Re: Hyper produced Bobby Bare

[David Cantwell]

At 07:52 PM 2/23/99 -0600, Bob, who is too smart to be anything to but
joking here, wrote:

>I think you're both right. The Nashville Sound has little to do with
>country music. It was a way for country musicians to stay employed. But
>they weren't making country music. It was just *marketed* as country
>music.

The kinda short answer: Most of the musicians, producers, songwriters, and
country fans who made and loved those records would, of course, disagree. 

The very short answer: Puh-lease. 

--david cantwell

PS: And, at any rate, I thought everybody here always said it was
*marketed* as POP music. You know, like that outlaw shit... <g>