"Jolene" isn't even Dolly Parton's most famous song. For American non country fans that would be "I Will Always Love You" that was covered by Whitney Houston in "The Bodyguard". My favorite Dolly song is "Coat of Many Colors".
Best version of "I Will Always Love You" on RUclips is from Dolly's appearance on Bingolotto when she was touring in Sweden. She was in perfect voice at the time, the sound work was top notch and the quality of the video is primo. My other favorite version was her live duet with Vince Gill at the 1995 CMAs but there doesn't seem to be a decent video recording available on RUclips or anywhere else. I think "Coat of Many Colors" is probably her most import contribution to music and popular culture. I'm also a fan of her first breakout solo recordings "Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)" which was her first top 10 hit and "Joshua" which was her first number 1, as well as her work in the "Trio" group and her "The Grass is Blue" album. There's a great video of her doing a stellar live performance of "Train Train" from that last album at Austin City Limits.
That's a good one! David Allen Coe may represent the totally irreverent, "sometimes hard to take" side of Country but he is absolutely authentic COUNTRY and the most genuine outlaw of Country music ever. "If That Ain't Country" is another of his better ones and my fave from him and my fave is the rarely heard "F*ck Anita Bryant"😏
Ah yes, that song brings back memories of my college years in the favorite local bar. The entire crowd would join in and sing it, especially on the last verse.
My Dad grew up with Johnny Cash in Dyess, Arkansas. One day, when I was getting home from school, there were 5 touring busses on our street. When I got home, I heard music coming from our backyard and went to see what was going on. My Dad, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Conway Twitty, Waylon Jennings, and Jerry Reed were in my backyard playing guitars and singing with my Dad. I was like, "Who are these old people in my backyard? Now that I'm older, I wished I'd stayed and watched them play. Now they're all gone. This was 1974 in Jacksonville, Arkansas
David Allen Cole was the first to preform “You Never Called Me by My first Name”, it was written by Steve Goodman who also wrote “ The City of New Orleans “ for Arlo Guthrie!
Mama Tried makes me cry every time I hear it. I teared up even listening to it in this video. My grandfathers youngest brother was wild and always in trouble with the law growing up and it broke my great grandmothers heart that she tried her best to raise him right and nothing she could do changed it. Things didn’t change for the better for him until she passed away in 1988 from brain cancer and that song played on the radio as he was heading for her funeral. He never touched a drop of alcohol again after that day.
Johnny Cash WAS American music to me.. His, style, attitude and songwriting DNA runs through almost ALL genres of today's music. VERY surprised 'Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain' (Willie Nelson), 'Good Hearted Woman' (Waylon Jennings) and Dolly's 'Coat of Many Colors' did not even get a mention on this list... That's almost criminal!!
"He stopped loving her today" is really touching. He stopped loving her (after promising to love her 'til he died) because he did die. Sweet, sad lyrics. GREAT song.
You're right about the Dixie Chicks (or The Chicks, as they go by now). They were cancelled for opposing the invasion of Iraq in the early 2000s. The threats they received in that time inspired their song "Not Ready to Make Nice."
Yes, they put down president Bush and the war while it was still in the beginning stages. While our troops needed the most support from back home. But for me it was that they made their comments on foreign soil. In France. Where I think they thought no one from America would hear it.
@@briansmith48 the Dixie chicks were true patriots. They actually cared about America's soldiers and didnt want to send them to die for Exxon and halliburton executives and Washington bureaucrats.
I remember back in the 80's Garth Brooks was preforming at the 'Nevada State Fair' just before he blew up and barely drew a crowd of 40 people; Who knew?
Amazing. I saw him in the 90's at Texas Stadium in Dallas. He sold out four shows in a row. That's the one where he "flew" across Texas Stadium from one end to the other while still singing and being levitated on wires.
George Strait has the most number one country music 60 number one hits Over his 33-year recording career, Strait has had 60 number one hits, more than any other performer in history. That's combining the number of songs that have topped the Billboard chart (44) with the number that have topped the Mediabase chart (16).
Yes, but he is still not the king of country. I laughed my ass off when they said that in this video. Here in Nashville we know it's George Jones, not even close when it's about their voices. Jones had more of a troubled career for sure but that's why he is so revered here (plus he had the good taste to live here.) Don't believe me, put on a tape of Strait then go to a Jones song real quick...
