Oh Hell NO: Sam Hunt Compared to Johnny Cash by Big & Rich
As Sam Hunt’s new godawful and indisputably non-country single “Body Like a Backroad” rockets up the charts and looks to make him an established major music superstar, the sychophants are coming out of the woodwork to glam on to his success and hope perhaps some of that attention will rub off on them. This was the case at the ACM Awards in early April in an interview Sam Hunt did with country duo Big & Rich.
It’s started off with the same inane, oafish, stupid banter most of these throw-away backstage interviews do, but then veered way off the page into a moment of country music sacrilege when John Rich decided to evoke the immortal name of Johnny Cash in comparison to Sam Hunt.
“Your style mimic(s) a lot of the old school great guys,” John Rich said, while surprisingly not getting struck by lightning for such a doozy, “And I don’t think a lot of people would maybe make this comparison, but I do. Like if you think about Johnny Cash for instance. You don’t sound like Johnny Cash, but Johnny Cash was incorporating rock n’ roll, Gospel, and all kinds of things into what he called, ‘That’s my brand of country music.’ And people said, ‘Johnny Cash isn’t country. He’s singing about subjects we don’t allow on the Opry’ and all this stuff.”
John Rich went onto compare Sam Hunts “non-country” troubles to the blowback Conway Twitty and Alabama also faced in their careers (see entire exchange below).
Though it’s true all three of these artists faced criticism for not being country enough early in their careers, as did many more artists including Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and others that went on to define the sound of country music for a generation, they all had one thing in common: their music was more country than it was anything else. The other thing they had in common was their music was actually good.
The arguments about what is country and what isn’t are tired and worn out and timeless as country music itself. But think about it like this: If you took Sam Hunt’s “Body Like a Backroad,” and played if for some random person on the street who had never heard the song or Sam Hunt before and asked them “What genre is this?” nearly everyone you questioned would tell you it’s either pop, or hip-hop before they would determine it’s country. Even 14-year-old girls who were raised on corporate radio have some sort of barometer on what country music is, and what it isn’t.
Forget all the nuanced disputes about “what is country?” If something fits better in a host of other genres before it fits into country, then it isn’t country, period. And asserting it is country is a dangerous practice that can erode the boundaries around what defines country as a genre, risking a complete implosion of the format similar to what we saw happen to rock years ago.
Johnny Cash, along with Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and others working under the auspices of Sam Phillips in the legendary Sun Studios were literally forming the bedrock upon which all popular American music would later stand on. They were true pioneers of original music, and one of the reasons their sounds were similar is because American music genres were still being defined at that time. What Sam Hunt does is a bastardization of all the brilliant work artists like Johnny Cash and others did to make the American music culture the most powerful, transformative, and popular voice of the people in all the world.
Johnny Cash is a titan of American music. Sam Hunt is just another mutt making pop in country.
There is no comparison.
May 1, 2017 @ 9:43 am
Is this April fool’s day?
May 1, 2017 @ 9:44 am
Fuck Big & Rich. They’ve always sucked and haven’t been relevant for more than a decade.
May 2, 2017 @ 10:20 am
Holy Water is good at least.
May 1, 2017 @ 9:44 am
Disgusting.
Johnny Cash wrote and interpreted songs of depth and meaning. Sam Hunt sings warmed over dance floor tracks. There’s a right and a wrong way to bring in disparate elements into a genre. I’d go on a longer rant, but why?
May 1, 2017 @ 6:25 pm
Agreed. While Sturgill caught shit from some of his hard-country fanbase for Sailors Guide, I think that album is a very good example of your point.
May 1, 2017 @ 9:49 am
Never liked John Rich and his cheesy dime store cowboy suits.
May 1, 2017 @ 9:51 am
What little respect I had for John Rich has gone down the toilet. I actually saw Big & Rich in concert a little while back, and it was a mess. They weren’t drunk or anything like that, but almost the entire set was a cacophony of distortion, like they were trying to be a glam rock band.
May 1, 2017 @ 9:55 am
The goons at country 9.25 tired to compare them on how they talk in some of their songs.
I’m currently blocked from commenting on their page.
May 1, 2017 @ 10:07 am
I was really looking for the “fake news” tag.
May 1, 2017 @ 10:18 am
As long as George and Alan don’t say he is, we should be safe lol!
