What do you consider classic country music?

Question

Every country fan knows that there's a difference between modern and classic country music. I'm only 19 and the music I grew up listening to is already being played in classic country playlists on radios and such.

What do you consider good classic country music? i.e. artists/bands, songs, ect.

What are some of your favorite artists, both modern and classic.

Answer 1

1940's to 1970's - I consider classic.

Waylon Jennings

Ed Bruce

John Conlee

The Kendalls

Hoyt Axton

The Oakridge Boys

The Statler Brothers.

Answer 2

George Jones

Johnny Cash

Conway Twitty

Patsy Cline

Hank Snow

Hank Willams Sr.

Hank Willams Jr.

Dolly Parton

Tammy Wynette

Kenny Rogers

Merle Haggard

Jerry Reed

Charley Pride

Loretta Lynn

The Carter Family

Red Sovine

Willie Nelson

Marty Robbins

Jim Reeves

Ferlin Husky

Eddy Arnold

Roger Miller

Webb Prerce

Eddie Aanold

Don Gibson

Faron Young

Connie Smith

Sonny James

Jan Howard

Glen Campbell

Jack Greene

Bobby Goldsborn

Sammi Smith

Tom T. Hall

Roy Clark

Buck Owens

B.J Thomas

Linda Rostadt

The Kendalls

Crystal Gayle

John Conlee

Vern Golslin

Don Willams

Bill Anderson

Earl Thomas Conley

Charly Mcclain

Dottie West

Janie Fricke

John Anderson

Mel Mcdaniel

Dan Seals

Emmylou Harris

Johnny Lee

Ed Bruse

Razzy Bailey

Anne Murray

Con Hunley

Jeanne Pruett

Barbara Mandrell

Randy Barlow

Mel Tills

Gene Watson

Ronnie Milsap

Rosanne Cash

The Oak Ridge Boys

Alabama

Ricky Skaggs

Jerry Reed

Charley Pride

The Stalter Brothers

Kenny Rogers

Answer 3

Classic Country:

Vernon Dalhart - The Prisoner's Song, The Wreck of the Old 97

Jimmie Rodgers - Waitin for a Train, Desert Blues, Peach Pickin Time in Georgia

Gene Autry - That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine

Roy Rogers

The Sons of the Pioneers - Cool Water

The Light Crust Dough Boys

Ernest Tubb - Walkin the Floor Over You, Waltz Across Texas

Bob Wills - Right or Wrong, Away Out There

Jimmie Davis - You are My Sunshine, It Makes No Difference Now

The Delmore Brothers - Goin Back to the Blueridge Mountains



You must also never forget that Bluegrass is considered Country Music. Look up some of the older artists such as the Father of Bluegrass, Bill Monroe, Browns Ferry Four, The Dixon Brothers, and the Arthur Smith Trio.

Answer 4

The lists bellow are some of my favorites and make up a list of what I believe are the best in these categories. They are in no particular order.



Classic:

Hank Williams

Roy Acuff

Mel Tillis

Patsy Cline

Loretta Lynn

Rose Maddox

Willie Nelson

Johnny Paycheck

Charlie Daniels Band

David Alan Coe

Waylon Jennings

Johnny Cash

Jessi Colter



These artists made country music. They defined it. Hank Williams, Roy Acuff and others in the Grand Ole' Opre took country music form the cowboy songs and backwoods shanties to the main stream and made it into a country wide sensation. These other artists followed their precedent. They told stories with their music and made a lasting impression on music which can still be seen and felt today.

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Modern:

Alan Jackson

River Country

Toby Kieth

George Strait

Reba McIntire

Rodney Atkins

Josh Turner

Jamey Johnson

Garth Brooks

Alabama

Lonestar

Brooks & Dunn

Diamond Rio



All of these singers in the modern section have really stuck to the country foundations set by the classics above. The song styles, and story telling aspects of country are present in most of their works. They have a more classic and traditional sound to their music which can be traced back to different elements in the songs and styles of the Classic Country stars above.

***As for "Pop Country" I've listed that below.

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Pop Country:

Keith Urban

Taylor Swift

Miranda Lambert

Kenny Chesney

Rascall Flats

Lady Antebellum

Big & Rich

Emerson Drive



These groups and singers are changing the face of country. Bringing in elements of different styles; Island, rock, rap/hip-hop, & "pop". This is its own style separate form the two categories above because it is country at the core and the artists have adapted it to the ever changing face of today's music in other genre's.

Answer 5

The classics to me, are the ones that build the foundation of Country Music.

Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton.

And then you get into what the modern country people call classics, Alabama, Keith Whitley, Tanya Tucker, etc... Though they are great, they're not exactly purely classic country.

Answer 6

Classic:

Johny Cash

Hank Williams

Dolly Parton



Modern:

Lady Antebellum

Montgomery Gentry

Tim McGraw

Sugarland

Miranda Lambert

Answer 7

classic

willie nelson

waylon jennings

patsy cline

barbara mandrell

brenda lee

kris kristoffersom\n

don williams

oak ridge boys

statler brothers

tompall glaser

lacy j dalton

johnny paycheck

davis allen coe

patty loveless

loretta lynn

george jones

george strait

carter familty johnny cash

gatlin brothers

vince gill

gary morris

dolly paton

emmylou harris

highway 101

dottie west

shelly west

david frizell

wow too many to continue





Modern

sugarland

Answer 8

.....well there are many definitions.My personal guide lines are ;

Classic country..from around 1925 to 1945(Jimmie Rogers,Roy Accuff)

Traditional-classic 1945 to 1980(Marty Robbins,George Jones,Connie Smith,Tanya Tucker,Waylon and Willie)

Modern- traditional 1980 to 1990( Ricky Van Shelton,)

Modern country1990 to 2000(George Strait,Travis Tritt)

Progressive-alternative country 2000 to date(Alan Jackson,Sugarland,Brad Paisley)

Answer 9

Alabama

Highway 101

Desert Rose Band

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Kenny Rogers

John Conlee

Oak Ridge Boys

Statler Brothers

Answer 10

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Answer 11

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