Comments on: Perfect 10

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 07 May 2009 10:01:20 +0000

Martina McBride – Love Land
Sara Evans – Tonight
Dixie Chicks – Long Time Gone
Carrie Underwood – Don’t forget to remember me
Faith Hill – Free
Lee Ann Womack – I’ll think of a reason later
Sugarland – Want to.

By: BlueBayou

BlueBayou — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:21:00 +0000

I’m a new poster here, but thought I would start by adding my favorites. I couldn’t do ust 10, so I did 20.. and that’s not nearly all of them, but oh well!

Alan Jackson – Livin On Love
Martina McBride – A Broken Wing
Sara Evans – Suds In The Bucket
Tracy Lawrence – Today’s Lonely Fool
Dan Seals – Everything That Glitters
Doug Stone – I’d Be Better Off In a Pine Box
George Jones – The Grand Tour
Sugarland – Stay
Dwight Yoakam – Ain’t That Lonely Yet
Vince Gill – Pocket Full Of Gold

Restless Heart – Bluest Eyes In Texas
Suzy Bogguss – Cold Day In July
Steve Wariner – Tips of my fingers
KT Oslin – Hold Me
Don Williams – Good Ole Boys Like Me
Shenandoah – Sunday In The South
John Berry – You and Only You
TG Sheppard – Devil In The Bottle
Charley Pride – Burgers and Fries
Reba McEntire – I Know How He Feels

By: Rick_Robinson

Rick_Robinson — Wed, 06 May 2009 09:59:23 +0000

George & Tammy – Two Storey House
Buck Owens – Lookin’ Back To See
Porter Wagoner – Misery Loves Company
Johnny Cash – Ballad Of A Teenage Queen
Gram Parsons – $1000 Wedding
Lee Ann Womack – Ashes By Now
Merle Haggard – Workin’ Man Blues
Tanya Tucker – Two Sparrows In A Hurricane
Johnny Paycheck – Only Hell Mama Ever Raised
Ernest Tubb – Thanks A Lot

By: Diamond

Diamond — Mon, 04 May 2009 21:51:37 +0000

He Thinks He’ll Keep Her: Mary-Chapin Carpenter
Folsum Prison Blues: Johnny Cash
Good Ole Boys Like Me: Don Williams
King of the Road: Roger Miller
The River: Chely Wright
So Lonesome I Could Cry: Hank Williams
Seven Year Ache: Roseanne Cash
Coal Miner’s Daughter: Loretta Lynn
Gentle On My Mind: Glen Campbell

By: Paul Dennis

Paul Dennis — Sun, 03 May 2009 13:10:48 +0000

I guess I should go ahead and complete a top ten list

#1 The Last Letter – Rex Griffin, Jack Greene

Tied 2 through whatever

Chiseled in Stone – Vern Gosdin
Small Town Saturday Night – Hal Ketchum
Sing Me Back Home – Merle Haggard
El Paso – Marty Robbins
If Tomorrow Never Comes – Garth Brooks
I’m Moving On – Hank Snow
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain – Roy Acuff
I’m So Lonesone I COuld Cry – Hank Williams
There Stands The Glass – Webb Pierce
Farewell Party – Little Jimmy Dickens, Gene Watson
Walking The Floor Over You – Ernest Tubb
Once A Day – Connie Smith
When The Grass Grows Over Me – George Jones

By: Sara

Sara — Sun, 03 May 2009 12:48:18 +0000

I picked the ones that ripped my heart out the first time I heard them and the ones I listen to the most.
1. Hurt, as covered by Johnny Cash. I’ve got this on my iPod and I listen to it every day, no lie, and I’ve yet to get tired of it. It’s stunning.
2. Pancho and Lefty, by Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson. I love me a good Willie Nelson duet (remember the one he did with LeAnn Womack– “Mendocino County Line”? Totally underrated), and this has been one of my favorites since I was a kid.
3. Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, by Lucinda Williams. Probably not technically country as defined by this site, but I’ve always thought of it as country so I’m including it here. The title track to the best album I’ve ever heard. I got it for Christmas and the morning I listened to it I felt like I lived all the songs.
4. You Can Sleep While I Drive, by Trisha Yearwood. Originally written by Melissa Etheridge. Tender, heartbreaking, and beautiful. Trisha’s best, best work.
5. Long Way Round, by the Dixie Chicks. It makes me happy. Simple.
6. Me and Bobby McGee, by Janis Joplin. Another probably unconventional choice, but her take on it has always had the soul of a great country song to me.
7. Fancy, by Reba McEntire. When you need a big over-the-top ballad, you cannot do better than Reba. And Reba cannot do better than this one.
8. House of Cards, by Mary Chapin Carpenter. It’s really hard to narrow it down to just one MCC song but this one is my favorite of the moment. I’m also a huge fan of Stones in the Road and the aforementioned Why Walk….
9. Small Town Saturday Night, by Hal Ketchum. Great slice of small-town life. “When people leave town they never come back.” Indeed.
10. I Can Still Make Cheyenne, George Strait. Up there with Hurt and Pancho & Lefty as the saddest songs ever.

Why is country music so great at sad songs?

By: Lynn

Lynn — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:22:51 +0000

I love the production, lyrics, vocals and overall vibe of these songs (although not a comprehensive or definitive list by any stretch):

1. “Old Five and Dimers (Like Me),” (I’m partial to the Billy Joe Shaver version)
2. “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain,” Willie Nelson
3. “Walkaway Joe,” Trisha Yearwood
4. “Forever and Ever, Amen,” Randy Travis
5. “Van Lear Rose,” Loretta Lynn
6. “Famous in a Small Town,” Miranda Lambert
7. “Truth #2,” Dixie Chicks
8. “Copperhead Road,” Steve Earle
9. “Mama Tried,” Merle Haggard
10. “All the Good Ones Are Gone,” Pam Tillis

Okay, so 10 is a ridiculously small number! I have a million more…

By: Steve from Boston

Steve from Boston — Fri, 01 May 2009 02:13:27 +0000

Hey Leeann :)..

No Vince on your list?!

By: Mike K

Mike K — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:04:03 +0000

“Tecumseh Valley” – TVZ
“Here I Am” – Patty Loveless
“I Never Go Around Mirrors” – Keith Whitley’s Version
“Let Him Roll” – Guy Clark
“Walk Through this World With Me” – George Jones
“Snuff Queen” – Gary Stewart
“Marie Leveau” – Bobby Bare
“Someday When Things Are Good” – Merle Haggard
“Blue Kentucky Girl” – Emmylou Harris
“Farewell Party” – Gene Watson
“Ft. Worth Blues” – Steve Earle
“Without Me Around” – George Strait

By: Craig R.

Craig R. — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:55:15 +0000

Leeann- great choices- And you reminded me of a song I would consider the perfect perfect country song: Hank Williams- ” I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry”. That poem could stay up against Yeats, Milton, Whitman and Poe any day of the week. Aside from Johnny Cash singing ” Hurt”, Patsy Cline singing ” Crazy” and Judy Garland singing “Over The Rainbow” ,I cannot think of another artist so connected to the music and lyrics of a song. You feel every emotion- every one- because Hank Williams put all of himself, naked and raw into that song. That song can scare you because it is so raw. That is not a sound that Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, Kenny Chesney or Rascal Flatts could ever make. You have to be open to that journey to make it and take us along. You have to be brave.