Re: Boston country

[Doug Bassett <dbassett@sover.net>]

Up here in these parts, country is just another satellite opperation (unless
you're REALLY into FM DX)... WGNA (107.7) in Albany is currently my favorite
country station (can't hear 'em from home, though). Y-105 (WYRY 104.9
Hinsdale NH) is satellite and sounds it (Read: NOT LOCAL).

Just MHO.

Doug Bassett
West Brattleboro, Vt.
and I like all genres of music from 'rock' to 'classical' to 'twang'.

At 10:02 PM 4-30-1997 -0400, Scott Ehrlich wrote:
>My original attempt to the list failed, so I'm resending.
>
>----------
>> 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.
>> 
>> ----------
>> > 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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