The Pat James Band plays at a local saloon near where I live, and on weekends I love to go just to listen (dancing is a plus). Although I think he is great, I never thought I'd find him on Pandora.
I was introduced to Pat James by Pandora since my genre was traditional country artists like Vern Gosdin, Johnny Paycheck, George Jones, etc. After listening to Pat for a couple months I purchased both of his CD's. He's first class country in my book!
Call it "Old Country and Western" or call it what you will... But after listening to Pat James you'll realize this is real Country and Western music, not some manufactured Nashville product.
Listening to Pat reminds you that real music comes from the heart and can't be manufactured by a marketing machine.