Country Music in your area

Roger Miller · Post by **Roger Miller** » 5 Aug 2002 6:32 am

Country Music is becoming a invisable vocation here in Ia. Though there is alot played on radio and concerts but barely in local clubs. Please let me know how the country music scene is in your area, Inquiring minds....well you know.

Glenn Austin · Post by **Glenn Austin** » 5 Aug 2002 8:10 am

In Quebec there is a huge market for country music here. During our short summers there are hundreds of festivals all over the place that pay quite well. As far as radio goes, the only country station we get in Montreal is broadcast out of Malone, New York, Your typical Clear Channel top 40 country, which leaves a lot to be desired. There are quite a few clubs that hire country acts, but they tend not to pay well( 50-75 a night), and have more in common with crackhouses than bars. As a family man, with a full time career, I owe it to wife and my children, not to hang out in places like that. I'm of the firm opinion that most decent people don't go to bars anymore, due to DUI laws and the proliferation of drugs, and the riff raff that comes with it. Just my 2 cents!

Earnest Bovine · Post by **Earnest Bovine** » 5 Aug 2002 9:15 am

I owe it to wife and my children, not to hang out in places like that. I'm of the firm opinion that most decent people don't go to bars anymore, due to DUI laws and the proliferation of drugs, and the riff raff that comes with it.

Country music requires drugs, drunk driving, and riff raff. We owe it to our families not to tell them that we hang out in places like that.

Larry Bell · Post by **Larry Bell** » 5 Aug 2002 10:38 am

Mine know . . . they just don't CARE.

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Derek Duplessie · Post by **Derek Duplessie** » 5 Aug 2002 12:51 pm

San Diego probably has the worst music
scene EVER! -Derek

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 5 Aug 2002 3:00 pm

The San Francisco BAy Area is pathetically bad. We are down to one questionable "country" station and very few places to play or hear live country music.

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Earl Erb · Post by **Earl Erb** » 5 Aug 2002 3:06 pm

Oh man! Do we have country music in this area? Yeah...it's called Branson!

Wayne Morgan · Post by **Wayne Morgan** » 5 Aug 2002 7:21 pm

I go up the road about 100 miles to Renfro Valley KY. to hear some good old traditional country. The Barn Dance show , with Greg Jones on steel, my kind of music. Not much country in Knoxville TN. Don't know if they still play country in Nashville or not, haven't heard lately.

Barbara Hennerman · Post by **Barbara Hennerman** » 5 Aug 2002 7:21 pm

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Wayne Morgan · Post by **Wayne Morgan** » 5 Aug 2002 7:26 pm

Hey Barbara,, wouldn't it be nice to pop in a few notes of "Born to Loose" right in the middle of the Wedding March,,, Just kidding ,,wish them the best

Wayne

Smiley Roberts · Post by **Smiley Roberts** » 6 Aug 2002 12:49 am

REAL Country Music in NashVILE??? What's THAT???

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George Kimery · Post by **George Kimery** » 6 Aug 2002 3:26 am

Totally off the subject, but I played in a band once that did a song called HELL YES I CHEATED. The groom heard us and hired us to play it...you guessed it...for his wedding.

Barbara Hennerman · Post by **Barbara Hennerman** » 6 Aug 2002 9:27 am

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Jeff Evans · Post by **Jeff Evans** » 6 Aug 2002 10:09 am

The real stuff is perhaps a sub-genre even here, but it's a very strong one. Chad and Reggie Rueffer, Jim Snider, Jake Hooker, and Curtis Potter all play here. Johnny Bush and Darrell McCall make forays, too.

Of course, Dicky Overbey, Gary Carpenter, Junior Knight, Tom Morrell, Albert Talley, and Jim Loessberg are around to fill the steel chairs. I would say the bar is quite high for steel players...which makes it a treat for listeners.

I really wish I could beam all you folks in for one of these shows; I can't help but think that many have no idea how good and how country it can be.

And interestingly, many of these venues which cater to real country are actually quite the family atmosphere clubs. Last time I played at Big Balls of Cowtown, a nine year old girl was having her birthday party there. She sat in on fiddle later.

Don't hide from the family...bring 'em!

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Deana Clark · Post by **Deana Clark** » 6 Aug 2002 8:42 pm

Here in Southern Ohio we have lots of good little traditional country music shows with killer staff bands. Steel is always present. Great singers, too. If you're ever near McConnelsville Ohio, drop by the Ohio Valley Opry. We seat 560 in a beautiful Opera House, similar to the Ryman on a smaller scale, and the acoustics are terrific. Great family oriented show. Lots of fun and good music.

Keith DeLong · Post by **Keith DeLong** » 8 Aug 2002 11:30 am

Here in Nova Scotia there is still quite a bit of country music in the bars, although a lot of the bands have downsized to trios to keep working. There are some old time country festivals where families can get out to hear country music, in Bridgewater NS there is a Hank Snow tribute which is a totally volunteer-run weekend, Hank Snow tunes and old timey bands and a "sonds like Hank" contest.

Eric Jaeger · Post by **Eric Jaeger** » 9 Aug 2002 5:54 pm

Actually, the SF Bay Area isn't too bad these days (or my expectations have been lowered

). Henflings and the Espresso Garden book "country" acts (does Tom Russell count?). Montalvo sometimes books people like Jimmie Dale Gilmore, SF has little places like the Hotel Utah (a dive where I've caught Dallas Wayne and Big Sandy). Marin has Nicasio (Asleep at the Wheel a while ago, Amazing Rhythm Aces coming up). The east Bay's a bit short on venues these days, but at least you can count on the Freight for bluegrass (come to think of it, there's a LOT of bluegrass around here. Odd.) Merle Haggard is doing a Bob Wills gig at Masonic in SF in November (how's that for advance planning?).

All told, it could be better, but to quote: "it's not bad..."