May 1, 2017 @ 10:44 am
lol I can imagine the number of comments on that hypothetical post if that were to happen
May 1, 2017 @ 10:19 am
Hunt = Cash like Perry = Carter
May 1, 2017 @ 10:22 am
It seems like “Small and Poor” are trying to do anything they can to get attention. I think any time a pop-country artist gets a chance to spew the line that their record executive told them to say about how incorporating pop into country is fine, they do so. Kiss my ass Scott Borchetta,
May 1, 2017 @ 10:26 am
from what i remember, I liked Big&Rich’s first album… but it was college and a lot of questionable decisions were made. I’m not sure it would hold up if i listened to it now but I remember liking some of the non-singles (…and i’m not curious enough to listen to it now to find out).
Their second album was complete trash and I haven’t paid any attention to them since. Also, John Rich mostly just annoys me anymore.
As far as Sam Hunt goes, the only song of his remotely interesting is Break Up In A Small Town – LYRICALLY i kinda dig it but everything else about it is not my bag.
May 1, 2017 @ 12:51 pm
I liked some of their early stuff too,in a guilty pleasure sort of way.Songs like “Big Time” and “6 ft Town” were fun songs ,but that’s the thing about a group like “Big And Rich”, they leave behind nothing memorable or anything that stands the test of time. When you do hear those songs years later you think,”Oh yeah,I remember this!” then you’re done with it again.. This will be the same legacy Sam Hunt and so many others will leave for their fans a decade from now.
May 1, 2017 @ 2:43 pm
yup, i think those were the two that i was thinking of haha
May 1, 2017 @ 10:30 am
Big & Rich know April Fools Day was a month ago, right?
May 1, 2017 @ 10:40 am
“Though it’s true all three of these artists faced criticism for not being country enough early in their careers, as did many more artists including Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and others that went on to define the sound of country music for a generation, they all had one thing in common: their music was more country than it was anything else. The other thing they had in common was their music was actually good.”
You’re reaching here. Unless you and Mr. Rich are talking in terms of Conway’s pre-Country years, when he wasn’t trying to be Country, Conway wasn’t criticized for being pop until he actually went pop, in the 80’s.
The same goes for Waylon and Willie. Early in their careers is when they were recording traditional Country music. It wasn’t until they changed their styles that they received criticism.
And the hyperbole of “went on to define the sound of Country music for a generation”? Why do you say this stuff? You’re a good writer, but maybe you should hire a historian to do your research.
Anyway, Sam Hunt sucks.
May 1, 2017 @ 11:58 am
Wanted:The Outlaws was the first country album to go platinum. I would call that a generation-defining moment.
May 1, 2017 @ 6:06 pm
D’okay.
They created a sound, and a culture to go with it, that a lot of people dug. But they did not “define the sound of country music for a decade”. It’s a pretty absurd assertion actually. A more accurate way to put it, is that they were part of a great melting pot of styles that was Country music in the 70’s.
Haggard and Jones were both in their prime in the 70’s, along with tons of other mainstream acts. I believe Hag had more number ones in the 70’s than anybody.
May 1, 2017 @ 10:41 am
I will say this, most of my friends are not country people, and I did play body like a back road for them….& every single one said country (a while ago, I was curious). It’s a mixture of the topic, but also his accent (I think).
May 1, 2017 @ 10:57 am
i haven’t surveyed my friends with this but when i read that line in the post I almost considered it. I felt like the reaction you got would be what I would get too.
May 1, 2017 @ 11:04 am
Yep, the fact of the matter is that for a lot of people (mostly younger I would guess) the thing that makes a song country would be the subject matter. So a song about dirt roads or drinking beer or whatever will be considered country regardless of the sound.
This is also why we get the stories every now and then about a hip hop performer or rock act claiming they have done ‘country’ songs. To them it’s all subject matter and virtually nothing to do with sound.
May 1, 2017 @ 2:54 pm
Some of it is actually the southern accent I think, I mean plenty of drinking songs in all sorts of music….back rounds though def country.
It’s also though that I think those of us inside of country have a much narrower definition of what is/isn’t country, then someone outside of country. This song for instance doesn’t have nearly as much extra electronic embellishments and beats as most contemporary pop.
May 1, 2017 @ 3:46 pm
bingo
May 1, 2017 @ 11:01 am
Who cares what Big and Rich think about anything, let alone country music. They’re porn stars at an STD convention. Two guys famous for turning a bumper sticker favored by fat and crass used-to-be buckle bunnies into a flash country pop hit with midgets in the video. Yeah, wonder what they think.
