Tyler Childers gets it. You just gotta stay away from the shit that airs on the radio.
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idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 month agoIt’s striking how much better country was when they had class consciousness
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jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Well you had songs like Sixteen Tons, what else am I missing?
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Oh, so many! Check out Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie. Sixteen tons was written by Merle Travis, who’s got a bunch of other great music as well.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 month ago
were those country (was that even a genre back then idk) or “folk”? I mean i think of the Guthries as folk musicians now, but i missed their heyday.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Tbh, I think they started early enough that it all still fell under the same umbrella, but folk, bluegrass and country gradually diverged between the 40-60s