What in the Sam Hill has happened to our country? No, I’m not referring to the mass shootings that seem to occur weekly, or the wicked priests preying on young boys. I’m not even talking about the pompous polecat on Pennsylvania Avenue or the 3-ring circus under the dome. What I am griping about today is what has happened to country music over the past few years.

Newcomers have invaded Nashville and are singing stuff that sounds more like bubblegum music than country music. Some of th...