Comments on: Your Take: Top States for Country Music

By: John

John — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 02:36:11 +0000

Wow, I am so surprised Arizona is not on the top 10. The other state I was thinking was IL. surprisingly they have alot of country music events their. Arizona is still the most surprising just because like Texas it is a way of life.

By: Stormy

Stormy — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:13:45 +0000

I got to see this line up for free:
Join Musical Director Stephen Bruton, an all-star house band and a cavalcade of musicians for one unforgettable evening.
Bonnie Raitt
Kris Kristofferson
Eric Johnson
Bob Schneider
Delbert McClinton
Joe Ely
Tosca String Quartet
Raul Salinas
Malford Milligan
Carolyn Wonderland Ruthie Foster
Joel Guzman & Sarah Fox
James Hand
The Unity Celebration Singers
Austin Lyric Opera singer
Bobby Whitlock & Coco Carmel
Ian McLagan
Lisa Hayes
Academicos da Opera
Stephen Bruton

By: Bigred

Bigred — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:56:44 +0000

I’m thinkin’ this guy isn’t in touch with country radio. Country radio isn’t in touch with reality do take that with a grain of salt.
My home of Detroit, Michigan has 2 country stations. On the western side of the area you can pick up a third. And on the right day a fourth. As he mentioned we have Downtown Hoedown, the worlds largest FREE country concert. This year saw appearances by Willie Nelson, Zach Brown Band, Rodney Atkins, Leann Womack, Luke Bryan, and Jack Ingram, just to name a few. Outside of the big paying festivals you don’t get that kind of lineup. We have an extreme wealth of local talent including some of which has national attention. The current version of Bomshel met at a concert here. Along with Foxboro, Ford Field is the only place Kenny has sold out every year he has been doing stadiums. And despite all that Michigan is only placed in 30th. Behind NEW YORK. A place where the largest city, doesn’t have a country radio station. And well behind California, which the Bakersfield sound has gone down to the bottom of the hill.

By: Hutsonville

Hutsonville — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:18:10 +0000

Things are definitely bigger in Texas especially country music so the ranking is right on.

Texas Tornado by Tracy Lawrence is a great state song since it describes most of us Texas women.

By: Ben Milam

Ben Milam — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:54:46 +0000

my vote goes to Puerto Rico

By: Timmy

Timmy — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:32:52 +0000

Im sry but NYC isnt all of New York. WNY has a huge country fan base…

By: Timmy

Timmy — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:31:31 +0000

Hello no New York? You got Pennsylvania but no New York?

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:25:49 +0000

I’m sure you’re right.

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:13:16 +0000

Whether you pay attention to them or not, Clarence is inarguably a more important and influential figure in country music than Curless. And though his impact hasn’t been as broad and deep as Clarence’s, I’d argue that Roland’s had more of one than Curless, too.

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:42:48 +0000

I never would have paid attention to those people you mentioned, no matter how deep I dug. I’d at least heard of Curless.

As far as the BF festival, we’ve been to it. It was very good, but I still think Kalamazoo, MI. had better bluegrass festivals.