Okay, Folks, I’ve got quite a challenge for you this time!
Do you remember the days between cassette tapes and Ipods? They were the days when we had to make mix CDs for our cars before road trips and for our friends if we wanted to share new music with them. While I realize that many of our fine readers still engage in this practice, I also know that most of us have left that era behind. While it’s nice to have the convenience of today’s slick technology, those were fun times, because it really forced us to think about the songs that we chose for those CD mixes. We paid attention to the selections and the sequence of the songs so that the mix would have a perfect flow. We couldn’t just slap thousands of songs on our Ipods and MP3 players just to skip a fourth of them. No, we had to be selective so that we wouldn’t waste space.
In fact, if I were to pull out some of the CD mixes that I’ve made, each one would perfectly represent my music taste of that particular time. Some of the songs on those mixes would hold up today and others would baffle me as to why I ever liked them in the first place. So, my charge to you is to stretch your imaginations to the time of Mix CDs and give us a list of the songs that represent your current country music taste. What do you find yourself listening to right now?
One thing to remember is that the list does not necessarily have to represent your favorite country songs of all time. It should simply reflect what you find yourselves listening to at this point in your lives. For instance, you’ll see that my list is full of more mellow songs, which is strange for me because I’m usually the one who complains about albums not having enough tempo.
Finally, since the length of the average country song allows for about 18 to 20 songs to fit on a burnable CD, your list shouldn’t exceed 20 tracks. However, feel free to make more than one track list if you must.
Here’s my list:
- Alison Krauss And Union Station, “Maybe”
- Chris Knight, “Here Comes The Rain”
- Kelly Willis, “Sweet Sundown”
- Mary Chapin Carpenter, “Let Me Into Your Heart”
- Josh Turner, “Another Try”
- Dwight Yoakam, “Population Me”
- Billy Yates, “I Don’t Think You’re Pretty”
- Miranda Lambert, “More Like Her”
- Trisha Yearwood, “Nothin’ About You Is Good For Me”
- Kasey Chambers, “Bluebird”
- Eric Heatherly, “Job”
- Jeffrey Steele, “Couldn’t Last A Moment”
- Jason Boland & The Stragglers, “Comal County Blue”
- Darryl Worley, “Opportunity Of A Lifetime”
- Sweethearts Of The Rodeo, “Long Time Gone”
- Travis Tritt, “What If Love Hangs On”
- Dixie Chicks, “Never Say Die”
- Bradley Walker, “If I Never Reached For The Stars”
- Patty Loveless, “What’s A Broken Heart”
- Vince Gill, “Some Things Never Get Old”
I do this all the time still. Just only they’re playlists instead of cds although I DO burn backups of stuff I purchase off of iTunes since they don’t allow you the ability to re-download (eMusic Does, as long as the albums don’t leave eMusic, like what happened with Jamey Johnson). I’ll come up w/a list a little later. Or I’ll be lazy and let “Genius” do it from iTunes ;)
I know, I like the genius feature, it makes some great playlists!
Anyway I focused on great driving songs, so more uptempo songs:
“Ashes By Now Lee Ann Womack
“Get Out Of This Town” Carrie Underwood
“The L&N Don’t Stop Here Anymore” Kathy Mattea
“Mean Girls” Sugarland
“Upper Hand” LeAnn Rimes
“Finding My Way Back Home” Lee Ann Womack
“Goodbye Earl” Dixie Chicks
“When God-Fearin’ Women Get The Blues” Martina McBride
“Drown Me” Trisha Yearwood
“Who Invented The Wheel” Trisha Yearwood
“New Strings” Miranda Lambert
“Fine Line” Little Big Town
“Runaway” Gary Allan
“A Little Past Little Rock” Lee Ann Womack
“Sounds So Good” Ashton Shepherd
“Passenger Seat” SHeDAISY
“The Long Way Around” Dixie Chicks
“He Oughta Know That By Now” Lee Ann Womack
“When In Rome” Nickel Creek
I still make mix CDs all the time.
