2006-07-23 16:46:25 · 8 answers · asked by john h 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
I think each and every singer added to it in some way.
2006-07-23 17:28:55 · answer #1 · answered by Richard H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think if Garth Brooks hadn't come along, someone much like him would have done the same. Steve Earle, before Garth, opened up the rock-to-country connection, and I believe Gartth exploited that connection very effectively. Now, I have long enjoyed a serious dose of Rock to my country, what we have today is not country rock, though. It's country-pop. There's a difference. I do believe that Garth had some influence to that, as well, and not for the better. Garth claims he's bringing a rock influence, but it never really was. When he did that "Chris Gaines" record, it very clearly did not, so to speak, Rock. When Garth contributed to a KISS tribute album, he chose to cover ":Hard Luck Woman", which is not one of the rockingest songs in the KISS catalog, either. Garth brought a fresh pop sensibility onto country music. I personally have never been sure it was a Good Thing.
2006-07-24 00:00:39 · answer #2 · answered by kjdean68 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was changing with the young country movement of the mid to late 1980's with groups like Restless Heart and the such. What Garth Brooks did with "friends in low places" was wake up people who never heard country before and made them take a second look at it .. that it was now hip and cool... Anyone could have done that with that universal song.. but Garth's showmanship and other like sounding groups is what won over the fans past that one song.
Country was expanding and still is IMO
also to the traditional listener.. Try some Texas acts like Jason Boland (or at least some of his songs), Roger creager and Brinn Hill (a western star) .. Makes some of Alan Jackson and George Strait's songs sound pop
But I listen to all from those artists thru Jackson and Strait all the way to Cross Candain Ragweed,Rascall Flatts, and Kentucky headhunters
2006-07-24 00:12:18 · answer #3 · answered by gearbox 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
totally! Garth Brooks had so many hit songs in his career. He influenced the minds of other country artists who are still working today. He proved that country songs didn't all have to be about "twang". He took that chance to do something different..and it worked!
2006-07-23 23:52:06 · answer #4 · answered by Soccer Rocks! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like Garth, but I have to agree. George Strait was the next Elvis. He is "pure country" and seems so real to the bone. He's also hot for his age and doesn't have to have all that flashy crap to make his show--he just stands there and he is awesome.
2006-07-23 23:50:44 · answer #5 · answered by TJ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well the country today is pure crap, it is mostly country rock and that is shitty, i wish it would go back to the classic country, when george strait was the king of country, this new stuff is for the birds, i can only listen to the classic stuff on launchcast anymore
2006-07-23 23:51:15 · answer #6 · answered by SUNSHINE 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. George Strait is the one and only "King of Country".
2006-07-23 23:48:57 · answer #7 · answered by TakingStock 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well he sure has given alot to country music...hes a phenomenal country singer!!!!
2006-07-23 23:50:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