What is the greatest country band on earth?

[Not a robought]

By the way, are there country bands in other countries besides the US and Canada?

[wakfs]

1. That's an oxymoron

[marshmellow]

2. "nick nostril and the nosepickers"

[marshmellow]

3. "nick nostril and the nosepickers"

[Loonman]

4. Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys

Seriously.

[Richardo]

17. No argument here. And Asleep at the Wheel keeps western swing alive...

:thumbsup:

[GumboYaYa]

5. Do I get to include Alt Country?

I really like Uncle Tupelo and The Foggy Bottom Boys.

Do Blind Boys of Alabama qualify, cause I really like them too.

Dixie Chicks qualify in this category as well.

[samsingh]

7. Dixie Chicks

.

[dawg]

6. Diamond Rio

Honorable Mention goes to the Dixie Chicks.

[mac56]

8. BR549.

nm

[mac56]

30. Second choice: The Mavericks.

nm

[mvd]

34. Forgot them, too!

New list:

#1 Dixie Chicks
#2 Alison Krauss & Union Station
#3 Statler Brothers
#4 Mavericks
#5 Diamond Rio

HM: Sawyer Brown, Alabama, The Tractors, Nickel Creek, BlackHawk

[Rabrrrrrr]

9. the first one that dies

Now that Johnny Cash is gettin' too old, there's just about no good country left.

Oak Ridge Boys were cool.

Love Roy Clark.

Lester and Scruggs were great.

Never did like Conway Twitty, though, and especially not the Twitty-Birds.

[LuLu550]

10. left wing country band

Asylum Street Spankers

[XNASA]

11. Alison Krause & Union Station

Perhaps more of a Bluegrass band than a Country band.

I've always been a fan, and I watched a show that they did for WTTW's Soundstage the other night.

Wonderful. Really a great band.

[Richardo]

15. I'm with you there, XNASA...

For my money, AK :loveya: has the "purest" voice in music. Plays a mean fiddle, too.

[ArkDem]

31. Not to mention

Old Time.

[FlashHarry]

12. The Flying Burrito Bros.

Or maybe Buck Owens and his Buckaroos.

[Abe Linkman]

13. Studio musicians make the best country bands

Listen to Connie Smith's "band" on one of her Greatest Hits CDs, and you'll swear they're the greatest.

[mvd]

14. Dixie Chicks #1

The top 5

#2 Alison Krauss & Union Station
#3 Diamond Rio
#4 Nickel Creek
#5 Alabama (mostly their stuff from 1985 on back, with the exception of Southern Star - an album with many of their greats.)

Honorable mention: BlackHawk, the Tractors

Worst country band - Emerson Drive

[truebrit71]

16. There aren't any....

eom

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. The Statler Brothers...

Proud to say I love them!

[dawg]

23. I love them too!

Lots of great songs.

[TEXASYANKEE]

24. Yes!

I love the Statler Brothers!

[Archae]

26. Me too!

I love the Statlers!

And Harold is so damn funny.

After the Statlers, Alabama, Oaks, Sawyer Brown, Georgia Satellites, just too many greats.

[mvd]

28. I forgot Sawyer Brown and Statler Brothers!

Sawyer Brown's greatest hits certainly can match Alabama's. And although I've only heard a few Statler Brothers songs, I'm sure I can put them in based on songs like "Do You Know You Are My Sunshine," "Flowers On The Wall," and "Green Green Grass Of Home."

new list:

#1 Dixie Chicks
#2 Alison Krauss & Union Station
#3 Statler Brothers

HM: Diamond Rio, Sawyer Brown, Nickel Creek, Alabama, BlackHawk, The Tractors

[EOTE]

19. Not a band but...

I really like Ryan Adams. I typically despise all things country, but I haven't hear a thing by him that I haven't liked.

[Ignoramus]

20. Turtle island and Palestine, banned on earth

There's plenty of country music from other countries, yep. Recent favorites:

Setona - Queen of Henna (she's sudanese I think. It's hard to explain what it sounds like. Kind of rockish)
Pimpa Pornsiri (thai loogthung "country" music) really great. You can hear clips on http://www.thainetcity.com
Bahnyen Rahgan is another great thai country music artist

All music is world music.

Edit: Ooh ohh, a great american country artist is Eck Robertson. For american country, it's miles and miles of crap with few jewels, mostly the old stuff not the new stuff. But then that pretty much applies to most current music everywhere I suppose...

[maxanne]

21. Lyle Lovett

and his Large Band. :loveya:

Asleep at the Wheel are great!

Let us not forget The Austin Lounge Lizards, who have given us so many wonderful songs like "Gingrich the Newt" and "Life is Hard, but Life is Harder When You're Dumb."

[Richardo]

22. Yes! Austin Lounge Lizards rule...

Ol' Blevins...

...and if you haven't heard their speed-bluegrass version of Pink Floyd's "Brain Damage" you haven't ROFLYAO lately... :D

[mitchum]

25. Buck Owens and The Buckaroos (when the great Don Rich was still alive)

They were a real band with Buck and Don playing loudasfuck through their twins.

Flying Burrito Bros with a different singer (Parsons was a great songwriter, but a pretty weak singer)

[bikebloke]

27. Nederlands

Sweden, Norway, Danmark. I quite like New Zealand, as well.

[dbt]

29. The Rolling Stones

"Honky Tonk Women"
"Far Away Eyes"
"Let It Bleed"

Whenever they felt like it, the Stones could kick most country bands back to the wagon.

:evilgrin:
dbt

[ArkDem]

32. Red Knuckles and the Trailblazers

....

[Liberal_Andy]

33. The Hot Mud Family

n/t