Bad news: You’re overdue for your seasonal music check-up.
Don’t worry, though. We’ll make this as quick and painless as possible. Simply grab your media player of choice, turn your head to the left, shuffle 20 times, and you’ll be out of here before you can say “Are you sure my insurance will cover this?”
Be sure not to disguise any embarrassing results. We have to see the good and the bad to make an accurate diagnosis.
Just to show I’m a sport, I’ll go first:
1. Terri Clark – Emotional Girl
2. Bryan White – Dustbowl Dreams
3. Ray Wylie Hubbard – Loose
4. Mark Chesnutt w/ Waylon Jennings – Rainy Day Woman
5. Jack Ingram – Nothing Wrong With That
6. Garth Brooks – Tearin’ It Up (And Burnin’ It Down)
7. Trisha Yearwood – Like We Never Had a Broken Heart
8. George Jones – I’m Not Ready Yet
9. Jamey Johnson – Betty on the Line
10. Brooks & Dunn – Mexican Minutes
11. Brad Paisley – In Times Like These
12. Pat Green – Rainy Day Woman (really, another version of this?)
13. Kenny Rogers – Love the World Away
14. Malcolm Holcombe – Not Forgotten
15. Ashley Monroe – Can’t Let Go
16. Pat Green & Cory Morrow – It’s a Great Day to Be Alive
17. David Ball – I’ll Never Make It Through This Fall
18. Steve Wariner – Chet’s Guitar
19. Mickey Newbury – Sunshine
20. Loretta Lynn – One’s on the Way
The doctor’s ready to see you now.
On the Spot
The ‘Appreciate What You’ve Got’ Shuffle
A freelance writer and humorist with an abiding love of country music, C.M. Wilcox's cutting, clear-eyed take on the genre has drawn the attention of Country Weekly, The Washington Post, and The Tennessean in the years since this site began. He lives near Sacramento and can be reached by email at CMW (at) countrycalifornia.com.
1. Jackson Taylor – Ball & Chain
2. Tammy Wynette – Bedtime Story
3. Chris Young – Drinkin’ Me Lonely
4. Patty Loveless – Big Chance
5. Miss Leslie – Every Tuesday Night
6. Kenny Chesney – Sherry’s Living in Paradise
7. Alabama – If I Had You
8. Buck Owens – Act Naturally
9. Roy Drusky – Three Hearts in a Tangle
10. Garth Brooks – The Beaches of Cheyenne
11. Gary Allan – No Damn Good
12. Frank Sinatra – Too Marvelous For Words
13. Sam Cooke – Chain Gang
14. Justin Haigh – People Like Me
15. Johnny Cash – I Walk The Line
16. Johnny Cash – My Mother Was A Lady
17. Dave Alvin – Manzanita
18. Johnny Cash – Old Chunk of coal
19. Tom Russell – Heart Within A Heart
20. Eric Church – Lightning
A very Cash-heavy shuffle for me this time.
