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19. Detest "country" music from Nashville.

Sat Jun 20, 2026, 09:05 AM

Jun 20

Nashville Music

"During the 1950s and 60s, Jefferson Street served as a critical stop on the legendary "Chitlin' Circuit". The segregated yet bustling corridor featured over 30 clubs, restaurants, and listening rooms, hosting monumental talents such as Little Richard, Ray Charles, Etta James, and Jimi Hendrix (who got his professional start playing local bands on the street)"

"While initially proposed in the 1950s, Nashville politicians ultimately approved routing the new Interstate 40 straight through the heart of the Jefferson Street music and commercial district in the late 1960s. The construction physically fractured the community, demolished legendary venues like the New Era Club, and caused a massive decline in Black-owned businesses, effectively silencing the city's golden age of R&B by the 1970s."

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Country Music (POLL) [View all] Miles Archer May 24 OP

I loathe country. It's auditory teargas, will drive me right out of a room. Ocelot II May 24 #1

I find it very depressing Skittles May 24 #2

Not enough choices ABC123Easy May 24 #3

Hard to choose just one. Americanme May 24 #4

You and I are essentially on the same page Miles Archer May 24 #7

NO BUCK OWENS. NO HANK SNOW. NO PORTER WAGONER Wifes husband May 24 #5

And he didn't like it ... lpbk2713 May 24 #10

Other: I appreciate much of it, and revere the roots music it came from ms liberty May 24 #6

I've never heard of those people. FuzzyRabbit May 24 #8

Marty Robbins was great Wifes husband May 24 #11

I agree with you about Marty Robbins LogDog75 Jun 18 #17

Did the 25-year-old ever hear of Johnny Cash? red dog 1 Jun 21 #23

I'm not a fan of country music, but there have been some country songs MIButterfly May 24 #9

I put "other" because Niagara May 25 #12

Don't Care For Any Of It ProfessorGAC May 26 #13

I liked the old guys, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash, mostly. Aristus May 26 #14

We got both kinds! VGNonly Jun 17 #15

"That ain't no Hank Williams song!" red dog 1 Jun 21 #24

Is there any "cow punk" anymore! TexasBushwhacker Jun 18 #16

I'm not a big fan of country music but there are some I do like LogDog75 Jun 18 #18

Detest "country" music from Nashville. retread Jun 20 #19

Jack Ryan LessAspin Jun 20 #20

Other: Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, David Allen Coe and that's it. Aristus Jun 20 #21

I like Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn. Morbius Jun 21 #22