Why don't new bands want to rock any more?

[SYTFE]

Yep, people started hitting substance abuse rehabs in the 90's and music suffered.

I think it has to do with changes in the music industry. In fact, this correlation of the decline of rock almost perfectly matches the start of the decline of CD sales, which started right about '99.

Bands lost their edge because of this PC bullshit! Comedy as well. Eddie Murphy and George Carlin on the edge.
They would be banned on college campuses today.

When you chop the balls of free speech more then one kind of balls are lost.

But we do still have a few guys in comedy with that same kind of edge. Jim Jefferies, Bill Burr and Louis CK come to mind.

And we have a few bands huh? Was that not the very problem you spoke of? Where are they?
PC killed em.

So, you're theory is that PC killed rock? If so, how?

 

[Michelle420]

Yep, people started hitting substance abuse rehabs in the 90's and music suffered.

I think it has to do with changes in the music industry. In fact, this correlation of the decline of rock almost perfectly matches the start of the decline of CD sales, which started right about '99.

I remember napster.

Yeah I am sure sales effect it too. But if people like music for the expression like to rock you would think it be more popular still.

Help me understand this drifter. HELP ME

The technology age took over. People don't hang out the same anymore, it's all technology related, we get together but were on our phone, tablet, or laptop even with each others company offline were still online and not together. Hard to really get that natural real groove if you are trying to post it and flossing for instagram.

PS> I'm high, don't listen to me

 

[SYTFE]

Anyone notice that bands have seemed to have completely lost all testosterone? Is this a a reflection of something cultural?

Sure, you'll find a small segment of bands that rock today. But there aren't that many, and they sort of tend to be not very popular. Well, at least in terms of what is popular in current music.

Every single time I discover a new band, either from a guest performance on a late night talk show, some footage of one of the popular festivals like coachella, or from cool radio stations that play lots of new music, I'm always amazed at how they DON'T ROCK. It's like, a very tame version of pop rock or...something. They're all so laid back. Like their balls have been removed.

When I was a teenager, man....it was a such a good time for music. Mid-90's. We had Rage Against the Machine, Tool, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, 311, Stone Temple Pilots, Primus, Red Hot Chili Peppers, a thriving punk rock and ska scene, it was just an embarrassment of riches of bands that seriously fucking rocked. ROCKED!!!

Where are new bands like that today? I know some of those guys I mentioned above are still at it and actively touring today, but I'm mostly referring to new bands.

Many of the concerts I went to were just off the wall bonkers, bordering on chaos, I thought I was going to die many times in mosh pits. Also, there are no more mosh pits today! People just stand there with their smart phones filming the set. Lame.

Why don't new bands want to fucking ROCK? It seems to have come to a screeching halt. What the hell?

60's -- bands were starting to rock.
70's -- bands REALLY rocked. Led Zeppelin, etc.
80's -- music was super hit or miss, but there were still plenty of bands that rocked.
90's -- the peak of rocking the fuck out!
00's -- bands were still rocking
10's -- bands slowly stopped rocking
Present day -- it's very hard to find any NEW bands that want to rock

Is it something in the water? Too much soy products in our food supply?

Could it be that most of the interest in music has simply shifted to EDM and rap music? Nothing wrong with that, I'm into a lot of that stuff myself, but I'm just so surprised that people don't want to ROCK!

Thoughts?

Define "rock"? Maybe it's not the bands that have changed but simply your definition of "rock". Perhaps you have become like your father now that you are older? I suspect that is the case. The same music I liked in my youth is the same music I listen to now because it's as relevant today as it was when it first came out. If you can't relate, it's not the music, it's because you are getting older. BTW, Led Zeppelin sucked....I wouldn't walk across the street if they were playing for free much less buy a ticket to hear their shitty music.

That's what I'm trying to figure out. I don't think I'm becoming like my dad, because he was always into good music himself actually.

