Anyone else a fan of this distinct style of country? Also known as Texas and Oklahoma country. It has a distinct sound and I find it far superior to any pop country crap or Nashville stuff. Its more folksy and blues based with a southern rock flavor and attitude. My brother really got me into this type of music while he lived in Texas. He always sent me MP3 of good songs n bands and stuff. my absolute favorites are Cross Canadian Ragweed and the Randy Rogers band....but special mention goes to Reckless Kelly, Pat Green, Cory Morrow and Jason Boland.

any other fans, feel free to list your favorite bands. For those that hate country you might want to look into this sub-genre because it really is different than the pop country or the stuff that is primarily associated with country.

11/6/2008 3:42:55 PM

THIS THREAD IS WORTHLESS WITHOUT MUSICAL LINKS


i know i can search, but im lazy

[Edited on November 6, 2008 at 3:57 PM. Reason : HANKIII is my anti-pop country...DRRP yo]

11/6/2008 3:56:06 PM

shut up. anyone that would like to have a conversation please join in

11/7/2008 12:31:05 AM

Ok if your too lazy to search, dont know what Im talking about or even if you love this type of music....here is a sample Hurley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psodrlWM8VM

11/7/2008 2:04:07 AM

Robert Earl Keen and Roger Creager definitely meet this definition and are great examples of 'Texas Country'

11/7/2008 2:11:26 AM

yeah i agree, im not a big Creager fan, but i dig some old school Keen. Whenever i hear the song "Corpus Christi Bay" it reminds me of visiting my bro in Corpus and drinking Shiner Bock with my bro and his blind buddy Marsh

i also give an honorable mention to Chris Knight, who isnt really Red Dirt country but is more of the of the folk style that I like

[Edited on November 7, 2008 at 2:24 AM. Reason : .]

11/7/2008 2:19:42 AM

sweet, you drank with a blind dude?

11/7/2008 7:55:53 AM

I checked out the link R18, not my style.

carryon

11/7/2008 8:24:29 AM

I have never really classified the country music more than "classic" -> "90s" -> "new", haha.

But I do enjoy Jason Boland, he has some great drinking songs. Pat Green and Randy Rogers Band are pretty good too.

11/7/2008 9:37:20 AM

I agree this is my favorite kind of country. fuck that new shit that gets radio play. that aint country.

I'm diggin the ccr and jason boland. haven't much listened to the other stuff you listed, have to give that a try.

11/7/2008 10:41:41 AM

if you like CCR you will love Randy Rogers Band

11/7/2008 1:34:49 PM

^ agree along with Reckless Kelly & Cross Canadian Ragweed

[Edited on November 8, 2008 at 5:14 AM. Reason : .]

[Edited on November 8, 2008 at 5:15 AM. Reason : Cross Canadian Ragweed]

11/8/2008 5:12:40 AM

I normally cannot get into country much at all (ESPECIALLY the radio type stuff you are talking about) but I like some older stuff and i LOVE some of Steve Earle's albums. But maybe thats because hes got that folk and bluegrass tinge at times.

Transcendental Blues is a great album.



[Edited on November 8, 2008 at 12:29 PM. Reason : ]

11/8/2008 12:27:57 PM

^yeah steve earle is the man. I like all his stuff, but I'm jammin to jerusalem right now.

11/8/2008 2:50:07 PM

I cant believe I left out Stoney LaRue from my red dirt country list

11/10/2008 9:47:47 PM

i just listened to the youtube link with Cross Canadian Ragweed, and i've got to say, thats freakin awesome. I love that kinda country so much. If you find anything else you wanna share please do, i'm in need of a new playlist

11/10/2008 11:51:11 PM

Them boys from Oklahoma roll their joints all wrong

11/10/2008 11:56:02 PM

we have listed a bunch of red dirt, give the other bands a try. Nashville sucks, Pop Country sucks.

[Edited on November 11, 2008 at 6:15 AM. Reason : .]

11/11/2008 6:13:59 AM

How about Reckless Kelly?

http://music.mync.com/?p=149

[Edited on November 11, 2008 at 8:20 AM. Reason : Just saw they were already mentioned ... word.]

11/11/2008 8:20:13 AM

yeah i mentioned them, they are really good too

11/11/2008 8:33:46 AM