Now I don't mean to say I don't like country music, it's fun to play with other folks who do. I was raised on it but switched to folk after learning two more chords.:-)(Old inside joke)
It's that type of country music that dwells on unrequited love that gets me. Usually, it's not love at all, but obsession.

Rick Fielding singing John Hartford's Old Time Riverman is neither pop nor folk but I love it. I really miss Rick.