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sore subject in my cabin in the Ozarks.....
my wife, bless her heart, leans more toward the "modern" country artists...i am just the opposite....our 18 year old son is more liberal with his music tastes than me or his mother put together..!!...he listens to anything BUT rap and metal...he doesn't consider it musical at all...i have listened outside his door and heard modern country, modern rock, vintage country, Everly Bros, bubble gum doo-wop, big band; one time i was looking for my Les Paul/Mary Ford CD's to listen to on the way to a gig...they were in HIS room on the headboard..!!?
i am NOT a singer so i naturally listen to and follow the "pickers"...Brent Mason, Albert Lee, Will Ray for the more modern "bendy" stuff.....my main interest for style is Chet Atkins and Merle Travis and Joe Maphis...
as far as performing, though, i have learned the hard way an audience in this day and age will stay away by the hundreds if you don't play the modern country...i won't mention artist names, we all know who the popular ones are.....do i personally think they are good..???...probably, they are VERY good, but are they putting out the sound i like...NO...!!!...and that ONLY means they aren't doing what i like...they probably wouldn't like what i do either....we are all different
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