In a new interview with The Modesto Bee, the country staple sounded off on the influx of outside artists reinventing themselves in the country world, like Poison's Bret Michaels and Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, who both recently released country singles.

'I can't stand to see outdated rock-and-rollers coming in to play country music," Walker said. "That really pissed me off. We have great singers, great country musicians. There's no reason we have to dilute it by letting people in the format that don't have any business being in the format."