# A Doper country music primer

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-doper-country-music-primer/123808>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 14, 2002, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-doper-country-music-primer/123808 "2002-08-14T07:44:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![anenquiringmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anenquiringmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anenquiringmind)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-doper-country-music-primer/123808/41 "2002-08-19T04:55:23Z")

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The majority of the choices posted so far are all fine and well.  
Mostly hardcore deep down crying in the beer stuff.  
(Which I love too !! )

But whatever you do…  
dont forget to check out the  
" Gentlemen of Country Music "

The smoothest of the smooth country voices are:

Eddy Arnold- Make The World Go Away

Jim Reeves- He’ll Have To Go

Jim Reeves voice is unbelieveable!!! swoon… sigh…

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**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-doper-country-music-primer/123808/42 "2002-08-19T15:34:46Z")

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It’s taking a while to sort through these suggestions, but they’re excellent; thanks for all the encouragement.

My boyfriend, who’s a long-time country music fan, even got inspired the other night, and found a great resource online: the [Country Music Hall of Fame](http://www.halloffame.org/hist/) has a great section on the history of country music, and a good breakdown of current and historical genres.

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