MUSIC is a mysterious thing. It is something personal and also something that unifies us all. It has the power to bring great joy and great sadness. It resides in our souls with our best memories and our worst memories.
When I was a child, my musical landscape was small, like my desk in elementary school. As I have grown older, the landscape has grown larger, like my bones. What I will attempt to achieve in this blog will be more than simple Music Criticism but an exploration of how great songs can whisper to our individual consciences or scream at our common humanity.
In a lighter vein, I will just share my love of music with you. Sometimes you will think that I am right, other times wrong, but I will try to mix it up and try not to bore you too much.
Today's topic: "Rockers, It's OK to Enjoy Country Music Now"
Why would I write that? It seems to me that more and more Country & Western musicians today are embracing the rebel nature of early Rock & Roll. I'm not just talking about "Outlaw Country" that has been around since the Seventies days of Willie & Waylon or Hank Jr, I am also talking about the more recent Party Rock Vibe that permeates Country Music today. If you turn on any modern Country radio station now, you will hear the unmistakable sound of Seventies Rock. It is as though Southern Rock and Party Rock had a baby, and that baby is now called Country Music. Listen and you will hear Lynyrd Skynyrd's influence in Toby Keith songs, Jim Croce's influence in Billy Currington songs, and Jimmy Buffett's influence in Kenny Chesney songs. Country music today sounds a lot like "Smokin' in the Boys Room", "Pour Some Sugar on Me" or "Margaritaville".
If you are one of those people who says, "Rock is Dead...Radio Stations just play Rap now", try listening to a Country Station. You will hear that Old Time Rock and Roll.
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