On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, "Doug Young aka \"The Iceman\"" wrote:
> However, I stll regularly play off of the Uncle Tupelo releases, Blood
> Oranges, Rank & File, Lone Justice, Robert Earl Keen, Rusty Wier, etc.
> The so called outlaw and alt-country stuff is still worth listening to.
> It doesn't date and it's not schlock. I would imagine some of this will
> still be wonderful long after Garth Brooks and his ilk have been
> forgotten.
Hate to say it, but the Garthman's influence on country music (and popular
music in general) has been immense. Because of that, he'll be remembered
loooong after all of those folks you mentioned combined. Now what exactly
the folks of the future think of him may be another matter.<g>--don
