Does anyone like country

I like 50's and 60's country, not too much beyond that point.
The new alternative stuff is okay sometimes, the commercial variety has been hopeless for decades IMO. Garth Brooks, a very talented man, represents the low point for me I guess.

I hear a lot of country flavor in the music of the Allmans and Skynyrd. Even pre-country folk/bluegrass sounds. Something about the use of the major pentatonic scale, IMO, which is used heavily by the 70's Southern rock groups.

Just my two cents' worth.

Tubegroover,

I'm well aware of the use of the pentatonic scale worldwide. I was talking about rock music more or less.
I find the Allmans to have some country in their sound, esp. on "Lord I was Born a Rambling Man" and "Little Martha."
And "Sweet Home Alabama," Skynyrd's signature tune--you don't hear country in that? I sure do. I'm from East Texas originally and played some country music growing up (and since).

Martykl,

I think you nailed that.

In a bluesier realm, a list of guys who use a good dose of major pent/major blues along with a lot of minor pent/minor blues would include T-Bone Walker, B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughn. It sets them apart from the guys who seem to use the minor counterpart almost exclusively.