Led Zeppelin fucking rocked dude. Are you kidding me? I can appreciate music from any generation, and they abso-fucking-lutely rocked. Harder than any other band in history in my opinion.

I would define rock as a certain energy in the music. The stones rocked. Motley Crue rocked. Jane's Addiction rocked. Rage Against the Machine rocked. Is this really difficult to define? To me it's obvious when a band is a "rock" band.

What I'm noticing is that particular aggressive, in your face energy is missing in most new bands. I would LOVE for someone to prove me wrong and give me some suggestions.

Best new band that I've recently discovered is Antemasque, a sort of spin off of The Mars Volta.

Led Zeppelin was a studio band....have you ever heard them in concert? They sucked BIG time........why is that? Because they were not in a studio that could hide their weaknesses...a few tweaks here, a few tweaks there and they don't sound a damn thing like they did "live". The best live band I have ever heard was the Atlanta Rhythm Section...they were just as smooth "live" as they were on their albums. Now, I will say that there are some great songs from the 90's that I have only recently learned to appreciate because I had to learn them for a band I was in...like "Sour Girl" by STP and "Fell On Black Days" by Soundgarden. Pearl Jam was relevant that had a sound that resonated with me. I liked Nirvana and the grunge sound but music today is totally controlled by the industry that makes the big money off of it.....

I have their 2-DVD set of their live shows at Royal Albert Hall, Madison Square Garden, Earls Court, etc and it is MIND BOGGLING. They were awesome -- when they weren't stoned or hammered out of their minds.

I've heard that some of their shows were terrible though if they were too drunk or fucked up. But every single one of those guys were legit masters of their instruments. Come on dude, Bohnam? Are you kidding me? Page? The man was unreal. John Paul Jones was one of the best bassists ever and a super talented musician as well. Aint nobody singing like Robert Plant either.

 

[Michelle420]

Yep, people started hitting substance abuse rehabs in the 90's and music suffered.

I think it has to do with changes in the music industry. In fact, this correlation of the decline of rock almost perfectly matches the start of the decline of CD sales, which started right about '99.

Bands lost their edge because of this PC bullshit! Comedy as well. Eddie Murphy and George Carlin on the edge.
They would be banned on college campuses today.

When you chop the balls of free speech more then one kind of balls are lost.

But we do still have a few guys in comedy with that same kind of edge. Jim Jefferies, Bill Burr and Louis CK come to mind.

and Doug Stanhope who I love.

 

[SYTFE]

Yep, people started hitting substance abuse rehabs in the 90's and music suffered.

I think it has to do with changes in the music industry. In fact, this correlation of the decline of rock almost perfectly matches the start of the decline of CD sales, which started right about '99.

I remember napster.

Yeah I am sure sales effect it too. But if people like music for the expression like to rock you would think it be more popular still.

Help me understand this drifter. HELP ME

The technology age took over. People don't hang out the same anymore, it's all technology related, we get together but were on our phone, tablet, or laptop even with each others company offline were still online and not together. Hard to really get that natural real groove if you are trying to post it and flossing for instagram.

PS> I'm high, don't listen to me

No, I'm glad that you're high right now. That means you're able to tap into the ether and get me some fucking answers! You're on to something with the way we consume and listen to music and don't hang out the same way...

Keep going....take a nice, long hit...you're my only hope right now LOL

 

[Michelle420]

Yep, people started hitting substance abuse rehabs in the 90's and music suffered.

I think it has to do with changes in the music industry. In fact, this correlation of the decline of rock almost perfectly matches the start of the decline of CD sales, which started right about '99.

I remember napster.

Yeah I am sure sales effect it too. But if people like music for the expression like to rock you would think it be more popular still.

Help me understand this drifter. HELP ME

The technology age took over. People don't hang out the same anymore, it's all technology related, we get together but were on our phone, tablet, or laptop even with each others company offline were still online and not together. Hard to really get that natural real groove if you are trying to post it and flossing for instagram.

