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WAS channel surfing today,came across a station that said [COUNTRY MUSIC LEDGENDS] Thought great,may see some clips of Buck,Merle,Earnest,Patsy,Mel,etc, After after five minutes of male enhancement ads,I thought I heard a billy goat bleeting,Was Toby Keith,then Emerson Drive,A couple of rock bands wearing cowboy hats I had NEVER heard of,What am I missing here ? DYKBC.

Charles Davidson wrote:What am I missing here ? DYKBC.

Nothing.

Charles Davidson wrote:Buck, Merle, Earnest, Patsy, Mel, etc,

Country music legends of the past.

Charles Davidson wrote:Toby Keith,then Emerson Drive...

Country music legends of the present.

Charles Davidson wrote:What am I missing here ?

About 40 years.

You should only be watching American Idol. Unless, you are really interested in those male enhancment products. If you take enough of them, you might be a ledgend too.

As a side bar to this I see that the government is trying to get networks to only show those ads late night. When they do they can also show all the "I feel fresher" ads for women at the same time frame.

Charles while in the hat business I had a lot of kids (young adults) coming in or ordering on line saying they wanted a Toby Keith hat. It consisted of taking one off the rack, and pushing up the sides like a taco, then breaking the brim down in front and back. It always pained me to have to do that to a good hat, I would always ask the customer before ruining the hat are you sure you want to do this? Of course they would always answer in the affirmative, and I'd break away.....I'm not talking about a $12.00 hat, I'm talking about anywhere from a $75.00 to $400.00 hat...what a shame...

Charles while in the hat business I had a lot of kids (young adults) coming in or ordering on line saying they wanted a Toby Keith hat. It consisted of taking one off the rack, and pushing up the sides like a taco, then breaking the brim down in front and back. It always pained me to have to do that to a good hat, I would always ask the customer before ruining the hat are you sure you want to do this? Of course they would always answer in the affirmative, and I'd break away.....I'm not talking about a $12.00 hat, I'm talking about anywhere from a $75.00 to $400.00 hat...what a shame...

[COUNTRY MUSIC LEGENDS OF THE PRESENT] ? DYKBC.

Believe it or not Toby Keith is a legend. I like almost everything he's recorded.

Just my opinion [which with a dollar and a half will buy a cheap cup of coffee] But I think it takes more than ten or fifteen years and some hit records to become a real legend,To me legends are people like Hank Sr.,Conway,Nat Cole,Bird Parker,Old Blue Eyes,Glenn Miller,Patsy,Chuck Berry,BB King,Elvis, etc. DYKBC.

Here's a quiz. What doesn't fit here?

Ray Price, George Jones, Earnest Tubb, Toby Keith, Merle Haggard, Johnny Paycheck, Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash, Jim Reeves, Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, Tammy Wynette, Marty Robbins, Porter Wagoner.


I know this is hard, but if you're a true country music fan, you should do okay.

That's a good one,German Shepherd man. DYKBC.

Rick Campbell wrote:Here's a quiz. What doesn't fit here?

Ray Price, George Jones, Earnest Tubb, Toby Keith, Merle Haggard, Johnny Paycheck, Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash, Jim Reeves, Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, Tammy Wynette, Marty Robbins, Porter Wagoner.


I know this is hard, but if you're a true country music fan, you should do okay.

9 of them are dead and, about 12 of them haven't had a hit in decades.

Ray Price, George Jones, Earnest Tubb, Toby Keith, Merle Haggard, Johnny Paycheck, Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash, Jim Reeves, Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, Tammy Wynette, Marty Robbins, Porter Wagoner.

9 of them are dead and, about 12 of them haven't had a hit in decades.

Actually, a few of the dead ones have had hits in recent decades............


Here's the REAL question, how many artists are gonna be citing TK as the reason they started singing, 56 years after he's gone?

Believe it or not Toby Keith is a legend. I like almost everything he's recorded.

Liking him is one thing, buying his stuff is another.

9 of them are dead and, about 12 of them haven't had a hit in decades.

Doesn't mean they aren't legends.

All these new guys like Toby Keith all sound alike to me. I'm sure he's as good as any of them, but a legend, NOT. Ask me again is twenty years for a more accurate answer.

I read somewhere where TK was PO'ed about the CMA, ACM, or whatever, turning away from his music. With that, maybe he is a legend. They've seemed to turn away from all the real legends music too.

Ray Price, George Jones, Earnest Tubb, Toby Keith, Merle Haggard, Johnny Paycheck, Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash, Jim Reeves, Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, Tammy Wynette, Marty Robbins, Porter Wagoner.

All names are spelled correctly except the Texas Troubadour's.

Toby Keith has a song called "I can't outrun you" which I like very much. I guess you wouldn't call it a dyed in the wool country song with cranking fiddles and psg, but it's slow and mornfull and says a great deal of lost love. Now if lost love ain't country I'll eat the broken down brims of my hat.

Barry Blackwood wrote:

Believe it or not Toby Keith is a legend. I like almost everything he's recorded.

Liking him is one thing, buying his stuff is another.

9 of them are dead and, about 12 of them haven't had a hit in decades.

Doesn't mean they aren't legends.

Never once said they weren't.

The legends that are gone[some for 40 or 50 years] don't need a hit record every few months[like today's crowd] Their music has endured the test of time.When was the last time Hank Sr. had a hit record ? Wish I had a dollar for every one of his tunes that was played around the globe,in the time it took me to type this. Wonder if this will be true for Toby,Kenny,Montgomery Gentry,Big and Rich,etc,50 or 60 years from now,If so,They will be LEGENDS then,BUT NOT NOW. DYKBC.

Charles Davidson wrote:The legends that are gone[some for 40 or 50 years] don't need a hit record every few months[like today's crowd] Their music has endured the test of time.When was the last time Hank Sr. had a hit record ? Wish I had a dollar for every one of his tunes that was played around the globe,in the time it took me to type this. Wonder if this will be true for Toby,Kenny,Montgomery Gentry,Big and Rich,etc,50 or 60 years from now,If so,They will be LEGENDS then,BUT NOT NOW. DYKBC.

I know I've said it before, but nobody by the name "Hank Sr." ever had a hit record.

Alvin,Maybe not to you,But he will ALWAYS be Sr. to me. If someone can't understand,not my problem. DYKBC.

Charles Davidson wrote:Alvin,Maybe not to you,But he will ALWAYS be Sr. to me. If someone can't understand,not my problem. DYKBC.

So let me see if I understand this. Your against a "Nashville Establishment" that distorts the truth about country legends unless that distorted truth, about a country music legend, happened back in the '60s? OK now I understand it.
Lies and distorting Country Music history is all fine and dandy until, what 10 or 15 years ago?

Well, it's like guitar names. There are brand new guitars called the "Legend." There are "Modern Classics." There are guitars called a "Vintage Modern." All these guitars were made, like, five minutes ago....

It used to take the passage of time to become a "legend" or a "classic" or even "vintage." That's what the dictionary said. Now it's just a bunch of words, because everybody makes their own reality, and some people are trying to construct a reality in which the ignorant stooges will purchase whatever they're instructed to. "Making your own reality" & "spin" are what we used to call "LYING" & "DECEIT" & "FRAUD" - we certainly didn't "mis-speak" ourselves - but I'm just getting cranky as I get senile, I guess.

It doesn't mean Toby isn't a legend either Barry. Toby has his own voice and doesn't sound like anyone else on the radio.