Here is what really happen. We had really good and smart country players who were selling lots of records. Then rock came along and just about took over everything. It was a really big deal but after a while rock sort went into a decline.

Remember I said we had smart country players. That got to talking and said while these rock guys are having a hard time and they are pretty drugged out not paying much attention lets steal that three chord rock, put a steel pedal guitar and a county twang to the vocal and call it new country.

Something about a country boy can survive comes to mind.

Of course the rock guys got really irritated being angry and rebels to begin with and started playing as fast as they could possible play which was fun to watch for about five minuets. With all the drugs and alcohol and super high speed rhythmic noise that did not last to long.

We all know what came next straight out of Compton and a few other places like it. So now they would like to take over the Grammys, and have Rap chart on the country billboard.

So, for all of you who have no sense of humor the above was written in a joking manner....just a disclaimer. But the only real joke is it is all true...lol

The good news is there is room enough in the world for every kind of music and we have pretty good tools to create most anything we like here on the forum.

Cheers.

Billy

“Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig?
“Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”