When you say the phrase, 'Now that's country', who are you talking about?

Answer 1

Kenny rodgers?

Answer 2

There are a number of people that phrase works for.
1. Merle Haggard
2. George Strait
3. Waylon Jennings
4. Eric Church

Or it could mean farmers or people who live in the country. And whoever said Britney Spears should be shot. She may have been born in the country but she gave up those roots a long time ago.

Answer 3

When you say 'Now that's Country' the first thing that comes to mind is country music of course, IE., Marty Robbins, George Jones, Eddie Arnold, Hank Williams Sr. & Jr., Hank Snow, Hank White, Tammy Wynette, Patsy Cline, George Strait, Toby Keith, Anyone at the Grand Ole Opry, and the list goes on with anyone prior to the mid nineties. The new country doesn't really do it. It has become more of pop country which isn't real country. Toby Keith is the one exception for this. Also it means when you drive through a small country town and old men are sitting in their chairs on a porch just talking and you stop to talk to someone in that little one horse town and the magnificent southern drawl utters out. 'Now that's Country' means anything but city.

Answer 4

I don't know whether to answer this from a technically correct standpoint or an emotional, audience-based-argument-using, heartstring-influenced point-of-view. So I'll do both.
Technically, the phrase " now that's country" is a song title, written by Loretta Lynn, and made popular by Marty Stuart.
But speaking strictly for me, any real discussion of who the greatest music personalities are that make country music special would be protracted. It would involve quite a list, incorporating practicioners of classic and modern bluegrass, Chet Atkins-esque "whiny" vocal/tight harmony productions, "Outlaw country, " the "Bakersfield sound," and the "Austin/Luchenbach sound." It would also have to include discussion of artists who made the late '80's and the 90's in Nashville such a special time, including the stellar "class of '89." And it would have to track current best-sellers/award winners, as well.

Answer 5

Musically speaking...Willie Nelson wrote the greatest country song of all time IMHO. "Crazy", the timeless classic by Patsy Cline was penned by the Nelson so for that reason alone Willie gets my vote!

However, country itself is a way of life. No, not the stereotypical white-trash that some here have mentioned. Instead, it's a easy, relaxed way of living. Country is knowing and enjoying your neighbors, helping out a friend in need, treating everyone with kindness and standing up for what you believe. Country is finding solace in simplicity. Finally, being country has nothing to do with where you were born or where you currently reside, it's an attitude anyone can adopt.

Answer 6

Hank Williams, Sr., Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, George Jones, Faron Young, Johnny Horton, Webb Pierce, Don Gibson, Jimmie Rodgers, Don Williams, Skeeter Davis, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, Marty Robbins, Conway Twitty, Jim Reeves, Ray Price, Kitty Wells, Ferlin Husky, Patti Page, Hank Locklin, Lefty Frizzell, Patsy Cline, Brenda Lee and Connie Smith. Now we're talkin' Country!!!

Answer 7

If your asking the question "who is country", you first need to know what country is. Being counrty is not just a place or a person. Its a way of thinking. Its a lifestyle. Its a presence that someone has. The Dixie Chicks are not country. Toby Keith is country. Most of the time. Johnny Cash is neither country nor rock. He is in his own undefinable class where only truely great artists are placed. In my opinion, if you want true no freels country its George Strait. No other "country" artist has stood as timeless and steedfast in their beliefs like Mr. Strait.

Answer 8

Are people stupid? You're not country if you beat your wife! Good grief! I'm from Ohio born in Ohio, got beat my Ohio born husband. I live in the south now. I love it. Now that's country.. it could mean.. beans and cornbread.. fried chicken and mashed potatoes (not in a box), it could mean the mountains, the hills of Tennessee, or the smokies or somewhere in Carolina, Alabama, good gravy and bisquits.. it could mean so many things.. but you don't have to beat someone and wave a rebel flag around to say "Now that's country"... if you are saying that then you don't know much about country people. I'm from the North... and I got called a City Slicker when I first came here.. did that make it so? No.. no it didn't. For me.. Now that's country.. its the mountains, the friendly people... it's what everyone use to be... it's peaceful.. and relaxing.. and yeah.. Alan Jackson is country... "where were you when the world stopped turning" or Charlie Daniels "Simple Man"... their country... Peace out!

Answer 9

You'd be describing something as being hillbilly/country in an exaggerated sense (whether it be music, a person, a place). For an extreme example, if you saw a guy in a wifebeater with a barbeque stain on the front and missing teeth listening to Hank Williams while parading around with the Confederate flag and a dog missing one leg cause he shot if off on accident...you would look at your friend and say "Now that's country"...followed by a big hearty "Hee Haw!"

Answer 10

Hank Williams Sr. He is pretty much the Alpha and Omega of Country music. You can't go wrong with Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash either. Good contemporary country artists are hard to find. The only ones are Dixie Chicks and Big & Rich.

By the way, stop picking Britney Spears. She's not country. She is barely music.

Answer 11

Instead of WHO, I think WHAT: pedal steel, fiddle, mandolin, dobro, harmonica, 12 string, banjo, and honkytonk piano. All bring out the best in country.
The ladies: Loretta, Dolly, Tammy, Kitty, Patti Page, Tanya Tucker, Pam Tillis, Patty Loveless, Lee Ann Womack, Sara Evans.
The gents: George Jones & Strait, Merle, Johnny Cash, both Hanks, Mark Chesnutt, Joe Diffie, Randy Travis, Joe Nichols.
Many others not mentioned are not meant to be excluded... the list is endless.