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brettdale

(12,376 posts) Fri Apr 26, 2013, 09:33 PM Apr 2013

The Race is on to fill his shoes

RIP George Jones.

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The Race is on to fill his shoes (Original Post) brettdale Apr 2013 OP

They don't make country singers like they used to. Blue_In_AK Apr 2013 #1

Steve Earle is the best living country singer, even better than 2nd place Willie Nelson coldmountain Apr 2013 #2

I like Steve Earle. Blue_In_AK Apr 2013 #3

Nobody can ever replace the Possum... RIP Unrepentant Fenian Apr 2013 #4

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)

1. They don't make country singers like they used to.

Reply to brettdale (Original post)

Fri Apr 26, 2013, 09:36 PM

Apr 2013

I'm not particularly a fan of the genre, but I do remember hearing Hank Williams, Hank Snow, Ernest Tubb and those guys on the radio when I was a very small child living on a farm in Ohio. George was classic in that mold.

But my real favorite is Willie Nelson. Love hat guy.