May 1, 2017 @ 11:19 am
I just threw up a little. Not NO, but Hell No! To quote “Lotta boot left to fill” “you play what nobidy feels, you sing,about Johnny Cash, The man in black would’ve whipped your ass”. I used to like Big and Rich a little ( note a liitle), but they must be stupid. This has got to stop!
May 1, 2017 @ 11:33 am
lol no F****ing way , i never liked Big and Rich and never will , Sam Hunt ? i get it he is different but he is not country , he is more pop than anything , but please dont compare him to country music or Johnny Cash ….
CMA needs to revamp there show , they need to add Pop/country category and give there real country music awards to these guys
Cody Jinks, Ward Davis, Whitey Morgan , Jamey Johnson , Chris Stapleton and Colter Wall
May 1, 2017 @ 11:41 am
I view Big & Rich as the original Florida Georgia Line, pretty much the same kind of crap. John Rich has always come across to me as a guy who has a big mouth and will get on his knees at any point in his life to kiss someones ass. Doesn’t matter if it’s Sam Hunt or Donald Trump, John Rich will kiss it if it means getting ahead in life, that’s how he’s stayed in the spotlight.
May 1, 2017 @ 1:18 pm
Yes. Absolute shit music geared toward douchey bros and women on a bachelorette party who like to yell “whooooo!” and drink out of a penis straw. “They’re so funny. I like Kenny and Tim, too.”
May 1, 2017 @ 11:45 am
B&R look like child rapers to me.
I know this isn’t what the post is about, but I wanted to say it.
May 1, 2017 @ 12:43 pm
“That’s the Night His Lights Went Out on Broadway” — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG3-KlKtqk0
May 1, 2017 @ 5:05 pm
Beat me to the punch…no pun intended.
May 1, 2017 @ 1:19 pm
Big and Rich are the Abbott and Costello of country music.
May 1, 2017 @ 1:24 pm
“Body Like a Back Road” didn’t particularly grab or register with me when I first heard it, but obviously, that song is connecting with a lot of people.
May 1, 2017 @ 1:51 pm
I’m pretty open minded as far as your regular readers go and this is annoying ME. Lol….actually it’s kind of funny if you think about it….anyways, this could not be any less true. I don’t hate Sam Hunt as vehemently as some of you do, but this has even me thinking, OH C’MON!!!!
May 2, 2017 @ 5:56 am
I think you’re confusing open mindedness with taste for good music. Just because a lot of people here don’t like pop country, that doesn’t mean they’re close minded at all. I think a lot of people here like all types of genres with the exception of pop, electronic, hip hop and the like. I can list over a dozen different kinds of music that I listen to and I’m sure a lot of others are the same.
May 2, 2017 @ 6:58 am
Oh relax….I meant open-minded in terms of modern country music…not in general.
May 2, 2017 @ 8:43 am
🙂
May 1, 2017 @ 3:18 pm
Some people just shouldn’t talk.
May 1, 2017 @ 4:10 pm
Since when did anybody care about Big & Rich?
May 1, 2017 @ 4:14 pm
Wuh…
May 1, 2017 @ 4:56 pm
I’m not sure what’s worse, Mr. Rich pretending to be a country singer or Mr. Rich trying to be a journalist.
Either way, he has failed.
He’s an obvious sycophant who will do anything to keep his ridiculous mustache in front of the camera–the type of guy who would bring rice to a wedding, just to feed the birds if the thought it would make headlines. Sadly, the industry has passed him by, fans have forgotten his silly songs and time will only remember him as a goof.
He’s the Richard Simons of Country Music, but not as likable.
May 1, 2017 @ 5:10 pm
All that John RIch proved with that fatuous so-called “comparison” of his is that his last name may be Rich, but he definitely doesn’t have Cash.
May 1, 2017 @ 5:10 pm
”Sam Hunt is just another mutt making pop in country.”
Sometimes ya just can’t say it any better ………….
May 1, 2017 @ 5:36 pm
While I think the comparison is ridiculous and just the sad pandering of a has-been trying to link his washed up career and completely disposable music to an “up and comer” and a legend like Cash, I do feel a little conflicted. I don’t hate Sam Hunt. I’ve never met the man and don’t know his music. I can’t blame a man for making a living doing whatever he wants. I did youtube the song in question and honestly, I just thought it sounded like a warmed over 15 year old Uncle Kracker song. I try not to fault anyone for their taste in music. There’s plenty out there for everyone. I kind of wish there was an “oldies country” station on the radio, but there isn’t. Thank God for Pandora, Amazon music, Spotify, The Opry, and (insert your favorite streamer here). We’re fortunate in the Twin Cities to have a country station that will also play Waylon, Dolly, Bill Monroe, Cash, Loretta, Stanley Brothers, a Sunday morning gospel show…and some newer pop stuff.
