Tim McGraw is a good looking guy, married to Faith Hill who is also a Country singer. They're both incredibly successful. He attended college on a baseball scholarship. But he HAS to sing songs as if he's a blue collar worker who didn't get an education and is struggling to pay his bills.
Bruce Springsteen
There is no doubt in my mind that Bruce Springsteen's talent exceeds approximately 100% of the country world, and that he's more sincere than approximately 100% of the country world. That said, the G-snipe love for him borders on lunacy.
And I don't know NY well at all, but I'd have to say that the Bay Area would almost have to be more country music-receptive. And given that there aren't any country stations in the Bay Area proper, I would have to think one would not make the top ten, or even the top forty, in NY>
If you mean NYC proper (the 5 boroughs) then yeah, it's very, um, "urban" (and I don't mean Keith Urban). But the NY 'burbs are as receptive to country as Concord or Livermore are here. The Wolf did kinda OK here for a while but Entercom had other ideas. And KRTY does well in the South Bay.
Nyc's got a large transient population. Young folks moving there for work, school. There prob a slight percentage of people who move there who like country music. Of course, that's assuming you're gonna like country if you're from "country" country. Who's to say there isn't come kid in East New York who adores songs about pickups and porches. It might happen..... Okay, stop laughing.
Anyhoo, it would get some numbers, but not big'uns.