PS> I'm high, don't listen to me

No, I'm glad that you're high right now. That means you're able to tap into the ether and get me some fucking answers! You're on to something with the way we consume and listen to music and don't hang out the same way...

Keep going....take a nice, long hit...you're my only hope right now LOL

Oh Shit! Who Killed ROCK? GawdDamn Computers and sobriety.....

 

[Michelle420]

 

[SYTFE]

Hahaha.....nice....I like this guy!

 

[Michelle420]

Hahaha.....nice....I like this guy!

So true though nobody parties or really rebels anymore we are all just online now.

 

[SYTFE]

Hahaha.....nice....I like this guy!

So true though nobody parties or really rebels anymore we are all just online now.

Yeah, I guess it just isn't very rock n' roll to post selfies on instagram and endless pics of yourself on the toilet on snapchat. LOL

The energy of rock n' roll is almost gone. Which is bizarre, because it's been present in every decade since the 60's.

These guys have it though:



And these guys:

 

[Dale Smith]

Anyone notice that bands have seemed to have completely lost all testosterone? Is this a a reflection of something cultural?

Sure, you'll find a small segment of bands that rock today. But there aren't that many, and they sort of tend to be not very popular. Well, at least in terms of what is popular in current music.

Every single time I discover a new band, either from a guest performance on a late night talk show, some footage of one of the popular festivals like coachella, or from cool radio stations that play lots of new music, I'm always amazed at how they DON'T ROCK. It's like, a very tame version of pop rock or...something. They're all so laid back. Like their balls have been removed.

When I was a teenager, man....it was a such a good time for music. Mid-90's. We had Rage Against the Machine, Tool, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, 311, Stone Temple Pilots, Primus, Red Hot Chili Peppers, a thriving punk rock and ska scene, it was just an embarrassment of riches of bands that seriously fucking rocked. ROCKED!!!

Where are new bands like that today? I know some of those guys I mentioned above are still at it and actively touring today, but I'm mostly referring to new bands.

Many of the concerts I went to were just off the wall bonkers, bordering on chaos, I thought I was going to die many times in mosh pits. Also, there are no more mosh pits today! People just stand there with their smart phones filming the set. Lame.

Why don't new bands want to fucking ROCK? It seems to have come to a screeching halt. What the hell?

60's -- bands were starting to rock.
70's -- bands REALLY rocked. Led Zeppelin, etc.
80's -- music was super hit or miss, but there were still plenty of bands that rocked.
90's -- the peak of rocking the fuck out!
00's -- bands were still rocking
10's -- bands slowly stopped rocking
Present day -- it's very hard to find any NEW bands that want to rock

Is it something in the water? Too much soy products in our food supply?

Could it be that most of the interest in music has simply shifted to EDM and rap music? Nothing wrong with that, I'm into a lot of that stuff myself, but I'm just so surprised that people don't want to ROCK!

Thoughts?

Define "rock"? Maybe it's not the bands that have changed but simply your definition of "rock". Perhaps you have become like your father now that you are older? I suspect that is the case. The same music I liked in my youth is the same music I listen to now because it's as relevant today as it was when it first came out. If you can't relate, it's not the music, it's because you are getting older. BTW, Led Zeppelin sucked....I wouldn't walk across the street if they were playing for free much less buy a ticket to hear their shitty music.

That's what I'm trying to figure out. I don't think I'm becoming like my dad, because he was always into good music himself actually.

Led Zeppelin fucking rocked dude. Are you kidding me? I can appreciate music from any generation, and they abso-fucking-lutely rocked. Harder than any other band in history in my opinion.

I would define rock as a certain energy in the music. The stones rocked. Motley Crue rocked. Jane's Addiction rocked. Rage Against the Machine rocked. Is this really difficult to define? To me it's obvious when a band is a "rock" band.

What I'm noticing is that particular aggressive, in your face energy is missing in most new bands. I would LOVE for someone to prove me wrong and give me some suggestions.