I think these Pop-Country singers are leaning more to the Pop side of their name because of a void in Pop music. Look at the Billboard top 100 from last year. Math is hard and I didn’t crunch the numbers, but it looks like about 80% of the songs are hip hop or rap.
May 1, 2017 @ 5:44 pm
Just so I would be able to understand what we’re talking about, I listened to a youtube audio of “Body like a Back Road”. Will only ever listen to it that one time, I’m afraid.
May 1, 2017 @ 5:57 pm
What the fuck!!! And they probably think they are the John Lennon & Paul McCartney of country music.
May 1, 2017 @ 6:26 pm
Just a desperate attempt to stay relevant.
May 1, 2017 @ 7:36 pm
I never feel more out of place among the commenters of this website than when the disparity between my personal opinion of Big & Rich and the (presumable) majority of commenters becomes apparent. Nonetheless, there have been some interesting observations here and on Facebook. One could probably make a case that they set the mold for bro-country with “Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)” back in 2004. But I still think they have merit, though they might not evidence it as much as they should.
Despite all the accusations of B&R starting the descent of country music to its current form, a case study involving the duo is infinitely more complex than such a statement would imply. There are a few key differences between Big & Rich and the average bro-country outfit: a) fiddles, banjo and steel make an appearance in most of their recordings, b) one or both of them are co-writers on the majority of their material, c) they can both sing, and their songs frequently rely on their harmonies, d) they don’t take themselves too seriously. I still maintain that unlike many of their contemporaries, Big Kenny and John Rich create what they do out of love for all music; I believe that their fusions of genre are organic, not gimmickry. Or at the very least not to a Sam Hunt extent. They’ve collaborated on tracks with everyone from Tim McGraw to Clint Black to Billy Joe Shaver — does anyone here think Sam Hunt or Luke Bryan even know who Billy Joe Shaver is? The two portray themselves as a couple of goofballs that have always had a deep respect for anything musical, perhaps to the detriment of the genre they call home. But one need only listen to their most recent single “California” (which is downright NEO-TRADITIONAL compared to anything else on the radio, save for Jon Pardi and William Michael Morgan), or listen to their stories about George Jones/Merle Haggard/other legends, or even research the VAST array of charity work the two do in the name of children and the troops to see where their hearts lie.
But still, respectable hobbies and a regard for the legends of country music doesn’t absolve one of shooting their mouth off. Even as an apologist this incident riled me up, and this isn’t the first time John Rich has evoked Johnny Cash in support of an awkward argument (see his claim that Johnny would have voted for John McCain in 2008, much to the chagrin of Rosanne Cash). He’s very quick to point out that Sam Hunt doesn’t sound like Cash (duh), and if we remove ourselves from the argument for just a second his point isn’t completely without intelligence. The problem, of course, is the false equivalency of what is and isn’t country music in regards to Cash and Sam Hunt. From what I can tell B&R will play nice with pretty much anybody (see the announced collaboration with KoЯn’s Jonathan Davis from two years ago that has yet to materialize, or their duet with Mary Sarah on her album Bridges where they were quite literally the ONLY non-legend name within the ranks of folks like Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Dolly Parton and Ray Price, among others), so seeing the two chum it up with Hunt really isn’t a surprise. By all rights, they’re both kind souls, even if Rich lets his arrogance get the better of him in many respects. But I often wonder what Big & Rich expect their ultimate legacy to be, if anything.
May 1, 2017 @ 9:20 pm
No bullshit, my first thought when I read this article was, “I wonder what Acca Dacca is gonna say about this.” 🙂
Good thoughts, by the way. Being a fan of Kid Rock (yeah, yeah, I know), I relate to liking an artist, but disagreeing with them on major points. I think you did a really good job at doing so.
Also, you should get bonus points for making your R in Korn backwards.
May 2, 2017 @ 4:15 am
Same here and he didn’t disappoint.
Great response, Acca Dacca.
May 2, 2017 @ 6:29 pm
Thanks!
May 2, 2017 @ 6:28 pm
Aww, shucks — thanks for the kind words. To be honest, I was considering not commenting at all as I’m pretty sure I was the one who brought it to Trigger’s attention to begin with. But, I’ve made mention of the two SO frequently in the past that I finally reasoned that silence would likely come across as an admission of guilt on my part, however unintended. As such I was a little late to the party. Not that this issue is in any way, shape or form about me or my opinions, but I hope you get my drift.
