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ProfessorGAC

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4. I Would Agree, I Guess
Wed Mar 25, 2015, 01:36 PM
Mar 2015

That will offend some folks, but country is an extension of folk music, which by definition is music for "folks" who don't have tremendous skills and musical training.

While a lot of lilt and frosting has been put on the country cake over the decades, it is still, at root, folk music.

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It is. And drummer in a country band is the world's most boring job :) arcane1 Mar 2015 #1
That makes sense about drumming. Maraya1969 Mar 2015 #2
A Beat. No Rhythm ProfessorGAC Mar 2015 #3
I Would Agree, I Guess ProfessorGAC Mar 2015 #4
That is a Aesthetic polemic... Koch Ebola Mar 2015 #5
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