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One of the best-selling female country singers of the twentieth century, Patsy Cline achieved iconic status following her tragic death at age thirty in 1963. Cline was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1973, and is frequently invoked as a standard for female vocalists, having inspired scores of singers including k. d. lang, Loretta Lynn, Linda Ronstadt, Trisha Yearwood, and Wynonna Judd.
What makes a great country song? It tells a story. It draws a line. It has a twang you can feel down to the soles of your feet. Some get mad, some get weepy, some just get you down the road. But these are 100 essential songs that map out the story of country music, from Hank Williams howling at the moon to George Jones pouring one out for all the desperate lovers to Taylor Swift singing the suburban cowgirl blues.
These irresistibly slick opportunists always had a keen eye for cultural shifts: "If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me" treated country's late-Seventies transition from the honky-tonk to the singles' bar as a forgone conclusion and 1987's "Country Rap" is pretty self-explanatory. "Old Hippie" is the Brothers' astute take on how onetime counterculture rebels, alienated by disco and new wave, turned to country music in the Eighties with an age-worn weariness: "He ain't tryin' to change nobody/He's just tryin' real hard to adjust." Ten years later, "Old Hippie (The Sequel)" brought us into the Clinton era, and in 2007, on "Old Hippie III (Saved)," our hero was born again. Meanwhile, contemporary country is providing a similar escape for many aging Nineties rock fans. Who's going to write "Old Slacker"? By Keith Harris
Yoakam is often painted as a critic of Nashville, but in "Guitars, Cadillacs" the hillbilly music that Tennessee once produced becomes the only thing that makes Tinsel Town tolerable for this "naive fool who came to Babylon and found out that the pie don't taste so sweet." Of course, despite his posturing, L.A. was the perfect place for the Ohio transplant. A home for country rock since the Byrds and the Burrito Brothers, the ambitious singer found his match in local roots-oriented post-punk acts like the Blasters, Lone Justice and the Knitters. The biggest influence on "Guitars, Cadillacs," however, the one who lent the song its crisp guitar and walking bassline, remained two hours north. His name was Buck Owens, and two years later Yoakam would give him his 21st chart-topper with "Streets of Bakersfield." By Nick Murray
In the two decades Lee Ann Womack has been making music, she's never made a splash like the one she made with this 2000 song. It charted at Number One on both the country and adult contemporary charts, won "Song of the Year" at the CMAs, ACMs, ASCAP awards and took home a Grammy for "Best Country Song." Plus, between the years of 2000 and 2007, you couldn't throw a rock at a high school graduation without hitting it. But according to the song's co-writer Tia Sillers, it was actually less about how the children are our future and more about her rough divorce. Still inspirational, just more depressing. By Cady Drell
After periods emulating both smooth Eddy Arnold and honky-tonkin' Hank Williams (whose Drifting Cowboys band he led after Hank's death), Ray Price (a.k.a. "the Cherokee Cowboy") returned to his Texas roots with this 1956 megahit that spent 20 weeks at the top of Billboard's country chart. Co-writer Ralph Mooney penned the tune after his wife left him due to his drinking, and its lyrics suggest deep emotional delirium and paranoia. The music, however, reflected Price's new shuffle style, with single-string fiddle, pedal steel guitar, and doubled acoustic and electric basses. Six months after Price's release, Jerry Lee Lewis's first Sun Records side was a more blatantly delirious rock cover that turned many heads. By Richard Gehr
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In 2017, the country singer was on stage at the Route 91 Festival in Las Vegas during the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Over the years, Aldean has given conflicting statements about his stance on U.S. gun laws, though his music celebrates gun ownership.
But seriously: country music isn't all pickups, whiskey, fights, American flags and men wearing extremely big hats. Sure, some of it is, but at its core, country's all about overcoming hardship, familial pride and heartbreak. Those values span the legacy of the genre, from Hank Williams to Willie Nelson to Dolly Parton and all the way up to Lil Nas X's breakout and Orville Peck's alt-country anthems. There's pop country and disco country, traditional country and outlaw country. But at its heart, all country is intertwined.
Home to a thriving country music community, a great number of country-themed bars and social gatherings can be found here. The largest of which being the Grizzly Rose itself, a huge concert space, dance hall, memorabilia shop, and bar all rolled into one. Those looking to interact with other country music fans and listen to world renowned artists giving live performances need look no further than Denver.
Those visiting Dallas will find greasy food, shady saloons, and country music festivals galore awaiting them. This historic city resting right in the heart of the West has been inspiration for a great number of cowboy ballads across the years.
There are plenty of country music events regularly hosted in Louisville such as concerts and line dancing. Those looking to see what the East coast has to offer in terms of country will find plenty of it in spade here in Louisville.
While maybe not one of the largest music capitols, Chicago is definitely the most varied. From bluegrass, to jazz and even hiphop, Chicago has played an important role in the history of many music genres. Country is of course no exception to this rule, with Chicago being the home to a a country music sound heavily inspired by the blues background of the city.
Home to a bevy of folk musicians over the years, the music of Pennsylvania is American as it gets. This patriotism, history, and tradition has bled over into its country music scene, making the sound as authentically American as good old apple pie.
While not a terribly large town with very few country music venues, this spot nevertheless is worth visiting to fans of country music. Why you ask? It was where legendary country singer Johnny Cash grew up and is where his childhood home still stands to this day.
The origin city of several southern rock musicians such as the Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jacksonville has had as much of an impact on rock as it has country. The musicians that have come from this town all embody an edgy blend of country and rock sounds.
Compared with various pop music, country music is more natural and rustic, which is why it attracts a large number of country music fans. But nowadays, country music is no longer mainstream music. As a country music lover, where to find and download country music? Today, I integrate 3 websites for you to listen to and download country songs for free. Please, read on. Besides, here is a free and easy-to-use music downloader.
1.YouTube. As a mainstream media sharing platform and the largest one, YouTube gathers resources from all over the world. So if you want to get any resources, you can almost find them on it, including country music. On YouTube, many YouTubers also like country music and will make country music into a long video for several hours, which saves you a lot of time looking for each one separately. At the same time, you can also post your comments below the video, and you can also find like-minded friends.
The only frustrating thing is that YouTube does not provide a direct download button. But this does not mean that we cannot download music from YouTube. WonderFox Free HD Video Converter Factory can help you download country music from YouTube for free. In the second part of this article, I will explain in detail how to use this software to download country songs from YouTube.
2.8tracks is a music platform dedicated to music exchange as a guide. On this website, you can register for free to listen to the country music lists created by other users. You can also create a list to share your own music with others. And you can share music on other social media such as Facebook, Tweet, Tumblr, Google, and so on through this website. In addition, 8tracks plays country music via YouTube, so you can't download country music directly from this website, but it is a platform to learn more about country music.
3.Free Music Archive. People who like music should be familiar with this website. As its name suggests, this website is like a free music library. You can find almost all genres of music on it, including country music. Free Music Archive provides audio and video content so that the public can listen to, download and search for audio or video files hosted on the site. FMA includes content from WFMU and other audio and video managers, visual media, including non-commercial radio stations and individuals. To download free country music, just click the download symbol on the right to preview or download directly.
WonderFox Free HD Video Converter Factory can help you download various country songs from YouTube without any restriction easily. Not only that, but this software can also help you download music from multiple websites, for example Instagram, Bandcamp, Audiomack, Vimeo, and so on.
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