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Who's the best country singer of all time?

Posted on 7/7/17 at 1:36 pm
Posted by blake the kid
Member since Jun 2017
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Posted on 7/7/17 at 1:36 pm
Here's some of my candidates

Merle - I've never heard a haggard song I didn't like, and I love how he's wasn't scared to share his political views in his songs like, are the good times really over, or fighting side of me.

Also, here's a lesser known Merle song that really is an awesome song
Kern River

Hank Jr. He had the same attitude as Merle but more rowdy, a lot of people don't like that style but man I love it like all my rowdy friends are coming over tonight
Or when he made songs like all my rowdy friends have settled down and old habits. Those are amazing.

Hank Sr. Don't evan have to say much about him, over 500 songs that'll still tear you apart to this day in only 7 years or so.
I'll never get out of this world alive and long gone lonesome blues are two that will make you cry.

George Strait- I love songs like Amarillo by morning, but some of his other songs venture into the pop style, and which I just don't get into.

Waylon - I never got into Waylon that much but I do love songs like rainy day woman, lukenbach Texas, and good ole boys.

Willie Nelson - Seven Spanish Angels with ray Charles is one of the greatest county songs ever, blue eyes crying in the rain and countless more, boxcars definitely at the top somewhere

Coe- longhaired redneck, uneasy rider, and countless more classics. Also has that hank jr attitude

Jones- another one that's definitely at the very top with of course he stopped loving her today and ones like who's gonna fill their shoes, or the one I loved back then. Classic.

Skynrd- I can only imagine if the plane crash wouldn't have happened. All I can do is write about it is one of the best songs of all time

And of course big john cash

Dark horses - Yoakam and Charlie Daniels
The devil went down to Georgia gives me chills

Honorable mention
Marty Robbins
Lefty Frizzle
Charlie Pride
Conway
Chris Ledoux



Posted by Breesus
House of the Rising Sun
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Posted on 7/7/17 at 1:39 pm to
Dewey Cox
Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 7/7/17 at 2:23 pm to
I lean toward Willie Nelson. I absolutely love his phrasing.
Posted by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
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Posted on 7/7/17 at 2:31 pm to
Willie Nelson and Patsy Cline.
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
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Posted on 7/7/17 at 2:36 pm to
Hank sr.
Posted by wilceaux
Austin, TX
Member since Apr 2004
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Posted on 7/7/17 at 3:35 pm to
Hank Sr.
Willie
Lefty


Lulz at Hank Jr.
Posted by Big Bill
Down da Bayou
Member since Sep 2015
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Posted on 7/7/17 at 4:04 pm to
Hank Jr doesn't get near the respect he deserves. Awesome songwriter.
Posted by Slickback
Deer Stand
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Posted on 7/7/17 at 4:14 pm to
It's not close for me...Merle



Then Hank Sr, Strait, Waylon
Posted by MakersMark
Denham Springs
Member since May 2007
571 posts
Posted on 7/7/17 at 4:14 pm to
Alan Jackson
Posted by Slickback
Deer Stand
Member since Mar 2008
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Posted on 7/7/17 at 4:15 pm to
quote:

Hank Jr doesn't get near the respect he deserves. Awesome songwriter.


Agree. He has some absolutely great songs
Posted by LSU Neil
Springfield
Member since Feb 2007
2490 posts
Posted on 7/7/17 at 4:55 pm to
To answer your question as you posed it-George Strait and it ain't even close. 61 total number ones on the country AT 40.
Also note that he has been under MCA most of that span- same as was Skynyrd. I'm partial to the outlaw country genre myself. 75-80 Willie and Waylon and the boys...I'm sure Skynyrd was part of the clan..
Posted by Chitter Chatter
In and Out of Consciousness
Member since Sep 2009
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Posted on 7/7/17 at 6:24 pm to
I would say Hank Sr, Strait, Merle, Conway.

Speaking of Jones and 'He Stopped Loving Her Today' - he despised the song early on. He would make fun of it during the recording sessions during the melody. He had a tough time recording it and parts of it are spliced together because he could never get it right. He called it a 'dark son of a bitch' and didn't think it would do well.
Posted by TheWalrus
Member since Dec 2012
40416 posts
Posted on 7/7/17 at 6:58 pm to
Kristofferson is far and away the best songwriter, I'd go Waylon as a performer.
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
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Posted on 7/7/17 at 8:10 pm to
Best Country singer = Vern Gosdin.
Posted by nc14
La Jolla
Member since Jan 2012
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Posted on 7/7/17 at 8:46 pm to
Willie
Posted by OldTigahFot
Drinkin' with the rocket scientists
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Posted on 7/7/17 at 9:33 pm to
OK. This is the second time we've done this thread this week. We still haven't established the criteria that should be used to determine the "greatest" country singer. Is it "voice" ? Is it # of hit singles ? Is it # of albums ? Longevity ? There is no right or wrong answer as I can see it.

Posted by djsdawg
Member since Apr 2015
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Posted on 7/7/17 at 10:25 pm to
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Waylon


You nailed it!
Posted by Burt Reynolds
Monterey, CA
Member since Jul 2008
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Posted on 7/7/17 at 10:39 pm to
Luke Bryan

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Posted by GoldenSombrero
Member since Sep 2010
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Posted on 7/7/17 at 10:51 pm to
quote:

OK. This is the second time we've done this thread this week. We still haven't established the criteria that should be used to determine the "greatest" country singer. Is it "voice" ? Is it # of hit singles ? Is it # of albums ? Longevity ? There is no right or wrong answer as I can see it.


Agreed. Too many variables and no set criteria to measure it from. Honestly if it weren't for the Chris Gaines experiment and the recent rise of "Bro County", which is now trendy to say it started with Garth, then Garth Brooks is the most logical answer. I think Hank Sr is hands down the greatest influence on country music, but not the best of all time.
Posted by sheek
The Woodlands, TX
Member since Sep 2007
43891 posts
Posted on 7/7/17 at 11:46 pm to
My all time favorite if I had to stack rank

Hank Williams Sr. I don't rank. Imo he set the standard for country music.

1. Waylon Jennings
2. Johnny Cash
3. Merle Haggard
4. Willie Nelson
5. George Jones
6. Conway Twitty
7. George Strait
8. Buck Owens
9. Loretta Lynn
10. Glen Campbell
11 Dolly
12 Patsy Cline
13 Keith Whitley
14 Ricky Scaggs
15. Vince gill
16. Marty Robbins
17 Alan Jackson
18. Roger Miller

Honorable Mention
1. Dwight Yokam
2. Ray Charles off his Modern sounds of Country And Western sound
3. Lefty
4. Chris Ladoux

Singer/songwriter
1. Townes Van Zandt
2. Kris Kristofferson
3. Guy Clark
4. John Prine
5. Billy Jo Shaver
6 Rodney Crowell
7. Doc Watson

Best country group
1. highwaymen
2. Osborne Brothers
3. Nitty Gritty Dirt Babd
4. Oak Ridge Boys
5. Statler Brothers
6. Alabama

And btw I love Kern River by Merle. Perhaps his most under rated and under appreciated song.
This post was edited on 7/8/17 at 12:05 am
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