Comments on: Michael Martin Murphey Inks Multi-Album Deal; Josh Turner’s Groovin’ Video; Corb Lund Acoustic

By: stormy

stormy — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:54:23 +0000

T Scott: Chris LeDeux did way better cowboy songs. Micheal Martin Murphey still does.

By: Lucas

Lucas — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:04:23 +0000

John Denver is folk.

There are still over 2,000 stations.

A platinum selling album looks funny compared to a diamond album.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:53:10 +0000

@jim:

spot on with your summation of Garth and the contributions he made to music!!!! He is one of the finest examples that country can truly be brought to the masses without resorting to sounding like Fast Ryde or Adam Gregory. There is something about his music that appeals to everyone (well most everyone.) Even through to the ‘end’ of his career, he continued to use songs heavily rooted in traditional country, possibly even more than his earlier albums. I for one am eagerly awaiting his return.

By: T. Scott

T. Scott — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:49:32 +0000

gotta weigh in on Garth.

(1) No one except Marty Robbins did better “cowboy” songs. His take on the rodeo life was spot on.
(2) I hated “Shameless”, and most of the other songs that he recorded seemingly just to create a video,BUT GOD KNOWS THEY SOLD…
(3)I bet even the Killer in his prime would have hated to follow Garth,and it wasn’t just the pyrotechnics.I saw him on one of his first tours,opening for Clint Black and Ricky Van Shelton.He ended his show with “Friends in Low Places” (this was unreleased at the time) and those other two acts should have just gone home.

So,Saviour or destroyer? I don’t know,

By: Chris N.

Chris N. — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:44:31 +0000

Let him be right and move on.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:39:32 +0000

That’s a really, really bad analogy. In 1988, the year before Brooks released his first album, consumers spent half a billion dollars on country recordings. Alabama, John Denver, Patty Loveless, Reba McEntire, K. T. Oslin, Ricky Van Shelton, George Strait, Randy Travis and Dwight Yoakam all released platinum-selling albums that year. There were over 2,000 full-time country stations, accounting for 20% of all US stations, and by that time, the CMA awards show had been annually broadcast on prime time national TV for more than 20 years. That’s not obscure.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:33:03 +0000

@ mike parker

i wouldn’d call people like yoakam, jackson, travis, black, reba, strait or tritt mediocre by any standard. they were around when garth entered the stage. not to mention giants like dolly, nelson, jennings, jones, merle etc. if that’s mediocrity – i’ll go for mediocrity any day.

By: Lucas

Lucas — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:00:33 +0000

I’m sticking with obscurity. Polka was big at one point.

By: Mike Parker

Mike Parker — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:55:12 +0000

I don’t think he so much saved it from obscurity as elevated it from mediocrity…

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:17:36 +0000

Lucas,
I love Garth, but I’m thinking you’re using the wrong word by claiming “obscurity.” I’m never comfortable claiming that anyone will or has saved country music from anything in general though. It just provides too many holes for counterarguments.