To be a long-haul, enduring musician means you’re going to experiment with your sound from time to time. In order to progress their own musicality, artists may even challenge themselves to create pieces that starkly counter their recognized genre. We’ve seen bands and singers do this by stepping into the country genre. That might be the inclusion of country elements, like in “Spaced Cowboy” by Sly and the Family Stone, which incorporates yodeling vocal technique across a more recognizably funk instrumental.
