I understand your pet peeve and acknowledge that my reply was made hastily and was effectively superficial. I will clarify by saying that I enjoy classic country in a sense, yet am not all that familiar with it -- the likes of Lefty Frisell (sp?), Patsy Cline, early Cash, or if I could stretch even further and say Chet Atkins, are some examples. But I am also fond of the later stuff insinuated by my original reply, i.e. Waylon and Willie, Merle Haggard, et al.

Once, driving through a nature preserve on an Indian reservation, I listened to a local radio station all afternoon that played nothing but this latter kind of "classic" country, and I was surprised how much I enjoyed some of the Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty kind of shit.