Hey there,
Hanspeter responds:
>But, Christopher, Hank Williams' work has a greater influence on many
>alt.country artists from Rank & File to The Waco Brothers than on
>Garth Brooks.HP
>
Well, if influence means "We like Hank because he drank alot, died young
and wrote songs that are fun to play alot louder and faster than he did."
Maybe. And I think there's a straighter line between "Low Places" and
"Honky Tonkin" than there is between the Wacos cover of the same song.
Also, on another tack, if an artist influences alt.country bands, that
does not necessarily make them an alt.country artist. Your point seems to
tread closely to "country" being defined as "the mainstream stuff I do
not like" and "alt.country" being defined as "everything I do like." This
is dangerous. Maybe I've been reading too many of Weisberger's posts. <g>
If asked to divide acts into alt.country and country buckets (much to the
chagrin of Cheryl) I would place Hank in the lattter based on popularity,
style, and marketing agenda.
The first alt.country artist was, of course, Emmett Miller <g>.
Later...
CK
___________________________________________________________________
You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail.
Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html
or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