George Strait & Dean Dillon, “West Texas Town”
Tracy Byrd, “Cheapest Motel”
Patty Loveless, “Don’t Let Me Cross Over”
Gary Allan, “Smoke Rings In the Dark”
Billy Joe Shaver, “Live Forever”
Hank Snow, “Ninety Miles An Hour (Down a Dead End Street”
Ashley Monroe, “I Don’t Wanna Be”
Marty Robbins, “Singing the Blues”
Reckless Kelly, “Wicked Twisted Road”
Sugarland, “Very Last Country Song”
Merle Haggard, “Tulare Dust”
Elizabeth Cook, “Blue Shades”
Dwight Yoakam, “I’d Avoid Me Too”
The Steeldrivers, “Midnight Train to Memphis”
Del McCoury Band, “Never Grow Up Boy”
Todd Snider, “My Generation, Pt. 2”
Mo Robson Band, “Good Morning Warden”
Trick Pony, “Ain’t Wastin’ Good Whiskey On You”
Hayes Carll, “Girl Downtown”
Chris Knight, “Crooked Road”
I went for a totally random cross-section (and I might just have to put it in my car!)
1. Lucinda Williams “Greenville”
2. Gary Allan “Sorry”
3. Dwight Yoakam “Act Naturally”
4. George Strait “I Can Still Make Cheyenne”
5. Dixie Chicks “Truth #2”
6. Jason Boland “Comal County Blue”
7. Johnny Cash “A Singer of Songs”
8. Steve Earle “Galway Girl”
9. Elizabeth Cook “Sometimes It Takes Balls to Be A Woman”
10. Chris Knight “Jack Blue”
11. Loretta Lynn “Van Lear Rose”
12. Sara Evans “Suds in the Bucket”
13. Trisha Yearwood “She’s in Love With the Boy”
14. Merle Haggard “The Fightin’ Side of Me”
15. Dixie Chicks “Long Time Gone”
16. Patty Griffin “Be Careful”
17. Willie Nelson “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain”
18. Emmylou Harris “All That You Have Is Your Soul”
19. Miranda Lambert “Guilty in Here”
20. Dixie Chicks “The Long Way Around”
I have a playlist called “Repeat” that only includes I can listen to without easily tiring of them. I just play it on shuffle. I don’t sort my music by genre so there will be some non-country stuff on here, starting with the one that I’ve been kicking off with lately.
Pink, “So What”
Keith Urban, “Romeo’s Tune”
Tammy Wynette, “Another Lonely Song”
Todd Snider, “The Devil You Know”
Johnny Cash, “Hurt”
Pam Tillis, “Someone Somewhere Tonight”
Faith Hill, “When the Lights Go Down”
Eli Young Band, “When it Rains”
Patty Loveless, “When the Fallen Angels Fly”
Amy Dalley, “I Would Cry”
Tanya Tucker, “Blood Red and Goin’ Down”
Dolly Parton, “Shattered Image”
Sawyer Brown, “Cafe on the Corner”
Toby Keith, “I’m Just Talkin’ About Tonight”
Trisha Yearwood, “O Mexico”
Shakespear’s Sister, “I Don’t Care”
Electric Light Orchestra, “The Fall”
Kim Richey, “A Place Called Home”
Madonna, “Hung Up”
Miranda Lambert, “Guilty in Here”
Leeann, I am WAY behind the times, lol. I dont download, and I dont burn. I make my mixes from CD to cassette tape, lol…How’s that for primitive?
My list on tape includes:
1. Dwight Yoakam “Intentional Heartache”
2. Mark Chesnutt “Bubba Shot the Jukebox”
3. The Eagles “How Long” (a true country song, whether they admit it or not)
4. Patty Loveless “Are You Teasing Me”
5. Sara Evans “Mary of the Wild Moor”
6. Little Big Town, “Boondocks”
7. Highway 101 “Just Say Yes”
8. Josh Turner “Way Down South”
9. Patty Loveless “You Don’t Seem to Miss Me”
10.Sara Evans “Coalmine”
11.Alan Jackson “Tall Tall Trees”
12.Trisha Yearwood “Not a Bad Thing”
13.Suzy Bogguss “Someday Soon”
14.Patty Loveless “Keep Your Distance”
15.Sara Evans “Love Don’t Be a Stranger”
16.George Strait, “Brother of the Highway”
17.George Strait and Patty Loveless “House of Cash”
18.Van Zant, “The Things I Miss the Most”
19.Brad Paisley “Me Neither”
20.Brad Paisley “That’s Love”
21.Patty Loveless “Someday I Will Lead the Parade”
22. Patty Loveless “Big Chance”
23. Clint Black “When My Ship Comes In”
24.Patty Loveless and Kris Kristofferson “Far Side Banks of Jordan”
Ok, I gotta confess, I dont have all these on one tape, but I CAN fit 24 songs on a 90 minute cassette. I was just doing this from memory, so the songs are scattered. So in that regard, I got all you techno-wizards beat, lol. But I cannot touch you with your Ipod gizmos and all, no contest there.
