Post #543248 by woofmutt on Sun, Jul 18, 2010 9:28 AM

I didn't pick Kid Rock, you did. The Master Lists are made up of all the suggestions in the thread.

All Summer Long got a lot of play on the mainstream country radio around here. I don't know what the heck the Kid Rock -modern country music connection is. I think the fact that he's on the Big Brand country stations says more about the state of contemporary country music than his music. (Or does he have a lot of country on his albums?)

He did a very popular duet with Sheryl Crow on I Put Your Picture Away and Gretchen Wilson mentions him in her song Red Neck Woman ("I've got posters on my wall of Skynyrd, Kid, and Strait"). I personally think Kid Rock is about as country as Bon Jovi. (Who, if you don't know, had a huge #1 country hit duet with Jennifer Nettles, Who Says You Can't Go Home?) On the other hand Keith Urban is a huge country star and that's still a head scratcher to me.

I have to admit All Summer Long is beer party catchy and the Skynard and Zevon nods are used in a hooky way. It fits in with all the Kenny Chesney endless summer party stuff. It wouldn't be on my list of summer country songs but I don't mind it on the radio on a hot sunny day in the country.