[bonjovi821]

I stumbled across this while looking up some guitar stuff. It was a good read (page 2 Richie says that he's got songs recorded and produced for a new album with a "new sound") but the only question that I find weird is the first one. Apparently he doesn't think Lost Highway is a country album because "we're a rock band"... Huh.

http://www.guitarworld.com/dear-guit...mbora?page=0,0

[nrm123]

nice find, i like reading things like this

[TheOriginalJez]

Originally Posted by bonjovi821

Apparently he doesn't think Lost Highway is a country album because "we're a rock band"... Huh.

Well, they always described it as a 'Bon Jovi album influenced by Nashville' rather than a 'country album by Bon Jovi' - not saying they're right but the claim's nothing new. In a way, I'd be more inclined to agree with them but these days 'country' often really means 'country rock' since that's the most popular form and 'Bon Jovi influenced by Nashville' is gonna be some description of country rock... But it's not all steel guitars, mandolins and banjos, and although slide and violin is in there, it's tasteful rather than in your face. The vocals are very much rock stylistically rather than country too so you'd be hard pushed to describe it as a purely country album.

Thanks for posting the link, a nice little read!

[bjcrazycpa]

Originally Posted by TheOriginalJez

Well, they always described it as a 'Bon Jovi album influenced by Nashville' rather than a 'country album by Bon Jovi' - not saying they're right but the claim's nothing new. In a way, I'd be more inclined to agree with them but these days 'country' often really means 'country rock' since that's the most popular form and 'Bon Jovi influenced by Nashville' is gonna be some description of country rock... But it's not all steel guitars, mandolins and banjos, and although slide and violin is in there, it's tasteful rather than in your face. The vocals are very much rock stylistically rather than country too so you'd be hard pushed to describe it as a purely country album.

Thanks for posting the link, a nice little read!

Well said. My parents listened to what is now known as "old country" so when I heard people say that Lost Highway was country, I just couldn't hear it. A banjo, fiddle and occasional steel guitar does not mean a song or album is country.