Yep, that’s me, old fashioned taste, old fashioned technology!
Great topic!
-Steve from Boston
Well… my mix is mellow too. That’s what I’m used to hear, but sometimes I listen to some “happy” songs…=]
It’s a modern list, as you can see! And 99.9% by female artists! And I put in alphabetical order…
1.Ashton Shepherd – Whiskey Won The Battle
2.Carolyn Dawn Johnson – Georgia
3.Carrie Underwood – Starts With Goodbye
4.Danielle Peck – I Don’t
5.Dixie Chicks – Heartbreak Town
6.Gretchen Wilson – Raining On Me
7.Jessica Harp – Cowboy
8.Jewel – Anyone But You
9.Joanna Cotten – Humble Town
10.Julie Roberts – Break Down Here
11.Jypsi – I Don’t Love You Like That
12.Kirsty Lee Akers – It Gets To Me
13.Lady Antebellum – Never Alone
14.LeAnn Rimes – Probably Wouldn’t Be This Way
15.Memarie – Cry Like Memphis
16.Shelly Fairchild – Tiny Town
17.Sugarland – Very Last Country Song
18.Sunny Sweeney – Lavender Blue
19.Terri Clark – Three Mississippi
20.Vince Gill – When Will I Be Loved
Steve, When I first started to listening to country music, I made cassette mixes as well. I loved it, because it gave me the chance to listen to each song as it was being dubbed!
I swear, I’m thinking about making some of your mixes for myself! After I made my list, I told Bill that I liked it so much that I was going to make an actual CD of it for the car as well. So, Lynn’s comment amused me.
This was actually Bill’s idea, because he still loves to make CD mixes for the car. I’ve just gotten away from doing it as much myself these days, unless he asks me to make one for him so that he can hear some new music from the crazy amount of music that I buy each week.
Since I tossed out this idea I guess it is only fair that I take part. I always tend towards the the ‘edge of country’ so much of this is either borderline or a step removed from the genre.
Not as removed as Pink and Madonna though, so I guess I am not the most removed this time. :)
1. Ashley Monroe, “Hank’s Cadillac”
2. Dwight Yoakam, “Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues”
3. K.D. Lang, “Trail of Broken Hearts” (Live)
4. Old Crow Medicine Show, “We‘re All in this Together”
5. Willie Nelson, “A Maiden‘s Prayer”
6. The Be Good Tanyas, “Dogsong”
7. Johnny Cash “”Frankie’s Man, Johnny”
8. Ralph Stanley/Patty Loveless – “Pretty Polly”
9. Nickel Creek, “The Fox”
10. Dolly Parton, “Little Sparrow”
11. Kasey Chambers, “The Hard Way”
12. Randy Travis, “He’s My Rock, My Sword, My Shield”
13. Alison Krauss And Robert Plant, “Through the Morning, Through the Night”
14. Chris Thile ‘Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground’
15. Hank Williams, “”Lost Highway”
16. Johnny Cash/Bob Dylan, “Girl from the North Country”
17. Patty Loveless, “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive”
I Have “mood playlists” that I tend to leave at 20 or so tracks. Here’s the sad songs one I’ve just altered:
Sad Songs:
1. John Berry – When Love Dies (Written by Matraca Berg)
2. To Say Goodbye – Joey+Rory
3. Life Is Hard – Eric Durrance
4. Whiskey Lullaby – Paisley/Krauss
5. Blue Sky – Emily West
6. Dance With My Father – Kellie Coffey
7. Flowers – Billy Yates
8. Every Ship Must Sale Away – Blue Merle
9. My Whiskey Years – Joe Nichols
10. The Time Machine – Collin Raye
11. Bleed – Katie Armiger
12. The Key To Life – Vince Gill
13. Tonight I Wanna Cry – Keith Urban
14. The Education of a Wondering Man – Jason Matthews
15. Back There Again – Blake Shelton
16. Riverbank – Jeff Bates
17. On A Cloud – Cross Canadian Ragweed
18. No Judgement Day – Gary Allan
19. Can’t Help Calling Her Name – Jason Sellers
20. Hurt – Johnny Cash
Here’s another list: this one’s a “Story Songs” list. It’s heavy on more recent stuff but I couldn’t resist “The Gambler.”
