No, but I have seen Felker do it too!
Itāll probably be a while before you see Felker do it againā¦
Heās from the same town my grandmother is from in the Southeastern part of the stateā¦ always shocking to meet anybody who made it out of there.
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Iād say Felker over Boland. Dude can write.
And Iām selfishly hoping that heās writing while in rehab. Bad times lead to some amazing writing and introspective things.
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Iām glad that there are becoming more and more examples of sober musicians doing great work to show that you donāt need to be a mess to write well.
Heās from Alabama but Jason Isbell is a great example of this. He battled addiction and alcoholism for a long time, but finally got sober and the dude is probably the best writer Iāve listened to. He won two grammys for ācover me upā and āif we were vampiresā. Those are two of the most beautiful songs ever written in my opinion.
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Rhett Miller is my personal favorite sober musicianā¦
Wellā¦ Jason Isbellā¦
My favorite songwriter of all time is also a very prolific user of several substances. Mr. Todd Snider.
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On this list, Garth is by far the most influential of them. Reba & Carrie have also been great.
You younger guys really love Turnpikeā¦ and I get itā¦ but Boland helped define the genre.
John Moreland and John Fullbright are the best songwriters in Oklahoma going right now. Iāll argue that for days.
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So many of them have gotten sober recently. Itās kinda funny listening to podcasts where Iād say more than half of the musicians are now sober.
Todd even had to cut back quite a bit after hitting a pretty rough patch I think.
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Absolutely he did. I never said Boland was bad. I just think Felker is better. But of course ācheap bourbon whiskey and pearl snap shirtsā is the first thing I think of when I think of Boland. and āif I canāt afford you darling then I canāt afford to dreamā is what I think of when Felker is brought up.
Both immensely talented. And Cody Canada as well should be thrown in.
Incredible talent. Incredible person. Big fan.
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Woody Guthrie. Not much historical perspective on the selections.
Stillwater music scene (Red Dirt) is vastly underrated.
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Isnāt one of the Brooks and Dunn guys from Oklahoma?
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Ronnie Dunn is considered from Oklahoma although he was born in Texas
Proud Souls is still unbeaten.
I was asking randomly, because honestly I donāt care about country music all that muchā¦
ducks
I will say, though, Sturgill Simpson seems really awesome.
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Check out Paul Benjamin. Heās a Tulsan doing everything he can to preserve the āTulsa Sound.ā
And itās not really countryā¦ Much more blues influenced. Roots music.
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Nice mention of Tom Skinner. Iāve known his son for years.
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This and for more modern stuff Brian Haas.
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