{"id":5116,"date":"2015-09-10T17:00:34","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T22:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/?p=5116"},"modified":"2015-09-09T14:38:14","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T19:38:14","slug":"like-father-like-daughter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/2015\/09\/10\/like-father-like-daughter-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Like Father Like Daughter"},"content":{"rendered":"

It surprises me sometimes just how much my family influences my opinions and attitudes. Growing up I had my fair share of \u201cI will never do that to my kid\u201d moments, but recently I have begrudgingly realized that I am the spitting image of my parents. Their influence, especially my father\u2019s, has carried over into my tastes in music. As an eight-year-old kid I craved the moments we would go driving on rural country roads because it meant my dad would let me sit in the front seat. He would pop his favorite CD of easy-going music in the radio and sing along to Jimmy Buffett with the windows rolled down. This was the kind of music he referred to as \u201cthe best stuff on earth,\u201d and I could not agree more. As a child, I had no idea what a \u201cmargaritaville<\/a>\u201d was, I just knew that I liked the sound of the steel drums and thought the singer was overreacting to the loss of a salt shaker. Soon I found myself knowing all of the words to the songs on the CD and loving it.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t long before my dad exposed me to a slightly different type of music. This time the acoustic guitar was the star and the songs described the exact country roads we were driving on. Kenny Chesney was the first country artist I was introduced to, and he remains to this day one of my absolute favorites (he even pays homage to the great Jimmy Buffett in his hit “How Forever Feels<\/a>“). His down-home lyrics and nostalgic sound make even the most unsentimental listener wistful for the past, a characteristic I find to be especially important in country music.<\/p>\n

The song I think best reflects the role my family played in developing my taste in country music is \u201cIt\u2019s Five O\u2019clock Somewhere<\/a>\u201d by Alan Jackson featuring Jimmy Buffett. And no, not for its literal meaning, but rather for the way it makes you feel like you don\u2019t have a care in the world. When I hear the hints of island sound, it reminds me of the breeze blowing through my hair as I listened to Jimmy Buffett in the car with my dad, and of course Buffett\u2019s vocal cameo in the song only makes that memory stronger. I also appreciate how the lyrics create a sense of total relaxation. The line \u201cThe sun is hot and that old clock is moving slow, and so am I\u201d makes the listener feel warm and stress-free as if they themselves were in margaritaville.<\/p>\n

All around, Alan Jackson is an amazing artist and holds a special place in my love of country music. His classic sound has inspired me to listen to older country stars in a time when pop-country is pervasive throughout the genre, and he reminds me to always stay close to my roots. His was the first country concert I ever went to, and on top of it all it was one that I was able to attend with my dad. So I guess no matter how hard I might try to refute it, my parents do have some good taste.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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