Best new band that I've recently discovered is Antemasque, a sort of spin off of The Mars Volta.

Led Zeppelin was a studio band....have you ever heard them in concert? They sucked BIG time........why is that? Because they were not in a studio that could hide their weaknesses...a few tweaks here, a few tweaks there and they don't sound a damn thing like they did "live". The best live band I have ever heard was the Atlanta Rhythm Section...they were just as smooth "live" as they were on their albums. Now, I will say that there are some great songs from the 90's that I have only recently learned to appreciate because I had to learn them for a band I was in...like "Sour Girl" by STP and "Fell On Black Days" by Soundgarden. Pearl Jam was relevant that had a sound that resonated with me. I liked Nirvana and the grunge sound but music today is totally controlled by the industry that makes the big money off of it.....

I have their 2-DVD set of their live shows at Royal Albert Hall, Madison Square Garden, Earls Court, etc and it is MIND BOGGLING. They were awesome -- when they weren't stoned or hammered out of their minds.

I've heard that some of their shows were terrible though if they were too drunk or fucked up.

Here is the kind of music that I was involved with. Jerrod is a good friend of mine and while back then we competed for the "A-gigs", we always supported each other. Jerrod just had "it"...that charisma and stage presence. I wanted to see him get a record contract as much as I wanted for my band but once the scales fell from my eyes? I realized what Dale Watson was trying to tell me. I did some gigs for him when his bass player was ill. How could someone as talented as Dale Watson not have a big time record label signing? Why did he have an independent label? He told me that he wanted complete autonomy over his lyrics and that he wasn't willing to "sell out". At the time, I didn't understand what he meant...but I do now. Jerrod Medulla has me worried and I tried to tell him to never "sell his soul" for fame and fortune....but this video with all the "Eyes Wide Shut" and Illuminati references tells me that my old friend is being tested and it saddens me.

 

[Dale Smith]

Hahaha.....nice....I like this guy!

So true though nobody parties or really rebels anymore we are all just online now.

Yeah, I guess it just isn't very rock n' roll to post selfies on instagram and endless pics of yourself on the toilet on snapchat. LOL

The energy of rock n' roll is almost gone. Which is bizarre, because it's been present in every decade since the 60's.

These guys have it though:



And these guys:

The guy playing bass makes me want to throw my bass guitars away and never pick them up again. I thought that Giddy Lee was just a freak of nature.......thanks for the link.

 

[Dale Smith]

This song is pretty bad ass...........

 

[AsianTrumpSupporter]

Yeah, most new "rock" bands are a bunch of emo pussy shit.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Anyone notice that bands have seemed to have completely lost all testosterone? Is this a a reflection of something cultural?

Sure, you'll find a small segment of bands that rock today. But there aren't that many, and they sort of tend to be not very popular. Well, at least in terms of what is popular in current music.

Every single time I discover a new band, either from a guest performance on a late night talk show, some footage of one of the popular festivals like coachella, or from cool radio stations that play lots of new music, I'm always amazed at how they DON'T ROCK. It's like, a very tame version of pop rock or...something. They're all so laid back. Like their balls have been removed.

When I was a teenager, man....it was a such a good time for music. Mid-90's. We had Rage Against the Machine, Tool, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, 311, Stone Temple Pilots, Primus, Red Hot Chili Peppers, a thriving punk rock and ska scene, it was just an embarrassment of riches of bands that seriously fucking rocked. ROCKED!!!

Where are new bands like that today? I know some of those guys I mentioned above are still at it and actively touring today, but I'm mostly referring to new bands.

Many of the concerts I went to were just off the wall bonkers, bordering on chaos, I thought I was going to die many times in mosh pits. Also, there are no more mosh pits today! People just stand there with their smart phones filming the set. Lame.

Why don't new bands want to fucking ROCK? It seems to have come to a screeching halt. What the hell?

