And when you watch country players, a lot of times they’re metal players that couldn’t get a gig so they settled for country,” Mustaine says. “Metal guys, they’re pretty advanced with their playing. Part of the reason for this is many of the guitar players that are performing in arenas every night behind folks like Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan didn’t grow up studying Don Rich and Ralph Mooney, they grew up studying Dave Mustaine, Ritchie Sambora, and Slash-all good guitar players mind you, but not in tune with the twang that makes country music unique. A common criticism heard bandied about is that the country music of today is no more than regurgitated arena rock. Now in a recent interview with Q104.3, Mustaine inadvertently exposed one of the big problems plaguing today’s mainstream country. His daughter is even making dalliances with the mainstream, recently releases a frappy, senseless summer tune called “ Life Is Good” that didn’t seem to go much of anywhere. Megadeth’s frontman Dave Mustaine has been strangely lurking around the country music realm in the last few years, popping up in unusual places like his appearance at the George Jones memorial in 2013, or releasing his “bluegrass” song “ The Blackest Crow” a while back.
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