Are modern country artists who write their own songs common or rare?

[I’m not Stu]

Sarah Buxton writes her own songs. Carrie Underwood also writes many of her songs. Are modern country artists who write many of their songs unusual?

[Progressive Pessimist]

Probably not, it's the easiest kind of music to write:

"My girl is thicker than my pick-up truck
She'll come home with a prize-trophy buck
Drinks more beer than my old pop pop
Wears blue jeans from the tackle shop
Can barbeque like you never seen
I love my girl, she is my queen"

I just wrote that in two minutes.

[MasterJedi]

Most write, or help write, some of their music but they mostly use about 20 different writers to do the work for them.

[Samof94]

Probably not, it's the easiest kind of music to write:

"My girl is thicker than my pick-up truck
She'll come home with a prize-trophy buck
Drinks more beer than my old pop pop
Wears blue jeans from the tackle shop
Can barbeque like you never seen
I love my girl, she is my queen"

I just wrote that in two minutes.

Add something "Patriotic" in there and maybe a dog whistle.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Probably not, it's the easiest kind of music to write:

"My girl is thicker than my pick-up truck
She'll come home with a prize-trophy buck
Drinks more beer than my old pop pop
Wears blue jeans from the tackle shop
Can barbeque like you never seen
I love my girl, she is my queen"

I just wrote that in two minutes.

Add something "Patriotic" in there and maybe a dog whistle.

Forgot to mention boots also. That probably covers everything.

[I’m not Stu]

Is Carrie Underwood (who writes many of her songs) the exception, and Joe Nichols (who doesn’t write his own songs) the rule?

[holtridge]

Sarah Buxton writes her own songs. Carrie Underwood also writes many of her songs. Are modern country artists who write many of their songs unusual?

Who?

[Meclazine for Israel]

Unusual is a relative concept.

1960's Country Musicians

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5RYkFfpuFg/

[I’m not Stu]

What modern country artists can you think of that write many of their songs?