May 1, 2017 @ 7:48 pm
I so agree with John Rich. Love me some Big and Rich. One of the first to bring rock into the country format, which it sorely needed to stay relevant and to be considered good music. John wrote Hicktown for Jason Aldean too, another early pioneer of rock in country. Then pop elements came in later. All great.
Better than that tear in my beer bullshit ol’ Albert peddles. Albert is that old grandpa with his transistor radio and tube black and white TV set smoking cigars and listening to his scratched up Hank Williams records on a turntable that barely works and longs for the days of yesteryear. It’s quite pathetic actually. 🙂
Sam Hunt – the next king of country. You heard it here first folks. Sam’s new song is so great…and he is more cool than Johnny Cash could have dreamt of. End of story. Sam is a great singer and entertainer.
May 1, 2017 @ 7:51 pm
Please tell me this is parody.
May 1, 2017 @ 7:59 pm
Stud’z, TJ Neyland, and other commenters who come here only to offer contrarian views without any thought, or value:
You are not contributing to the discussion at all. I would call you trolls, but even trolls usually have a level of creativity you apparently don’t possess. I always encourage commenters to come here and disagree with me and other commenters, but only if they offer the value of a different perspective. So either contribute, or I will start deleting your comments.
Final warning.
May 1, 2017 @ 8:05 pm
Thank you
May 2, 2017 @ 7:46 am
I am convinced that TJ Neyland, Studley Dudley (and his name variants), Lil Dale, and Darth Shade are all the same person. I’m also convinced that they are really not if that opinion. They just put that stuff up to see what kind of reaction they get.
May 2, 2017 @ 7:54 am
Sorry, it is Darth Chase instead of Darth Shade.
May 2, 2017 @ 9:29 am
They are different people. I put restrictions in place a few years ago when Shooter Jennings was using over 17 different aliases trying to sow chaos on the site that alerts me when the same people are using different handles. Though some common commenters have different handles, I know these guys are all different. And Lil Dale at least has some entertainment value behind what he does. Just flatly disagreeing with everything posted is just stupid.
May 3, 2017 @ 1:57 am
Trigger how in the hell do you not see that I’ve offered many times why modern country is better than classic country. I’ve done a lot more than just “flatly disagreeing”. If you don’t think so, you need to learn to read and go back to school.
What this is is pure censorship. How the fuck can you possibly say you are open to other viewpoints if all you do is silence them? You and your group of nimrods who all think alike is all you allow. I don’t see how “Lil Dale” is that much different really.
Quit talking out of both sides of your redneck mouth and either say you don’t allow any alternative points of view or let my comments go up. Otherwise you are digging yourself into a hole and I will make you regret your decision. I ask that you PLEASE post my comments, or we are going to have a problem that you won’t soon forget.
THANK YOU…
-Studley
May 3, 2017 @ 3:42 pm
Howl-la-looya! Lil’ Dale 2020
May 3, 2017 @ 3:50 pm
Now Studley is using threats. How shocking.
May 6, 2017 @ 8:45 pm
Why, Sign Guy Dudley? Because you sound like an idiot.
May 1, 2017 @ 11:43 pm
Sorry Stolz ‘n Doltz….were you talking to me ? My apologies …..I was out on the porch in my rocking chair with a big stogie listening to my George Jones collection on my cassette tape boom box ( as you youngsters call these newfangled music machines ) cuz I can’t find a radio station that plays him . You probably don’t know who George Jones is cuz there’s no country music on the radio anymore …so I don’t blame you young folk for being uninformed .Its not your fault that you have no control over what you’re being fed by radio and think its the only musical option. Would you like a donut son ?
May 2, 2017 @ 4:06 am
From one rockin chair to another….nicely said Albert! And stay off my lawn Dudley!!!!!
May 1, 2017 @ 10:43 pm
Um no.
May 2, 2017 @ 1:40 am
Next induction on Country Music Hall of Fame: Sam Hunt.
And on Idiots Hall of Fame: John Rich
May 2, 2017 @ 4:07 am
Dear John Rich,
Shut the fuck up and record more songs like “Shuttin’ Detroit Down.”
May 2, 2017 @ 5:35 am
“The other thing they had in common was their music was actually good.”
This is the key for me. If you wanna do genre mashups, you can do it by taking the best of the genres you’re incorporating and treating them with respect. We can debate what to call such projects, but if they are good, they are good. Sam Hunt takes the worst and most shallow features of pop-country and modern R & B and mixes them into a toxic stew of suck.
