Boston country

["Scott Ehrlich" <scott@linedance.com>]

My original attempt to the list failed, so I'm resending.

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> From: Scott Ehrlich <scott@linedance.com>
> To: Bill O'Neill <billo@erols.com>;
,boston-radio-interest@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu
> Subject: Re: Boston country
> Date: Wednesday, April 30, 1997 9:59 PM
> 
> A slight deviation from the thread, but where was this country fair,
> anyway?
> You can see from my domain name what I like and where I stand.  But, I do
> listen to everything now.  My radio in my car and at home now has presets
> across the board.
> They used to be JUST country.  BTW, I'm in Boston.
> 
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> > From: Bill O'Neill <billo@erols.com>
> > To: BRI <boston-radio-interest@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
> > Subject: Boston country
> > Date: Wednesday, April 30, 1997 8:47 PM
> > 
> > ... I still find many people refer to Country Music (in Boston) as   
> > > painful.  Why?  Is this personal musical taste or commentary on a   
> > > station's bad approach to a legitimate format? <snip> 
> > > Roger Kirk a.k.a. The Wizard Of Music 
> > 
> > Good question.  A native NE with inlaws entrenched in the Midwest, I've
> > spent ALOT of time out there and have visited lotto stations out there,
> > country & others.  The perspective from there on Boston is we are
either
> > "too uppity" or "too far from the roots" from which today's 'Country'
> comes
> > from.  When country singers' accents more closely approximate yours,
when
> > people on porches with guitars are not considered an oddity, the modern
> > hybrid called Country is NOT a leap.  At a county fair last summer,
> > mega-throngs of teens showed up amidst sheep and pig aromas and other
> > byproducts to witness outdoor concerts by a number of name country acts
> and
> > never stopped screaming at the stage (and it was not considered an
> un-cool
> > thing)  Boom boxes only seem to blast Country.  Leave your (w)Rap with
> the
> > umbrellas...  During the show you could  see 2-4  generations of
families
> > listening to the same acts without making a big deal out of it.  Bottom
> > line is the whole family thing here in NE is just.. different.  We
reject
> > the often soft image country music exploits.  Way it goes.

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