1. Phil Hamilton – Love Comes and Goes
2. The Marshall Tucker Band – Blue Ridge Mountain Sky
3. Dave Matthews Band – Dancing Nancies
4. Counting Crows – Jumping Jesus
5. Tim McGraw – I Will Not Fall Down (ugh, busted)
6. Jay-Z and Kanye West – Murder to Excellence
7. Craig Finn – New Friend Jesus
8. Bruce Robison – What Would Willie Do?
9. Chris Knight – Maria
10. Don Williams – Better Than Today
11. Band of Horses – Neighbor
12. Phantom Limb – The Pines
13. Bruce Springsteen – Shackled and Drawn
14. The Head and the Heart – Sounds Like Hallelujah
15. Weezer – Say It Ain’t So
16. Nirvana – School
17. U.S. Rails – You’re My Home
18. Uncle Tupelo – Blues Die Hard
19. Roger Creager – Turn It Up
20. The Lumineers – Charlie Boy
1. Toad the Wet Sprocket – Fly From Heaven
2. Orden Ogan – Candle Lights
3. The Doors – Riders on the Storm
4. Linda Ronstadt – Tracks of My Tears
5. Nakash – When I See You Smile (must be something totally random that I put on there, I don’t remember it)
6. Nightwish – Once Upon a Troubadour
7. Karmakanic – 1969
8. The Stanley Brothers – Oh Death
9. Clannad – Let Me See
10. Styx – Mr. Roboto (how embarrassing)
11. Iron Maiden – Transylvania
12. Marillion – Kayleigh
13. Nemesea – Cry
14. Queensryche – I Don’t Believe in Love
15. Caitlin Crosby – Flawz
16. Caitlin Crosby – Still Have My Heart (two in a row? strange)
17. Nightwish – Nymphomaniac Fantasia
18. Pure Prairie League – Falling In and Out of Love
19. Will Dailey – You’re So Cold (I don’t remember this one, either)
20. Fferyllt – Autumn’s Gold
1. Pam Tillis – Better Off Blue
2. Faith Hill – Let’s Go To Vegas
3. Lorrie Morgan – Behind His Last Goodbye
4. Oak Ridge Boys – In My Own Crazy Way
5. Dolly Parton – Travelin’ Thru
6. Reba McEntire – Whoever’s In New England
7. Reba & Vince – The Heart Won’t Lie
8. Mark Wills – Loving Every Minute
9. Reba – Love Needs A Holiday
10. Shania Twain – From This Moment On
11. Martina McBride – There You Are
12. Restless Heart – Let The Heartache Ride
13. Oak Ridge Boys – Doctor’s Orders
14. Pam Tillis – Homeward Looking Angel
15. Reba – Maggie Creek Road
16. Jo Dee Messina – Burn
17. Karla Bonloff – Somebody’s Eyes
18. Trisha Yearwood – Perfect Love
19. Dixie Chicks – Not Ready To Make Nice
20. Shenandoah – I Want To Be Loved Like That
Let me say that I like these shuffle posts because not only do I realize that there are songs on my iPod that I’ve forgotten about, but I look through other people’s posts and find out about good songs I’ve never heard before.
1. Noam Pikelny – Day Down
2. Johnny Reid – Good People
3. George Jones & Tammy Wynette – Crawdad Song
4. Shania – Forever and for Always
5. Faith Hill – When the Lights Go Down
6. Garth Brooks – Please Operator (Could You Trace This Call)
7. Kasey Chambers – Stronger
8. Aaron Tippin – Big Boy Toys
9. David Nail – The Sound of a Million Dreams
10. Adam Gregory – Fast Enough
11. LeAnn Rimes – Twisted Angels
12. Terri Clark – You Can’t Help The One You Love
13. Kelly Willis – Bang Bang
14. John Mellencamp – Save Some Time To Dream
15. Garth Brooks – The Beaches of Cheyenne (Live Version)
16. Rodney Crowell’ – Til I Gain Control Again
17. Bryan White – Love Me Like You Mean It
18 Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More
19 Iron & Wine – On Your Wings
20 This One’s for the Girls
1. Luke Bryan – Country Man
2. Dierks Bentley – So So Long
3. Vince Gill – This New Heartache
4. Darius Rucker – Whiskey and You
5. Emerson Drive – A Boy Becomes A Man
6. Jessica Harp – Boy Like Me (feat. Keith Urban)
7. Alan Jackson – Summertime Blues
8. LeAnn Rimes – Something I Can Feel
9. George Strait – She Lays It All On the Line
10. Emerson Drive – A Good Man
11. Slim Dusty – Country Revival
12. Radney Foster – Old Silver
13. Vince Gill – Shoot Straight From Your Heart
14. Brooks & Dunn – Good Day to be Me
15. Adam Brand – Comin’ From/Khe Sahn
16. George Strait – Her Goodbye Hit Me In the Heart
17. George Strait – Today My World Slipped Away
18. Sugarland – Baby Girl
19. Train – Save Me, San Francisco
20. Holly William – Keep the Change
Phew, nothing embarrassing haha.
