Jim says:
> I also challenge the idea that Alt. Country suddenly includes Bluegrass,
> Countrypolitan, Old Time, Folk, Punk-a-billy, Cowpunk, etc. Those things
> existed as genres before Alt. Country and No Depression ever surfaced.
So did country-rock.
> I think ultimately the reason that all of those got thrown into the mix
> was to attempt (and one I would make too) to legitimize Alt. Country as a
> valid programming format for radio.
I don't. I think that including those under the alt.country umbrella
follows in large part from the counterposition of alt.country to mainstream
country, which has been a big part (maybe too big <g>) of alt.country's
definition.
One point worth recalling - and I wish I could lay my hands on the
interview - is that at least once one of the UT guys has said that part of
their interest in doing country-influenced music was for the outrageousness
factor, i.e., what could be more convention-defying to punk-oriented peers
than getting twangy?
Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
