written by Steve Earle
recorded by Travis Tritt

https://youtu.be/pj2p07WC7pw


the 1990's, seemed to me to be a great decade for Country music. Artists like Randy Travis, Ricky Skaggs, and Alan Jackson where putting out fantastic music. Another new artist filling the airwaves with great music was Travis Tritt. In 1995 Travis released a simple song, written by Steve Earle, called...

written by Gillian Welch
recorded by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings

https://youtu.be/DH-1PxFjBlM


There are some songs that will never sound right coming from a man, because of the lyrics. It's not that a man couldn't sing them well enough. It's just that the lyrics ifer that a girl is singing the song. Such is the case in this tune called 'Orphan Girl'.

This tune...

written by Garth Brooks and Kent Blazy
recorded by Garth Brooks

https://youtu.be/fwObbFGE6lQ


As I have said, many times previously, I love slow tunes and ballads. Anything that is well written and plays off the emotions is right up my alley. Thus it was that a tune, recorded by Garth Brooks, hit the mark with me in 1989. 'If Tomorrow Never Comes', written by Garth and Kent Blazy,...

written by Hillary Kanter and Even Stevens
recorded by Ricky Skaggs

https://youtu.be/WLp3P0xX4b8


In 1980 a young Bluegrass / Country artist hit the air waves for the first time on his own. Ricky Skaggs had been kicking around the music scene for quite a while, (starting when he was 10), but in 1980 he began his solo career and helped revitalize Country Music. Somewhere about that...

written by Paul McCartney and Denny Laine
recorded by Paul McCartney and Wings

https://youtu.be/2j9IkauA2Pc


Here is a somewhat Celtic tune written by Paul McCartney and Denny Laine called 'Mull Of Kintyre'. This piece snared my heart from the moment I set ears upon it. What I can't figure out is how it was classified as Rock and recorded, originally by a rock band called Wings....