Classic Country time.

Nutmeg. Good post on the history. Country is hard to pin down exactly. For instance, would a song about a seabound fishing boat be considered "Country"? I think so. Country is about regular working folks. Under the big umbrella of Folk Music. Blues, Gospel and Celtic, throw in Western and you pretty much got it.


Amarillo by Morning


Circa 1973 Terry Stafford's original. This is a sample of early 70's AM radio. Gimme some 106 octane leaded for 35 cents.

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Two years later Chris LeDoux covered Terry's song

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1983 George Strait had a big hit with it.

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Good song, covered by many others.
 
Oh my brother, can't you hear me say
Oh my brother, you'd better get down on your knees and pray
Get down, get down, get down, get down
Get down on your knees and pray





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Something from the ladies.

Miranda Lambert
Mama's Broken Heart

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Gretchen Wilson
Redneck Woman

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Chris LeDoux

Workin' Man's Dollar

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Five Dollar Fine

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County Fair

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Brenda Lee
Sweet Nothin's

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Kenny Chesney
Pirate Flag

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Handsome Family
My Ghost

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David Bromberg
New Lee Highway Blues

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Keith Whitley & Lorrie Morgan
'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose

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Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer
Love is a Tanglewood Tree

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There are a lot of covers of this, some better perhaps. But Red Foley wrote it and recorded it first.

Old Shep

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Nanci Griffith
Ford Econoline

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Randy Travis
On the Other Hand

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When it Comes to You
John Anderson

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Vern Gosdin
If You're Gonna Do Me Wrong, Do It Right

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Dire Straits
When it Comes to You

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Waylon Jennings
Waymore's Blues

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again

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Dolly Parton
Jolene

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Gordon Lightfoot
Sundown

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Johhny Cash and Kris Kristofferson
Sunday Morning Coming Down

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Alison Krauss, Shawn Colvin & Jerry Douglas
The Boxer

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