Stars & Steel Guitars Concert starts three-day run at Benton Civic Center Thursday night

By Vince Hoffard

Never has the country music industry been more guilty of ramming a lukewarm, cookie-cutter product down the throats of consumers than it is with today’s market.

The industry is dominated by a barrage of tunes that all seem to reference sitting on the tailgate of a pickup truck and drinking beer way out in the country next to a bonfire before the mandatory skinny dipping in the creek.

Here’s the link to the story by Vince Hoffard in the Southern Illinoisan.