What I do like - skillful playing like Allison Krauss and Union Station, particularly when Jerry Douglas is included. I have bluegrassy AK & Union Station and country-rock AK & Union Station and it's all good.

I also like some of the more fringe country, like Junior Brown who never gets played on the pop-country stations. Crazy guitar, Crazy lyrics, Crazy hat, and leaves a smile on the face.

What I don't like - most of the rest of it, where it's basically just poorly done party rock, with a sugary glaze over the top to try to sweeten it up. Some of the guys are good guitar players, but if I want to hear twangy guitar done crazy like, I will take Junior Brown in a heartbeat.

With that said, John DeHoyos, with whom I've had the pleasure of playing with in a benefit band a year or so ago, supposedly just got signed to a deal with one of the big labels with a band called Stevens Layne. Here's a poorly recorded living room YouTube of the two looker ladies and John on Guitar and harmony vox. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r0-Eq4Lnos

Just more evidence that being easy on the eyes doesn't hurt one's chances of being signed - but also evidence that harmony vox still has a place in at least some of pop music.

-Scott

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