I have never been too hardcore into country music, but I can say that I have always had a bit of a respect for it, and I never really could bring myself to hate or despise it as much as other music fans. I guess cause a major part of my childhood contained country music, thanks to my mom, especially Charlies Daniels and Brownsville Station. I still listen to a bit with my mother, and now that i'm older and i'm into other genres, we can just share music from both our generations and such.
