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The country music genre is another casualty of 9/11

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44 points

Remember the Dixie Chicks?

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38 points

they’re just The Chicks now

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10 points

Remember Lady Antebellum?

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Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

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67 points

This reads like one of those pious hip-hop memes that compares Nas against Soulja Boy, but with country music it’s actually accurate.

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20 points

More like Nas to mumble rap.

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43 points

In Johnny’s defense, he was considered rockabilly, which influenced a much broader range of music than just ‘country’.

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38 points

I don’t think Johnny is really in need of defense. He’s got this one.

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42 points

My grandfather told me he liked Western, but he didn’t like Country. Blew my mind as I’d always just heard it as Country-Western.

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57 points

Have you ever watched Blues Brothers?

“What kind of music do you play here?”

“Oh we have both kinds, country and western.”

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12 points

I remember that but I think I just interpreted as a joke about Country Western more than an indication they used to be distinct genres.

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22 points

With a big iron on his hiiiiiiiiiiiip

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8 points

Been replaying New Vegas, now I’m getting flashbacks to the tune of Johnny Guitar.

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5 points

Yeah I think the devs accidentally included the file for Johnny Guitar twice. So if it feels like it’s playing twice as often as any other song, it’s because it is.

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4 points

Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys have some fantastic western swing.

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28 points

country peaked in the 90s and never recovered

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