Comments on: Favorite Songs by Favorite Songwriters: Matraca Berg

By: Gator

Gator — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 06:45:52 +0000

That is a very good question Mike! Also, what about the tracks from her stunning The Dreaming Fields album if I remember correctly he is a big fan of “Racing the Angels” and “South of Heaven”. Personally, I would love to her commentary on the swampy, clever “Your Husband’s Cheating On Us”. So Kevin? What about the rest of you?

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 06:04:35 +0000

Kevin, would you include You and Tequila if you were to make this list present day?

By: Ben Foster

Ben Foster — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:52:45 +0000

Love “You Can Feel Bad.” It expresses a universal truth about life in a way that is witty and humorous. Patty sings it beautifully. Also love “Wrong Side of Memphis” and “The Last One to Know.”

By: Ollie

Ollie — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:20:43 +0000

I also REALLY love “Oh, Cumberland,” the duet Matraca Berg wrote and sang with Emmylou Harris that appears on the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album, Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III.

By: Cory DeStein

Cory DeStein — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:30:29 +0000

klark….welcome to the Yearwood fold!

By: klark

klark — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:12:43 +0000

I love dreaming fields
wow.. i am becoming a trisha yearwood fan

By: Bob Losche

Bob Losche — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:13:14 +0000

Just found your site today as I was looking for any comments on “The Dreaming Fields” – beautiful song. I think a Matraca Berg song that has been overlooked here is “Eat At Joe’s” which I first heard at a Suzy Bogguss concert in 1992. Suzy is still my favorite singer followed closely by Trisha and Lisa Brokop.

By: Cory DeStein

Cory DeStein — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:15:22 +0000

Ah my favorite writer! I slowly scrolled down the list, and from the top 15 down, there wasnt a song on there that didnt deserve #1. But I think I knew from 25 which would be #1 and I completly agree. All of my favorite songs from the 90s are on there. “You Can Feel Bad” is one of my favorite Patty Loveless tunes. And “Dreaming Fields” is one of the top songs of the decade in my opinion.
Of course my guilty pleasure is “XXXs and OOOs” by Trisha Yearwood! But I can understand why it didnt make the list!
Kevin, I am so glad someone else mentioned “When A Love Song Sings the Blues” it is my favorite Trisha song!

By: JayJay

JayJay — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:15:15 +0000

Amazing list. I’d put Berg right up there with Patty Griffin and Lucinda Williams as the best americana songwriters working today…although Matraca’s songs have certainly had more crossover success.

I would have probably ranked “Strawberry Wine” as number one..if only because that song is as beautiful today as it was when it first came out…and it has a really timeless quality about it. I was in high school when it came out..and now that I’m staring down thirty the song has a whole new side to it for me.

“Back When We Were Beautiful” is so touching it’s almost painful to listen to. The song is like reading a novel..it doesn’t have a hook, it doesn’t build to a cresendo…but it’s completely enthralling. No matter how many times I hear that song, I get goosebumps. Really that entire album is amazing…if you run across a used copy, it’s defimately worth the couple bucks it costs.

By: hootenannie

hootenannie — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:17:45 +0000

Thanks for a great tribute to my favorite writer. 15, 11, and 6 are my faves – and “If I Were An Angel” is probably my favorite song of hers, ever.

I am a humongous Country Universe fan. :)