Serious kudos for having Emerson Drive, Train, and Holly Williams on there
1. Dale Watson-If I was a Truckin’ Man
2. Dale Watson- Hollywood Hillbilly
3. Buck Owens- Cryin’ Time
4. Chris LeDoux- 5 Dollar Fine
5. Dale Watson- Truckin’ Queen
6. Dave Alvin- Amanda
7. Hank Williams- Happy Rovin’ Cowboy
8. Tennessee Ernie Ford- Put Your Arms Around Me
9. Chris LeDoux- Gravitational Pull
10. Sara Evans- Three Chords and The Truth
11. Hank Jr. Honky Tonkin’
12. Lefty Frizzell- Run ‘em Off
13. Ernest Tubb- Seaman’s Blues
14. Amber Digby- You Snap Your Fingers
15. Waylon Jennings- Hank Williams Syndrome
16. Pee Wee King- Ramblin’ Blues
17. Mark Chesnutt- Gonna Get A Life
18. Wayne Hancock- Louisiana Blues
19. Dolly Parton- I Will Always Love You
20. Freddie Dean Snowden- Father Good Times
Wow. That was great, no shame at all. I’ve gotta go back and relisten to all of this…maybe twice.
The Simpsons End Credits Theme — Los Lobos version (awesome)
Chains — Patty Loveless
Bushwick Blues — Delta Spirit
I’ll Never Forgive My Heart — Brooks & Dunn
Will The Circle Be Unbroken — Randy Travis
Supermodel — Jull Sobule (don’t deny you love this song)
Sleepin’ On The Foldout — Brad Paisley
Trying to Matter — Gary Allan
The Cowboy Song — Garth Brooks
Kick A Little — Little Texas
Awaiting The Flood — Timothy Seth Avett as Darling
I’ll Be Waiting — Adele
Fallin’ To Pieces — Rob Thomas
All The Good Ones Are Gone — Pam Tillis
A Simple Song For Salty The Singing Seaslug — Nickel Creek
The Heartaches Are Free — Dwight Yoakam
Yonder Come The Blues — Jakob Dylan
So You Think You’re In Love — Robyn Hitchcock
This Side — Mutual Admiration Society
I’ve Got A Woman — Ray Charles
Well the article says not to disguise anything so lets do this…..I will not skip anything, I promise.
1. Big Time Rush -If I Ruled The World
2. Death Cap for Cutie – The Ice Is Getting Thinner(I haven’t listened to this in a long time, I’m just using the next button lol)
3. Zac Brown Band -Whatever It Is
4. Lonely Island -Watch Me Do Me -Classy Skit #2
5. Weird Al -Perform This Way
6. Martina McBride -Independence Day
7. Lonely Island -We’re Back
8. Terri Clark -Beautiful and Broken
9. Lonely Island -Normal Guy
10. Lonely Island -Like A Boss(I swear my iTunes is on a Lonely Island kick this morning, where the Robert Downey Jr songs Itunes?)
11. Joey and Rory -Play the Song
12. Cledus T. Judd -If Shania Was Mine
13. Miranda Lambert -More Like Her
14. Bruno Mars -The Lazy Song
15. Keith Urbam -Rollarcoaster
16. NSYNC -Bringing Da’ Noise(…..I liked them when I was young ok. At least its not the title of a Luke Bryan song, imagine how stupid and horrible that song would be if Luke had a song titled Bringing The Noise)
17. Lonely Island -Awesometown
18. Eli Young Band -Even If It Breaks Your Heart
19 Lonely Island -Trouble on D Island(Ok seriously Itunes, where is the Robert Downey Jr songs?! Nothing against The Lonely Island, but I would like to share a song by Robert Downey whenever the chance arises)
20. Terri Clark -Take My Time
Well there are my results, embarrassing has they may be.
