ok they are technically folk rock but country-adjacent in my mind!
i spent a lot of my childhood in various Yeehaw states and small towns in the US so here are some more classics i heard a bit growing up, and a few newer likes 🤠 (some are a little folk-leaning):
anything johnny cash!!!
dolly parton (duh) - 9 to 5, jolene
kacey musgraves - good ol‘ boys club, butterflies
hank williams jr - outlaw woman, family traditions
brandi carlile - raise hell
emory quinn - downtown san antone
kenny chesney - no shoes no shirt no problem
the chicks - there’s your trouble, ready to run
willie nelson - mamas don’t let your sons grow up to be cowboys, cowboys are secretly fond of other cowboys
taylor swift (sorry) - picture to burn, our song
woody guthrie - tear the fascists down !!
runaway june - buy my own drinks
maren morris - my church, circles around this town
shania twain - man i feel like a woman!, you’re still the one
darius rucker - wagon wheel
the highwomen - if she ever leaves me
john prine - your flag decal won’t get you into heaven
orville peck - dead of night, cmon baby cry
george strait - all my ex’s live in texas
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i grew up in nashville listening to classic country and bluegrass with my parents and early taylor swift (like picture to burn) all the time so i LOVE this question
★ she’s acting single (i’m drinking doubles) - gary stewart
★ rhinestone cowboy - glen campbell
★ long black veil - johnny cash
★ jackson - johnny cash and june carter cash (or the trixie mattel and orville peck cover if you’re feeling crazy, it’s still great)
★ cowboy take me away - the chicks
★ women without whiskey - drive-by truckers
★ drunk and high - florry
★ electric lizard - angela autumn
also waxahatchee, mj lenderman, and wednesday if you want more country rock flavors!!
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i also love johnny cash etc but since u already know him here are some of my other fav SAD country/folk songs
crying (with roy orbison), a case of you (cover), and bird on a wire by k.d. lang
thoroughfare & everytime by ethel cain
dead of night and winds change by orville peck
fast car, the promise, and telling stories by tracy chapman
space cowboy, deeper well, and arm’s length by kacey musgraves
i hope i never fall in love again by maren morris
closer to fine, don’t think twice it’s all right, and land of canaan by indigo girls
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that’s my motto
Colter Wall - Cowpoke / Caroline
Dee White - Way Down
Early James - Blue Pill Blues
Patsy Cline - Walkin After Midnight
CMAT
Orville Peck
John Prine
Sturgill Simpson
Also my buddy just started a country radio show that has lots of old tracks
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