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In my area country music still lives but you won't find it on radio station. Just last night at a local concert I sang Geisha Girl and Miller's Cave. Others sang several Hank Williams songs, Hank Snow, George Jones etc. The music still exists but it is mostly popular with an older audience who flock to small venues to listen to what they can't get on radio. To my mind most of the good stuff was written before 1980.