20.
1. Elizabeth Cook, “Mama, You Wanted to be a Singer Too”
2. Sheryl Crow, “A Change Would Do You Good”
3. Jim Lauderdale, “Headed for the Hills”
4. Craig Morgan, “Every Friday Afternoon”
5. Jerry Jeff Walker, “Please Let Me Be”
6. Justin Jones, “Razor Blade”
7. Ryan Bingham, “Junkie Star”
8. Patty Griffin, “No Bad News”
9. Clint Black, “Are You Sure Waylon Done it this Way”
10. Levon Helm, “Heaven’s Pearls”
11. Pat Green, “If It Weren’t for You”
12. Dwight Yoakam, “The Last Heart in Line”
13. Kathy Mattea, “Lonely at the Bottom”
14. John Anderson, “It Ain’t Easy Being Me”
15. Justin Townes Earle, “Lone Pine Hill”
16. Doc Watson, “The Old Man Below”
17. Todd Snider, “Lonely Girl”
18. Chely Wright, “The River”
19. Roger Alan Wade, “Brainerd Road / King Fish Blues”
20. Cake, “Excuse Me (I Think I’ve Got A Heartache)”
1.Niall Toner- William Smith Monroe
2.Blaze Foley- Livin in the Woods in a Tree
3.Diana Jones- Cold Grey Ground
4.Foster and Lloyd- Picasso’s Mandolin
5.Dave Alvin- Johnny Ace is Dead
6.Merry Clayton- Country Road
7.Dale Ann Bradley, Alison Krauss, and Steve Gulley- I’ll Take Love
8.Laura Branigan- Gloria
9. Fred J Eaglesmith- Johnny Cash
10.Joe Cocker- Look What You’ve Done
11.The Jolly Boys- Ring of Fire
12. Rosie Flores- God May Forgive You (But I Won’t)
13. Stone the Crows- Penicillin Blues
14. Sylvia- As Soon As I Find My Voice
15.Bobby Blue Bland- Two Steps from the Blues
16.Darrell Scott- Every Road Leads Back to You
17.Jane Hawley- Why Do I Always Fall for You
18.Jeff Black- New Love Song
19.John K Samson- http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/rivertonrifle
20. John Paul Keith- Too Hip and
21. Katrina Leskanich- My Open Arms
I love that Rosie Flores song.
That was the first Rosie Flores song I remember hearing. Still my favourite.
