Originally Posted by AaronAuthier
I don't know what the big deal about Hank and Merle etc is. I've heard their songs and they weren't all that memorable. They aren't memorable because I have no memories to those songs. Take a walk with me through psychology 101. You don't miss old time country. You miss the way your worlds / lives used to be when that was the music you'd listen to. It has nothing to do with music of today. You have no memories to these current songs so it all sucks.

Um, I came to "classic country" relatively recently and it struck a chord with me immediately (no pun intended).
I have lots of other friends who are the same way. All they know is the modern country stuff and they hate it. But then they hear Merle or Hank or Gram Parsons or old Dolly Parton or any of that old stuff and they're hooked.
It really just boils down to taste. What do you like?
Me? I like GOOD music.