There was a section at the Astrodome called 'George Strait Seats' because they were always empty (unsold) for every event unless it was a George Strait concert.
The running joke about country music is that if you play it backwards, you get your dog back, your wife back, your car back... also, I agree with Gaynor, Brooks is my favorite country singer, too. The fact neither Dolly or Reba were even mentioned on this list is a crime.
I think one of my favorite country legends and an underrated one is Marty Robbins. His voice and style of music is phenomenal. Not to mention his performances in the Opry. I saved a playlist with many of his performances since i’m a teenager and have obviously never seen him in person. He was an entertainer! Plus he was a nascar driver!! What a legend.
My parents are jamaican but my mother grew up on country music (i have no idea how it got to jamaica lol), so this was a really fun and nostalgic view & listen. I love seeing how non-Americans feel about country music. It's a unique genre
My people are Italian immigrants in NYC where my great grandparents settled at the turn of the century and I was brought upon country music from my granddad and father it was weird but true .
I was raised loving all music but it was country playing in the house. It's very interesting to think of country music in Jamaica. It's pretty awesome actually. ❤❤
"Crazy" was written for a man to sing, due to male singers basic popularity at the time but, none of the men, popular at the time, wanted to sing it, due to what some would consider, difficult/unusual chord changes. It wasn't until Willy himself covered his own song that others started singing it but, Patsy still "owns" it. . . . . .
Y'all should check out the song I Saw the Light by Hank Williams Sr in my opinion the best country/gospel song by far and I'm not even religious but I feel the light when I hear that song Hank Williams Sr is definitely our all time great of country music he inspired the next 3 generations that followed him
If you ask several country music fans for their top 10, they would all be different - just a massive catalog of excellent songs. As mentioned before, Dolly had many big hits - Jolene being one of them. She also wrote several great songs for other performers.
American Country music comes from the folk music brought over by the settlers from the British Isles. I have been studying this for a very long time and now with the Internet, it’s so much easier to research. Many songs that I thought were English or Irish actually come from the Scottish English border area. Another one I found came from Scotland but the version of this song I know here has a American locations in it. A good example of this is the Cowboy song “The Streets of Laredo” which comes from an Irish tune “The Unfortunate Rake”. If you get a chance, Ken Burns recently did a series on the History of County Music which includes this and so much more. I learned a lot and I grew up with country music.
"Here's what I think. 'You Were Always on My Mind' has been recorded about eight different times, by about eight different singers and groups. But I tell you right now, Willie Nelson produced the definitive version of it, and I am willing to fight anyone who disagrees with me about it. I mean it. This is a 'pistols at dawn' issue for me." -- Will McAvoy.
Patsy Cline wore the headband in Crazy to hide scars from a serious automobile accident she was in. While she was in the hospital, she heard Loretta Lynn dedicate one of her songs (Patsy's, not Loretta's) to her. She sent her husband to bring Loretta to her hospital room. They became best of friends, until Patsy was killed in a plane crash after only a 3 year career. Loretta Lynn would have a career spanning over 60 years, die at home at 90 years old...still writing songs and recording albums.
Good video! It’s tough to make a top 10 list of the best. Everyone is going to have a different opinion. Also 10 is a small number to narrow down the best to considering how very many country songs there are.
There are so many great country songs that any top ten list will leave something out. One that deserves a mention is Streets of Bakersfield by Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens.
The most country song I’ve heard is Tim Foust of Home Free song, champagne taste on a beer budget. Home Free is definitely my favorite band because their original songs are so relatable! 😁
The gambler is the best for me. I grew up listening to him and Dolly! My dad even looked like Kinney Rodgers in my eyes! On a similar thought, Convoy is one of my favorite childhood movies!
When I worked at The Nashville Network back in the late 90's, Little Jimmy Dickens would drive imto the employees parking lot in the biggest red pick up truck ever. Sweet Man
Ya'll have to realize country goes way back.. Garth was amazing in 90's... but so many older country singers you've probably never heard of... my Grandfather raised me on country from the 60's and 70's... I was a baby .. but I remember them all
I am a rare find in Nashville, I was born here and lived here my entire life. Have fun here!!! You need to listen to Rascall Flatts song "Backwards", it is hilarious.
My dad was the country music lover in our family and so many were not mentioned here. My dad loved Sammy Smith, Conway Twitty and Ernest Tubb. My personal favorites are Reba, Dolly, George Strait and Kenny Rogers. You should listen to the Mavericks, they're great!
