Country music dominates local radio.
Country music dominates local concert ticket sales.
The Dixie Chicks. Pretty much every time a big country act comes to The Mark of the Quad Cities, it sells out. And on top of that, the Isle of Capri and the Adler Theater bring in a fair share of patrons with their country shows. Country music dominates area music sales. Most every record shop in the Quad-Cities will report that country is a big seller.