Also, I kinda like John Rich (as a solo artist, at least) until he opens his mouth to do anything but sing.
May 2, 2017 @ 7:10 am
Yeah, sure, Sam Hunt is another Johnny Cash. Also, that possum that knocked over my garbage cans last night was another Buddy Rich.
May 2, 2017 @ 7:15 am
Madonna is like Loretta Lynn. Yea she doesn’t sound like her but..
May 2, 2017 @ 8:31 am
We might be surprised to find out that there’s a lot of common ground with Madonna and Loretta …Both very hard-working females with L-O-N-G music careers …both trailblazers when it comes to lyrics and ” pushing the envelope ” in their respective genres …..both role models for many many artists that followed….and both pretty much TRUE to their genres in terms of the music ( no hip hop or rap , to speak of , in Madge’s tunes …..no BULLSHIT whatsoever in Loretta’s ..) .its all about the lyric …the song ..
May 2, 2017 @ 12:47 pm
This sounds more like “Hey, we’ve got an album coming out in 3 months and no label, anyone wanna make some buzz for us” than any sort of endorsement for Hunt.
May 3, 2017 @ 5:57 pm
I haven’t stopped laughing. John Rich is now the Dean Martin of Country, but John hasn’t figured out that he is the one being roasted.
May 3, 2017 @ 10:43 pm
Words fail me !
May 4, 2017 @ 7:12 am
First, I think Big & Rich have done some great work from “Holy Water” and “Wild West Show” to the wonderful “8th of November”. However, any endorsement of Sam Hunt as a country artist, let alone a comparison to a legend, must mean that drugs or aliens have intervened in their intellectual health. I will say, though, that I’ve always been put off by John Rich. It started with this vibe I got from him during the George Strait – ACM Artist of the Decade All Star Concert when Rich sang “Amarillo by Morning.” There was a smugness that I saw from someone who should have just felt lucky to be in the same room as a living country legend. I gotten that perception a few times after and it just seems he has that slimy side to him. Maybe I’m wrong, but praising the work of Sam Hunt is akin to brown-nosing the guy at the top to keep yourself relevant. So maybe I was right.
May 4, 2017 @ 9:21 am
Smugness? The dude’s been on major Nashville labels since 1992 and been a part of two pretty huge acts over the past two decades. I’m guessing he’s not all that phased about doing a tribute concert. What was he supposed to do, studder, stammer and forget the words?
May 9, 2017 @ 7:20 pm
Big and Rich have written a TON of great songs for themselves and a slew of other artists,with much, much success. They have always incorporated many styles of music in their sound and no one has ever confused them with Brooks and Dunn: and that suits them fine. But when they want to write a real country gem, they deliver in spades. Ridiculously talented for sure.
That being said, I don’t really get all of the hatred for this song, or Sam Hunt for that matter.
Sam Hunt isn’t running around wearing a cowboy hat claiming to be a good ol’ boy.
He is definitely not pretending to be something he is not. At all.
As a matter of fact, he is from a small GA town and has written songs for Reba, Urban and Chesney….Still he gets no country cred.
Sam Hunt is no different than Billy Currington, Randy Houser, Brantley Gilbert (the biggest joke in all of country music)or Jerrod Niemann and these guys while definitely not country are accepted in the genre, no problem without the scrutinization and disdain.
Don’t get it at all.
Another long winded diatribe on why we should all detest Sam Fucking Hunt.
Who cares?
May 9, 2017 @ 7:53 pm
“Sam Hunt is no different than Billy Currington, Randy Houser, Brantley Gilbert (the biggest joke in all of country music)or Jerrod Niemann and these guys while definitely not country are accepted in the genre, no problem without the scrutinization and disdain.”
Not sure I agree with that statement. Niemann’s “Drink To That All Night” was the beginning of EDM country. Without it, there arguably is no Sam Hunt.
May 12, 2017 @ 7:43 pm
My question is: Why would ANYONE care what Big and Rich think?
These two have zero credibility in ANY music circle.
When’s the last time you’ve heard, “Gee, I wonder what Big and Rich think about this?”
Oh yeah, never.
Take solace in the fact that no one will take what they say seriously anyhow.
August 24, 2017 @ 7:44 am
If Sam Hunt were around in 1953 or 1954,walked into Sam Phillips’ Sun Records studio and wanted to record “Body Like A Backroad,”Phillips would have called Elvis’ bodyguard Red West and had Red punch out Hunt’s lights!!!!!