"But you can’t be all hat, no cattle. Top works because he has the voice and writing chops to back up a 90s country approach[...]". I think this is a key point. As you said, it's not that people stopped liking this style of country. It's that this style doesn't work if you don't have great songs and a really charismatic singer to deliver them.
"But you can’t be all hat, no cattle. Top works because he has the voice and writing chops to back up a 90s country approach[...]". I think this is a key point. As you said, it's not that people stopped liking this style of country. It's that this style doesn't work if you don't have great songs and a really charismatic singer to deliver them.