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Yes I too would prefer a New GNR album:
with recent respectable covers by Carrie Underwood an' on the heels of the Motley Cr?e country album, how cool would a GNR country tribute be?
What 15 songs would make quality country?
Perhaps:
1-SCOM
2-Nov Rain
(Both done great by Carrie Underwood).
3-Don't Cry
4-Breakdown
5-ISE
6-Yesterday's
7-PC
8-Used To Lover Her
9-Patience
10-TIL
11-So Fine
12-My Michelle
13-Civil War
(Already done Ina countryish style on a GNR tribute).
14-You ain't the First
15-Nightrain....,

What the f*ck.! Country? Gn'R? No!

Have you listened to the Motley Crue country album? IT SUCKS BIG TIME!

But Metallica bluegrass is pretty hilarious...  ;D

That would be a bad idea...

Different genre tribute albums can be very tricky.  The songs are either excellent or cringeworthy.

This is a bad idea, honestly don't think the majority of GNR songs would translate well to country music.
I'm not particularly fond of the genre either.

There are a few songs that might work, but I agree, many would not.

I'm not sure the Big & Rich take on WTTJ would be any good.

I think it is a great idea, really outside of the box.  Some of the Motley tunes turned out pretty well on the record.  Not even a big fan of country music, but I can definitely think of 10-15 songs that would work.  I see no harm in doing this type of record, its something different, and thats a good thing.

Why?  ???

I agree.  I'm not a country fan either, but I liked the Motley tribute album.  Not all the covers were great, none were better than the originals, but they still turned out mostly well for what they were meant to be.

I've never thought of a GNR country tribute (nor had I thought of one for Motley either), but I would be open to the idea.

The bluegrass tribute to Guns' is certainly interesting ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC4kaSUj2Ks (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC4kaSUj2Ks)

I think these would be the most country music friendly GNR songs:

SCOM
Patience
Used to Love Her
Dust n' Bones
You Ain't the First
Yesterdays
Breakdown
So Fine

I think you are probably right with that list, however I got a funny mental picture of some drawling country musician trying to sing Back off Bitch.  :hihi:

That kid Gareth Rhodes on Youtube would be awesome at this!!! He's been doing country esq acoustic GNR for years and he has an awesome Axl voice!!!

Gareth Rhodes sure is a talented guy. He should really go for it! But not with a country-cover album. He can stand on his own feet. Maybe he even could be a country-artist.

But keep that country in the country, not to Gn'R.

The Motley tribute album landed at number 5 on the billboard chart, thats very impressive.  Not the rock chart or bullshit iTunes chart, but the actual real Billboard chart.  Pretty nuts.

Impressive, but not surprising. Americans love country. Still, Saints of LA debuted at #4. That's even better. Point is, I guess, charts doesn't matter. Gn'R should focus on their own legacy, not counting on pop-gimmicks will put them further up the stream. Slash is good at that I've noticed, and lots of people don't buy that...

I think a cover album of old songs done by artists of an unrelated genre debuting at number 5 is way more impressive than the actual band debuting at number 4.  I don't think there is anything wrong with trying to get your music into the mainstream, and like I said before the Motley country record was done by legitimate respected country artists. 

I think charts are more important in 2014 than ever before.  In this day an age with all the ways to get music for free, when someone actually lays cash down to buy your art that is pretty impressive.

I don't believe in a band just doing something for cash, as you said a certain ex member is very good at that.  But if it is an idea that the band thinks is cool or interesting then I'm all for it.

If it was done right it could be cool.  I really like traditional country music.  The Crue tribute was created by country music anti-christ Scott Borchetta.  What you get is mostly a big dose of dudes wearing cowboys hats,Affliction brand t-shirts,wallet chains,etc.  To me that is all fake but it's what people are buying. 
http://www.savingcountrymusic.com/the-6-pop-country-archetypes (http://www.savingcountrymusic.com/the-6-pop-country-archetypes)

There already exists a country tribute to GNR. You can buy it on Amazon. It is called Take me home: The Bluegrass Tribute to Guns n Roses.

I bought it and listened. I do not like it at all. Aside from the fact that the upbeat bluegrass does not fit the lyrics, the main problem is that all the songs sound the same and you can hardly tell what the song is without the words.

The CD was expensive and had a very high rating, but IMHO it is a waste of money and I would rate it very low (if I took the time to review it on Amazon, which I have not).

Thats not a real tribute album though, that sounds like one of those Vitamin C strings tribute albums where one person or one group covers a bunch of songs.  Im talking about what Motley did, where they had real legitimate artists each take on a song. 

EDIT: I just listened to some of that bluegrass album, I was right it was done by one no name group, and I definitely would not call that a country album.

Well, I am not going to argue with you because I don't really care one way or the other, but for the record (no pun intended):

1. the title of the album includes the word "tribute" so one might be inclined to believe that it is a tribute album
2. all songs are performed by one band called Iron Horse
3. I have never heard anyone deny that bluegrass is a form of country music. But believe what you want. ;D

I said a real tribute, what I should have said was a proper tribute.  There are an abundance of those type of "tribute" albums like the blue grass one, they are done by a set of studio musicians with little or no thought put into them.    You said yourself that only one group did all the songs.  The Motley one was carefully crafted and put together by popular and established country acts.

Also you're right I did say that I wouldn't call that bluegrass album a country album, I was talking about big mainstream popular country music.  I should have been more clear.   I don't see much bluegrass lighting up the charts these days.