60's -- bands were starting to rock.
70's -- bands REALLY rocked. Led Zeppelin, etc.
80's -- music was super hit or miss, but there were still plenty of bands that rocked.
90's -- the peak of rocking the fuck out!
00's -- bands were still rocking
10's -- bands slowly stopped rocking
Present day -- it's very hard to find any NEW bands that want to rock

Is it something in the water? Too much soy products in our food supply?

Could it be that most of the interest in music has simply shifted to EDM and rap music? Nothing wrong with that, I'm into a lot of that stuff myself, but I'm just so surprised that people don't want to ROCK!

Thoughts?

When I was a teenager, man....it was a such a good time for music. Mid-90's.

Informative.. still a child

 

[SYTFE]

Hahaha.....nice....I like this guy!

So true though nobody parties or really rebels anymore we are all just online now.

Yeah, I guess it just isn't very rock n' roll to post selfies on instagram and endless pics of yourself on the toilet on snapchat. LOL

The energy of rock n' roll is almost gone. Which is bizarre, because it's been present in every decade since the 60's.

These guys have it though:



And these guys:

The guy playing bass makes me want to throw my bass guitars away and never pick them up again. I thought that Giddy Lee was just a freak of nature.......thanks for the link.

Yeah, he's great. Did you notice that they're a 2-piece? Just bass and drums. Crazy.

 

[SYTFE]

Is it the guitar? Does guitar distortion sound "dated" now? Perhaps now that millenials and teenagers have heard SO much synthetic sounds from EDM and hip hop that distorted guitar now sounds a bit dated? Maybe it sounds like their "parents music?"

 

[Dale Smith]

Hahaha.....nice....I like this guy!

So true though nobody parties or really rebels anymore we are all just online now.

Yeah, I guess it just isn't very rock n' roll to post selfies on instagram and endless pics of yourself on the toilet on snapchat. LOL

The energy of rock n' roll is almost gone. Which is bizarre, because it's been present in every decade since the 60's.

These guys have it though:



And these guys:

The guy playing bass makes me want to throw my bass guitars away and never pick them up again. I thought that Giddy Lee was just a freak of nature.......thanks for the link.

Yeah, he's great. Did you notice that they're a 2-piece? Just bass and drums. Crazy.

I stand in awe of incredibly talented musicians that do it for the love of playing and creating. I took a looong break from performing in cover bands and stuck to occasional studio work (usually non-gratis) just to help an artist friend of mine that wrote something I liked. My big break came when I was referred to Dale Watson when his bass player Gene Kurtz (who by the way co-wrote the song "Treat Her Right" a huge hit in 1965) was ill and they needed a fill in bass player for a couple of gigs in Dallas and Ft.Worth and most of his music is original and I totally dug it. I got all all the songs sent to me as well as the charts. It helped that even though I had only one short rehearsal with them that Herb Belofsky was the drummer....the best ever. We are friends and stay in touch and he encouraged me to get back in the game. It allowed me to come in contact with many talented musicians within the scene and I hooked up with some really good ones. Our lead singer and songwriter was incredibly talented but his life was a train wreck. I hooked up with him in 2007 and we were rolling and then he got popped for a DWI and was twice the legal limit. So he ends up in Huntsville because he had a prior drug conviction. Then 18 months later he hunts me down and says he has a financial backer that is building a studio and a bunkhouse for whomever joins the band. It was in Blue Ridge, Texas and it was an incredible set up. He had concrete poured and bought golf carts so we could go from the studio to the bunkhouse so he didn't have to worry about anyone leaving if they had been drinking. We opened for a band called "Whiskey Myers" and things just took off from there. Unfortunately, Eric was still fighting his addiction and even though he looked out for him, he got popped again for another DWI and again he was twice the legal limit. Reggie (our benefactor) got him the best attorney money could buy and could have gotten him probation...but it was less than two months that he was busted again. He was sent away for two years. We laid down tracks for the second CD before he left but two years of sobriety changed him. He came back after his incarceration but didn't want to put the band back together even though every one of us never dedicated ourselves to another project. We simply did "fill in" work.

