If you’re anything like me, listening to music makes you want to listen to more music, and your appetite’s always bigger than your disposable income. Here’s a shuffle aimed at reminding myself of all the good music I already have, some of it listened to only once or twice in more affluent days. If you ever find yourself collecting music faster than you can truly listen to it, or neglecting older favorites in favor of the latest and greatest, post your own shuffle in the comments and let’s feel lucky for the lifetimes of good music already in our possession.
1. Come Sundown – Bobby Bare
2. One Microphone – Angela Easterling
3. Pancho and Lefty – Tommy Alverson
4. Blue Water – Josh Williams
5. Patches – George Jones and B.B. King
6. Little Bitty – Alan Jackson
7. Plenty Good Lovin’ – Charley Pride
8. Tennessee Tea – Joe Diffie
9. You Can Still Wear White – Matt Kennon
10. Lonesome Yodel Blues – Delmore Brothers
11. It Gets Late So Early – Lefty Frizzell
12. Blue Clear Sky – George Strait
13. Confessin’ My Love – Mark Chesnutt
14. Already Spent – Jeff Bates
15. Ballad of the Devil’s Backbone Tavern – Todd Snider
16. We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds – Vern Gosdin
17. The Angels Rejoiced – Dolly Parton and Sonya Isaacs
18. Trains Make Me Lonesome – George Strait
19. All Shook Up – Elvis Presley
20. Off the Record – Aaron Watson
I am all for appreciating what I have got. C.M., you even managed to get The King on the anniversary of his passing. I did manage get a band with Elvis’s birthplace in the name.
Here is my shuffle (old, new, American, Canadian, Texan, Tupeloan):
1. The Lowdown – Roger Wallace
2. You’re Not the Best – Charlie Robison
3. High Cost of Living – Jamey Johnson
4. Bob’s Dogs and Burgs – Fred Eaglesmith
5. Chevy Van – Waylon Jennings
6. Here I am Falling Again – Hank Jr.
7. Stardust – Willie Nelson
8. Drive In Movie – Fred Eaglesmith
9. Highway 87 – Hayes Carll & The Gulf Coast Orchestra
10. Don’t Be Angry – Stonewall Jackson
11. Lucky Man – Montgomery Gentry
12. I Wanna Be Your Dog – Uncle Tupelo
13. Halfway to Jackson – Justin Townes Earle
14. The Right Place – Aaron Watson
15. I Can’t Take You Anywhere – Scotty Emerick
16. Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Hank Jr.
17. Little Green Apples – Roger Miller
18. Bar Exam – The Derailers
19. I’ll Sleep – Randy Houser
20. Midnight Shift – Joe Ely
Okay, here goes…
1. Garth Brooks, “Shameless”
2. Lorrie Morgan, “Except for Monday”
3. LeAnn Rimes, “Blue”
4. Dixie Chicks, “Landslide”
5. Shania Twain, “Up!”
6. Faith Hill, “Breathe”
7. Tim McGraw, “Unbroken”
8. Terri Clark, “She Didn’t Have Time”
9. Sara Evans, “Suds in the Bucket”
10. Jo Dee Messina, “Bring On the Rain”
11. Patty Loveless, “Timber I’m Falling In Love”
12. Pam Tillis, “Maybe It Was Memphis”
13. Dolly Parton, “9 to 5″
14. Patsy Cline, “I Fall to Pieces”
15. Martina McBride, “I Love You”
16. Loretta Lynn, “Coal Miner’s Daughter”
17. Tammy Wynette, “Stand By Your Man”
18. Randy Travis, “Forever and Ever, Amen”
19. Taylor Swift, “Tim McGraw”
20. Tanya Tucker, “Down to My Last Teardrop”
Hey, I’ve got some good stuff.
