I prefer country the most...
I might be a "damm yankee"--but I love country music and bluegrass the best!--I liked all the metal bands from the 60's,70's,80's too,like Black Sabbath,Ozzy,Areosmith,Boston,Kansas,Foriener,AC/DC,Van Halen,Doors,Deep Purple,etc--I still listen occaisionally to "classic rock" stations--But since I got back into country music(I listenned to all the "legends" as a kid,like Johnny Cash,Merle Haggard,Jones,Paycheck and all the other greats)--
I love the fact the country and blugrass artists allow fans to meet them after shows,have fan club parties,and message boards they actually post on,and really care for their fans!--I can testify to this--Rhonda Vincent,the reigning queen of bluegrass 5 years in a row,actually GAVE me a CAR saturday night at her concert!!--she had heard I was down on my luck,and she knew I had a hard time getting the money to go see her shows,and my many vehicular problems en route to her shows--I am still in shock!--but I'm not suprised--many stars do things like this all the time,but nobody hears about it--they dont do it just for publicity..
One of my friends had an 11 year old son,he was diagnosed with leukemia--the Make A Wish foundation got in touch with the little boys favorite singer Billy Ray Cyrus--he sent a conversion van right to his door,with a nurse and a driver,and had them brought to Toronto ,( at NO expense to the parents!)where he was filming the show "Doc" --and spent a whole day with the boy and his parents singing his songs,and touring the film studio!..The poor kid died a few weeks later,but the smile never left his face the whole time,all he talked about was his trip to see Billy Ray Cyrus...Thats why I LOVE country music!--
As for what I listen too while driving??--I tend to leave the radio off most of the time,its repetitive play of the same songs and artists drive me nuts,not to mention the commercials--I shut it off if traffic and weather and road conditions are bad,I like to concentrate on my driving..one truck has NO radio at all!-(another has an AM/FM 8 track!)-I mostly listen to traffic reports or talk radio in the trucks,or my bluegrass and "old country" tapes...I'm not that fond of the "new" country stuff,except for a few female artists--I've met Kathy Mattea and Suzy Boggus about 30 times,and Holly Dunn too,and many others a few times..I think its cool that they are "real" people,that care about the people who buy their cd's and concert tickets--your not just a cash cow...
