Ok,

I am getting somewhere. Floyd turned me on to "Mod Country 16" drums and any of the styles with those drums seem to work well as bed for modern country, though you may have to add stuff. Double time acoustics and so forth.

The rock and bluegrass styles that use these drums are the beginnings of modern country at least, but they just don't necessary jump out at you.

Try _Decatur, _Glimmer and _Scream for example...