r/country

To keep a long story short, earlier this summer I came to the realization that Tennessee Whiskey was in fact not a Chris Stapleton original, but a cover originally written for David Allan Coe in ‘81.

I then listened to DAC’s version and IMMEDIATELY fell in love and honestly enjoy it more than Stapleton’s version (tho his is still amazing, maybe just overplayed since it’s 2015 release) but it led me to wonder why I’d never heard it before, and if people just generally like Stapleton’s better.

Thoughts?

I'm sure you can see some kind of pattern or theme that gets to me. Would love to hear your song recommendations.

Currently on the playlist:

Dirt Cheap - Cody Johnson

Human - Cody Johnson

Til You Can't - Cody Johnson

The Painter - Cody Johnson

Whiskey Lullaby - Brad Paisley/Alison Krauss

Waitin On a Woman - Brad Paisley

He Didn't Have to Be - Brad Paisley

Where the Wild Things Are - Luke Combs

Front Door Famous - Luke Combs

The Man He Sees in Me - Luke Combs

Pink Skies - Zach Bryan

Something in the Orange - Zach Bryan

Three Wooden Crosses - Randy Travis

The Good Stuff - Kenny Chesney

There Goes My Life - Kenny Chesney

Don't Blink - Kenny Chesney

Hurt - Johnny Cash (Sorry NIN, it belongs to Cash)

Piece By Piece - Kelly Clarkson

Love Triangle - RaeLynn

I Never Lie - Zach Top

Record Year - Eric Church

That's My Job - Conway Twitty

Don't Take the Girl - Tim McGraw

You're Gonna Miss This - Trace Adkins

My Boy (or My Girl version) - Elvie Shane

Boy - Lee Brice

Thanks so much for the positive feedback on these the last few days. We'll see if we can make it all the way through the 90s!

For today, let's time travel back to 1994:

• Amazon and Yahoo are both founded
• Major League Baseball players go on strike, and the World Series is canceled
• The Channel Tunnel between England and France opens
• Forrest Gump, The Lion King, and True Lies are the top movies at the box office

You have to name the song title and artist, based only on the opening line of the song.

Both answers (title and artist) are each worth the number of points stated. For example, if you get both title and artist on the 3 point question, that is 6 points.

110 points possible.

Post your score in comments.

I've pulled these lyrics by hand, but I've included an AI-generated "fun fact" about each song to help keep it interesting.

1 point

"I see the questions in your eyes, I know what's weighing on your mind"

Answer: >!I Swear, John Michael Montgomery!< - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: >!All-4-One's pop cover became a global hit, showing the song's reach far beyond country radio.!<

2 points

"They were farm kids way down in Dixie, They met in high school in the sixties"

Answer: >!John Deere Green, Joe Diffie!< - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: >!The song's Billy Bob loves Charlene mural became one of Joe Diffie's most memorable story images.!<

3 points

"Turn left at the old hotel. I know this boulevard much too well"

Answer: >!Who's That Man, Toby Keith!< - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: >!His self-titled debut established him as both a singer and a commercially successful songwriter.!<

4 points

"Sittin' in a tiny table in a ritzy restaurant"

Answer: >!Third Rate Romance, Sammy Kershaw!< - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: >!Kershaw worked a succession of day jobs while performing Louisiana clubs before his breakthrough.!<

5 points

"Have you ever been down to Texas, And down around San Antone?"

Answer: >!What the Cowgirls Do, Vince Gill!< - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: >!Vince Gill hosted the CMA Awards and won Entertainer and Male Vocalist.!<

6 points

"Through the back window of our '59 wagon"

Answer: >!How Can I Help You Say Goodbye, Patty Loveless!< - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: >!Patty Loveless is a distant cousin of Loretta Lynn and grew up in Kentucky coal country.!<

7 points

"Baby likes to rock like a boogie-woogie choo-choo train"

Answer: >!Baby Likes to Rock It, The Tractors!< - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: >!The Tractors emerged from Tulsa and mixed country with boogie, blues, and roots rock.!<

8 points

"She's waiting, for someone who could turn her life around"

Answer: >!She'd Give Anything, Boy Howdy!< - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: >!Boy Howdy was a California band, and lead singer Jeffrey Steele later became a top Nashville songwriter, co-writing Rascal Flatts' "What Hurts the Most."!<

9 points

"She hasn't done a thing that really has to mean she's going anywhere"

Answer: >!I Sure Can Smell the Rain, Blackhawk!< - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: >!The trio's high harmonies became a defining sound of mid-1990s country radio.!<

10 points

"If she says I caused her hurt, You can take her at her word"

Answer: >!She Can't Say I Didn't Cry, Rick Trevino!< - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: >!Rick Trevino recorded in both English and Spanish early in his career.!<

Pitching this out to any bands or solo artists here: I’m locking picture on a Gregg Araki-inspired indie horror-comedy feature and need a country music instrumental for our bar scene. This is mainly in the background as a diegetic song for the bar. Similar to  Tennessee Pistols "Cotton Wood"

We have a small distribution deal attached, so we need commercial sync rights. We don't have a ton of money but your music will be featured on an established underground horror production companies film (I can tell you more if you DM me). If you own full rights to your music and want it featured in an indie film, send a Bandcamp or streaming link my way through a DM or in the comments.