Willie Nelson wrote so many hits for others. "Stardust" album, he sings all his hit songs done by him or other famous singers. A must have. I loved Kenny Rodgers when he was in The First Addition in the 1960s and 70s. ❤
The look on Aidan's face when I paused at 12:14 is hilarious! lol. I hated country music when I was younger, but with a life longer lived, came to appreciate the story telling that country music has to offer. Diana Krall is playing the piano with Willie. She recorded a duet with Willie, "I Won't Dance" on his tribute album to Frank Sinatra "That's LIfe". The similarities between Irish music and country music makes sense, because the roots of country music come from the Scots Irish from Appalachia!
Lists like this are difficult to quantify. Like what do they base their "opinion" on? ALL TIME Country music is particularly difficult to rate because of the amount of time the genre spans and the impact certain songs had during the period they were popularized AND their ongoing impact over total history. You can also get totally different lists depending on how high a song charted, how long it stayed on the charts, how many singles have been sold over time, how many albums with the song have been sold over time, how certain experts rate the songs, how a popular poll rates the songs, etc....
There is a British gentleman who listens to country music, and reacts to it look up( Taylor Family Reacts) you will here some wonderful country music there.
I’ll have to say my favorite all time male Country singer is George Jones, and favorite female Country singer, Patsy Cline. 😎 I grew up with Rock and Roll and hated Country when I was a teenager and young adult. I’ve grown very fond of a lot of different genres since those times. I started listening to Country after I met my wife 26 years ago, but now only enjoy it from the 2010’s on backwards. If a Country song came on, say in a bar during my younger days, it usually killed my buzz, kinda ruining my night. Not so now though. Most music from just about any genre from the 1920’s until say the early to mid 2010’s is normally a welcome to my ears. Great Reaction you all. Have a great day and you are currently one of my favorite Reaction Channels on RUclips.
One thing I did learn about going to Ireland was they love country music. Where most of the Irish and Scottish settled in America is called the Blue Ridge Mountains where most of the blue grass comes from, and we got a lot of that from the Irish.
Don’t think you can appreciate Country music until at least one truck/car breaks down on ya, your dog runs off, and your woman too. Grew up with everything from jazz to Motown to Hank Sr playing on the record player. Hated County and Bluegrass until I got a little older. There is still time for the young fella. Plus vinyl is the best way to listen to music. If he does go to Nashville with you, make sure to go to Jack White’s place, Third Man Records.
With Willie Nelson, that female singer (whom you said looked familiary) on piano is Diana Krall and across the way was her husband UK man singer/songwriter Elvis Costello. Diana does now more jazz than country.
Like my brother in law my sister would say to him you cant drink if you go. O Brits. He he. Willie is my favorite. 87 year's old hes going on tour with his sons 2023.
Kenny Rogers started out in a rock group, now re-genre to country (KR&The First Edition 1967-75- best song IMO Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Is In))
Personally, I would have had I've been everywhere by Hank Snow on the list somewhere. Also Rhinestone Cowboy deserved a mention, I'm glad they Mentionend Marty Robins though
George Jones is the G.O.A.T. Hands down, no question about it. Cash is way overrated, he absolutely ruined the NIN song, his daughter Rosanne is really good though. A close second to Jones is Hank Sr.
Well, I don’t listen to country music and had never heard of George Jones or the song he sung. Johnny Cash I’ve heard all over the place. He seems more charismatic and fun. Obviously, he has staying power that Jones doesn’t.
@@trylikeafool I guess it depends on what you like. Cash got much more popular with Hurt being seen by everyone on the internet. I've heard a lot more people say He Stopped Loving Her Today was the #1. I think George's voice was the best voice in country music... well that's what Garth Brooks said.😁
I’m not a country fan but it seems to me crossover hits stopped by the 80s. Johnny Cash, some Dolly Parton. Lyn Anderson. Marty Robbins. Rocky Top Osbourne Brothers. I’ve never heard a Garth Brooks song on the pop stations. I’ve noticed a lot less crossover lately .
Conswervatives cancelled The Dixie Chicks (who more recently updated their name to The Chicks) for knocking Dubya during the Iraq war. So they don’t get a lot of play on country radio.
Know all of these songs! Believe it said Red Headed Stranger when talking about Willie. Best story ever in country music, in my opinion. Give it a listen sometime.
