What happened to Country Music?  

I too love the older country music. I used to play and sing country music in some of the bars around the Buffalo NY area. I have a stutter, so I was Buffalo's Mel Tillis before he became popular. One of the songs that I did was the Auctioneer Song. This was in the late 1950's and the 1960's. I thought that Ray Price had the best country music voice. His range was incredible.

I would not even attempt to play the modern country music now. When I played, if you knew 3 or 4 chords on the guitar, you could play any country song. I enjoy Saturday nights on RFD TV. Crook and Chase are on at 7:00pm edt, followed by the Music City News Awards shows, Midwest Country, the Big Joe Polka Show, and Ralph Emery. Most of the songs sre the older country songs, and I get out my guitar and play along.

I'll try to keep in touch with you as I'm sure we could talk quite a while about our experiences. I'm a "little" older than you, so we are from the same era.

Happy Trails,
George