CoJo has the rodeo venue voice and can play cowboy better than Randy could. Randy obviously the superior songwriter. Didn’t have the look unfortunately, which is what the board rooms look for.
Randy will go down as being as influential on Texas music as Robert Earl Keen and Willie Nelson, and it's weird that he's not broadly thought of that way by the scene right now
i would probably be more inclined to fit them into the old 97s (my favorite band) category. beloved by diehard fans, especially in the region. at least one classic album. arguably the most influential within a subgenre that would collectively influence the mainstream
lol no i’m just saying i think RR has actual fans. and i’m sure CJ does have some real fans i guess but i think he’s mostly big in the way that the food they put at the front of aisles at grocery stores are “popular”
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- Rollercoaster is still considered a bellwether album after 20 years. That's on par with REK's No. 2 Live Dinner and No Kinda Dancer
- His influence tree is Willie-like (CoJo was once an opener, as was Corey Kent; once managed Parker McCollum and William Beckmann; etc)