Comments on: Album Review: Johnny Cash – At Folsom Prison Legacy Edition

By: TAYERS

TAYERS — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:26:21 +0000

Pretty sure “Dig Two Graves” is from Around the Bend, and it’s one of the top requests right now where I work. It sure is nice to have something to balance out Jimmy Wayne.

By: Mike Parker

Mike Parker — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:22:14 +0000

I meant up until that group of folks, who all- along with Garth- entered the scene in around ‘89.

By: Razor X

Razor X — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:47:22 +0000

Kelly, the difference is that when Kenny, Dolly and the Mandrells were doing pop-influenced music, traditionalists hadn’t been banished from the airwaves the way they are now.

By: Razor X

Razor X — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:45:51 +0000

Country was in anything but a slump in the late 80s. Alan Jackson, Travis Tritt, Clint Black and Lorrie Morgan all had their big breakthroughs in 1988 and 1989.

By: Mike Parker

Mike Parker — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:32:11 +0000

I’m still wrestling with this notion that Garth Brooks aided in the detraditionalisation (my coined word for the day) of country music. I’ll admit that many of his songs pushed the boundary of country music, but just as many reinforced the traditional side.

I’d also after that in the late 80’s (before Garth), country music was in more than just a little slump. There were some great things going on (Travis, Yoakam) but nothing bringing new blood to the genre. If Garth destroyed country- he saved it first. Yikes- I just scared myself by using the same argument folks use for the unconditional acceptance of Taylor Swift.

Anyway- I can see the argument that Garth signaled a change in the genre, but I think he built on what was there, rather than helped to destroy it. Other artists, influenced by, and trying to cash in on, what Garth had done, might be another story though.

By: Mike Parker

Mike Parker — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:21:51 +0000

Blame Canada- from the South Park movie is what Stormy is referring to, I think.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:21:29 +0000

Shoot, if we are gonna talk about how faith and shania were straddling the fence, we could go back to kenny rogers, the mandrell’s and all the other folks (including Dolly, btw) that were doing that way before Faith decided to start slithering in bedsheets and shania started showing her belly-button…

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:56:36 +0000

Johnny Cash…

By: Stormy

Stormy — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:35:00 +0000

Isn’t there a song about that?

By: Mike Parker

Mike Parker — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:07:40 +0000

okay. I’ll go with Anne Murray. Isn’t she Canadian? Isn’t it always Canada’s fault?