Hey banjer — I agree country music ain't what it was, but don't you think it's just a cycle? Back in the '50s country got all muddied up with pop and we put up with a lot of schlock — especially out of Nashville — until Merle Haggard and the boys in Bakersfield put it back on track for a few years. It got pretty bad again in the mid '80s when Dolly went pop and everybody else followed; I was hoping Dwight Yoakam and Randy Travis would pull it back, but they seemed to go bust pretty quickly — or maybe I just gave up. I haven't listened to much country since Achy Breaky Heart took over and The Judds broke up. I'll give it a few more years to get over the latest Pablum Country phase and try again. Good music ALWAYS comes back.

cheers,

david