I so have this problem. I’m trying to decrease my purchasing until I’ve listened to what I already have, because I have a lot of music that I actually havened listened to yet. Here’s my list:
1. Big & Rich, Live This Life
2. Alice in Chains, Frogs
3. Fred Eaglesmith, High Heels in the Rain
4. Nickel Creek, I Should’ve Known Better
5. Steve Earle, Copperhead Road
6. Rodney Crowell, You Don’t Know How Much I Hate You
7. Willie Nelson, Come Rain or Come Shine
8. Paul Overstreet, Sweet Juliana
9. Drew Kennedy, Baytown
10. Raul Malo, When I Stop Dreaming
11. Mary Chapin Carpenter, Opening Act
12. Tim O’Brien, She’s Runnin’ Away
13. 18 South, Late Night Ramble
14. Mindy Smith, Hurricane
15. Charlie Robbison, One in a Million
16. Toby Keith, Pump Jack
17. Cake, Hem of Your Garment
18. Joey + Rory, Rodeo
19. Todd Snider, Loneley Girl
20. Rodney Crowell, Closer to Heaven
Leeann,
That is my favorite Fred Eaglesmith song.
I’ll narrow this down (and lengthen my shuffle) to country-ish selections.
1. Steve Earle – Days Aren’t Long Enough
2. A.A. Bondy – False River
3. Drag the River – Rangement
4. Band of Horses – No One’s Gonna Love You
5. Matraca Berg – That Train Don’t Run
6. Tim Easton – The Young Girls
7. Trace Adkins – Hauling One Thing
8. Corb Lund – Talkin’ Vegetarian Blues
9. Paul Thorn – Sister Ruby’s House of Prayer
10. Jimmy Buffett – A Pirate Looks at Forty
11. Hayes Carll – She Left Me For Jesus
12. Radney Foster – I Know You Can Hear Me
13. Reckless Kelly – Hey Say May
14. Billy Joe Shaver – Honky Tonk Heroes
15. Ryan Bingham – Take It Easy Mama (Live at Schuba)
16. Tift Merritt – Mixtape
17. Hellbound Glory – Hard Livin’ Man
18. Willie & Asleep at the Wheel – Corrina Corrina
19. Jim Lauderdale & The Dream Players – I Hope You’re Happy
20. Roger Creager – The Man I Used to Be
(and what a pretentious blogger collection I have – only one mainstreamer came up)
I’m pretty sure I’m as bad as anybody when it comes to this. I have a backlog of over one hundred albums I have yet to listen to, but that doesn’t stop me from buying new music whenever the mood strikes.
Hayes Carll – I Don’t Wanna Grow Up
Alan Jackson – Walkin’ The Floor Over Me
Craig Morgan – God, Family And Country
Keith Urban – I’m In
Wayne Hancock – Working at Working
Brad Paisley – In the Garden
Sara Evans -You Don’t
Dale Watson – Truckstop In La Grange
Sarah Johns – Muddy Water
Joe Nichols – I’ll Wait For You
Billy Gilman – What’s Forever For
Dwight Yoakam – Nothing’s Changed Here
Aaron Tippin – Honky-Tonk Superman
Jack Ingram – Great Divide
Brooks & Dunn – I Can’t Put Out This Fire
Vince Gill – Which Bridge To Cross (Which Bridge To Burn)
Lee Ann Womack – Either Way
David Serby -The Grass Is Always Bluer
Miranda Lambert – Greyhound Bound For Nowhere
Moe Bandy – I Cheated Me Right Out Of You
Case in point, I’ve heard precisely nine of those songs. And the real irony is that very frequently I will look at my playlist and feel like there’s nothing to listen to. X_X
I’d say this does a reasonable job of representing my music collection.
