Close Up the Honky-Tonks

"For people lucky enough to stumble on them, they made country cool, not just in the sense that Johnny Cash is inherently cool, but in the sense that the raw parts of country music, its simplicity, its emotive directness, often derided and mocked by hipsters, could be valid, could be vital and could mean something to a modern audience."

At Popmatters, Bob Proehl confesses his love for the Flying Burrito Brothers.