When you say that country songs are usually all about trucks and etc, you should watch David Allen Coe You never even called me by my name (aka the Perfect Country and Western Song)
Seen most of these people that were alive. George Strait before he was famous Ace in the Hole band would play the Honky Tonks and German Dance Halls ie Gruene Hall. He’s my favorite. Been to three of Willie’s 4th of July Picnic’s, and countless others, best one in Gonzales. This was an outlaw country get together when a pure country singer George Jones came in and showed you what an entertainer was. “She Stopped Loving Him Today” would be my number one. Before that song came out most people I knew would say Tammy Wynette’s Stand By Your Man was number 1. My Mom forced me to go as a kid to see Johnny Cash. It was amazing. With him was the Carter Family (royalty American style) and the Statler Brothers. Garth Brooks is one hell of an entertainer just knocks your socks off. Can’t believe I don’t think I ever saw Merle Haggard that’s just shameful. Maybe at one of Willie Nelson picnics but we were always drunk. And what can you say about Patsy Kline, in that video with the headband on, it was to hide a gash on her head from a car accident. What a voice. Was going to leave this alone but here goes. As for the Dixie Chicks F’m, you don’t criticize the President of the United States on foreign land ever. Well I just went off an a tangent, guess I liked the subject. As y’all say Cheers.
I’m a fan of Garth Brooks also… I saw him in concert (with his wife Tricia Yearwood) a few years ago. I’ve loved him since I was a kid. My brother had his cassette tapes (and many other wonderful albums). I listened to them all after he passed, his buddies wanted to play the song “Friends in Low Places” at his funeral🕊 I went to a Willie Nelson & Dwight Yoakum concert not too long after the Garth Brooks concert. I’m only mentioning that because as I was typing they began talking about Willie Nelson. So many great country songs and artists💛
Interesting that you said that country music sounds like Irish music because at its roots it was influenced by Irish music. The Appalachian Mountains area of Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia is really where country music got its start. That area was settled long ago by the Scots Irish who had immigrated to America during the colonial period, and music was a great part of their culture.
"Jolene" isn't even Dolly Parton's most famous song. For American non country fans that would be "I Will Always Love You" that was covered by Whitney Houston in "The Bodyguard". My favorite Dolly song is "Coat of Many Colors".
But a decent amount of non country fans don't know that Dolly sang I will always love you
Best version of "I Will Always Love You" on RUclips is from Dolly's appearance on Bingolotto when she was touring in Sweden. She was in perfect voice at the time, the sound work was top notch and the quality of the video is primo. My other favorite version was her live duet with Vince Gill at the 1995 CMAs but there doesn't seem to be a decent video recording available on RUclips or anywhere else. I think "Coat of Many Colors" is probably her most import contribution to music and popular culture. I'm also a fan of her first breakout solo recordings "Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)" which was her first top 10 hit and "Joshua" which was her first number 1, as well as her work in the "Trio" group and her "The Grass is Blue" album. There's a great video of her doing a stellar live performance of "Train Train" from that last album at Austin City Limits.
Mine too
It’s not even too 3
V true. I still love 9 to 5 lol.
Dolly not only sang I Will Always Love You, but she wrote it and sang part of it to close her weekly tv show.
"You Never Even Called Me By My Name" by David Allan Coe. "The perfect country and western song". 😀
True ! And his version of Tennessee Whiskey is the original... and THE BEST.
That's a good one! David Allen Coe may represent the totally irreverent, "sometimes hard to take" side of Country but he is absolutely authentic COUNTRY and the most genuine outlaw of Country music ever. "If That Ain't Country" is another of his better ones and my fave from him and my fave is the rarely heard "F*ck Anita Bryant"😏
I met Coe when he lived in Dickson, Tn close to a cave. Spent an hour with him and a straight shooter for sure.
Ah yes, that song brings back memories of my college years in the favorite local bar. The entire crowd would join in and sing it, especially on the last verse.
David Allan Coe comes into the gas station I work at on his way home from the casino in our little town in Indiana a couple of times a month.
“These boots are made for walkin’” by Nancy Sinatra is considered a rock song.
My Dad grew up with Johnny Cash in Dyess, Arkansas. One day, when I was getting home from school, there were 5 touring busses on our street. When I got home, I heard music coming from our backyard and went to see what was going on. My Dad, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Conway Twitty, Waylon Jennings, and Jerry Reed were in my backyard playing guitars and singing with my Dad. I was like, "Who are these old people in my backyard? Now that I'm older, I wished I'd stayed and watched them play. Now they're all gone. This was 1974 in Jacksonville, Arkansas
stop making up stories
@@MovieGuy666 you first.
