Artist of the Century???

Paul Crawford · Post by **Paul Crawford** » 10 Mar 2000 7:14 am

Voted Best Female Country Artist of the Century, Patsy Cline.

Voted Best Male Country Artist of the Century, Garth Brooks?

Mike Weirauch · Post by **Mike Weirauch** » 10 Mar 2000 8:18 am

Paul:

I guess they just forgot about Hank Williams, Sr.!

Pat Jenkins · Post by **Pat Jenkins** » 10 Mar 2000 9:52 am

It would be tough not to make a good argument for Merle Haggard, singer, songwriter, performer, bandleader....Pat

Roger Mullennex · Post by **Roger Mullennex** » 10 Mar 2000 11:21 am

Lefty,Haggard,Price,Strait. Come to mind

Earnest Bovine · Post by **Earnest Bovine** » 10 Mar 2000 11:31 am

Buddy Emmons!

Ron Page · Post by **Ron Page** » 10 Mar 2000 11:51 am

Sheeit!

They obviously didn't poll this group.

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Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 10 Mar 2000 1:19 pm

I would have to be Merle, wouldn't it? I don't see how anyone else comes close.

Andy Greatrix · Post by **Andy Greatrix** » 10 Mar 2000 1:30 pm

Has anyone heard of George Jones or Lefty Frizzel?
All the best,-Andy

Don Walters · Post by **Don Walters** » 10 Mar 2000 2:09 pm

Paul, where is this from? Who voted? Anyone over 20?

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Ron Page · Post by **Ron Page** » 10 Mar 2000 2:48 pm

b0b, you're a man after my own heart. (I thought it was that cut and dried, too. But sometimes I think I'm biased; Paul says "consistent".)

Now I am going to order those SGF coffee mugs and CD's that I've been saving my Christmas money for.

(really!)

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Mike Dennis · Post by **Mike Dennis** » 10 Mar 2000 3:27 pm

I would have to disagree with the Garth choice...

Williams, Tubb, Haggard... would have to be the top three condenders...

then there would be Thompson, Price and Jones

tell you the truth.. thinking back, I can't recall the melody of even one of Garth's songs...

Janice Brooks · Post by **Janice Brooks** » 10 Mar 2000 4:13 pm

I agree Garth only qualifies as an artest of the 90's. Sounds like all they considered was sales

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Earnest Bovine · Post by **Earnest Bovine** » 10 Mar 2000 5:51 pm

When I was a kid, "artist" meant something more, but according to a Time magazine article about the business of popular music:

Glossary of terms:

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Artist: Any performer, regardless of ability.

Jerry Bruner · Post by **Jerry Bruner** » 10 Mar 2000 5:56 pm

Due to his songwriting ability and all the musicians and singers he has influenced, even in genres other than country, I also believe the choice should have been Hank Williams Sr.

So Garth sold a gazillion copies of his music. Big Deal. On artistic merit Williams outshines Garth. People will always be recording Hanks music. You can't say that about Brooks/Gaines.

Robbie Bossert · Post by **Robbie Bossert** » 10 Mar 2000 8:17 pm

Hag-#1! Lefty, Bob Wills, Hand Sr., Willie, Jones, Paycheck, Cash,

Female Artist? Cline, Loretta Lynn, my favorite Heather Myles.

I cast my votes based on talent and integrity .
Screw sales. All their money doesn't help my ears hear anything worth while. Just because they're wearing a big, smelly hat doesn't make them country anymore than a flying "v" could make HAG rock.
Robbie
SGWM

Jerry Hayes · Post by **Jerry Hayes** » 11 Mar 2000 6:30 am

It should have been Merle Haggard. He's one of the truly great vocalists of all time, he picks a mean guitar, he plays the fiddle (maybe I should have left that out), and last but not least he's one of the best song writers who ever lived. I've worked in a lot of bands in my time and a lot of them never did a Hank Williams tune but I don't think I've ever worked in a group who didn't do Silver Wings, Workin' Man Blues, or Today I started Loving You Again. Haggard is taught in colleges now as a great American poet. I think for female, I'd have to go with miss Loretta Lynn. She's also a great songwriter and opened up a lot of topics which hadn't been covered in country music yet. This was probably voted on by people who didn't know a d@mn thing about Country Music!

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C Dixon · Post by **C Dixon** » 11 Mar 2000 7:41 am

Ray Jenkins · Post by **Ray Jenkins** » 11 Mar 2000 4:27 pm

Dream Team of the centuryEmmons-Steel,Johnny Bush-Drums/Vocals,Paycheck-Bass/Vocals,Boomer-Guitar,Gimbel,Spicker,Alsup-3 Fiddles,Blonde Piano and Ray Price-What Else. Ray [not me].

Dayna Wills · Post by **Dayna Wills** » 11 Mar 2000 5:18 pm

A singer in the 60's who never got enough credit, IMHO, is Connie Smith. Another singer who is often overlooked by the public, not by his peers, is Gene Watson.
However, I gree with the votes for Merle, Jones, Wills, Cline and Lynn. (Tammy oughta fit in there somewhere, ya think?)

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Bill cole · Post by **Bill cole** » 11 Mar 2000 7:12 pm

Any body remember Charlie Harrisfine lead man and front man if I remember righthe was with the Ray price band I think or Don Rich another fine lead player fiddler song writed singer or Faron Young seems like I remember gearing something he put out some time ago. But any one of them 3 could have blown Barf out of the water. And there were many more that aint around no more that had what it took

Jim Ashton · Post by **Jim Ashton** » 11 Mar 2000 7:43 pm

Have to put Marty Robbins up there also. Great records and awesome voice and The Marty Robbins all night sing at the Opry.

Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 11 Mar 2000 11:21 pm

Besides the influence of his incredibly prolific performing career, Merle introduced many of my generation to the music of Bob Wills.

The main reason I put him ahead of Hank is that he stayed around longer. Both are genuine icons, but Merle's overall influence is greater in my opinion.

Garth Brooks? The notion is laughable. His "artistry" has had no impact on the fabric of Country Music that I can detect. He avoids making any real statement, musical, social or political, because you don't sell more records by taking sides.

Bill cole · Post by **Bill cole** » 11 Mar 2000 11:24 pm

He avoids making anything and most of all music

Janice Brooks · Post by **Janice Brooks** » 12 Mar 2000 9:21 am

Aside from Bob Will's, Merle also did albums
on Jimmie Rodgers and Hank/Lefty. What realy impressed me though was his respect to Emmit
Miller

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