Who´s Gonna Fill Their Shoes?

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Originally Posted by stephwills

There's a lot of new music out there today and more of it is accessible than ever. Texas and Oklahoma have almost too many new artists. Most of them don't care anything about signing to a label or moving to Nashville. They're content to tour around Texas and the neighboring states, printing/selling their own CDs and merchandise. Some of them are pulling down some serious money and enjoying quite a bit of radio play on the non-Top 40 stations.

They're out there. The trick is finding them.

Now, as to whether we'll ever see another Johnny, Waylon or Buck ... I don't think so. We'll hear some awesome music by people who are cutting their own paths. And from what I've been hearing, that ain't so bad.

Amen to the above! I thought "good music" was dead. Then I moved to northeastern Oklahoma and I found that it hadn't really died at all. It lives!

Back in California, I had no idea that "Red Dirt" was a music genre.

Now I know, and I like it, for the most part. Quite a lot, actually.

And best of all, I get to hear it LIVE on a fairly frequent basis.

There are most definitely some very talented musicians in this corner of the world and many seem to be doing just fine financially, without major label backing or extensive radio airplay, just doing their thing as "regional celebrities."

At least in my corner of the world, it isn't too difficult for me to find some music that I like being played live.