[Postcard2] Wow

[Terry Smith]

Well, at the very basic level, the main difference between then and now is that there was a lot more discussion then. That doesn't really capture it, though -- a massive, gigantic, huge, gargantuan more discussion then than now. I miss it, to be honest.  I also miss chasing girls in high school and playing backyard football, but there's no use crying about it. -- terry smith


--- On Mon, 10/19/09, Thomas Huber <tom.huber at att.net> wrote:

From: Thomas Huber <tom.huber at att.net>
Subject: RE: [Postcard2] Wow
To: "Americana Music List" <postcard2 at lists.drizzle.com>
Date: Monday, October 19, 2009, 12:24 PM

Heh, you've got them nailed pretty well Al, but...

As a long-time listener of Don's show, I don't hear a lot of GB cuts. Zero to be exact. And I think he would recognize that I'm not attacking Garth for hsi music abilities, but rather the course he set mainstream country music on. Same would go for Cantwell. IMHO.

It was fun having the writers around, but it was also their egos/opinions that lead to the flame wars. And I always had the feeling they were talking to one another a great deal of the time rather than the group as a whole. I mean once a couple checked out, they all followed suit.

Tom

--- On Fri, 10/16/09, Al Kunz <allen_kunz at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Al Kunz <allen_kunz at yahoo.com>
> Subject: RE: [Postcard2] Wow
> To: "'Americana Music List'" <postcard2 at lists.drizzle.com>
> Date: Friday, October 16, 2009, 5:03 PM
> > Boy, where's Al-x when you need
> him? Caligiuri?
> > 
> 
> I'm the new Al-x.  (Please call me a cavefish).
> 
> While I agree this would have generated a half a day of
> responses (maybe
> several days, at least 100 posts regardless) not all of
> them would be
> negative.  
> 
> Don Yates would have accused you of having a knee jerk
> reaction in your
> response just because Garth is mainstream.  
> 
> Weisberger would have said it wasn't really bluegrass and
> probably accused
> me of misusing the term alter-ego.  The later would
> have spun into its own
> subthread lasting several days and at least 50 posts while
> Weisberger and
> Kasten argued the meaning of alter-ego.  
> 
> Cantwell would have had a few more examples of Brooks songs
> that fit in the
> traditional country canon and why.  (Maybe "The Dance"
> since it made his
> book and he had good things to say about it.)  
> 
> Brian Mansfield would have made several insightful posts
> and Barry Mazor
> would have explained how Garth's career arc wasn't that
> different than Jimmy
> Rogers or, coming the other direction of pop to country,
> Bing Crosby.
> 
> I think I just answered the yes and no question you didn't
> want me to
> elaborate on.
> 
> 




      

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