Does anyone like country

Martykl,

I think you nailed that.

In a bluesier realm, a list of guys who use a good dose of major pent/major blues along with a lot of minor pent/minor blues would include T-Bone Walker, B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughn. It sets them apart from the guys who seem to use the minor counterpart almost exclusively.

No question that there was a community of Blues players in the 1950s who popularized the idea, BB King probably being the most influential. Interestingly, you can hear even earlier examples here and there.

One of the really great, relatively obscure players who pioneered that style was Carl Hogan of the Louis Jordan Big Band. Check out the intro lick to "Ain't That Just Like a Woman" from IIRC the late 1940's. If it sounds familiar, it's probably because Chuck Berry "borrowed" it for (arguably) the most famous bit of rock n roll guitar ever, the intro to "Johnny B Good"

Didn't Ray Charles do a lot back then to help popularize and cast a different light on country music? His "Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music" album specifically? That is a quite excellent recording, one of my favorites.

I am just curious as to whether anyone likes country music? I do like some country songs (especially those that lean more towards pop).

A BIG hell NO to the country pop that starting in the late 70's with "Rhinestone Cowboy."

A BIG hell YEAH to Outlaw Country

A HUGE hell YEAH to Insurgent Country a.k.a Alternative Country or Americana