(based on a traditional sailor's Sea Shanty)
This version written & recorded by Kate Rusby
https://youtu.be/nfnRMkgnpF0


While doing some research on a song called 'Wild Goose', by Wade Hemsworth, I came across an East Coast number called 'The Wild Goose'. Written and recorded by Kate Rusby, this tune started out it's life as an old sailor's Sea Shanty but Kate re-wrote some of the lyrics...

written by Randy Travis and Don Schlitz
recorded by Randy Travis, (January 1991)
https://youtu.be/cKEEpeSU1vY


Randy Travis is known for his deep resonating voice and intimate lyrics. A ballad singer to the core. It's not that he never records rock songs but ballads are what he excels at and boy do I love ballads. In 1991, he recorded a tune that he and Don Schlitz co-wrote called, 'Heroes...

written by Gary Hannan and John Wiggins
recorded by Joe Nichols
https://youtu.be/5zSI46UzzNE


I'm usually not very particular about humorous tunes, especially ones that even hint at lewd behavior. Sometimes a song takes time to catch fire in your mind, however, and such was the case with this song. Written by Gary Hannan and John Wiggins and recorded by Joe Nichols, in 2005, 'Tequila Makes...

written and recorded by Tom T. Hall
https://youtu.be/7WnJnvDF9oM


Tom T. Hall was often referred to as 'The Story Teller' because of the number of ballads that he wrote and often recorded. Some were hilarious and yet they had deep meanings with-in them. 'Ode To A Half A Pound Of Ground Round' seems like a frivolous title for a song and,true enough, it was as funny as all get out but it speaks to...

written by Wade Hayes and Chick Rains.
recorded by Wade Hayes (1995)
https://youtu.be/w7xcUzQOss8


Here is a lively little number that came out in 1995 called 'Old Enough To Know Better'. Written by Wade Hayes and Chick Rains and recorded by Wade Hayes, this tune had the kind of hard edge that appeals to me and a Rock-A-Billy sound that makes you want to dance to it.

Here...