{"id":1568,"date":"2014-10-22T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T13:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/?p=1568"},"modified":"2015-01-22T11:18:38","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T17:18:38","slug":"bro-thats-what-country-is-all-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/2014\/10\/22\/bro-thats-what-country-is-all-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Bro, That&#8217;s what Country is all about."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Has anyone else every heard of a subgenre of country music called \u201cBro Country?\u201d Well\u2026 Neither have I, but I found <a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/3502546\/florida-georgia-line-bro-country\/\">this\u00a0<em>Time<\/em> article<\/a> interesting so I decided to look into it further.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1570\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2014\/10\/Blog-post-2-pic-2-300x300.png\" alt=\"Blog post 2 pic 2\" width=\"244\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2014\/10\/Blog-post-2-pic-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2014\/10\/Blog-post-2-pic-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2014\/10\/Blog-post-2-pic-2.png 626w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/>The well-known Country music duo Florida Georgia Line is the epitome of what is known as Bro Country. It has a really relaxed sound to it, and it makes you think about all the good times that you\u2019ve had with your boys (I\u2019m not sure if girls can relate as much with this topic). Bro Country is all about the bros and that kind of lifestyle. It involves: parties, drinking, and girls, of course!! Other artists that portray this kind of vibe are Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, and Luke Bryan.<\/p>\n<p>The debate over bro country not only divides guys and girls, but also the frat boys and the \u201cold farts.\u201d In response to this situation between the kids and the old men, Blake Shelton comments: \u201cWell that\u2019s because you (old men) don\u2019t buy records anymore, jackass. The kids do, and they don\u2019t want to buy the music you were buying.\u201d The turning point from the older side to the bro side of country was most likely with the release of the song <em>Cruise<\/em> by Florida Georgia Line.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1569 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2014\/10\/blog-post-2-pic-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2014\/10\/blog-post-2-pic-1.png 900w, https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2014\/10\/blog-post-2-pic-1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>From then on out, artists used guitars as opposed to fiddles more often, and the sound of Country music in general seemed to shift. It shifted to a more relaxed, younger sound that seems to only be growing in popularity. The appearance of the modern day country artist changed along with the sound, as well. These artists are now covered in tattoos, tank top wearin\u2019, young, party hearted frat boys it seems. Country music has seemed to move to be very modern, and this shift has only occurred in the past few years.<\/p>\n<p>Country star Kenny Chesney is a firm supporter of the Bro Country movement, as displayed in his song \u201cNo Shirt, No Shirt, No Problem.\u201d He is a very laid-back and carefree country artist, making him display what being a bro as all about. In his newest album, the track \u201cWild Child\u201d he describes the kind of girl that country boys are interested in. Chesney says: \u201cIf you didn\u2019t wear cut-off jeans or a bikini top, or sit on a tailgate and drink, then you really weren\u2019t worthy.\u201d The Bro Country movement lets everybody know exactly what they\u2019re lookin\u2019 for in life and that it\u2019s all about having a good time.<\/p>\n<p>Comment and let me know what y&#8217;all think. Thanks for reading!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2014\/10\/blog-post-2-pic-3.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1571 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2014\/10\/blog-post-2-pic-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Has anyone else every heard of a subgenre of country music called \u201cBro Country?\u201d Well\u2026 Neither have I, but I found this\u00a0Time article interesting so I decided to look into it further. The well-known Country music duo Florida Georgia Line &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/2014\/10\/22\/bro-thats-what-country-is-all-about\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bro-country"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1568"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2989,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568\/revisions\/2989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}