Favorite Country Songs, In No Particular Order

[Danno]

[TNKen]

[BmillsSkier]

A current fave.

Starting about 5 years or so ago a buddy of mine who is way more into country than I'll ever be started inviting me to shows. I've seen Willie's Outlaw Tour a few times which has had some amazing lineups; last year was Billy Strings, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Charley Crockett and of course Willie. I've seen Sturgill, Jamie Johnson and Stapleton as well, all of which give me kind of a new 'outlaw' sound. Seen Zac Brown Band and Darius Rucker as well but I'd consider them more pop, but they put on really fun shows.

Still not a country fan per-se, but good music is good music is good music, and I have to say that I'm hard pressed to name many better that I've heard in the past 5 years than Billy MF Strings, Isbell and Sturgill.

[riser4]

Don't you blaspheme! Billy Strings is not Cuntry music!

[TNKen]

Of course, the real stuff.

[riser4]

Of course, the real stuff.

That's not Cuntry either, that's good music. Aka, OG bluegrass.

[bodywhomper]

[I've seen black diamonds!]

[Danno]

ISBD, you've got some killer choices in there!

[I've seen black diamonds!]

ISBD, you've got some killer choices in there!

I love country music. There is loads of garbage, but there is also loads of excellence and variety.

[grinch]

Hard to pick just one. I think the best in the business right now is Sturgil Simpson. Definitely give his library a listen. Insane how many great tunes he has. Killer band too.

Currently playing this on repeat. Kids going to be a legend

https://youtu.be/hCebq5lLgos?si=90lHM5H1vLesoVnI

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[old goat]

I saw Doc Watson twice, when I was 12 and when I was 60. The last was at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass and he was as good then as the first time I heard him. The other two Sat nite closing acts were Earl Scruggs and Ralph Stanley, not necessarily in that order. Combined age of about 280 and none of them were missing any notes.

[old goat]

One of my favorite Steve Earl tunes


And then there's the version by the town of Galway

[XXX-er]

duno what its considered but while i'm not into country i do like Dwight Yoakum, also Lyle Lovett

[MagnificentUnicorn]

That's not Cuntry either, that's good music. Aka, OG bluegrass.

Get a grip, bluegrass is part of the country music genre.


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[old goat]

Robert Earle Keen says that when he was asked what kind of music he played, he looked out the motel window and answered "Best Western". It would be a better story if I could type a Texas accent.

[bodywhomper]

Isbd, thanks for posting lefty!

I went to Hardly Strictly for a day or two for several years until 2009. We took my thing #1 to three of them when he was a toddler and a preschooler. I always tried to see the old timers and would get my kiddo to be exposed to an old timer or two. I have photo of him with Guy Clark on stage about 40 feet away. He got to see/hear Earl Scruggs, Ralph Stanley, and Doc Watson, too. It was also the only time to got to see John Prine. I never got to see hazel dickens. T Bone Burnett always seemed to have the coolest mini super groups at that festival. Friends saw one of his sets with Robert Plant and EmmyLou and a super small audience cuz it was early at that one really cold stage.

[TNKen]

Doc and Sittin' on Top of the World is a classic.

[tuco]

[riser4]

Get a grip, bluegrass is part of the country music genre.


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Country radio music gives me hives. Bluegrass does not. Therefore I am allergic to one of them and not the other. One of them is country and one is not.

[Danno]

Country radio music gives me hives. Bluegrass does not. Therefore I am allergic to one of them and not the other. One of them is country and one is not.

sorry, but that's fucking dumb. the world does not define itself by what riser4 thinks; you have decided that you don't like country based on country radio and thus anything you like cannot be called country. why not instead just say you don't like country radio?

[riser4]

sorry, but that's fucking dumb. the world does not define itself by what riser4 thinks; you have decided that you don't like country based on country radio and thus anything you like cannot be called country. why not instead just say you don't like country radio?

When I'm dictator, some things are gonna change.

[old goat]

sorry, but that's fucking dumb. the world does not define itself by what riser4 thinks; you have decided that you don't like country based on country radio and thus anything you like cannot be called country. why not instead just say you don't like country radio?

I would call what he doesn't like "arena country". aka bad rock and roll. Radio country is a pretty good name too but some of us have access to good country on the radio--KVMR (which is online) on Saturdays for example.

[Danno]

Yeah, I tend to call it mainstream country radio (to differentiate it from the americana-type stations).

There are some "mainstream" artists I like, Dwight Yoakam comes to mind, but most of the country I like would not generally be played on mainstream country radio.

Riser4, does Johnny Cash cause you any cognitive dissonance? Because he isn't played on mainstream country radio and we've established that "country music gives you hives", but only a fool would say Johnny Cash isn't country.

[bodywhomper]

I would call what he doesn't like "arena country". aka bad rock and roll. Radio country is a pretty good name too but some of us have access to good country on the radio--KVMR (which is online) on Saturdays for example.

Kpfa (online) mid-day and afternoon on sundays has been similar.