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Bob Knight
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From: Bowling Green KY

posted 07 October 2005 06:34 PM     profile     
Clint has a new CD out and it IS country all the way. Forumite Jeff Peterson is all over it with Country, and Westery Swing pedal steel and some dobro. Lots of good fiddle also. This thing is well done.
This is heavy duty stuff compared to what we normally get out of Nashville. Jeff told me that it was recorded at Clint's studio.

You can review the CD at: WWW.CMT.COM (Listening Party)
The title is "Drinkin' Songs and Other Logic"

It's a MUST HAVE. Let's support these artist that are using steel and playing traditional country.

Enjoy
Bob

[This message was edited by Bob Knight on 07 October 2005 at 06:51 PM.]

Kenny Foy
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From: Lynnville, KY, USA

posted 08 October 2005 06:27 PM     profile     
Bob, Glad you brought this up.Got to agree with you on the new Clint Black cd. Jeff does a fantastic job on it. Thanks Bob
James Morehead
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From: Durant, Oklahoma, USA

posted 08 October 2005 10:10 PM     profile     
I'll be lookin' for my copy!
Gaylon Mathews
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From: Jasper, Georgia

posted 08 October 2005 10:13 PM     profile     
I'm glad to hear that it's country and that Jeff is all over it. Clint was on Regis & Kelly the other morning and there was no steel guitar to be seen anywhere. Had me wondering????

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Jim Sliff
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From: Hermosa Beach California, USA

posted 08 October 2005 11:37 PM     profile     
What did I miss?

I was under the impression that he played country stuff. At least,the few bits and pieces I've heard sounded like it. And he wears the hat too.

So what is it he plays if it's not country? I don't reallylisten to it, so I don't know. To a non-country player/listener, it sure as heck sounds like country.

Frank Parish
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From: Nashville,Tn. USA

posted 09 October 2005 03:42 AM     profile     
That's the difference in listeners Jim. The big shots that run the recording industry now have effectively shoved a lot of new music they call "New Country" down everybodys throats for the last 20 years and because it has a fiddle or steel guitar in and they wear cowboy hats the younger ones that don't know the difference just automatically think it's country but it isn't. Todays "New Country" is little more than yesterdays r/r only done a lot worse with fiddles and steel guitars. It's not all bad but none of it's country. Listen to something from Clint in the last ten years and then go back and listen to some Merle Haggard or Johnny Paycheck. It's the difference between chicken s**t and chicken salad and yes that's country sho-nuff!
Theresa Galbraith
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From: Goodlettsville,Tn. USA

posted 09 October 2005 05:50 AM     profile     
Clint has always been country to me too!
Erv Niehaus
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From: Litchfield, MN, USA

posted 09 October 2005 06:43 AM     profile     
He's put the 'nure back on his boots again!
Jim Sliff
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From: Hermosa Beach California, USA

posted 09 October 2005 07:40 AM     profile     
Frank - thanks for the explanation. I kind of get the idea, as the little country (I guess it's "new country") I hear does sound like watered-down 70's rock. I'm in my 50's but have never really listened to the old or new country ( Except for early Emmylou Harris, the Burritos, various other Byrds offshoots and one Buck Owens record I don't own or listen to *any* county...and not all those are really country either, prrobably) - so I wouldn't know the difference unless someone pointed it out.
John Bechtel
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From: Nashville, Tennessee,U.S.A.

posted 09 October 2005 08:05 PM     profile     
I believe Bill Monroe called Bluegrass~Music “American~Music”! I wonder what the proper/correct name should/would be for what we are calling “Country~Music” nowadays¿ Beats Me¡

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Ron Page
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From: Cincinnati, OH USA

posted 10 October 2005 07:36 AM     profile     
You got Frank's excellent description right, Jim. Folks our age (nearly 50) almost can't help but think 70's rock when they hear today's country.

I love Clint's first 3 CD's and will have to have this one.

Theresa, even you would have to admit there is a night-and-day contrast between Clint's early stuff ('89 and '90) and the past decade.

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Charles Davidson
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From: Alabama, USA

posted 12 October 2005 01:21 AM     profile     
Saw Clint on Leno tonight,Did I miss something or was that a keyboard on stage instead of a steel.It's impossible to play REAL country without a steel,call it what you want,just dont call it country!!!
Charles Davidson
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From: Alabama, USA

posted 12 October 2005 01:34 AM     profile     
P.S. Frank Parish,Right on.That is a carbon copy of what I have ranting and raving about for months.I feel better knowing someone else is on the same wave lenght.Every thing[except for a few exceptions]that comes from [MU-SICK]row today SUCKS!!!!!
David Cobb
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From: Chanute, Kansas, USA

posted 12 October 2005 04:52 AM     profile     
Went to Wal-Mart.com and listened to clips of every cut on the new album.
I'm sorry, but I'm gonna have to stick with the stuff from his early albums.
Theresa Galbraith
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From: Goodlettsville,Tn. USA

posted 12 October 2005 05:49 AM     profile     
Ron,
I loved his 1989 & 1990 material too.
To be honest, I haven't heard this new cd,
so I can't vouch for it.

Dave Smith
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From: Whipple/Marietta, OH USA

posted 12 October 2005 09:17 AM     profile     
Heather Miles said it best "Nashville's Gone Hollywood". Now there's a gal that sings country.
Jeff Peterson
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From: Nashville, TN USA

posted 12 October 2005 07:05 PM     profile     
I wasn't on a couple of TV shows, because the ONE song from the album that didn't have steel or Dobro on it was the one chosen to be played. I was on 'Good Morning America', and we did a few songs for the upcoming 'Breakfast with the Arts'(Bravo/A&E). As to whether this new album is country..I guess that will be decided by ya'll. We, Clint's band, rehearsed and recorded this record the way we had done with all our previous albums....no other players(except Steve Wariner on 'Drinkin' Songs'), and surprisingly enough...no recalls. We interpreted and played the songs written by Clint to the best of our senses and ability, and I guess you either like 'em or not. All we wanted to do was play.
Thanks Bob for bringing this up and your kind words. For the band and myself, we appreciate it sincerely.
Joe Miraglia
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From: Panama, New York USA

posted 13 October 2005 02:53 PM     profile     
In comparing today's country with yesterday's country, it has definitely changed. But when did it change? When mentioning Merle Haggard and Johnny Paycheck with their style of country music, there is no comparison with Webb Pierce and Faron Young's style of music--many people at that time thought they were real country. Joe
Chris Spencer
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From: Mt Juliet, Tennessee, USA

posted 13 October 2005 08:28 PM     profile     
Well, I believe I'll be picking this album up tomorrow for the 3 hour drive back home
Chuck McGill
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From: Jackson, Tn

posted 14 October 2005 04:35 AM     profile     
Love to hear Jeff play with Clint and now a
they have a great young fiddler with them.
Brandon Apple. You should hear him swing.
John Hobaugh
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From: Farmington, NM, USA

posted 18 October 2005 06:45 PM     profile     
Ill have to hear it to believe it. The CRAP he has put out the last 10 years sure cant be called country by anyone who knows what country is supposed to sound like. Clint could be great if he would stick with country such as George Strait, and Alan Jackson playes. If he is going back country Im real glad cause we sure dont have enough doing country any more...

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