Truth be told, I wouldn't have know either. What an experience that had to have been.
David Allen Coe wrote the perfect country and western song, "You never even called me by my name."
David Allen Cole was the first to preform “You Never Called Me by My first Name”, it was written by Steve Goodman who also wrote “ The City of New Orleans “ for Arlo Guthrie!
David Allen Coe was born about 30 min from where i grew up and actually stayed with my dad for a few months after he got out of prison
FYI, the woman playing the piano while Willie Nelson was singing "Crazy" was the jazz pianist and singer Diana Krall.
Mama Tried by Merle Haggard was EPIC…. Any true country fan would know this song.
Mama Tried makes me cry every time I hear it. I teared up even listening to it in this video. My grandfathers youngest brother was wild and always in trouble with the law growing up and it broke my great grandmothers heart that she tried her best to raise him right and nothing she could do changed it. Things didn’t change for the better for him until she passed away in 1988 from brain cancer and that song played on the radio as he was heading for her funeral. He never touched a drop of alcohol again after that day.
Johnny Cash WAS American music to me.. His, style, attitude and songwriting DNA runs through almost ALL genres of today's music. VERY surprised 'Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain' (Willie Nelson), 'Good Hearted Woman' (Waylon Jennings) and Dolly's 'Coat of Many Colors' did not even get a mention on this list... That's almost criminal!!
Indeed, not bragging but I do a mean Johnny Cash impersonation.
"He stopped loving her today" probably is the quintessential,country song.
Watching Gaynor lip sync the opening line of each song was cute .But,seeing Daz rock out the "air fiddle" along with Charlie Daniels... was awesome.
💯 brought big smile to my face seeing that
Amarillo by Morning is my favorite Country song! Love this reaction. ❤
"He stopped loving her today" is really touching. He stopped loving her (after promising to love her 'til he died) because he did die. Sweet, sad lyrics. GREAT song.
You're right about the Dixie Chicks (or The Chicks, as they go by now). They were cancelled for opposing the invasion of Iraq in the early 2000s. The threats they received in that time inspired their song "Not Ready to Make Nice."
Yes, they put down president Bush and the war while it was still in the beginning stages. While our troops needed the most support from back home.
But for me it was that they made
their comments on foreign soil.
In France. Where I think they
thought no one from America
would hear it.
Dixie Chicks were some of the earliest victims of "Cancel Culture". My how times change.
@@briansmith48 Yes the redneck fan base, "We keep that talk in the house" not on foreign soil as you mentioned
@@briansmith48 the Dixie chicks were true patriots. They actually cared about America's soldiers and didnt want to send them to die for Exxon and halliburton executives and Washington bureaucrats.
My father was Johnny Cash's mechanic, though he never actual met him. All of my father's interactions were with his wife June Carter.
I remember back in the 80's Garth Brooks was preforming at the 'Nevada State Fair' just before he blew up and barely drew a crowd of 40 people; Who knew?
Amazing. I saw him in the 90's at Texas Stadium in Dallas. He sold out four shows in a row. That's the one where he "flew" across Texas Stadium from one end to the other while still singing and being levitated on wires.
@@suzanneyoung8011I was there as well! I believe I was 16 at the time.
@@Rc-sl4te it was definitely a great concert. 😊
George Strait has the most number one country music
60 number one hits
Over his 33-year recording career, Strait has had 60 number one hits, more than any other performer in history. That's combining the number of songs that have topped the Billboard chart (44) with the number that have topped the Mediabase chart (16).
Yes, but he is still not the king of country. I laughed my ass off when they said that in this video. Here in Nashville we know it's George Jones, not even close when it's about their voices. Jones had more of a troubled career for sure but that's why he is so revered here (plus he had the good taste to live here.) Don't believe me, put on a tape of Strait then go to a Jones song real quick...
Toby Keith❤
@@deepcoder1845 never heard of Jones
Strait, Chesney, Keith,McGraw
There was a section at the Astrodome called 'George Strait Seats' because they were always empty (unsold) for every event unless it was a George Strait concert.
The running joke about country music is that if you play it backwards, you get your dog back, your wife back, your car back... also, I agree with Gaynor, Brooks is my favorite country singer, too. The fact neither Dolly or Reba were even mentioned on this list is a crime.
