Love the Californian country references ^^^^. Where's Gram Parsons, Flying Burrito Brothers and Clarence White???
And how is a country thread not without Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Hank Williams and Hank Jr, Patsy Cline, David Allan Coe, Brooks & Dunn, Brad Paisley & Brent Mason/Dan Huff/Albert Lee/Redd Volkaert/the Taylor guitars dude?
Instead we get Ritchie Blackmore all. Aiyo!
Taylor Swift is pop with her own country background. I don't think you can really say you listen to country if you just listen to sweet Miss Swift. Gretchen Wilson, Carrie Underwood, Sugarland, Emmalou Harris, Allison Krauss, Leann Rimes would be better into what female country is more entailing. Dixie Chicks are nice~