I have a large collection of old (from Left Frizzell, Bob Wills, Patsy Cline up to Merle Haggard), progressive (70s -Willie Nelson to Rodney Crowell, Rosanne Cash) and bluegrass (Alison Krauss of course, Doc Watson and the Rice brothers, the McCarters, Dolly Parton), really too numerous to list, and mostly on lps, which Im not playing right now because Im waiting for a new Zerostat.
None of the current crop of Nashville-approved C/W stylists is worth listening to unless you like Muzak, but there are some great recent albums; anything by Alison Krauss of course, the new Merle Haggard cd, anything by Iris Dement (Merle's favorite singer), the two recent Johnny Cash cds, Lucinda Williams and Gillian Welch.
My favorites are two Merle Haggard lps, available on cd: A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player The World Has Ever Known (title is close to that but I may not have it exact) and Okie from Muskogee, which except for "Green Green Grass" inserted to appease the record company, may be the best C/W record ever.
None of the current crop of Nashville-approved C/W stylists is worth listening to unless you like Muzak, but there are some great recent albums; anything by Alison Krauss of course, the new Merle Haggard cd, anything by Iris Dement (Merle's favorite singer), the two recent Johnny Cash cds, Lucinda Williams and Gillian Welch.
My favorites are two Merle Haggard lps, available on cd: A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player The World Has Ever Known (title is close to that but I may not have it exact) and Okie from Muskogee, which except for "Green Green Grass" inserted to appease the record company, may be the best C/W record ever.