7:16 Aidan saying ‘floppy disk’ aged me considerably and I’m still in my 20s 😂
I just turned 51, so it really aged me 😂😂😂
@@shaungriffin150 These kids and their new AI technologies 😂😂
I think one of my favorite country legends and an underrated one is Marty Robbins. His voice and style of music is phenomenal. Not to mention his performances in the Opry. I saved a playlist with many of his performances since i’m a teenager and have obviously never seen him in person. He was an entertainer! Plus he was a nascar driver!! What a legend.
My parents are jamaican but my mother grew up on country music (i have no idea how it got to jamaica lol), so this was a really fun and nostalgic view & listen. I love seeing how non-Americans feel about country music. It's a unique genre
My people are Italian immigrants in NYC where my great grandparents settled at the turn of the century and I was brought upon country music from my granddad and father it was weird but true .
I was raised loving all music but it was country playing in the house. It's very interesting to think of country music in Jamaica. It's pretty awesome actually. ❤❤
poor Aidan.....he looks so bored......love seeing Gaynor so happy.
In the early 70s I shared a "smoke" before an outdoor concert with Mr Willie Nelson!!
That was Diana Krall on piano.
Ya"ll overlooked some awesome songs. He Stopped Loving Her Today is considered #1 by a great many country fans.
"Crazy" was written for a man to sing, due to male singers basic popularity at the time but, none of the men, popular at the time, wanted to sing it, due to what some would consider, difficult/unusual chord changes. It wasn't until Willy himself covered his own song that others started singing it but, Patsy still "owns" it. . . . . .
I Will Always Love You and Jolene definitely both deserve a spot on the list.
Also Johnny Cash’s cover of Hurt was a great one
My favorite country singers are Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Lady Antabellum, and Garth Brooks too. Sabrina Griffin.
These older songs were some of my childhood. My mom played them all the time. Now when I hear them I think of her 💕
On the piano is DIana Krall
My personal favorites are anything by Patsy Cline!
Johnny Cash in Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman was one of my favorite characters. I really enjoyed when he sang and played the guitar on the episodes.
Y'all should check out the song I Saw the Light by Hank Williams Sr in my opinion the best country/gospel song by far and I'm not even religious but I feel the light when I hear that song Hank Williams Sr is definitely our all time great of country music he inspired the next 3 generations that followed him
All time favorite for me is Coat of Many Colors... for Dolly gotta love her just as much as Lorretta.. they wrote their music
90s and mid 2000s country was awesome. About all the country I'll listen too lol
Same here. But I would include the 80s too.
These songs bring back a lot of memories. I love them. Thank you for putting this on.
Shout out from TEXAS! I LOVE THIS!. You should do the TOP 100 country songs!!! So many hits from lots of artists
If you ask several country music fans for their top 10, they would all be different - just a massive catalog of excellent songs. As mentioned before, Dolly had many big hits - Jolene being one of them. She also wrote several great songs for other performers.
Facts
Gary Allan smoke rings n the dark... and Willie Nelson last thing I needed r my top 2 country songs
American Country music comes from the folk music brought over by the settlers from the British Isles. I have been studying this for a very long time and now with the Internet, it’s so much easier to research. Many songs that I thought were English or Irish actually come from the Scottish English border area. Another one I found came from Scotland but the version of this song I know here has a American locations in it. A good example of this is the Cowboy song “The Streets of Laredo” which comes from an Irish tune “The Unfortunate Rake”. If you get a chance, Ken Burns recently did a series on the History of County Music which includes this and so much more. I learned a lot and I grew up with country music.
The woman on the piano is a jazz singer Diana Krall.
"Here's what I think. 'You Were Always on My Mind' has been recorded about eight different times, by about eight different singers and groups. But I tell you right now, Willie Nelson produced the definitive version of it, and I am willing to fight anyone who disagrees with me about it. I mean it. This is a 'pistols at dawn' issue for me." -- Will McAvoy.
Willie #1
Elvis #2
There's a slightly faster pop cover by the pet shop boys of always on my mind it's pretty good
About 50 years ago in a club I would sing Hank Williams, Sr. songs. At that time they told me that I had the same pitch in my voice.
