Alan says: Hey—I picked up a couple albums by The Wailin' Jennys
Alan says: thought you might appreciate the name
Jen says: I've heard of them. They're pretty big in country circles.
Alan says: yeah—and now that you like country music you might like them!
Jen says: I don't like country music, I like bluegrass music.
Alan says: please
Alan says: the Dixie Chicks
Jen says: Are not country!
Alan says: i just can't see why you can't admit it
Jen says: They're pop.
Alan says: Alison Krauss
Jen says: Bluegrass!
Alan says: hmmm
Alan says: ok
Jen says: I've said it before and I'll say it again. Dwight Yokum and Garth Brooks are country. Clint Black is country. Shania Twain is country. The rest is folk.
Alan says: Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson
Alan says: are country
Jen says: No. Folk.
Alan says: Shania is some sort of odd pop-country hybrid.
Jen says: That's the Evil Country, or "New Country" as it is dubbed by the radios.
Jen says: You're right; JC and WN are country. But they're more Country Western than plain country.
Alan says: i can't believe you won't accept the Dixie Chicks are country.
Jen says: They are, but they (as EE just put it) rise above country.
Alan says: EE likes the Dixie Chicks?
Jen says: Of course.
Jen says: Everyone does. That's how I know they're not country.