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re: Who's the best country singer of all time?

Posted on 7/11/17 at 12:15 pm to
Posted by VABuckeye
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Posted on 7/11/17 at 12:15 pm to
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Only if you're being ironic. The GOAT country singer might actually have to be able to play an instrument. IMO, shouldn't be considered a county music artist if you can't play anything.


He plays piano.

That said, he doesn't belong anywhere near this list.
Posted by MorbidTheClown
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Posted on 7/11/17 at 12:29 pm to
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Luke Bryan deserves an honorable mention


as the greatest country singer of all time? really?
Posted by LSU316
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Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 7/11/17 at 2:29 pm to
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1. Townes Van Zandt
2. Kris Kristofferson
3. Guy Clark


These 3 guys have either mentored or wrote songs for the greatest country music singers of the last 50+ years. Still today they are the inspiration for a lot of artists and songwriters (not bro country either).

ETA Is there a place on the honorable mention portion of this list for the likes of Robert Keen and Jerry Jeff Walker???
This post was edited on 7/11/17 at 2:31 pm
Posted by tigerfoot
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Member since Sep 2006
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Posted on 7/11/17 at 2:36 pm to
Haggard
Strait
Hank Sr
Whitley
Verne
Conway
Eddy Arnold

Posted by LanierSpots
Gulf of America / Sarasota FL
Member since Sep 2010
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Posted on 7/11/17 at 3:36 pm to
The majority of the people on your list are older singers. While I am also older and grew up with all of them, I would say there are some of the "newer" singers that should be considered


Alan Jackson
Garth Brooks

Just for example


Posted by REB BEER
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Posted on 7/11/17 at 4:02 pm to
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David Allan Coe


A lot of people only know DAC for a few songs that have been overplayed and are pretty cheesy. He was actually a very talented musician, singer, and song writer.

IMO he doesn't get the credit he deserves. I have 100's of his songs on my old ipod (probably closer to 1000) and I would have to rank him right up there with the best of them.
Posted by TheArrogantCorndog
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Posted on 7/11/17 at 4:56 pm to
Randy, Jeff, Teddy

Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
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61725 posts
Posted on 7/11/17 at 4:57 pm to
Coes version of Would you Lay With Me is a great song.

Posted by oVo
Member since Dec 2013
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Posted on 7/11/17 at 9:49 pm to
Wheeler Walker Jr
Posted by lsu2006
BR
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Posted on 7/11/17 at 10:20 pm to
The only answer is Cody San Pedro
Posted by Rockbrc
Attic
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Posted on 7/11/17 at 10:58 pm to
King Hank I
Marty Robbins
Johnny Horton
My brother-in-law, Pat, when he was just a little drunk
Posted by RedFoxx
New Orleans, LA
Member since Jan 2009
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Posted on 7/12/17 at 12:51 am to
Hank Sr. is number for all he did in not only a short ime, but total influence (you cold even count Keith Whitley as a modern day Hank Sr.)

Waylon, in my opinion, is second. Then Lefty Frizzle.

While George Strait isn't my style his accomplishments can't be ignored.

A lot of folks remember Conway Twittys country career but forget about his early Rockabilly stuff.
Posted by Burt Reynolds
Monterey, CA
Member since Jul 2008
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Posted on 7/12/17 at 6:59 pm to
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Only if you're being ironic. The GOAT country singer might actually have to be able to play an instrument. IMO, shouldn't be considered a county music artist if you can't play anything.


The thread title says "singer" not "musician" dumbfrick
Posted by Melvin
Member since Apr 2011
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Posted on 7/12/17 at 7:25 pm to
And who gives a shite either way. No country artist is that great of a "musician" in anything outside of singing.
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 7/12/17 at 8:43 pm to
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No country artist is that great of a "musician" in anything outside of singing
Phil Baugh
Posted by BigOrangeBri
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Member since Jul 2012
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Posted on 7/12/17 at 11:05 pm to
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And who gives a shite either way. No country artist is that great of a "musician" in anything outside of singin


Are you trolling, or really just that stupid?
Posted by LG2BAMA
Texas
Member since Dec 2015
1254 posts
Posted on 7/13/17 at 2:06 am to
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