1. Diamond Rio – I Believe
2. Billy Joe Shaver – Way Down Texas Way
3. Anuhea – I Just Want You Around
4. Blake Shelton – Home Sweet Home
5. Frank Sinatra – The Best Is Yet To Come
6. Troy Cassar-Daley – True Believer
7. LeAnn Rimes – Family
8. Lynyrd Skynyrd – Storm
9. Billy Ray Cyrus – Love You Back
10. Trisha Yearwood – Powerful Thing
11. Steve Earle – Copperhead Road
12. Brandon Sandefur – Now You’re Tonkin’
13. Hootie & The Blowfish – Time
14. Phil Vassar – I’ll Take That As A Yes
15. Ray Price – Don’t You Go Loving Nobody Else
16. Straight No Chaser – You’re My Best Friend
17. Hank Williams – I’ll Fly Away
18. Sam Cooke – Only Sixteen
19. Red Stick Ramblers – Old Fasioned Two Step
20. Rodney Crowell – Adam’s Song
This may not quite capture the depth of my collection, but it’s not a bad little playlist:
1. Mary – Zac Brown Band
2. So Many Roads, So Many Trains – Otis Rush
3. Hey Joe – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
4. Minority – Bill Evans
5. Long Sermon – Brad Paisley
6. Black – Pearl Jam
7. Old Shoes (And Picture Postcards) – Tom Waits
8. (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding – Elvis Costello & The Attractions
9. Voices – Chris Young
10. The Way You Look Tonight – Cannoball Adderly
11. Brown Eyed Handsome Man – Chuck Berry
12. Take It Out On Me – Miranda Lambert
13. If You Can’t See My Mirrors – The New Pornographers
14. One Cat, One Vote, One Beer – Ry Cooder
15. I Won’t Dance – Ella Fitzgerald
16. Mean to Me – Crowded House
17. Heaven Blues – Lucinda Williams
18. If Only – Dolly Parton
19. Can’t Be Good – Blake Shelton
20. We Were Aborted – The Cribs
Golly…
1. Johnny Cooper – Follow
2. Bonnie Raitt – Lover’s Will
3. Hank Williams – Faded Love And Winter Roses
4. Keith Whitely – Ten Feet Away
5. Randy Travis – King Of The Road
6. Tim McGraw – Angry All The Time
7. Patty Loveless – Don’t Let Me Cross Over
8. Garth Brooks – Shameless
9. Kanye West – Jesus Walks
10. Ashley Monroe – Hank’s Cadillac
11. Matt Nathanson – To The Beat Of Our Noisy Hearts
12. Patsy Cline – Heartaches
13. Corb Lund – Family Reunion
14. Doc Walker – Beautiful Life
15. Ricky Skaggs – I Don’t Care
16. Catherine Britt – Bruised
17. Dixie Chicks – Lunnock or Leave It
18. No Doubt – Snakes
19. Dolly Parton – Just Because I’m A Woman
20. The Wilkinsons – Fast Car
1. Toby Keith – Die With Your Boots On
2. Dixie Chicks – Once You’ve Loved Somebody
3. Dwight Yoakam – Blame The Vain
4. Wade Hayes – Mine To Lose
5. Shannon Brown – Good Ole Days
6. John Corbett – Revival
7. Rascal Flatts – My Worst Fear
8. Blake Shelton – She Don’t Love Me
9. Gary Allan – Tough All Over
10. Trick Pony – More Like Me
11. Sherrie Austin – Sarah
12. Holly Williams – Let Her Go
13. Trace Adkins – Til The Last Shot’s Fired
14. Mickey & The Motorcars – Bloodshot
15. Easton Corbin – I Can’t Love You Back
16. Garth Brooks – Pushing Up Daisies
17. Terri Clark – She Didn’t Have Time
18. Toby Keith – Baddest Boots
19. Montgomery Gentry – Something To Be Proud Of
20. Gretchen Wilson – Work Hard, Play Harder
I haven’t listened to “Once You’ve Loved Somebody” in so long, but now that you mention, I have that beautiful chorus playing in my head once again. That “Wide Open Spaces” CD was one of the greatest country albums ever, in my opinion.
I’ve got 10,776 songs in iTunes, and I’ve never listened to 1,530 of them. That’s not too bad, actually. I spend most of the workday listening to iTunes on shuffle, so I tend to cycle through my collection decently well.
