A quote from Waylon Jennings

[mickey]

I ran into this today & could not possibly agree more!


"Garth Brooks did for country music what panty hose did for finger fuckin'" - Waylon Jennings

[toomanycats]

If Garth Brooks is panty hose then Chris Gaines is a vagina dentata!

[peskypesky]

Lol.

And as a Texas boy, I couldn't agree more.

[mickey]

I also emailed it to several of my Nashville friends & thus far the response can best be summed up as:

ROTFLMAO!

[pdcorlis]

The man had a way with words…

[uwmcscott]

From a wide lens, Jennings and "Outlaw Country" coming onto the scene was just as seismic of a shift to the establishment as Garth Brooks bringing pop music into the genre. And as different as they are from each other, they were both even more different from the status quo at time.

[Partscaster]

Garth Brooks wears pantyhose?

[redman]

If Garth Brooks is panty hose then Chris Gaines is a vagina dentata!


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Testify my brother can we get an AMEN!!!

[mickey]

From a wide lens, Jennings and "Outlaw Country" coming onto the scene was just as seismic of a shift to the establishment as Garth Brooks bringing pop music into the genre. And as different as they are from each other, they were both even more different from the status quo at time.

Agreed but I believe the difference was that most folks within the industry liked what Waylon, Willie & the boys did,
but only "the suits" liked what Garth did.

[toomanycats]

From a wide lens, Jennings and "Outlaw Country" coming onto the scene was just as seismic of a shift to the establishment as Garth Brooks bringing pop music into the genre. And as different as they are from each other, they were both even more different from the status quo at time.

Agreed but I believe the difference was that most folks within the industry liked what Waylon, Willie & the boys did,
but only "the suits" liked what Garth did.

Plus, by no means was Garth the first "country music artist" to cross over to pop. As a kid growing up in the late 70s and early 80s I heard Dolly, Eddie Rabbit, and Kenny Rodgers on the radio constantly. We didn't listen to a county music radio station, but a top 40 pop music station. Heck, by the late 70s Porter Wagoner was dressing for his show like he was auditioning as an extra for Saturday Night Fever, with a perm, bellbottoms, platform shoes, and massive lapels. By the late 70s The pop cultural influence on country was deep and the line between them getting blurry. Not only was the music of county influenced by pop culture, but the the culture of county music itself was profoundly impacted.

[mickey]

From a wide lens, Jennings and "Outlaw Country" coming onto the scene was just as seismic of a shift to the establishment as Garth Brooks bringing pop music into the genre. And as different as they are from each other, they were both even more different from the status quo at time.

Agreed but I believe the difference was that most folks within the industry liked what Waylon, Willie & the boys did,
but only "the suits" liked what Garth did.

Plus, by no means was Garth the first "country music artist" to cross over to pop. As a kid growing up in the late 70s and early 80s I heard Dolly, Eddie Rabbit, and Kenny Rodgers on the radio constantly. We didn't listen to a county music radio station, but a top 40 pop music station. Heck, by the late 70s Porter Wagoner was dressing for his show like he was auditioning as an extra for Saturday Night Fever, with a perm, bellbottoms, platform shoes, and massive lapels. By the late 70s The pop cultural influence on country was deep. Not only was the music of county by pop culture, but the the culture of county music itself was profoundly influenced.

True, but he was by far the biggest. He was the first to specialize in the "arena" concerts and played no small venues (like National Guard Armory's, High School Gyms) that were traditional to country music. This caused the "suits" to seek out the generic "men in cowboy hats" who were willing to play Garth style music which has resulted in the crap called country music today.

[tonebender]

I wore out both the 8-track and the cassette of Wanted! The Outlaws. Interestingly enough it was a huge crossover success hitting No.1 on the country charts and No. 10 on the pop charts. I was a rock fan but I had that record in my collection along with some David Allan Coe and Charlie Daniels. I have never owned a record by Garth or covered any of his songs that I remember.

[ronnx]

Oh. That was not a compliment?