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And then, sometimes I also listen to….
There is something about country music. It’s addictive, specially when you are couple of drinks down. Even if you are not, you still sing along. It grows on you. Be it the legendary Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson or relatively less known but superbly talented Iris DeMent. Country music has that raw feel to it, that makes one nostalgic, makes one feel more and more connected to it.
I got hooked to country music a few years back, listening to my brother playing Johnny Cash again and again one night. The love for country music is perhaps the only thing we have in common. Following are some of the artists (tracks) I love listening to (in no particular order):
- Willie Nelson
- The Carter Family (Chewing gum, The wandering boy)
- Hank Snow (I’ll ride back to lonesome valley, I’m moving on)
- Alison Krauss (Down to the river to pray, It don’t matter now)
- Garth Brooks (Unanswered prayers, we shall be free)
- Hank Williams Jr. (Storms never last, Midnight rider)
- The Flying Burrito Brothers (White line fever, Hot Burrito #1, Sin city)
- Lee Hazlewood (I’m blue, I’m gonna fly, Since you’re gone)
- Iris DeMent (The shores of Jordan, Calling for you)
- Gillian Welch (Revelator, Annabelle)
- Jimmie Rodgers (Looking for a new mama)
- Steve Earle (I ain’t ever satisfied)
- Hank Williams
- Woody Guthrie (Do-Re-Mi, Talking dust bowl blues)
- Emmylou Harris (Sweet old world, Sleepless Nights, Here I am)
- Bobby Bare (Vampira)
- Tennessee Ernie Ford (Hey good looking,The old rugged cross)
- Merle Haggard (Always wanting you)
- Johnny Cash
- Mark Knopfler with Emmylou Harris (I dug up a diamond)
- Lucinda Williams (Are you alright?, Like a rose)
- The Kingston Trio (Tom Dooley)
- June Carter with Johnny Cash (Far side banks of Jordan)
- Hank Williams III (No values)
- Buck Owens (Hello trouble, Down on the corner of love)
- The Highwaymen (Welfare line, Highwayman)
- John Prine (Lake Marie, Paradise)
- Johnny Horton (When it’s springtime in Alaska)
- Kenny Rogers with The First Edition (Just dropped in)
- The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Grand ole Opry song, Rocky top)
- June Carter Cash (Lonesome valley, Ring of fire)
- Ramblin’ Jack Elliott (Mule skinner blues)
- Alan Jackson (It must be love)
- Neil Young (Old King, The last trip to Tuisa)
- Simon & Garfunkel (The only living boy in New York)
- Waylon Jennings (Don’t think twice)
- Jerry Reed (The bird)
As far as me & country music are concerned, the love story continues…