Anyway, the link that I am sending is to a song that me and Eric co-wrote one rainy Saturday morning in March of 2010. I had just lost my brother, he was missing the wife that left him and took his son. We had recorded that Friday night and I had left the bunkhouse to the studio because Reggie had a full stocked kitchen and I heard Eric working on this song and it resonated with me so much that I wrote the third verse of it......it's kind of haunting but it is a song about redemption.

The name of the song is "Relief".......I play bass and sing background vocals.

The Eric Beatty Band | Country from Dallas, TX

 

[SYTFE]

Hahaha.....nice....I like this guy!

So true though nobody parties or really rebels anymore we are all just online now.

Yeah, I guess it just isn't very rock n' roll to post selfies on instagram and endless pics of yourself on the toilet on snapchat. LOL

The energy of rock n' roll is almost gone. Which is bizarre, because it's been present in every decade since the 60's.

These guys have it though:



And these guys:

The guy playing bass makes me want to throw my bass guitars away and never pick them up again. I thought that Giddy Lee was just a freak of nature.......thanks for the link.

Yeah, he's great. Did you notice that they're a 2-piece? Just bass and drums. Crazy.

I stand in awe of incredibly talented musicians that do it for the love of playing and creating. I took a looong break from performing in cover bands and stuck to occasional studio work (usually non-gratis) just to help an artist friend of mine that wrote something I liked. My big break came when I was referred to Dale Watson when his bass player Gene Kurtz (who by the way co-wrote the song "Treat Her Right" a huge hit in 1965) was ill and they needed a fill in bass player for a couple of gigs in Dallas and Ft.Worth and most of his music is original and I totally dug it. I got all all the songs sent to me as well as the charts. It helped that even though I had only one short rehearsal with them that Herb Belofsky was the drummer....the best ever. We are friends and stay in touch and he encouraged me to get back in the game. It allowed me to come in contact with many talented musicians within the scene and I hooked up with some really good ones. Our lead singer and songwriter was incredibly talented but his life was a train wreck. I hooked up with him in 2007 and we were rolling and then he got popped for a DWI and was twice the legal limit. So he ends up in Huntsville because he had a prior drug conviction. Then 18 months later he hunts me down and says he has a financial backer that is building a studio and a bunkhouse for whomever joins the band. It was in Blue Ridge, Texas and it was an incredible set up. He had concrete poured and bought golf carts so we could go from the studio to the bunkhouse so he didn't have to worry about anyone leaving if they had been drinking. We opened for a band called "Whiskey Myers" and things just took off from there. Unfortunately, Eric was still fighting his addiction and even though he looked out for him, he got popped again for another DWI and again he was twice the legal limit. Reggie (our benefactor) got him the best attorney money could buy and could have gotten him probation...but it was less than two months that he was busted again. He was sent away for two years. We laid down tracks for the second CD before he left but two years of sobriety changed him. He came back after his incarceration but didn't want to put the band back together even though every one of us never dedicated ourselves to another project. We simply did "fill in" work.

Anyway, the link that I am sending is to a song that me and Eric co-wrote one rainy Saturday morning in March of 2010. I had just lost my brother, he was missing the wife that left him and took his son. We had recorded that Friday night and I had left the bunkhouse to the studio because Reggie had a full stocked kitchen and I heard Eric working on this song and it resonated with me so much that I wrote the third verse of it......it's kind of haunting but it is a song about redemption.

The name of the song is "Relief".......I play bass and sing background vocals.

The Eric Beatty Band | Country from Dallas, TX

Good stuff. Nice work. Country hasn't suffered the same fate as rock music. It's still going strong. Talk about an evergreen genre...

 

[Dale Smith]

So true though nobody parties or really rebels anymore we are all just online now.

Yeah, I guess it just isn't very rock n' roll to post selfies on instagram and endless pics of yourself on the toilet on snapchat. LOL

The energy of rock n' roll is almost gone. Which is bizarre, because it's been present in every decade since the 60's.

