Good old country songs

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By Rolling Stone. What makes a great country song? It tells a story. It draws a line. It has a twang you can feel down to the soles of your feet. Some get mad, some get weepy, some just get you down the road. But these are essential songs that map out the story of country music, from Hank Williams howling at the moon to George Jones pouring one out for all the desperate lovers to Taylor Swift singing the suburban cowgirl blues.

Good old country songs

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Haggard followed his relatively mellow Los Angeles studio original with a more truculent live version, then doubled down in January of the following year with his borderline-jingoist "The Fightin' Side of Me.

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By Rolling Stone. What makes a great country song? It tells a story. It draws a line. It has a twang you can feel down to the soles of your feet. Some get mad, some get weepy, some just get you down the road. But these are essential songs that map out the story of country music, from Hank Williams howling at the moon to George Jones pouring one out for all the desperate lovers to Taylor Swift singing the suburban cowgirl blues. Mainstream country's most prominent liberal ambitiously overloads this nearly six-minute single from 's American Saturday Night , explaining that he wanted "to serve up a little multigenerational truth with a strong sense of hope and possibility.

Good old country songs

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The hit helped Brooks' second album, No Fences , ship 17 million copies in the U. David Allan Coe. Unfortunately for them, Bare got to it first in June and scored a hit, reaching the Number Seven spot on the country charts. A home for country rock since the Byrds and the Burrito Brothers, the ambitious singer found his match in local roots-oriented post-punk acts like the Blasters, Lone Justice and the Knitters. But seriously: country music isn't all pickups, whiskey , fights, American flags and men wearing extremely big hats. Wichita Lineman. A tragic peaen to one woman's lingering lifelong heartbreak, Mindy McCready's cover adds a glittery pop sheen to the original's iconic dusky yearning. Six months after Price's release, Jerry Lee Lewis's first Sun Records side was a more blatantly delirious rock cover that turned many heads. By Linda Ryan. Coat of Many Colors. Earl Scruggs And Friends. Despite its innovative panache, the song only hit the country and pop charts after appearing as accompaniment to the car-chase scenes in Arthur Penn's scintillating, taboo-flaunting film Bonnie and Clyde. For assistance, contact your corporate administrator.

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Could I Have This Dance. Wayfaring Stranger Remaster. The Essential Jimmie Rodgers. Top Country Songs of All Time. In , country music's consummate storyteller traveled to Miami Beach to perform at the Democratic National Convention that nominated George McGovern and returned to Nashville afterward with a soon-to-be-hit. Super Hits Vol. Heartaches By The Number. Jeannie C. Always On My Mind. But it was his ear for detail — the flies buzzing around the sink, the rodeo poster that sends a woman on a daydream that she knows will never get fulfilled — that made his songs quietly complicated. Addiction, divorce, despair: Jamey Johnson spilled his demons on 's, That Lonesome Song , an album that positioned the Alabamian as an able heir to the outlaw country throne. Originally a member of the short-lived band Silver Spur, Juice Newton had been releasing a steady output of solo pop and rock material for two years — to decent reviews but few sales. Blue Bayou. Here was a young, vivacious Canadian with a golden voice rankling the country world with her PG sexuality and glam presence while simultaneously invading boy band-heavy MTV with her fiddles and country twang. By Mike Powell.