{"id":15280,"date":"2019-05-19T23:00:48","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T05:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1806817"},"modified":"2019-05-19T23:00:48","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T05:00:48","slug":"at-34-jon-pardi-is-doing-his-bit-to-infuse-country-music-with-western-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/at-34-jon-pardi-is-doing-his-bit-to-infuse-country-music-with-western-images\/","title":{"rendered":"At 34, Jon Pardi Is Doing His Bit to Infuse Country Music With Western Images"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Edward Morris<\/a><\/span> 28m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

California born Jon Pardi<\/a>, who enters his 34th year Monday (May 20), is doing his part to keep a western element in what Billboard<\/em> magazine used to label \u201ccountry & western\u201d music. Both historically and currently, this format has been dominated by the working class music of the rural South. But from Jimmie Rodgers to Bob Wills to Ernest Tubb to George Strait and Garth Brooks, it\u2019s also had a broad strain of cowboy\/rodeo\/wide open spaces themes and images.<\/p>\n

Pardi\u2019s loyalty to things western is most apparent in his music videos (although the lyrics of \u201cHeartache on the Dance Floor\u201d place the action in \u201csome little West Coast town). The singer\u2019s cowboy hats and boots and his tall, athletic frame, clad in tight tucked-in shirts and jeans, are all tip-offs to his sartorial orientation. The prominence of fiddle and steel guitar sounds add to the western ambiance.<\/p>\n

Take a look at these five videos to see where Pardi\u2019s heart lies:<\/p>\n