1. The Life Of A Song – Joey+Rory (Written by Jason Matthews)
2. The Gambler – Kenny Rogers
3. Man Out Of Myself – Wade Bowen (My fav. by him)
4. The Rapture – Jason Matthews
5. Ol’ Red – Blake Shelton
6. Cactus in a Coffee Can – Jerry Kilgore (underrated song)
7. That Summer – Garth
8. Lightning – Eric Church
9. Jealous Man – Tyrone Wells (not country but close enough)
10. Sunday Morning – Gretchen Peters
11. Travelin’ Soldier – Bruce Robison
12. Time Marches On – Tracy Lawrence
13. I Remember (It’s Happening Again) – Griffin House
14. Falling Slowly – Glenn Hansard & Marketa Irglova
15. Between The River And Me – Tim McGraw
16. Blue And Brown – Jimmy Wayne
17. My Hometown – Charlie Robison
18. The Song Remembers When – Trisha Yearwood
19. Fancy – Reba
Here’s one final one that’s not country but stuff i like to call “on the fringes.”
1. Liberty Line – Griffin House
2. I – Kurt Nilsen
3. Faultline – Eliot Morris
4. Tear Down The House – The Avett Brothers
5. Love Me Like The World Was Ending – Ben Lee
6. Everybody’s Waiting For A Change – Holly Williams
7. When You’re Walking Away – Jackie Green
8. The American – Angie Aparo
9. This Boy – James Morrison
10. Don’t Make Me Do This – Gordie Sampson
11. Hero’s Song – Brendan James
12. Carry On – Mark Selby
13. Think It Over (acousic) – The Thorns
14. Driftwood – Travis
15. Mystified – Rocco Deluca & The Burden
16. See You Later, See You Soon – Stephen Kellogg & Sixers
17. 2 Cups Of Coffee – Josh Kelley
18. Love, Love, Love – The Low Stars
19. Home – Marc Broussard
I used “Genius” in iTunes:
1. “Light Of A Clear Blue Morning” – Dolly Parton
2. “Love Is Like A Butterfly” – Deana Carter & Dolly Parton
3. “Keep Your Distance” – Patty Loveless
4. “‘Til I Can Make It On My Own – Tammy Wynette
5. “Suddenly” – LeAnn Rimes
6. “Coalmine” – Sara Evans
7. “(If You’re Not In It For Love) I’m Outta Here!” – Shania Twain
8. The Fire That Keeps You Warm – Dolly Parton
9. “The Reason Why” – Vince Gill & Alison Krauss
10. “Life In A Northern Town” – Sugarland
11. “Famous In A Small Town” – Miranda Lambert
12. “Gotta Get Back” – Shelby Lynne
13. “Take It Back” – Reba
14. “Probably Wouldn’t Be This Way” – LeAnn Rimes
15. “Mockingbird” – Allison Moorer
16. “Swinging” – Deana Carter & John Anderson
17. “There” – Dolly Parton
18. “Heaven, Heartache And The Power Of Love” – Trisha Yearwood
19. “Take Me As I Am” – Faith Hill
20. “Whatever You Say” – MArtina McBride
It is mostly newer stuff when I am selecting music for myself.
I get enough older stuff without having to try to hard. Although I am constantly discovering old music that is new to me.
Also, of course, want to introduce anyone else paying attention to something they wouldn’t have heard before.
Rebecca Lynn Howard – Sing ‘Cause I Love To
Heidi Newfield – Johnny & June
cowboy crush – tougher than a man
Tift Merritt – Broken
Leann Rimes – What I Cannot Change
Sugarland – Steve Earle
Laura Cantrell – Train of Life
Alan Jackson – 1976
Tim O’Brien – Get Out There And Dance
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson – Wildflower
Rodney Crowell – The Rise And Fall Of Intelligent Design
Del McCoury Band – 40 Acres And A Fool
Kitty Daisy and Lewis – Hillbilly Music
Hayes Carll – Bad Liver And A Broken Heart
Kathleen Edwards – I Make The Dough, You Get The Glory
Amy Lavere – Cupid’s Arrow
Dixie Chicks – Not Ready to Make Nice
Mary Chapin Carpenter – Houston
Rebekka Paige – Unbreakable Heart
This list will have songs that I don’t necessarily have downloaded or downloaded, but are songs from the radio or CD that I like and listen to lately.
