OT - Hard Country rock music groups
 

I am not a big fan of current country music but my brother got me hooked on a band called Black Stone Cherry which walks the line between hard rock and Country. We saw them live a couple months back and they were amazing. I like their harder edge stuff over the country songs they have. I guess they are the sons of some of the members of the Kentucky HeadHunters but I don't remember them being anything like Black Stone Cherry.

Anywho I was looking for other Hard Country Rock bands in the same vein, I am not into the Country Rap stuff, just the full on hard rock that you don't hear from Rock radio anymore.

If you have acts to recommend let me know.

I have some Whiskey Meyers on order.

I like Chris Stapleton but he is on the line, I loved Jamey Johnson's the Guitar Song album but want harder rockers like this:

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never heard of that genre - any good?

I am loving Black Stone Cherry, they are finishing up a tour supporting their new album. I have the entire catalog and wanted to find more acts like them.

I tried Cadillac 3 but it was too country and not enough rock for me.

Hoping someone else has some good leads. I love a good live act as well.

Stuff like this

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Not really too into that genre but maybe something like this?

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Idk if this counts but I love Sturgill Simpson

I can only offer text at the moment but:

Have you checked out Blackberry Smoke? That is what I think of as country rock.

Probably too far out but I dig The Magpie Salute. They really seem to draw from early 70s rock like Faces, Rod Stewart, Allman Brothers.

JD McPherson is worth checking out but he is more rock and roll, rockabilly.

Hopefully those suggestions will add something to your journey. I love finding new music.

Hmm, better than new country music.

This is nowhere near as heavy, but it really grabbed me when I heard it and I'm not into country at all.



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He took a Nirvana song, and made it his own... thats talent

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Yeah, amazing cover

Agreed, I like him too, saw him on Austin City Limits. I also saw him with Chris Stapleton on SNL. If all country was like that, kinda like Willie and Merle, I could dig it, not a fan of the stuff on the radio or the country rap.

Old school Americana I totally dig.

Thanks! I will check them out!

Thanks!

These types of leads is what I was hoping to get with this thread!

I love the Faces, et all.

I saw a group on ACL called Shiny Ribs who I liked and am trying to get some of their stuff, they aren't hard country rock though, more like Austin Tx country soul but I love finding fun new groups that I can see live in a dive up close.

Wish you the best on your journey as well.

You're getting close. Welcome to the red dirt revolution.

I've been listening to Black Stone Cherry for awhile now. They are awesome.

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Shooter Jennings.

Never heard of that genre however Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown might be similar to what you're describing.Here's a few samples


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Denver Aleways sing the blues

Blackberry Smoke
Magpie Salute
Sturgill Simpson
Cody Jinks

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I see no country music. I see country rednecks playing hard rock.

Not really country music either but this thread seems to be about Southern Rock.

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Hell, I'm shameless - check out my band, Driving Wheel :



https://www.talentwatch.com/artist/p.../driving-wheel

http://https://m.facebook.com/drivingwheel/

https://drivingwheel.bandcamp.com

https://www.reverbnation.com/drivingwheel

Blues Saraceno was in Poison for a bit while CC was in rehab - what you're looking at/hearing are rockers, playing rock with a twang and playing dress up?

:hmmm:

There would be no rock without a little hillbilly.

Think rockabilly and Chuck Berry and Elvis. No reason country cant meld with metal.

Nor have I - but that doesn't surprise me. "Country" hasn't been "Country" for the last 30 years.


Me? Give me Bluegrass any day of the week over this overproduced, commercial crap that is played on the radio today.

Is still a lot of good country music out there on private label and playing in small venues. Your just not going to hear them on country music radio because Nashville abandoned them for Pop Country.

There is nothing country about Black Stone Cherry, at least not musically.

Absolutely. Nashville "ain't" Nashville any longer either. It' simple business, I get that. The days of Boxcar Willie, Tammy Wynette, George Jones are long gone and replaced by Digital studios with $200 an hour session guys who, if lucky, get to hit the road with the latest 17 year old "superstar". Analog is dead and gone, unfortunately. It's now straight from studio to digital file to radio - and selling a few CDs along the way.

Hell, "Music", regardless of the genre, is slowly going the way of the dinosaur; replaced by "DJs" in bars. Hell, I played in several local bands back in the "days" (just for fun) and then quit playing for about 35 years. Got into it briefly again (missed it) and the really bad thing about it? I made MORE money back in the 60s than I could in the late 80s. Go figure.

He has bored me ever since he won that Guitar player mag competition back in the late 80's early 90's.

Yep this is what I was looking for.

I was thinking a young, very young, like 7th grade version of Led Zep

I went to HS with the Banjo player for a jam blue grass band out of Chicago called Cornmeal. He is a good guy and turned into a great player. He was in thrash bands before he picked up the banjo.

Awesome!

Good luck to you. Let me know if you tour up north by Chicagoland.

A little of both, back in the early 70's, Plant's voice was higher like Kiszka.

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Is this genre called metalneck?

I'm a 60's rock and roller, Cream, Led Zeppelin, Blind Faith etc and in my opinion good music is good music, period it doesn't matter what genre' it is. if it's good its good.

Anyone who listens to Bluegrass understands that the "pickers" literally ROCK their guitar, mandolin, banjo or bass. I have heard 80 year old guitar pickers play runs that most rock guitar "masters" would be proud of.

All brought to the hills of North Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee by the Scots. :)

I'd heard Tyler Childers before but it hadn't really grabbed me. I watched this video the other day and it put me down the rabbit hole and now I'm on day 2 of a Tyler Childers bender.

This dude is awesome.

I put him on the list for my local library to find.

MANY MANY THANKS for all the great leads!

I am very grateful to all of you for the bands and the discussion about them as well.

Keep them coming!

Going through and giving out Rep when I found this post.

Have you guys seen "The Ronnie Wood Show"? I found it on some Music channel on our cable provider. I guess he has a radio show so they video him too and he has a guest on every week, they play pieces of different songs, talk about their influences and play along and tell stories. I have been hooked on it.

Plus he had Steve Cropper on a week or so back. I just saw Steve play when he came into town with Dave Mason. We have a great old theater in a small town way west of Chicago and they have these oldies acts come through and they all do a great job. Not the greatest concert I ever went to but I marked them off the list. Steve told some of the same stories and made others longer and told some different ones. He was the best of the guest on Ronnies show.

:hmmm::hmmm::hmmm:

I need to re-listen and see the comparison. I love me Led Zep! My brother's favorite band because of me. :clap:

We've played some festivals with Cornmeal, fun band. If you're from Chicago, maybe you've seen Steepwater Band? Fantastic group, great guys. Jeff Massey came down and played guitar on some tracks for our new album.

My best friend from the old neighborhood used to be married to Paul Jackson's cousin, so I've been seeing Blackberry Smoke since they were playing to 50 people at Knuckleheads. We've played some shows with them too, and I even got them on archive.org :

https://archive.org/details/Blackberry_Smoke

Most of the KC/Como/StL area shows were taped by me; Sept 2014 in Lawrence and CoMo especially hot, along with StL 2015.


Cornmeal :
https://archive.org/details/Cornmeal
Steepwater Band :

https://archive.org/details/TheSteepwaterBand

Mofro (Columbia 2014 and Boom Boom Room 2002) :

https://archive.org/details/JJGreyandMOFRO



Drive By Truckers :

https://archive.org/details/Drive-ByTruckers

Driving Wheel :

http://https://archive.org/details/DrivingWheel


Happy weekend - GO CHIEFS (NO INJURIES!!)