June 2019 Country Mix

Some call country music simple. But those people have small minds. If your soul runs deep – there’s a spot for a fiddle to reverberate. Steel guitars are tuned to tug at heartstrings. Real emotion is attached to the lyrics of down home sound. From the sadness of a Hank Williams tearjerker to George Strait’s salt of the earth catalog of songs – country music loads life on a hayride and hits every bump. Sometimes you hoot and holler, sometimes you just need a hug.

In addition to the monthly journal-style playlists, I also make a country mix. The rules are just a little different: 1) The mix must fit in a 120 minute CD. 2) A band, musician and/or song must only be used once every six months. In addition, I make a cover for each CD featuring Cowboy Artists of America Hall of Famer Jack Swanson. His art is fully in-sync with the rhythm and emotion in these playlists. In sharing this part of my life with you, my hope is that you will comment on songs on these playlists that move you, and maybe you’ll be inspired to make this a habit, too. If so, please use the comment box below each post to share your CD with us. Of course, feel free to make up your own rules as you go. Now let’s get to it… June 2019.

1. Restless Heart – Tell Me What You Dream
2. Alabama – Love in the First Degree
3. Tanya Tucker – You’ve Got Me to Hold Onto
4. Dottie West – A Lesson in Leavin’
5. Marty Stuart – Burn Me Down
6. Joe Diffie – Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die)
7. Ricky Skaggs – Heartbroke
8. Conway Twitty – Don’t Take it Away
9. Patsy Cline – Lovesick Blues
10. Don Gibson – Oh Lonesome Me
11. Waylon Jennings – I’ve Always Been Crazy
12. Hal Ketchum – Wings of a Dove
13. Loretta Lynn – Wouldn’t it Be Great
14. Jamie Richards – Whiskey Night
15. Josh Kelley – Georgia Clay
16. Jo Dee Messina – Stand Beside Me
17. Andy Gibson – Summer Break
18. Sawyer Brown – Step That Step
19. JB and the Moonshine Band – Sticker Peck Out
20. The Travelin’ McCourys – Lonesome, On’ry and Mean
21. Asleep at the Wheel w/ Seth & Scott Avett – Willie Got There First
22. Darryl Worley – Have You Forgotten