1. Taylor Swfit – Should’ve Said No
2. Rascal Flatts – Bob That Head
3. Miranda Lambert – Gunpowder and Lead
4. Dierks Bentley – Trying to Stop Your Leaving
5. Lost Trailers – Holler Back
6. Jason Aldean – Relentless
7. Carrie Underwood – Just a Dream
8. Gretchen Wilson – Don’t Do Me No Good
9. Josh Gracin – Let Me Fall
10. Deric Ruttan – Loving You is Killing Me
11. Brad Paisley – Waitin’ on a Woman
12. Rodney Atkins- Invisibly Shaken
13. Darius Rucker – Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It
14. Rascal Flatts – Every Day
15. Crystal Shawanda – What Do I Have to Do?
16. Carrie Underwood – Last Name
17. Taylor Swift – I’m Only Me When I’m With You
18. Eli Young Band – When It Rains
19. Josh Gracin – We Weren’t Crazy
20. Jason Aldean – Back in This Cigarette
Whoops, that should say: I don’t necessarily have downloaded or own.
I still make CDs too – for road trips and the like. I save all the playlists I make on my Media Player, so here’s one at random I made in May of this year …
George Strait – She’ll Leave You With A Smile
Sugarland et al – Life In A Northern Town
Trisha Yearwood – They Call It Fallin For A Reason
Vince Gill – You Better Think Twice
Terri Clark – Better Than You
Josh Turner/Trisha Yearwood – Another Try
Terri Clark – Three Mississippi
Reba – Whoever’s In New England
Shenandoah/Alison Krauss – Somewhere In The Vicinity Of The Heart
Pat Benatar – Shadows of the Night (stands out in print, fits well on the CD)
Reba – You Remember Me
Sammy Kershaw – Matches
Sawyer Brown – I Don’t Believe In Goodbye
Patty Loveless – Here I Am
Diamond Rio – We All Fall Down
Ronnie Milsap – There’s No Gettin Over Me
Reba/Don Henley – Break Each Other’s Hearts Again
George Strait – Run
Hey Jim O! I love seeing country music fans from other countries. Great choices!
Pretty “mainstream,” I suppose. Oh well. I also use the “can I listen over and over and not get tired of it” test:
Sunday Morning Coming Down Johnny Cash
How Far Is Heaven Los Lonely Boys
Strawberry Wine Deanna Carter
18 Wheels and a Dozen Roses Kathy Mattea
You’re Gonna Miss This Trace Adkins
Forever and Ever, Amen Randy Travis
Poncho and Lefty Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard
Big Iron Marty Robbins
Starting With Me Jake Owen
Johnny and June Heidi Newfield
Gentle On My Mind Glen Campbell
Let Me Let Go Faith Hill
Not Ready To Make Nice Dixie Chicks
One More Day Diamond Rio
I Know You Won’t Carrie Underwood
Good Ole Boys Like Me Don Williams
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry Hank Williams
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys Willie Nelson
Keeping it to Country or Countryish songs this round:
Tift Merritt – Virginia, No One Can Warn You
Suzy Bogguss – Diamonds and Tears
Alex Woodward – Reno [Feat Sara Watkins]
Griffin House – I Remember (It’s Happening Again)
Julie Roberts – Wake Up Older
Kasey Chambers – Dam
Miranda Lambert – New Strings
Pat Green – Wave on Wave
Sugarland – Tennessee
Cross Canadian Ragweed – Sick and Tired [Feat Lee Ann Womack]
Lady Antebellum – Lookin For a Good Time
Carter’s Chord – Baltimore
Ashton Shepherd – Sounds So Good
Gary Allan – Right Where I Need to Be
Coley McCabe – Grow Young With You
Shannon Brown – Corn Fed
Rachel Proctor – Me and Emily
Matraca Berg – Back in the Saddle
Willie Nelson – Maria (Shut Up and Kiss Me)
Well, in a way, I’m a little behind in technology. I don’t have an outlet in my car to plug my iPod into. So I still burn cds and I love making mixed cd’s! My playlist mostly consist of recent music. Here’s my list:
Love Don’t Live Here – Lady Antebellum
House of Cash – George Strait/Patty Loveless
Waitin on a Woman – Brad Paisley
Last Call – Lee Ann Womack
You Look Good in my Shirt – Keith Urban
Hello – Julianne Hough
