I have Garth Brooks' "Chris Gaines" CD. I liked the fact that a country western artist took a risk and did a project that was totally outside his genre. I really wished that he was supported with that.
There are CW fans that are so die-hard that the slightest deviation from the music form breeds contempt...but I can listen to country music but not be mad if an artist changes direction. A lot of fans do not truly understand artists...and the art of creativity and volition. But that doesn't translate well when it comes to commercial country music. Because people want absolutes...definitive aesthetics.
They want their Garth with a cowboy hat and jeans. Singing his country songs onstage with his Takemine guitar. They don't want Garth in harlequin goth and leather...singing rock, pop and R&B songs.
ok, I guess I am the only one that likes the older, daddy types..GEORGE STRAIT THE KING of country...muther fucker..I would drink his bathwater, lick his teeth and dive into his eyes....
Sammy Kershaw is packing a huge tool and has a GREAT ass for an older guy!
brad paisley looks sweaty and jacked up most of the time, to me.