when i listen to this cover no longer am i a teenager living in europe, but in i am in fact a hard working country folk wearing levis and a cowboy hat, swaying slowly side to side with my country girlfriend as the final few occupants of the bar head home for the night as the sun finally sets under a dusty horizon
this is actually one song of an album of covers of some of nick drakes most popular songs, but as you can probably tell this is my favorite from the bunch
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ok they are technically folk rock but country-adjacent in my mind!
i spent a lot of my childhood in various Yeehaw states and small towns in the US so here are some more classics i heard a bit growing up, and a few newer likes 🤠(some are a little folk-leaning):
anything johnny cash!!!
dolly parton (duh) - 9 to 5, jolene
kacey musgraves - good ol‘ boys club, butterflies
hank williams jr - outlaw woman, family traditions
brandi carlile - raise hell
emory quinn - downtown san antone
kenny chesney - no shoes no shirt no problem
the chicks - there’s your trouble, ready to run
willie nelson - mamas don’t let your sons grow up to be cowboys, cowboys are secretly fond of other cowboys
taylor swift (sorry) - picture to burn, our song
woody guthrie - tear the fascists down !!
runaway june - buy my own drinks
maren morris - my church, circles around this town
shania twain - man i feel like a woman!, you’re still the one
darius rucker - wagon wheel
the highwomen - if she ever leaves me
john prine - your flag decal won’t get you into heaven
orville peck - dead of night, cmon baby cry
george strait - all my ex’s live in texas
Mar 7, 2025
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So comfy. Feels like being under a warm blanket and reading a fun book about legends and stories of the old west, heroes and horses. The albums John Wesley Harding through Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid.
Favorite songs: The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest, Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You, Days of ‘49, If Not For You (George Harrison also did a great version of this!)
Apr 20, 2024
This is the third Townes album I have listened to, and I think my favorite so far !! It’s a live album recorded in the late 70s. Townes is a songwriter who seldom wastes a word, and his storytelling feels both personal and mythical at once. He weaves his own life into both the straighforward ballads, and the outlaw country character portraits. Waiting Around to Die has brought me to tears on more than one occasion. My favorite song on the album at the moment is White Freight Liner Blues, a candid track about his struggles with heroin, and being sadenned to see his friends ailed by the same affliction. Townes is truly one of the great American songwriters.
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something abt zoning out while staring at a lake just hits different
Apr 27, 2024
no idea what sparked this but i just had a random meltdown over baseball. the next note after this one was also abt baseball so i think i was just going thru something
Apr 18, 2024
one of the best concept albums of all time. follows a young woman named Ethel Cain (the character, not the artist) as she encounters various men and eventually meets her violent death at the hands of one of the men. truly visceral and even disturbing at some parts but so so good, really recommend giving it a listen
May 5, 2024