I loved country music when I was growing up, and still listen to it every once in a while.
Who is your favorite country singer. I like it because it gets it's roots from genres like folk music and blues.
Garth Brooks was always one of my favorites, but I enjoy George Strait a lot as well.
My mom loved George Strait. In 2009, country music was the most listened to music during rush hour. It's what I always tune in to while sitting in traffic.
It definitely does mellow me out.  When was country music created?
Country music
Country music, also known as country and western (or simply country), and hillbilly music, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s. It takes its roots from genres such as American folk music (especially Appalachian folk and Western music) and blues.
Country music often consists of ballads and dance tunes with generally simple forms, folk lyrics, and harmonies mostly accompanied by string instruments such as banjos, electric and acoustic guitars, steel guitars (such
of art - always," a quote that appeared on the sleeve of Jones' 1976 album "The Battle". In the documentary "Same Ole Me", several country music stars offer similar thoughts. Johnny Cash: "When people ask me who my favorite country singer is, I say, 'You mean besides George Jones?'"; Randy Travis: "It sounds like he's lived every minute of every word that he sings and there's very few people who can do that"; Tom T.