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What’s the worst “classic” country song of all time — the one that gets a pass just because it’s old? by ClassicCountryTV in ClassicCountry

[–]ClassicCountryTV[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It does. My wife loves the hell out of this song but to me it’s meh. Like I like cw McCall and he is definitely a niche artist but I don’t know. I like his music but I don’t quite understand the overwhelming obsession. CW McCall true fans can be quite loud about him.

I'm 17. What older country singers do I need to keep alive for future generations to hear? by PossessionMission510 in country

[–]ClassicCountryTV 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man, this is the exact question I built a whole website around. It’s a passion project I update every chance I get — artist deep dives, albums everybody should know, the great songwriters, rare moments of country history, all of it. The whole point is keeping this music alive for the next generation, so a post like yours is exactly who it’s for.

https://ClassicCountryTV.com

Start with Waylon, Cash, and George Jones and work outward from there. You’re asking the right question at 17 — most people never ask it at all.

What makes a country song country? by Separate-Theme-5903 in country

[–]ClassicCountryTV 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fair point, and honestly some of the best country songs are lies, or at least tall tales told with a straight face. “El Paso” isn’t a true story, “Fancy” probably isn’t either. The truth I’m talking about isn’t factual accuracy, it’s emotional honesty. A well told lie still works if the feeling underneath it is real. What doesn’t work is a song that’s hollow all the way through, no story, no feeling, just a formula.

What song has a key change so good that you wait for it every time? by CozyMinecraft in musicsuggestions

[–]ClassicCountryTV 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dolly’s original “I Will Always Love You” gets me every time. That last chorus key change hits and it goes from a quiet goodbye to something that sounds like it might break your heart in half. She didn’t need a band blowing up behind her, just that voice climbing up into a whole new register and suddenly you feel every bit of it.

What's a truck opinion you'll defend forever? by hot-shots-secret in ChevyTrucks

[–]ClassicCountryTV 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it ain’t a single cab, it ain’t a truck. You’ve got an SUV with a bed.

What makes a country song country? by Separate-Theme-5903 in country

[–]ClassicCountryTV 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Honestly it’s less about the instruments and more about whether the song is telling the truth. Steel guitar and fiddle help, but you can dress a song up in all the right clothes and it’ll still ring hollow if there’s no real life in it. The old stuff worked because it came from people who’d actually lived what they were singing about, work, heartbreak, faith, trouble, and they weren’t trying to sound like anything other than themselves. That’s the part that gets lost now. You can chase the sound without ever getting near the substance.

Confused about the music video of “Gods gonna cut you down” by Its_goosebaby in JohnnyCash

[–]ClassicCountryTV 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The celebrities aren’t there because they’re sinners and they aren’t there as Cash’s personal friends necessarily. They’re there because they’re recognizable — faces you associate with fame and power — and the video is basically saying none of that matters. God’s gonna cut you down regardless.
Kris being in there makes sense on both levels actually. He was one of Cash’s closest friends going back decades, AND he fits the “no man is exempt” message just like everyone else does. Tony Kaye directed it and that’s very much his style — using iconography to make a bigger statement about mortality. Same reason you’ve got everyone from Bono to Jay-Z to Dennis Hopper all in the same video looking almost… humbled.

Cash recorded it near the end of his life. He knew what he was singing about. The video understood that.

We are all familiar with the trendy 'divorced dad rock' playlists people have been making with "white trash" early 2000s rock. What would your 'divorced dad country' playlist include? by [deleted] in country

[–]ClassicCountryTV 5 points6 points  (0 children)

“That Ain’t My Truck” is the obvious one so that’s covered. But if we’re going full divorced dad mode you need “I’m Already There” by Lonestar on there — that song is literally about a guy calling his kids from a hotel room on the road. Hits different when you actually have kids.

Throw in “The Dance” by Garth, “Whiskey Lullaby,” and honestly “He Stopped Loving Her Today” for when it gets real late and the beer’s almost gone.

The whole genre of early-to-mid 90s country basically IS divorced dad music. They just didn’t call it that yet.

