Yee-haw: in Jamey Johnson, at last Guardian readers have a country star it's OK to like

The surprise at the top end of Rolling Stone and Spin critics' albums of the year lists was The Guitar Song by a liberal country singer who's more Oprah than OpryHovering at the top end of Rolling Stone and Spin's albums of 2010 lists was a name unfamiliar to most British readers: Jamey Johnson.As a socially liberal country artist singing about drugs, prostitutes and violence, he is an anomaly: a country star who's been adopted by alt-country and mainstream rock fans, hitting the Billboard Top 2...

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