1. M79 – Vampire Weekend
2. Down To Rest – O’Death
3. Daddy Raised A Boy – Scott Miller & The Commonwealth
4. Outskirts Of Town – Sawyer Brown
5. Nighthawks – Two Hours Traffic
6. No Reason Being Late – Jason Boland & The Stragglers
7. Lone Pine Hill (Daytrotter Session) – Justin Townes Earle
8. Georgia On My Mind – Quartet Of The Hot Club Of France
9. Don’t Talk Back – Kasey Chambers
10. Holiday – 1986
11. The Pursuit Of Farmer Michael Hayes – The Alias Acoustic Band
12. Driving Sideways – Aimee Mann
13. The Queen – Mike Dunn & The Kings Of New England
14. Ol’ Lonesome – Danni Leigh
15. Sun Giant – Fleet Foxes
16. Margarita – Great Big Sea
17. Sweet Little One – Kelly Willis
18. Alot More – Todd Snider
19. Coalminers – Uncle Tupelo
20. The New Post Office; The Pigeon on the Gate; The New Custom House (reels) – Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill
Here goes …
1. Brooks & Dunn – Every River
2. Reba McEntire – I Want To Hear It From You
3. Dixie Chick – If I Fall You’re Going Down With Me
4. Shelby Lynne – Leavin’
5. Vern Gosdin – You’ve Never Been In Love With You
6. Emily West – That Kind of Happy
7. Loretta Lynn – You Ain’t Woman Enough To Take My Man
8. Trisha Yearwood – If I Ain’t Got You
9. George Jones – The Rock
10. Chely Wright – What I Learned From Loving You
11. Tammy Wynette – Bedtime Story
12. Sugarland – The One I Love
13. Kathy Mattea – Love At The Five and Dime
14. Julie Roberts – Rain On a Tin Roof
15. Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn – I Still Believe In Waltzes
16. Garth Brooks – That Ole Wind
17. Blackhawk – Every Once In a While
18. Dixie Chicks – Mississippi
19. Gary Allan – I Think I’ve Had Enough
20. Alan Jackson – Here In The Real World
… yeah, that’ll do.
Love lists!
Raining at Sunset – Chris Thile
It’s Always Something – Joe Diffie
In My Life – The Beatles
Crowing – Glen Phillips
I Just Wanted You to Know – Mark Chesnutt
I Can’t Go There – Kenny Chesney
Don’t Make Me Come to Tulsa – Wade Hayes
Hello Seattle – Owl City
Somebody Like You – Keith Urban
Forever Seventeen – Tim McGraw (don’t remember ever hearing this one)
Drive My Car – The Beatles
Cheap Parades – Holly Williams
Feed The Birds – Julie Andrews
You Send Me – Sam Cooke
What Say – George Strait
So Much Like My Dad – George Strait
Nobody – Johnny Cash
Goin’ Under Getting Over You – Brooks & Dunn
Six String Orchestra – Harry Chapin
Don’t Let Our Love Start Slippin’ Away – Vince Gill
This is one of the best strings of songs I’ve got out of shuffle. Now I need to go back and re-listen to them all. Yes, even Owl City.
“Aces High,” Iron Maiden
“Whiskey River,” Willie Nelson
“Waymore’s Blues,” Waylon Jennings
“You Could Be Mine,” Guns’n'Roses
“The Bluegrass Widow,” Robert Earl Keen
“I Threw Away the Rose,” Merle Haggard
“Neon Row,” George Strait
“Southbound 35,” Pat Green
“Seven Bridges Road,” The Eagles
“Another Rainy Night,” Queensryche
Huh, that’s a pretty fair overview of my music collection…
A bit late, but here I go anyways:
1. We Danced Anyway – Deana Carter
2. That Makes Two Of Us – Amber Digby & Justin Trevino
3. He Gets That From Me – Reba
4. The Party Ain’t Over Yet – Patty Loveless
5. La Isla Bonita – Madonna
6. Why Don’t You Believe Me – The Judds
7. Goodbye Earl – Dixie Chicks
8. The Sun Doesn’t Like You – Norah Jones
9. You’ll Always Be My Baby – Sara Evans
10. I Should Have Watched That First Step – George Strait
11. Barbara On Your Mind – Dolly Parton
12. Night Rider’s Lament – Garth Brooks
13. The Best – Wynonna
14. I’m Not In The Mood (To Say No)! – Shania Twain
15. Reflections (Care Enough) – Mariah Carey
16. I Just Might Be – Lorrie Morgan
17. It’s Never Easy To Say Goodbye – Kenny Chesney (This is an EXCELLENT song, but I greatly prefer Wynonna’s version)
18. Come To Bed – Gretchen Wilson & John Rich
19. The Preacher Won’t Have To Lie – Lee Ann Womack
20. On My Side Of The World – Tammy Cochran
Hey one song you all forgot:
Yesterday’s Wine by Blackberry Smoke featuring the Legend George Jones and Jamey Johnson. Its an old favorite re-done with a helping hand from industry giants. Check them out if you havent heard it. … .www.blackberrysmoke.com