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BEST
OF SA
COUNTRY
Vol.4
–
Various
Country
music
(like
Black
Metal)
is an
acquired
taste.
When
it is
done
outside
of the
USA,
things
can
get
a little
shaky
when
this
cowboy
culture
is adopted
and
adapted
in another
milieu,
like
Japan
for
instance
–
it just
doesn’t
have
that
same
authenticity.
For
the
most
part
it boils
down
to people
loving
this
brand
of music,
and
then
wanting
to play
that
particular
style
(as
with
the
Black
Metal
example,
kids
from
Mexico
donning
corpse
paint
and
singing
about
Nordic
gods
and
Satan
just
doesn’t
seem
the
same
as done
by someone
from
Scandinavia…).
Country
music
has
a big
following
in South
Africa,
and
thus
also
spawned
many
a country
singer.
This
double
disc
of (sometimes
cheap
and
nasty)
S.A.
renditions
of the
country
style
include
some
stalwarts
like
Barbara
Ray,
Bobby
Angel,
Lance
James,
Tommy
Dell,
Clive
Bruce,
Gene
Rockwell,
and
Billy
Forrest.
And
of course
shameless
opportunists
like
The
Campbells,
Juanita
du Plessis,
and
all
rounders
like
Steve
Hofmeyr.
Cheesy
crooners
like
Ken
Mullan
and
the
late
Bles
Bridges
also
took
a shot
at the
genre.
Others
include
Cobus
Snyman,
Joanna
Field,
Ray
Dylan,
Lee
Magnum,
Rockin’
Horse
etc.
With
40 tracks
in all,
if this
is your
flavour,
who
the
hell
am I
to tell
you
it sucks?
2
/ C
- Paul
Blom
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3
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6
A
- B
- C
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