Originally Posted by GomerPyle

Ok....I'll be that guy...

Most "old country" ain't really any better than current country. In fact, there's really only 2 differences in "old country" and modern country:

1) The clothes (most new country singers look they bought their clothes off the "country-chic" rack at American Eagle or something)

2) "old country" was at least [mostly] recorded by real musicians, on tape, instead of just being a pretty face using ProTools to mask the fact that they aren't very good singers.



None of these new artists can tell a story with their lyrics like Tom T Hall or Marty Robbins. Not even close.

I agree with you on the voices. Rarely will you see a live performance today, where the artist sounds anything remotely close to what they sound like on a CD. Older country artists could actually carry a tune or two.