Gene Watson – Farewell Party
It’s 2 AM, the parking lot asphalt still warm with the heat of a forgotten summer day, and the blue…
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Keith Whitley – When You Say Nothing at All
The air in the listening room is still, just after midnight. A single tube light hums softly in the periphery,…
Garth Brooks – If Tomorrow Never Comes (live 1989)
There is a moment in the dead of night, usually between two and four in the morning, when the world…
Shania Twain – You’re Still The One
I remember the late 90s radio landscape vividly. It was a cacophony of bubblegum pop, surging alternative rock, and the…
Johnny Cash & June Carter – Jackson
The moment the track begins, it feels like the door to a smoky, clapboard roadhouse is swinging open. There is…
I’M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY (1949) by Hank Williams
The rain outside the Herzog Studio in Cincinnati on August 30, 1949, must have sounded like a drumroll to despair.…
Loretta Lynn – Coal Miner’s Daughter
There are certain songs that don’t just recount a life; they are a life, condensed into three indelible minutes of…
Lonestar – Amazed
The memory is indelible: a late-night drive, the headlights cutting a tunnel through the humid darkness, and the radio dial…
Tim McGraw & Faith Hill – It’s Your Love
The late 1990s airwaves were a curious blend of pop sheen and country twang. Nashville’s output had already begun its…
Tim McGraw – Humble And Kind
I was sitting in my car late one evening, pulling into the driveway after a long day of reviewing music…