Hank Jr.
 

I love this song. I think Patty Griffin is probably more folk than country, but then nothing exists in a vacuum and country has it's roots in folk among other genres so perhaps this song will appeal...



One of her new songs. A tad political...

I am a huge Patty Griffin fan. She's got a lot of country tunes. What a writer.

Country music is a mutt -- combination of all kinds of influences: blues, old-timey, folk, rock, R&B, jazz and pop. People criticized Chet Atkins for being too poppy and jazzy. A lot of the folks doing traditional sounding country now have absolutely no connection to the land or the culture. But they do great music. Even Doc Watson, rest in peace, started out as a rock musician. But the folk revival was going strong, and he found he could make money that way. There is no such thing as pure country music and probably hasn't been since before there were professional country musicians.

some funny ones --

corb lund (a Canadian) --

Austin Lounge Lizards --


Junior Brown --


Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty --


Todd Snider --


Fred Eaglesmith


James McMurtry


John Prine

Okay yes I can be sappy but this song is the damn sweetest song I have heard come from a man, except Garth or George Strait!

Alabama from the 80's
 

Some Canadians

Speaking of Canadian country, I love Blue Rodeo. It's technically country rock I suppose...


One of my favorite Cowboy Junkies' songs

Speaking of John Prine, this song cracks me up

Charlie Robison

Charlie Rich
 

This is country music

Love this one "Nobody to Blame but Me"
 

She took down the photograph
Of our wedding day
Ripped it down the middle
And threw my half away
And I got nobody to blame but me
I got nobody to blame but me
She broke all my fishing rods
Put my guns in hock
Threw my clothes out in the yard
And changed out all the locks
And I got nobody to blame but me
I got nobody to blame but me

[Chorus]
I know right where I went wrong
I know just what got her gone
Turned my life into this country song
And I got nobody to blame but me
I got nobody to blame but me

[Verse 2]
She fired up my old hot rod
Ran it in the pond
Put sugar in my Johnny
I can’t even mow my lawn
And I got nobody to blame but me
She built her a bonfire
With my old six string
Took all my good whiskey
And poured it down the drain
And I got nobody to blame but me
I got nobody to blame but me