I assume that he’s making records hes happy with, but why doesn’t he put together a tour with people who he thinks embodies what country music should be about?

That baffles me, too. If he considers himself so different than Rascal Flatts, why would he be trying to appeal to their fan base?

But him talking about how watered down the country genre is kind of lame isn’t it? He’s out there doing his part to feed the beast, and though I liked “best I ever had” it’s not really a country song, and the song about the tough little boys is totally something that Rascall Flatts could do.

I read a quote from Allen before that was something to the effect of “all radio got split into demographics and someone decided that country music was the demographic for soccer moms, but Willie and Waylon didn’t give a damn about soccer moms” – well which demographic was “tough little boys” for?

I think its great that Allen holds the opinion he does about the state of country music, I just wish he’d do more about it. It’s not like he has to play arenas and have super hit records. At this point he actually has the visibility and fanbase (not too mention the money) to make whatever kind of country record that he’d like and tour with whoever he’d like to tour with and still make a good living. In fact, he could probably finance his own record and hire a radio promotion firm to push singles and do just as well as if he were on a major. After all, hes guaranteed to get distribution into the big box retailers.

I assume that he’s making records hes happy with, but why doesn’t he put together a tour with people who he thinks embodies what country music should be about?

Until he does something positive to help improve things in country music, he’s just bitchin’ all the way to the bank.