Country Songs That Hit Home

[Bart Fletch]

Old Red - Blake Shelton

Have you forgotton? - Darryl Worley

Everywhere - Tim McGraw

Smoke rings in the dark - Gary Allen

Why? - Jason Aldean

Three wooden crosses - Randy Travis

If tomorrow never comes - Garth Brooks

Babys gotton good at goodbye - George Strait

[20/20Hindsight]

Austin-Blake Shelton-I live this song every single day except for the ending

What's she doing now-Garth Brooks

 

Awh...That's kinda sad. :cry:

 

Hopefully you will find your happy ending!!

[Jim Schue]

"Talkin' Vietnam Blues" by Johnny Cash

"William" by Chris Knight

"Billy Austin" by Steve Earle

"Coat Of Many Colors" by Dolly Parton

"In My Hour Of Darkness" by Gram Parsons

"Born To Run" by Emmylou Harris

"To Beat The Devil" by Kris Kristofferson

"No Depression" by The Carter Family

"South Of Cincinnati" by Dwight Yoakum

"Red Clay Halo" by Gillian Welch

[PutMeInCoach]

Back when I knew it all.

[Jim Schue]

"Wagon Wheel" by Old Crow Medicine Show

"Stars Go Blue" by Ryan Adams

"Matrimony" by Whiskeytown (note: This is one of the few Whiskeytown tunes not sung by Ryan Adams)

"Long Time Gone" by Dixie Chicks

"If Wishes Were Horses" by Cheri Knight

"Let The Mystery Be" by Iris Dement

"Wrapped" by Kelly Willis

"Fist City" by Loretta Lynn

"Pancho and Lefty" by Townes Van Zandt

Edited September 26, 2008 by Jim Schue

[UKMustangFan]

^Maybe it's a remake, but Tim McGraw sings "Stars Go Blue", doesn't he?

[Jim Schue]

^Maybe it's a remake, but Tim McGraw sings "Stars Go Blue", doesn't he?

 

C'mon dude, Tim McGraw is a belt buckle and a hat. He's just like all the rest of the Nashville stars in that he needs someone else to write his songs for him.

[Jim Schue]

Forgot a dandy:

"Daddy Frank" by Merle Haggard

[UKMustangFan]

C'mon dude, Tim McGraw is a belt buckle and a hat. He's just like all the rest of the Nashville stars in that he needs someone else to write his songs for him.

 

I know he didn't write it, but I thought we were listing the singers, not the writers.

[newarkcatholicfan]

Awh...That's kinda sad. :cry:

 

Hopefully you will find your happy ending!!

I have learn over the years content is a lot better than unhappy and this I can live with. Overall I can not complain.

[Jim Schue]

I know he didn't write it, but I thought we were listing the singers, not the writers.

 

How often do the actual writers not do the song first? Tug's son didn't cut the tune until a full five years after it first appeared on Ryan Adams' album "Gold."

 

And I've heard Tug's son's version, and it's nowhere near as good as the original, like most cover tunes.

[UKMustangFan]

How often do the actual writers not do the song first? Tug's son didn't cut the tune until a full five years after it first appeared on Ryan Adams' album "Gold."

 

And I've heard Tug's son's version, and it's nowhere near as good as the original, like most cover tunes.

 

I have no clue, I don't follow music very closely.

[Habib]

C'mon dude, Tim McGraw is a belt buckle and a hat. He's just like all the rest of the Nashville stars in that he needs someone else to write his songs for him.

 

:laugh: :thumb:

 

Ryan Adams is great. As was Whiskeytown.

 

I really hate country. I guess I should say modern country, and I haven't listened to enough of the classic stuff to come up with a decent answer. I liked Jim's choice of "Wagon Wheel" by Old Crow, and I would proffer "I Feel Alright" by Steve Earle as my choice. If we consider the Drive By Truckers country I would also add "Gravity's Gone" and "Zip City."

[oldrambler]

I am a huge country music fan so there is many songs that hit home with me. That is what I love about country music... for the most part it is songs about real life that everyone can relate to. Anyway, here is just some that come to mind......

 

I'm No Stranger To The Rain - K.Whitley

Homecoming 63' - K.Whitley

Coat Of Many Colors - Dolly Parton

Go Rest High (on that montain) - V. Gill, P. Loveless, R. Scaggs

Everywhere - T. McGraw

The Secret of Life - Faith Hill

Strawberry Wine - D. carter

Live Like You Were Dying - T. McGraw

If We Make It Through December - Haggard

Sing Me Back Home - Haggard

Mama Tried - Haggard

Kern River - Haggard

He Stopped Loving Her Today - Jones

Chisled In Stone - V. gosdin

Have You Forgotten - D. Worley

Small Town Southern Man - A. Jackson

Where I come From - A. Jackson

Little Man - A. Jackson

Murder On Music Row - G. Straight, A. Jackson

Home - B. Shelton

 

 

Actually just about anything by A. Jackson, Haggard, G.Jones, K. Whitley

 

I can go on and on but the bolded and especially the underlined are really songs that hit home and I am sure that there are others that I can't thin of right now.

Edited September 26, 2008 by oldrambler

[GO CATS]

I just got back from hell- Gary Allen

The Dance- Garth Brooks

Bar room buddy of mine- Merle Haggard

keg in the closet- Kenny Chesney