1. The Band Perry — Lasso
2. Brad Paisley – Old Alabama
3. Phil Vassar — Lemonade
4. John Lennon – Jealous Guy
5. Yvonne Elliman – If I Can’t Have You
6. Bon Jovi – Love’s the Only Rule
7. Bruce Springsteen – City of Night
8. Lady Antebellum – American Honey
9. The Beatles – Slow Down
10. Bruce Springsteen – Livin’ in the Future
11. Terry Clark – I Just Wanna Be Mad
12. Blake Shelton – Goodbye Time
13. Sugarland – Genevieve
14. The Temptations – Ain’t Too Proud to Beg
15. Billy Joel – Captain Jack
16. The Band Perry – Double Heart
17. Trace Adkins – Don’t Mind if I Don’t
18. The Bee Gees – How Deep is Your Love?
19. Blake Shelton – You’ll Always Be Beautiful
20. Bon Jovi – Lay Your Hands on Me
1. “Love Look At Me Now”- Ernie Halter
2. “Greenbacks”- Ray Charles
3. “It Ain’t Cool To Be Crazy About You”- George Strait
4. “When the Sand Runs Out”- Rascal Flatts
5. “Some Kind of Ride”- Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
6. “Double Shot of John Wayne”- Clay Walker
7. “I Still Miss You”- Keith Anderson
8. “Summer Babe (Winter Version)”- Pavement
9. “Wait And See”- The Byrds
10. “Who Knew”- P!nk
11. “Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word”- Elton John
12. “My Oh My How Time Flies”- The Roys
13. “Forget You”- Cee Lo Green
14. “Money”- Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
15. “Some Things Never Change”- Tim McGraw
16. “Wait So Long”- Trampled by Turtles
17. “In The Mirror”- Nada Surf
18. “She Belongs To Me’- Bob Dylan
19. “Swing”- Trace Adkins
20. “Be My Thrill”- The Weepies
1. Reba McEntire – “One Honest Heart”
2. The Wrights – “Home Sweet Highway”
3. Brandi Carlile – “Again Today”
4. Willie Nelson – “Why Do I Have To Choose”
5. Brandi Carlile -”The Story (Live)”
6. Patsy Cline – “She’s Got You”
7. Eilen Jewell – “Fist City”
8. Dexateens – “Grandaddy’s Mouth”
9. Jamey Johnson – “Women”
10. Reba McEntire – “If You See Him, If You See Her”
11. Brandi Carlile – “Ghost (Live cover)”
12. Jacob Jones – “Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone?”
13. Justin Townes Earle – “The Ghost of Virginia”
14. Brandi Carlile – “Boys Don’t Cry (Live)”
15. A.A. Bondy – “Judgement Day”
16. Martina McBride – “Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow”
17. Pistol Annies – “Takin’ Pills”
18. Justin Townes Earle – “Learning to Cry”
19. Willie Nelson – “Always On My Mind”
20. Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings – “Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys”
I’m surprised at the number of repeat artists. I guess I need to add more variety to my itunes.
Always a fun feature. My iPod came up very female-centric this morning, but with fewer shame-inducing entries than it sometimes chooses:
1. Indigo Girls – Strange Fire
2. George Jones – Still Doing Time
3. Scandal – Goodbye To You
4. Lacy J. Dalton – Lonesome (As The Night Is Long)
5. Emmylou Harris – Feeling Single, Seeing Double
6. Norma Jean – All Of Me Belongs To You
7. Jean Shepard – It’s Hard To Tell The Married From The Free
8. The Graces – Should I Let You In
9. Dixie Chicks – The Long Way Around
10. Aimee Mann – You Could Make A Killing
11. Dolly Parton – Touch Your Woman
12. Kate Campbell – See Rock City
13. Waylon Jennings – Big Big Love (Live)
14. Hank Sr. – I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
15. Amber Digby – Bring Your Love Back To Me
16. Toby Keith – Too Far This Time
17. Loretta Lynn – We’ve Come A Long Way Baby
18. Bananarama – Love Truth & Honesty
19. Marianne Faithfull – Sliding Through Life On Charm
20. Mark Chesnutt – The King Of Broken Hearts
That Indigo Girls song is beyond wonderful.
Agreed, Eric! That is a great song by them. It was just such a different sound when it came out, and sealed my being an Indigo fan from then on. I was also happy when Kate Campbell came up … she’s one of those artists who I don’t listen to often, but every time she pops up on my iPod, I think I should and end up buying another CD from her catalog!
01. Cher – All or Nothing
02. Sammy Kershaw – Meant to Be
03. Jo Dee Messina – I Know a Heartache
04. George Strait – The Man in Love with You
05. Taylor Dayne – Say a Prayer
06. Kylie Minogue – Confide in Me
07. Madonna – Open Your Heart
08. Heart – These Dreams
09. Celine Dion – To Love You More
10. Aretha Franklin – I Say a Little Prayer
11. Brad Paisley – Letter to Me
12. Gin Blossoms – Til I Hear It From You
13. B&D – Why Would I Say Goodbye
14. Rod Stewart & Mary J Blige – You Make Me Feel Brand New
15. George Strait – Milk Cow Blues
16. Patty Loveless – You Don’t Seem to Miss Me (Awesome!)
17. Martina McBride – Cry Cry (Til the Sun Shines)
18. Patty Loveless – Over My Shoulder
19. Original Broadway Cast from Rent – Out Tonight
20. Leona Lewis – Hurt (lacks the gravitas of Johnny Cash’s cover)
Surprisingly, no Dolly or Reba came up since I have around 500 and 400 songs from each of them respectively.