I Told You So – Carrie Underwood
It Happens – Sugarland
She’s Gonna Hurt Somebody – Chuck Wicks
Should’ve Said No – Taylor Swift
Holding You – Gretchen Wilson
Relentless – Jason Aldean
Good Time – Alan Jackson
Sweet and Wild – Dierks Bentley/Sarah Buxton
Oh Love – Brad Paisley/Carrie Underwood
I Can’t Be Bothered – Miranda Lambert
Another Try – Josh Turner/Trish Yearwood
I Run – Lady Antebellum
Truth #2 – Dixie Chicks
Novacaine – Little Big Town
Yea nothing but new country! But that’s basically what I’m listening to right now! Haha
Normally I’d just hit ‘Shuffle’ on my iPod but here’s a song list I had for a recent road trip last month:
1. “3rd Gear & 17” – Aaron Watson
2. “This Town Needs a Bar” – Jeremy McComb
3. “Missouri” (represent!) – David Nail
4. “Whiskey” – Pat Green
5. “All I Can See” – Brendan James
6. “Small Town Big Time” – Chris Young
7. “Georgia” – Carolyn Dawn Johnson
8. “Jacksonville” – Josh Turner
9. “Fight I Couldn’t Win” – Keni Thomas
10. “College” – Pat Green & Brad Paisley
11. “Alberta Bound” – Paul Brandt
12. “Minneapolis” – Lucinda Williams
13. “Flirtin’ with Me” – Jason Blaine
14. “Sunday Driver” – Blue County
15. “What’s Up with That” – Scotty Emerick
16. “Like It’s a Bad Thing” – Gary Allan
17. “I Love This Bar” – Toby Keith
18. “Cheaper to Keep Her” – Aaron Lines
19. “Ropin’ Pen” – Trent Willmon
Hmm…Some other people here like Brendan James and Griffin House….
Oh, I’m in. I’m one of those High Fidelity types who spends entirely too much energy making various mixes and playlists. I’ve actually imported all of the mix CDs I burned in college as separate playlists on my iPod.
So two mixes here.
“Current” Taste
01). “Sounds So Good,” Ashton Shepherd.
02). “Hard Livin’,” Justin Townes Earle.
03). “The Rise & Fall of Intelligent Design,” Rodney Crowell.
04). “The Cheapest Key,” Kathleen Edwards.
05). “Punchbowl,” Punch Brothers.
06). “Who’s Cryin’ Baby,” Rhonda Vincent.
07). “The L&N Don’t Stop Here Anymore,” Kathy Mattea.
08). “Blue Side of the Mountain,” The Steeldrivers.
09). “Genevieve,” Sugarland.
10). “The Pain of Loving You,” Patty Loveless.
11). “Shoulder to the Plow,” Fred Eaglesmith.
12). “Hell Ain’t Half Full,” Chris Knight.
13). “That Man I Shot,” Drive-By Truckers.
14). “Gunpowder & Lead,” Miranda Lambert.
15). “Danny Callahan,” Connor Oberst.
16). “Blue Driver,” Vetiver.
17). “Tryin’ to Stop Your Leavin’,” Dierks Bentley.
18). “The Bitter End,” Carlene Carter.
19). “Drunken Poet’s Dream,” Hayes Carll.
Current Taste
01). “He Don’t Care About Me,” Kelly Willis f/ Son Volt.
02). “If Hollywood Don’t Need You (Honey, I Still Do),” Don Williams.
03). “Do I Ever Cross Your Mind,” Joan Osborne.
04). “Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again),” Tompall Glaser & The Glaser Brothers.
05). “Casket Vignette,” Bobbie Gentry.
06). “Papa Was a Rodeo,” Kelly Hogan & The Pine Valley Cosmonauts.
07). “Outfit,” Drive-By Truckers.
08). “Tell it To Me,” Old Crow Medicine Show.
09). “Straight to Hell,” Hank III.
10). “Kerosene,” Miranda Lambert.
11). “I’m the Man Who Loves You,” Wilco.
12). “Can’t Let Go,” Ashley Monroe.
13). “Where Are You Now,” Trisha Yearwood.
14). “Songs About Rain,” Gary Allan.
15). “Wake Up Older,” Julie Roberts.
16). “A Thousand Miles from Nowhere,” Dwight Yoakam.
17). “Set Out Running,” Neko Case.
18). “Wild and Blue,” John Anderson.
19). “Ain’t Had No Lovin’,” Connie Smith.
20). “I’ve Got a Right to Cry,” Mandy Barnett.
Jonathan, I like your lists. That OCMS song is one of my favorites.
I second Leeann’s comment. Has Mandy Barnett released anything lately that I’ve missed? Great voice.
Ah, alas, the days of mix CDs are officially over for the Wards. Bill finally purchased an Ipod last weekend. I hate to admit it, but It seems that it’s all that it’s cracked up to be.