Which group of country singers do you prefer to listen to?

If those were my only options, group 1. At least most of those people can sing country music (and there's no question about Tracy Byrd or Chris Ledoux...in fact, Tracy Byrd was the first person to officially have a song labeled "too country" [his version of Bill Anderson's "You Lied to Me"]). With the exception of Brad Paisley, I don't think anyone in group 2 could name you a single song by a Hall of famer....or a single Hall of Famer, for that matter.