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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OkieJoe72" data-source="post: 3894234" data-attributes="member: 48447">As far his generation, he is now 49 years old so I don’t consider him to be a millennial. He was born into privilege, but his father was as well. They both did there own kind of music, and I don’t think Hank III rode on his dad’s or granddad’s coat tails. Unlike so many of the country artists that are played on the radio, he actually writes his own songs. Like his granddad and dad, he was given a gift for writing and performing music. As far as the weed, I don’t think there are many musicians that don’t smoke it. Merle Haggard did an interview several years ago, and I remember him saying something like “Muskogee is probably the only place that I haven’t smoked weed”. As far as Toby Keith, let’s just agree to disagree. George Strait will always be true country in my book, and Blake Shelton definitely sold out for the money.The “F” word wasn’t needed to make his point, but I suppose that’s just who he is. Below is one of his own traditional songs,   I think it’s about as country as country gets, and he reminds me of his granddad with this one.[MEDIA=youtube]3ff8TSvj4HI[/MEDIA]</blockquote>