written by Bobby Fischer & Freddy Weller
recorded by Vern Gosdin
https://youtu.be/qvH3RMde5jY


I love ballads and Vern Gosdin had the voice and style to record some really wonderful ballads. "The Garden", written by Bobby Fischer and Freddy Weller, is just one great example of Vern's skill at telling a great story. Of course, you can't have a great ballad without a great story...

lyricist and recording artist unknown.
https://youtu.be/K3_pLZANeKA


My mother passed away many years back. It happened so suddenly that nobody was prepared and it hit my whole family pretty hard. My father was the stern, tough character of the family and my mother was the one that always bent and gave way for the sake the of others. It's not to say that she wasn't strong, for surely she was that,...

written by Bob DiPiero, John Jarrard and Mark D. Sanders
recorded by Diamond Rio
https://youtu.be/wcOH3rly1m4


This tune caught my ear back when I was young and struck me as the perfect Bar Room Blues song. Written by Bob DiPiero, John Jarrard and Mark D. Sanders, 'Mirror, Mirror' was recorded by Diamond Rio in 1991 and did well for them. Here is my cover of this great tune.

written & recorded by Jimmy Swan (1965)
https://youtu.be/3-BawqSoR_s


I came across a recording of an old tune from the mid 60's called 'Honky Tonkin (In Mississippi)', on YouTube, this afternoon and fell in love with it. This is not the song 'Honky Tonkin' by Hank Williams but an entirely different number, written and recorded by Jimmy Swan in 1955. It has a rather familiar tune to it but...

written and recorded by Jimmy Work
https://youtu.be/-ZD4mpS2lDE


Here is my cover of a classic country tune written by Jimmy Work and recorded by said artist in 1955. 'Making Believe' is a beautiful tune that has never lost its shine in all these years. My preferred recording of this tune, it has been done by so many artists, is the track recorded by Merle Haggard & George Jones. This just...