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Born in Orange County and raised in Temecula, California<\/a>,\u00a0my perspective of country music is different from many of those in Texas. For about 18 years of life, I’ve lived on a family vineyard<\/a> in Southern California Wine Country. Even though we live on dirt in the middle of horse country, my parents mostly listened to the calm melodies of Jazz music while my younger sister and I listened to whatever was on the Top 100. Country music was never a go to choice for music in our household. That quickly changed at the age of 14 when I entered high school and discovered Kenny Chesney\u2019s \u201cShiftwork<\/a>\u201d and Gretchen Wilson\u2019s \u201cRedneck Woman.<\/a>\u201d After that I never turned back and became an avid country music fan in all areas of my life.<\/p>\n My family and I have attended well over 50 country concerts all over Southern California including many front row experiences in the pit for<\/em> Luke Bryan<\/a>, Florida Georgia Line<\/a>, Jason Aldean<\/a>, Chase Rice<\/a> and Dierks Bentley<\/a>. This is where my community in Southern California differs from that in Texas. Before moving to Austin in January of 2015 I had never heard of Turnpike Troubadours<\/a>, Randy Rogers<\/a>, or Pat Green<\/a>. Now, a year later, I am beginning to listen to Texas Country almost the same amount of time as \u201cMainstream Country\u201d. I find myself sometimes changing the station from Sirius XM\u2019s \u201cThe Highway\u201d to \u201cCountry Y2K\u201d or \u201cPrime Country\u201d to get my fix of old school country.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t get me wrong, Luke Bryan is still a favorite of mine as well as that entire style of country music. When I go visit home my friends and I spend our weekends line dancing at The Temecula Stampede.<\/a> Yes, I said line dancing not two stepping. I once went to Dance Across Texas<\/a>, formerly known as Midnight Rodeo, here in Austin and was stunned by the difference in dancing style compared to back home. At Dance Across Texas, it was mainly two stepping and when it came to the few line dancing songs the steps were completely different from those that I am used to. It is pretty much the complete opposite at the Stampede in Temecula. We line dance a majority of the time to songs such as \u201cCrank it Up\u201d<\/a> by Colt Ford or even \u201cGod Blessed Texas\u201d<\/a> by Little Texas with a couple intermissions for two stepping to songs like \u201cHouse Party\u201d<\/a> by Sam Hunt or \u201cShe\u2019s Like Texas\u201d<\/a> by Josh Abbot Band.<\/p>\n Simple differences like these above have influenced my view on country music based on growing up in my community in Southern California. Unlike many that hate on the new songs by artists such as Sam Hunt<\/a> and Florida Georgia Line, I really enjoy their music and watching them perform at concerts. At the same time I also have a love for artists including\u00a0Garth Brooks<\/a>, George Strait<\/a> and Josh Abbott<\/a>. My interests for all types of country music has lead me to have a very diverse collection of playlists and songs for every geographic community I am apart of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Born in Orange County and raised in Temecula, California,\u00a0my perspective of country music is different from many of those in Texas. For about 18 years of life, I’ve lived on a family vineyard in Southern California Wine Country. Even though … Continue reading