Do you have to be"country" to sing country music?

Question

i know it helps if you were born and raised country but i wasnt and I love playing the guitar and writing country music, i hope to have a career oneday, if not then i'll do something different, but do you think i'll have a disavantage, im also bi-racial, do you think this matters in the country industry? i just see so many female country stars and the majority seem to have blonde hair,

Answer 1

Nope

Answer 2

No, you don't have to be born 'country' to sing and play Country Music.

UK has a mass Country Music fan-base and audience.  But not everone here is by any means a 'country person' since most of us live in towns and cities.

However, the roots of 'Country Music' are from the UK plus add-ons in the USA.

Here's Willie Nelson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3DXyfL3H...

Note the red and white English head-scarf - says a lot.  Also, Dolly Parton is English and makes a point of it.  Her ancestors come from Parton up there in the North West of England near the Lakes.

Dolly Parton - 9 to 5 with subtitles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpKAA2VxW...

Dolly Parton once said, "It takes a whole bunch of money to look this trash".  She's trying to look country and has succeeded like no one else.

Answer 3

Dont be silly.

Answer 4

All you need is a pair of cowboy boots and straw in your hair.

Answer 5

Considering how things have changed, no.