Patsy Cline wore the headband in Crazy to hide scars from a serious automobile accident she was in. While she was in the hospital, she heard Loretta Lynn dedicate one of her songs (Patsy's, not Loretta's) to her. She sent her husband to bring Loretta to her hospital room. They became best of friends, until Patsy was killed in a plane crash after only a 3 year career. Loretta Lynn would have a career spanning over 60 years, die at home at 90 years old...still writing songs and recording albums.
Much of this music originated from the Appalachian area which was largely made of Irish and Scottish immigrants. They brought their fiddles.
Good video! It’s tough to make a top 10 list of the best. Everyone is going to have a different opinion. Also 10 is a small number to narrow down the best to considering how very many country songs there are.
There are so many great country songs that any top ten list will leave something out.
One that deserves a mention is Streets of Bakersfield by Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens.
The most country song I’ve heard is Tim Foust of Home Free song, champagne taste on a beer budget. Home Free is definitely my favorite band because their original songs are so relatable! 😁
The gambler is the best for me. I grew up listening to him and Dolly! My dad even looked like Kinney Rodgers in my eyes! On a similar thought, Convoy is one of my favorite childhood movies!
When I worked at The Nashville Network back in the late 90's, Little Jimmy Dickens would drive imto the employees parking lot in the biggest red pick up truck ever. Sweet Man
Ya'll have to realize country goes way back.. Garth was amazing in 90's... but so many older country singers you've probably never heard of... my Grandfather raised me on country from the 60's and 70's... I was a baby .. but I remember them all
I am a rare find in Nashville, I was born here and lived here my entire life. Have fun here!!! You need to listen to Rascall Flatts song "Backwards", it is hilarious.
You guys are really pumping out videos like crazy. Good on ya
My dad was the country music lover in our family and so many were not mentioned here. My dad loved Sammy Smith, Conway Twitty and Ernest Tubb. My personal favorites are Reba, Dolly, George Strait and Kenny Rogers. You should listen to the Mavericks, they're great!
It still amazes me that Hank Williams was only 29 when he died. He definitely had an "old soul"
Kenny Rogers started playing rock with the hit song,"I Just Dropped in to See What Condition my Condition was in"
Willie Nelson wrote so many hits for others. "Stardust" album, he sings all his hit songs done by him or other famous singers. A must have. I loved Kenny Rodgers when he was in The First Addition in the 1960s and 70s. ❤
The look on Aidan's face when I paused at 12:14 is hilarious! lol. I hated country music when I was younger, but with a life longer lived, came to appreciate the story telling that country music has to offer. Diana Krall is playing the piano with Willie. She recorded a duet with Willie, "I Won't Dance" on his tribute album to Frank Sinatra "That's LIfe". The similarities between Irish music and country music makes sense, because the roots of country music come from the Scots Irish from Appalachia!
Krall is also married to Elvis Costello, won't find too many more accomplished musical couples.
Lists like this are difficult to quantify. Like what do they base their "opinion" on? ALL TIME Country music is particularly difficult to rate because of the amount of time the genre spans and the impact certain songs had during the period they were popularized AND their ongoing impact over total history. You can also get totally different lists depending on how high a song charted, how long it stayed on the charts, how many singles have been sold over time, how many albums with the song have been sold over time, how certain experts rate the songs, how a popular poll rates the songs, etc....
Now that's what you call some crying in your beer music! LOVE IT!
I'm more of a rap and rock fan but I can't have a drink without listening to:
Tyler Childers
Colter Wall
Ryan Bingham &
Christ Stapleton.
rap and country do not mix bro...sorry.
@@deepcoder1845 Tim McGraw and Nelly, Florida Georgia Line and Nelly
Willie Nelson will be 90 in April. He and George Strait are out state treasures. Hank Williams died at the age of 29.
And ol' Hank would have turned 100 in September.
Walk The Line is top 5 best films for me.
I also like Kenny Rodgers, because he has a fantastic voice. Sabrina Griffin.
There is a British gentleman who listens to country music, and reacts to it look up( Taylor Family Reacts) you will here some wonderful country music there.
You know what happens when you play country music backwards? The man gets back his wife, his dog & his home.
Yep I know where that comes from: Rascal Flatts song Backwards because that's what you get when you play a country song Backwards
Would love to see you react to country songs requested by your subscribers. Maybe a short series of this.