These guys have it though:



And these guys:

The guy playing bass makes me want to throw my bass guitars away and never pick them up again. I thought that Giddy Lee was just a freak of nature.......thanks for the link.

Yeah, he's great. Did you notice that they're a 2-piece? Just bass and drums. Crazy.

I stand in awe of incredibly talented musicians that do it for the love of playing and creating. I took a looong break from performing in cover bands and stuck to occasional studio work (usually non-gratis) just to help an artist friend of mine that wrote something I liked. My big break came when I was referred to Dale Watson when his bass player Gene Kurtz (who by the way co-wrote the song "Treat Her Right" a huge hit in 1965) was ill and they needed a fill in bass player for a couple of gigs in Dallas and Ft.Worth and most of his music is original and I totally dug it. I got all all the songs sent to me as well as the charts. It helped that even though I had only one short rehearsal with them that Herb Belofsky was the drummer....the best ever. We are friends and stay in touch and he encouraged me to get back in the game. It allowed me to come in contact with many talented musicians within the scene and I hooked up with some really good ones. Our lead singer and songwriter was incredibly talented but his life was a train wreck. I hooked up with him in 2007 and we were rolling and then he got popped for a DWI and was twice the legal limit. So he ends up in Huntsville because he had a prior drug conviction. Then 18 months later he hunts me down and says he has a financial backer that is building a studio and a bunkhouse for whomever joins the band. It was in Blue Ridge, Texas and it was an incredible set up. He had concrete poured and bought golf carts so we could go from the studio to the bunkhouse so he didn't have to worry about anyone leaving if they had been drinking. We opened for a band called "Whiskey Myers" and things just took off from there. Unfortunately, Eric was still fighting his addiction and even though he looked out for him, he got popped again for another DWI and again he was twice the legal limit. Reggie (our benefactor) got him the best attorney money could buy and could have gotten him probation...but it was less than two months that he was busted again. He was sent away for two years. We laid down tracks for the second CD before he left but two years of sobriety changed him. He came back after his incarceration but didn't want to put the band back together even though every one of us never dedicated ourselves to another project. We simply did "fill in" work.

Anyway, the link that I am sending is to a song that me and Eric co-wrote one rainy Saturday morning in March of 2010. I had just lost my brother, he was missing the wife that left him and took his son. We had recorded that Friday night and I had left the bunkhouse to the studio because Reggie had a full stocked kitchen and I heard Eric working on this song and it resonated with me so much that I wrote the third verse of it......it's kind of haunting but it is a song about redemption.

The name of the song is "Relief".......I play bass and sing background vocals.

The Eric Beatty Band | Country from Dallas, TX

Good stuff. Nice work. Country hasn't suffered the same fate as rock music. It's still going strong. Talk about an evergreen genre...

Greatly appreciate the fact that you would even give it a listen. It's a soul bearing song for sure and given the "back and forth" we have had? You could have used it in a negative manner...but you didn't and we have found common ground when it comes to music...something we are passionate about and you are definitely well versed when it comes to that. You turned me onto some great undiscovered artists that I will be listening to and I appreciate that .

Nashville country and what we call "Texas country" are bi-polar opposites of each other which is why the independent label artists can make a decent living selling their CDs at gigs. Like Dale Watson, for instance. He has been on David Letterman and the Jimmy Kimmel Show but yet he still does 300 shows a year. Commercial country has become as big of a "sell-out" as rock and roll. I loved Nirvana and I had the utmost respect for Kurt Cobain that said "I would rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not". I have a great friend named Jeff Hopson that is the last of the great poets and lyricists.....a totally undiscovered talent but revered by his fans and he is totally satisfied with his lot in life.....becoming what he calls "commercial" would mean that he takes orders from others and that's not what he is about. Artistry is a talent that should never be given away and then controlled by the highest bidder. Good on ya. Great thread, btw.......