And the old school country that was all about drinking, cheating, leavin, being left...while some may consider this to be real honesty...a lot of it was just the artist following a formula....no different than today's formulaic country, though back then at least the music sounded hillbilly rather than the easy listening shit that passes for modern country.<P><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Veranda">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mobius:<BR><B>there must be SOMEONE making honest country music out there, even if mainstream country isn't. i mean, you can't say there's no honest punk music out there just because avril lavigne is marketed as being "punk". i like the sentiment though.</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>