1. Shattered (Turn the Car Around) – O.A.R
2. Rock ‘N Me – Steve Miller Band
3. Seventeen – Matt Kearney
4. Somebody – Reba McEntire
5. If Not You – Jo Dee Messina
6. On the Way Down – Ryan Cabrera
7. Strangers – Martina McBride
8. That Power – Childish Gambino
9. Stardust – Michael Buble & Naturally 7
10. Falling Slowly – Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova
11. Sister – The Black Keys
12. The Only One – The Black Keys
13. Breaking Down – Florence + The Machine
14. Cover Your Eyes – Jamey Johnson
15. All We Are – Sugarland (yeah.. I’ll never get that money back)
16. Don’t Shoot Me Santa – The Killers (A Christmas classic! everyone buy this song!)
17. Dead Serious – Tinted Windows
18. My Last Name – Dierks Bentley
19. Shake That Thing – Gwyneth Paltrow (HAHAHAHA. I almost made it! ALMOST!!)
20. You’re So Real – Matchbox Twenty
Seeing this list makes me realize how much I’ve stopped listening to country. That used to be ALL I listened to. Also, forgive me for the Country Strong soundtrack.. There’s some good songs on there!
I’m surprised you found time for this, what with updating Bob Loblaw’s Law Blog … The Country Strong soundtrack is forgivable … there *are* some good cuts on it!
Why should I admit to a crime someone else noticed?
I don’t understand the question, and I refuse to respond to it.
01. Martina McBride – “House Of A Thousand Dreams”
02. Charlie Sizemore – “I Don’t Remember Loving You”
03. Deric Ruttan – “Just To Get To You”
04. Sheryl Crow – “Sweet Rosalyn”
05. Aerosmith – “Dude (Looks Like A Lady)”
06. Blake Shelton – “Georgia In A Jug”
07. Justin Moore – “Grandpa”
08. Lari White – “Just Thinking”
09. Tim McGraw – “Memory Lane”
10. Orianthi – “Missing You”
11. Alan Jackson – “Livin’ On Love”
12. Mandy Moore – “Everblue”
13. Caitlin Rose – “Learnin’ To Ride”
14. Cascada – “Evacuate The Dancefloor”
15. One More Girl – “Once Upon A Time”
16. Dionne Warwick – “Walk On By”
17. Trace Adkins – “I Can’t Outrun You”
18. Jackie Tohn – “Crowded In Here”
19. Neal McCoy – “That’s Not Her”
20. SHeDAISY – “Everything But Me”
Okay, so I’m a tad late for this one, but here goes.
1. Randy Travis – “My Heart Cracked (But It Did Not Break)” – Good start so far!
2. Reba McEntire – “The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia”
3. Patsy Cline – “I Don’t Wanta”
4. Patty Loveless – “On the Verge of Tears”
5. Carrie Underwood – “That’s Where It Is”
6. Katy Perry – “Teenage Dream”
7. Tammy Wynette – “Apartment #9″
8. Alison Krauss & Union Station – “Lie Awake”
9. K.T. Oslin – “What Is This Thing Called Love”
10. Luke Bryan – “Rain Is a Good Thing”
11. Tim McGraw – “It’s Your Love”
12. Erika Jo – “Love Is”
13. Patti Page – “Poor Man’s Roses”
14. Suzy Bogguss – “Family Tree”
15. Paula Abdul – “Straight Up”
16. Linda Ronstadt – “Love Is a Rose”
17. Lacy J. Dalton – “Crazy Blue Eyes”
18. Trisha Yearwood – “Nothin’ to Lose”
19. Lacy J. Dalton – “Tennessee Waltz”
20. Dolly Parton – “Jolene”
Some interesting surprises, and some stuff I haven’t listened to in ages, but overall I’d say I came out fairly well, though I might lose a few points for Katy Perry and Paula Abdul. Diagnosis, doc?
