In a message dated 99-04-23 17:38:03 EDT, bob writes:
<< >> Ummm, who are these bands that are getting on the radio and
>> turning newbies off of "altcountry"?
>
>I could name some pretty rotten Southern Ohio bluegrass bands>>
<<That doesn't answer the question, which was about alt country... <g>
>>
Actually, I consider bluegrass alt-country.
Still haven't found any satifactory definition to alt country (does the world
really need one, I guess), Mark Rubin eludes to one by saying that Don
Walsner and I think it was Dale Watson AREN'T altcountry, just pure country
western, but to me, I'll say again, it's any "country" that's rejected by the
Hot New Country stations, where all the big bucks are, that embraces country
sounds like fiddles and pedal steel and banjo's and doesn't sound like 80's
lite FM rock.
Elena
