To which comes the reply: "Oh we play both types here honey....country AND western!!" So they wow the crowd with "Stand by your Man"....

Come on phil, don't hold back!!!

tell us how you rerally feel!!!

you mentioned the same anecdote I did!!

If you get away from the "Nashville machine" type country you'll find there are some real songwriters and artists in the genre. Austin is the home of real country and there are alot of great bands from that area.

Its like anything else, the more you're willing to dig, the more likely you are to hit paydirt.

I personally loathe C&W (both genres, as in "Blues Brothers" said the barkeeper), but fellow progfans please listen to Yes "No Opportunity Necessary No Experience Needed", and "Yours is No Disgrace" - and try to tell Steve Howe that you hate country & western