Here goes…
1. Franz Ferdinand – “Take Me Out”
2. Son Volt – “Tear Stained Eye”
3. The Civil Wars – “My Father’s Father”
4. Lucinda Williams – “Buttercup”
5. My Bloody Valentine – “Sometimes”
6. Neil Young – “Vampire Blues”
7. CSNY – “Country Girl”
8. Florence + The Machine – “What the Water Gave Me”
9. Neil Young – “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere”
10. Radiohead – “Electioneering”
11. Waylon Jennings – “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright”
12. The Black Keys – “Little Black Submarines”
13. Guster – “Stay with Me Jesus”
14. Barenaked Ladies – “Hello City”
15. Marcio Montarroyos – “Samba Solstice”
16. Neon Indian – “Polish Girl”
17. Neil Young – “Cortez the Killer”
18. Peter, Paul and Mary – “Lemon Tree”
19. Booker T. and the M.G.’s – “Hang ‘em High”
20. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Here Comes My Girl”
Well, that was…something. Eclectic taste?
Little Black Submarines might be the greatest rock n’ roll song of the last 15 years….
My first shuffle submission…
1. Hank Williams III – Ghost To A Ghost
2. Willie Nelson – The Warm Red Wine
3. George Strait – Unwound
4. Marty Stuart – The Lonely Kind
5. Bob Dylan – Freight Train Blues
6. Merle Haggard – Mama Tried
7. Radney Foster & Roger Creager – Luckenbach, Texas
8. Jackson Taylor & The Sinners – Goin’ Down Swingin’
9. Marty Stuart – Sundown In Nashville (I guess my ipod agrees that ‘Tear The Woodpile Down’ is the album of the year to date)
10. George Jones – White Lightning
11. The Avett Brothers – Pretty Girl from Matthews
12. Steve Earle – CCKMP
13. Willie Nelson – Bloody Mary Morning (the electric, live version from the Atlantic Sessions released in 2006)
14. Bob Dylan – Tombstone Blues
15. Willie Nelson – I Drank All Of Our Precious Love Away
16. Ray Lawrence Jr. – Hank III
17. Bob Seger – Get Out Of Denver
18. Lookin’ For A Mountain – Hank III
19. Willie Nelson – A Maiden’s Prayer
20. Willie Nelson – Can’t Help It (If I’m Still In Love With You)
I enjoyed reviewing all the lists. Two things made an impression on me. First, how diverse genre wise they all are for a country music blog. Second, most of the songs are from the 90′s.
