Comments on: Who the Country Music Hall of Fame Should Induct Next

By: Dennis

Dennis — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:37:01 +0000

I also would put the Seldom Scene in there as well as New Grass Revival..

By: Dennis

Dennis — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:34:58 +0000

Stanley Brothers,Nitty Gritty Dirt Band,Don Williams,Hank Jr.,Ricky Skaggs,Connie Smith,Rodney Crowell.Roseanne Cash,Tanya Tucker,The Osbourne Brothers are my top ten.

By: Chance

Chance — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:17:07 +0000

I think the next inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame should be these…

Garth Brooks
Reba McEntire
Randy Travis
The Oak Ridge Boys
Ricky Skaggs
Patty Loveless
Brooks&Dunn
Steve Earle

By: Paul W Dennis

Paul W Dennis — Sun, 17 May 2009 04:10:18 +0000

Glad to see the discussion still going forward. I stand by my comment that Connie Smith is “[t]he genre’s best female singer ever. Period.”

She is not the most influential or biggest hitmaker (although if she hadn’t pulled the plug on her own career she might have been the biggest hitmaker). She has (or had, she’s lost a little over the years) the best voice. Even today, only Rhonda Vincent’s pipes can compare to what Connie Smith had 40 years ago. Reba, Trisha, Martina and Dolly are lightweights in comparison.

Bill Anderson was fully deserving of induction. Not only did he have scores of hit records, but songs he’s written continue to be recorded for major hits by today’s hot acts.

Australian legend Slim Dusty is almost completely unknown to American audiences. He is in the Australian equivalent to the CMHOF and rightly so. His influence on American Country Music is nil, as is that of Tex Morton or Gordon Parsons. I could make a better case for Frank Ifield, but as much as I like Ifield, he is far short of induction worthy

By: DRK

DRK — Sat, 16 May 2009 21:33:48 +0000

With the new categories established this year, Garth Brooks is eligible in the Modern category (20-45 years in national prominence.) There sure are a lot of others that are more deserving. Garth and Reba really expanded on Kenny Rogers’ formula – huge sales of “now” music that is easily forgotten in ten years because it lacks that “timelessness” that many of the members had about their music. I think that many artists with much smaller sales have produced a catalogue of interesting music that will still be a thrilling surprise for new fans in twenty or thirty years. Reba and Garth have to be members some day but will be like the big selling Vernon Dalhart or Alabama rather than the revolutionary and still very listenable Hank Williams, Carter Family or Patsy Cline. (Louvin Brothers, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, etc. etc.)

I would really like to see the New Carter Family (Mother Maybelle and her daughters – three new members for the price of one), Bobby Bare, Hank Jr., Johnny Horton, Johnny and Jack for veterans (and maybe Tanya Tucker if it takes her thatlong to get in).

For future membership there’s got to be Reba and Garth, of course, but also Alison Krauss, Ricky Skaggs, Steve Earle and Rodney Crowell (thank God for the new Songwriter category), Patty Loveless, Randy Travis – some of these artsists aren’t my favorites but i acknowledge their influence. I also think from an influence point of view that Gram Parsons and Linda Ronstadt should get in – Gram’s music is much more country than a lot of what we hear today and he was the link between Country of the 40s and 50s and country rock of the 70s and 80s; Linda has sung all over the map but her country music (a good example is I can’t Help it if I’m Still in Love with You from Heart Like a Wheel but there is a whole string of marvelous country songs) honored the genre and was sung with love and dignity. Probably will be long time before that will ever happen.

Others to consider with smaller sales but big influence include Gail Davies and Vern Gosdin.

By: Garbriel

Garbriel — Sat, 09 May 2009 18:41:49 +0000

Hank Williams Jr shoud be inducted as soon as possible he should have been in the dang 70’s or 80’s after his career i mean how mnay people begin touring at the age of 14 yrs old. Go Hank Jr

By: Veatch

Veatch — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:26:38 +0000

Reading the above, it’s obvious that much of the argument has to do with what is “country” and what isn’t. . .and who built their legacy on blurring the lines between rock/pop/country, thus making them culpable for the dilution of “country” over the last couple of decades. Who belongs and who doesn’t is subjective, but while I’m not a fan of Ronnie Milsap and Hank Jr., it sure it hard to discredit their contributions when people like Barbara Mandrell (who was RARELY “country” in her hits)and Alabama are inducted. However, their sales numbers and longevity don’t lie. What about Dwight Yoakam? One of the reasons why country radio didn’t play him on a sustained basis is that he was TOO honky-tonk. However, you cannot deny the quality of his work and all he has done to keep the genre alive. Randy Travis? He had a sustained career that didn’t go too “pop”. Rodney Crowell? An long-time artistic favorite who is still valid to this day and a prominent songwriter, to boot. These debates can go on forever, but it is readily apparent that adding more comedians or two-hit-wonders who have played the Nashville game of industry politics and still stick around the Opry years after their “moment” are not “qualifications” for a credible Hall of Fame.

By: Randy

Randy — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:59:51 +0000

I’d love to see Skeeter Davis and Dottie West inducted, both ladies drew people to country music that never listened to country music. I would have thought Dottie would have been a great choice since her young passing at 58 in 1991. Since Skeeter’s death in 200 at 72 from breast cancer, I keep hoping to see her inducted, but I get disapponited every time. I have every Lp by both ladies, plus autographed items. Both ladies, when you met them in person, talked to you like you were a long lost friend, you don’t get that access from the stars of today!

By: james

james — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:41:08 +0000

garth is good but let him earn his dues

By: Ruchard

Ruchard — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:23:03 +0000

What about Don
the Don of country
the gentle one