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November 12, 2009

George Jones's Cracker View Of Rap...

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George Jones On Rap
Asked whether he’d ever branch out to a completely different genre of music, like heavy metal or rap, Jones laughed and said: “Rap? That’s tacky….How can you call that music?” he added. “Now, I love music, too. I love all kinds. I really do. I’ve got Brook Benton. I like his singing. Ray Charles. I’ve got an open mind. But now, you can’t call rap, talking stuff like that, music. No, no, no, you’ve got to have another name for that.”

George Jones On Taylor Swift & Carrie Underwood
The Country Music Hall of famer was asked what he thought about music by today’s top country stars, and he said while they are good, “they’ve stolen our identity.” Jones made the comment during a recent interview in Nashville, Tenn., when asked about music by artists like Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift. “They had to use something that was established already, and that’s traditional country music. So what they need to do really, I think, is find their own title, because they’re definitely not traditional country music,” he said.



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