he pretty much brought country to rock in my day...he made chicks cry when he sang...he was so heartful...

Him and Clarence White are heros to me.

Be aware that mentioning Gram Parsons attracts Glamrock.

Speaking of which - hey Glam, where you been cousin?

Somone mention Gram Parsons?

I was 9 months sober and went to a club in Maumee called "The Village Idiot," to see Justin Townes Earle play. I met him afterward and told him what the music of him and his dad meant to a couple of us in a rehab the prior year. He smiled, thanked me for telling him, and complimented my Chicago Cubs hat. He is a talented man, a great performer, and as nice of a person as I have ever met. Thank you for posting this.

I'm late for the JTE party. I stsrted listening 2 years ago.

But I'm doing my best to catch up. He is an absolute BEAST of a talent

I hope he gets more recognition than did his namesake.

brilliantly to the acoustic.
For a kid growing up in the PNW this was Country.

I don’t know this singer but I like this cover..

I'm not quite ready to make that call now.

I did see him once way back in 2003 at La Zona Rosa in Austin. He was there to basically keep the guitars tuned and keep the cords out of the way.

If Steve hadn't called him bonehead I wouldn't have paid him any mind at all. The Dukes were backup; don't recall Justin so much as strumming a chord. Things do change.

La Zona Rosa was a great venue. Been gone for a few years unfortunately.

Until it was pointed out to me here in DU MA.

I can be incredibly dense sometimes

It's been nominated for a Grammy as the best folk album of the year. Every song was cowritten with a veteran or a veteran's spouse, as part of the Songwriting with Soldiers project. She listened to their stories and turned them into songs. And her cowriters get a percentage of the royalties. Check out this one for starters: https://www.bing.com/search?q=mary+gauthier+the+war+after+the+war&filters=ufn%3a%22mary+gauthier+the+war+after+the+war%22+sid%3a%221b0a8bbd-9297-50f3-aa64-ca345d366d39%22&autoplay=1&FORM=SNAPST

Here's a couple

Around the internets.

She is amazing.

but according to their computers, country music as a MUSICAL style ceased to exist in the 80's. As you said, now it is all pop, light rock, and blues musically.
There was a contestant on American Idol a while back who proclaimed herself a country singer, and sang beautifully, because she wasn't trying to do her song with a phony twang.
Personally, I tell people I love a lot of music around country, folk, bluegrass, zydeco, Celtic; but not U.S. country.

Answer: A pop singer in a cowboy hat.

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6 years old but still relevant....