1. Slow Down – Elvis Costello and the Attractions
2. Come Some Rainy Day – Wynonna Judd
3. Swinging Door – Catherine Britt
4. The Shape I’m In – Joe Nichols
5. Drunken Hearted Man (take 2) – Robert Johnson
6. Fame – David Bowie
7. The Daughter of Majestic Sage – Jim Lauderdale
8. Don’t Look Away – Gary Allan
9. Psycho: A Suite for Strings – Bernard Hermann
10. Red Dirt Road – Brooks & Dunn
11. That’s How Strong My Love Is – Buddy Miller
12. Stood Up – Ricky Nelson
13. Little Sadie – Norman Blake
14. Family Affair – Sly and the Family Stone
15. Video Games – Lana Del Rey
16. Desperation – Miranda Lambert
17. If Teardrops Were Pennies – Patty Loveless
18. The Night Before – The Beatles
19. Jemima Surrender – The Band
20. Chicago – Tom Waits
1. Whisper My Name, Randy Travis
2. For the Longest Time, Billy Joel
3. The Ballad of John and Yoko, The Beatles
4. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, Billy Joel
5. Expressway to Your Heart, Southside Johnny & The Jukes
6. Stand Still, Look Pretty, The Wreckers
7. Bye Bye Bye, N Sync (Oh, the shame.)
8. Hail Holy Queen, Sister Act soundtrack
9. Spit on a Stranger, Nickel Creek
10. Bad Romance, Lady Gaga
11. Somebody’s Hero, Jamie O’Neal
12. Pumped Up Kicks, Foster the People
13. Live with Lonesome, Little Big Town
14. Coal Miner’s Daughter, Loretta Lynn
15. Stronger, Kelly Clarkson
16. Hallelujah, Rufus Wainwright
17. Without You, Keith Urban
18. Big Shot, Billy Joel (lot of him on this shuffle)
19. Springsteen, Eric Church
20. Summer Sunshine, The Corrs
Late to the party as usual…
1. Jail – The Clumsy Lovers
2. Young Dreams – Dex Romweber Duo
3. My Affair – Kirsty MacColl
4. The Huron Carol – Crash Test Dummies (I’m keeping any Christmas songs that I get, though I normally skip over them in May)
5. Rose’s Pawn Shop – Funeral Pyre
6. Dwight Yoakam – Away in a Manger (really, iTunes? It’s like 80 degrees outside)
7. The Chieftains – Ballyfin Polkas
8. Eric Church – Homeboy
9. Great Big Sea – Mari-Mac
10. Steve Earle – Lonely Are the Free
11. Steve Earle – Little Emperor
12. Elizabeth Cook – Heather Are You With Me Tonight
13. Petula Clark – Downtown
14. Aul’ Grey Whistle – Tippin’ It Up To Nancy
15. Nathan – One Spend
16. June – My Side of the Story
17. Guy Clark – Hemingway’s Whiskey
18. Dexter Romweber – Outta Sight
19. Mexican Institute of Sound – Alocatel
20. Mandy Barnett & Chuck Mead – Jackson
I’m a bit late too:
1. Listen To My Heart – David Ball
2. Jimmy Martin – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
3. Seven Spanish Angels – Adam Harvey ft Troy Cassar-Daly
4. Making Love All wrong – Georgette Jones
5. Feeling Single, Seeing Double – George Jones
6. Papa Sita – Jennifer McCarter and the McCarters
7. This Time – Waylon Jennings
8. Are You Afraid To Die – Louvin Brothers
9. Honky Tonk Talk – Todd Fritsch
10. Shelly’s Winter Love – Larry Stephenson
11. Hillbilly With A Heartache – Tracy Lawrence ft John Anderson
12. When Do I Get To Be A Woman – Sarah Johns
13. On The Back Row – George Jones
14. Why Ask Why – Steve Gulley and Tim Stafford
15. Half Life of A Heart – Skip Ewing
16. You’re Not Lookin’ For – Deryl Dodd
17. Here In Frisco – Merle Haggard
18. Are You Sure Hank Done it This Way – Waylon Jennings
19. Dancin’ In God’s Country – Rebecca Lynn Howard
20. It Just Ain’t There For Me No More – Billy Joe Shaver
Muddy Waters – Rollin’ and Tumblin’ Pt. 2
Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros – Black Water
George Jones – Still Doin’ Time
Chris LeDoux – Workin’ Man’s Dollar
Johnny Cash – Sunday Morning Coming Down
Willie Nelson (With Steven Tyler & Aerosmith) – One Time Too Many
B.B. King – The Thrill Is Gone
Johnny Cash – Daddy Sang Bass
Johnny Cash – A Boy Named Sure
Dr. Dog – Shadow People
Lukas Nelson and Promise Of The Real – My Own Wave
Eric Clapton – Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
Ray Charles – Honey, Honey
Waylon Jennings – Theme From The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol’ Boys)
Waylon Jennings – I Ain’t Living Long Like This
The Black Keys – Lonely Boy
Waylon Jennings – Two Streaks of Steel
Gorillaz – intro
Mini Mansions – Monk
Hank Williams – Move It On Over