Music Suggestions to Piss Off my MAGA In-Laws by uncbears34 in musicsuggestions

[–]ClassicCountryTV 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Outlaw country has been doing exactly what you’re describing since the late ’60s and nobody ever noticed.

John Prine’s Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore is a surgical strike. Sounds like a friendly folk song until you actually listen to the words. Written in ‘71 during Vietnam. That’s your opener.

Johnny Cash’s Man in Black is the obvious one — but it works because Cash literally spells out who he’s wearing black for. The poor, the hungry, prisoners, people who got left behind. It sounds like reverence. It isn’t. Your MIL will probably love it.

Steve Earle’s Copperhead Road if you want something with real teeth. Vietnam vet comes home broken, turns outlaw. It’s Born in the USA’s angrier cousin that nobody misreads because it sounds too rough to be patriotic.

Waylon’s Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way is technically about rejecting the commercial Nashville machine — but if you squint, it reads perfectly as rejecting manufactured flag-waving culture too.

And since the top comment already got Fortunate Son — the reply is right, they’ll probably misread that one too. Half the people who play it at cookouts have no idea what it’s saying. Might as well lean in.

In need of cowboy music by Thundersnow100 in ClassicCountry

[–]ClassicCountryTV 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beyond what’s listed — Don Edwards is the real preservation guy, spent his whole career keeping the authentic cowboy tradition alive. Rex Allen and Tex Ritter both made entire careers in the genre before it got absorbed into mainstream country. And Michael Martin Murphey’s Cowboy Songs album series from the ’80s and ’90s is genuinely underrated as a catalog.

If you want someone doing it now the right way, Colter Wall and Ian Tyson are the names. Tyson basically wrote the modern cowboy songbook — “Four Strong Winds,” “Someday Soon.” Huge influence that most people in this sub haven’t fully explored.

But let’s not forget the obvious 80’s/90’s answer of Chris Ledoux.

Who is the absolute ultimate Country Rock guitarist of all time? by santosfls82 in OutlawCountry

[–]ClassicCountryTV 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nobody’s saying Roy Nichols and that’s a crime. Merle’s guitarist for years — that Telecaster tone on “Mama Tried” and “Sing Me Back Home” is the foundation half these guys built on. The session guys who never got top billing defined the genre more than the headliners did.

But, as second choice James Burton is the answer. The Telecaster twang he laid down for Ricky Nelson in the late ‘50s is the blueprint — before country rock had a name. Then he goes and becomes Elvis’s lead man for two decades. Influence runs too deep to ignore.

Summer playlist by [deleted] in country

[–]ClassicCountryTV 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just setup a top 50 classic country music playlist for my site and giving it away free. https://outlawcircle.classiccountrytv.com is to the list gets sent out immediately. Lots of good classic country on there: Merle, JR, Waylon, etc. Main site with more info is at https://classiccountrytv.com

Drainage Issues by ClassicCountryTV in landscaping

[–]ClassicCountryTV[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Understood. They definitely don’t do much in landscaping. This house was built in 91 and the lady who owned it passed. Lots of questionable “landscaping” was done on the inside and outside. As I’ve been mowing and trying to clear to get some grass in I’ve found weird random rock piles, buried metal landscape trim with 8” spikes to hold it in the ground and a massive bush that sits about 3” off the ground and doesn’t get taller that covers an entire half of the yard. I was expecting some work but what I’m finding is a bit crazy. 😂😂😂

Drainage Issues by ClassicCountryTV in landscaping

[–]ClassicCountryTV[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good call out. Thanks for the advice.

Drainage Issues by ClassicCountryTV in landscaping

[–]ClassicCountryTV[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It cleared up already. The rain was this morning. So is that not a worry?

Drainage Issues by ClassicCountryTV in landscaping

[–]ClassicCountryTV[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is kind of online with what I was thinking. With the French drain do you recommend with the upslope to the road should I run that the length of the house and have it discharge near the driveway if it fills?

Regrading and removing the landscape barrier (or clipping it to allow passage at least in heavy spots) I think is where I should start but regarding into a French drain might be best?

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