10 best County Songs
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Posted by Hal Neumann (+10304) 5 years ago
Here’s my list (in no particular order). Yup, I’m old, so they’re old tunes.

Your list?

Act Naturally - Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
Always On My Mind - Willie Nelson.
Cowboy Junkies Lament - Townes Van Zandt
Crazy - Patsy Cline
I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink - Merle Haggard
I Walk The Line - Johnny Cash
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams
Mercenary Song - Steve Earle
Pancho and Lefty – Willie & Dylan
Rhumba boogie - Hank Snow

[Edited by Hal Neumann (5/17/2017 1:39:46 PM)]
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Posted by David Schott (+18387) 5 years ago
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"Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)" - Loretta Lynn
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Posted by Steve Sullivan (+1430) 5 years ago
Your Cheatin' Heart - Hank
Crystal Chandelier - Charlie Pride
Silver Wings - Merle Haggard
Crazy Arms - Ray Price
Swinging Doors - George Jones
King Of The Road - Roger Miller
He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain - Willie Nelson
It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - Kitty Wells

and the obvious one: Momma Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys - Willie and Waylon

I spent many nights on Montana bandstands covering these songs - They got to me then, still get to me now.
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Posted by Tom Masa (+2178) 5 years ago
How about Ring of Fire and I Walk The Line Johnny Cash
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Posted by cowboycat (+27) 5 years ago
Tennessee Whiskey (Chris Stapleton)

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Posted by Gunnar Emilsson (+18345) 5 years ago
Good songs. Here's mine:

The Window Up Above - George Jones
Love's Gonna Live Here - Buck and his Buckaroos
Amazing Grace (Used to be her favorite song) - Amazing Rhythm Aces
Six Days on the Road - Dave Dudley (although I am partial to the Flying Burrito Brothers' version)
Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
Pop a Top Again - can't remember who did the original, I like Alan Jackson's cover
The Devil's Right Hand - Steve Earle
The Grand Tour - George Jones
See You Later, I'm Gone - Marshall Tucker Band

Lots of honorable mentions for Willie, Waylon, Merle, Hanks I and II....but I gotta go with two songs in my Top 10 from the greatest country singer of them all.
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Posted by Tom Masa (+2178) 5 years ago
Sooo many good country tunes...white man's soul music!!
My favorite country song would be Willie's "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain".
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Posted by Frank Hardy (+1719) 5 years ago
Here's one:



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Posted by Frank Hardy (+1719) 5 years ago
One more (my program director threatened to smash it if I played it once more between 6:30am and 7:00am):



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Posted by Bob Netherton III (+2776) 5 years ago
Tennessee Flat Top Box. Johnny Cash
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Posted by Bob Netherton III (+2776) 5 years ago
Mama Tried - Merle Haggard
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Posted by Richard Bonine, Jr. (+15405) 5 years ago
In no particular order:
Venim wearing denim- Junior Brown
Friends in low places - Garth Brooks
If I said you had beautiful body - Belemi Brothers
The Mississippi Squirrel Revival - Ray Stevens
Under the double eagle - Roy Clark
Ya'll come back saloon - Oak Ridge Boys
Amarillo by Morning- George Strait
Wildwood Flower - Chet Atkins
I'm gonna miss her - Travis Tritt?
Who's bed have your boots been under- Shania Twain
In without knocking- Mission Mountain Wood Band
Rosebud County Line John Alred
Big Game Hunter- Buck Owens
Wagon Wheel Darius Rucker

[Edited by Richard Bonine, Jr. (5/21/2017 1:35:46 PM)]
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Posted by Tom Masa (+2178) 5 years ago
If were going to go local, how about Burch Ray's Banks Of The Yellowstone".
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Posted by MRH (+1537) 5 years ago
I am glad Richard listed more than 10, as it is difficult to pare the list to 10. Here are some of mine in no certain order.

Merle Haggard - Momma tried
Johnny Cash - I walked the line
Lefty Frizzell - Long black veil
Conway Twitty - Tight fittin' jeans
Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn - Hello Darlin'
Hank Williams - Your cheatin' heart
Alan Jackson - Neon rainbow
Mark Chestnut - Brother jukebox
Keith Whitley - Ten feet away
George Strait - Amarillo by morning
George Jones - He stopped loving her today
Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings - Good hearted woman
Johnny Rodriquez - Ridin' my thumb to Mexico
Chris LeDoux -Whatcha you gonna do with a cowboy
Marty Robbins - ElPaso
David Frizzell - I'm gonna hire a wino to decorate our home
Johnny Russell - Rednecks, white socks, and blue ribbon beer
and more by Stonewall Jackson, Johnny Horton, Eddie Arnold, Red Sovine, C.W. McCall, etc.
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Posted by Tom Masa (+2178) 5 years ago
Let's add Alan Jackson's "Don't Rock The Jukebox"
Loretta Lynn's "Coal Miners Daughter"
and little sister Crystal Gayle's "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue"
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Posted by Ingird Emilsson (+214) 5 years ago
I like Sunday Morning Coming Down which pretty much everybody sang though I am partial to Ray Price's version
For the Good Times -Ray Price
Raise the Dead - Emmylou Harris
Fire on the Mountain- Marshall Tucker Band
What's Made Milwaukee Famous - oddly enough Rod Stewart
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