I’ll have to say my favorite all time male Country singer is George Jones, and favorite female Country singer, Patsy Cline. 😎
I grew up with Rock and Roll and hated Country when I was a teenager and young adult. I’ve grown very fond of a lot of different genres since those times. I started listening to Country after I met my wife 26 years ago, but now only enjoy it from the 2010’s on backwards. If a Country song came on, say in a bar during my younger days, it usually killed my buzz, kinda ruining my night.
Not so now though. Most music from just about any genre from the 1920’s until say the early to mid 2010’s is normally a welcome to my ears. Great Reaction you all. Have a great day and you are currently one of my favorite Reaction Channels on RUclips.
The Chick's are back recording and touring. Saw them last year at a sold out concert.
One thing I did learn about going to Ireland was they love country music. Where most of the Irish and Scottish settled in America is called the Blue Ridge Mountains where most of the blue grass comes from, and we got a lot of that from the Irish.
Don’t think you can appreciate Country music until at least one truck/car breaks down on ya, your dog runs off, and your woman too. Grew up with everything from jazz to Motown to Hank Sr playing on the record player. Hated County and Bluegrass until I got a little older. There is still time for the young fella. Plus vinyl is the best way to listen to music. If he does go to Nashville with you, make sure to go to Jack White’s place, Third Man Records.
Office Bloke Daz - The Piano player with Willie Nelson is Diana Krall
Daz looks like he is in to the music also, legs a bounching. Can not wait until Gaynor and Aidan do their duet,lol
Family Tradition is the best IMHO
Willie wrote a ton of songs for so many artist Crazy was probably his most successful when he was writing for others
With Willie Nelson, that female singer (whom you said looked familiary) on piano is Diana Krall and across the way was her husband UK man singer/songwriter Elvis Costello. Diana does now more jazz than country.
I believe the woman on the piano in the Willie Nelson singing "Crazy" was his sister.She was a memember of his band for decades.Her name was Bobby.
Brooks and Dunn has a great video & song called I Believe.
Willie wrote the song :You were always on my mind"
George Strait is my favorite musician of all time, but my favorite song here is Mama Tried.
Welcome back Daz !!
Like my brother in law my sister would say to him you cant drink if you go. O Brits. He he. Willie is my favorite. 87 year's old hes going on tour with his sons 2023.
Lmao. Oh you like it that much? The Gambler commentary had me rolling from the son. Kids tune everything out it seems.
My favorite song is Rainbow stew by Merle and my favorite singer is Willie Nelson Jr..
Kenny Rogers started out in a rock group, now re-genre to country (KR&The First Edition 1967-75- best song IMO Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Is In))
The lady playing piano with Willie is jazz artist Diana krall.
Personally, I would have had I've been everywhere by Hank Snow on the list somewhere. Also Rhinestone Cowboy deserved a mention, I'm glad they Mentionend Marty Robins though
George Jones is the G.O.A.T. Hands down, no question about it. Cash is way overrated, he absolutely ruined the NIN song, his daughter Rosanne is really good though. A close second to Jones is Hank Sr.
Well, I don’t listen to country music and had never heard of George Jones or the song he sung. Johnny Cash I’ve heard all over the place. He seems more charismatic and fun. Obviously, he has staying power that Jones doesn’t.
@@trylikeafool I guess it depends on what you like. Cash got much more popular with Hurt being seen by everyone on the internet. I've heard a lot more people say He Stopped Loving Her Today was the #1. I think George's voice was the best voice in country music... well that's what Garth Brooks said.😁
I’m just sitting in the corner observing lol, I like the discourse as I’m new to studying country music as well.
Jones>Cash
@@bendadestroyer Waylon over Jones and Cash.
I’m not a country fan but it seems to me crossover hits stopped by the 80s. Johnny Cash, some Dolly Parton. Lyn Anderson. Marty Robbins. Rocky Top Osbourne Brothers.
I’ve never heard a Garth Brooks song on the pop stations.
I’ve noticed a lot less crossover lately .
Conswervatives cancelled The Dixie Chicks (who more recently updated their name to The Chicks) for knocking Dubya during the Iraq war. So they don’t get a lot of play on country radio.
Know all of these songs! Believe it said Red Headed Stranger when talking about Willie. Best story ever in country music, in my opinion. Give it a listen sometime.
try "King of the Road" by Roger Miller
When you say that country songs are usually all about trucks and etc, you should watch David Allen Coe You never even called me by my name (aka the Perfect Country and Western Song)
The fact that you didnt react at all to George Strait...tells me all I need to know about this channel.
Seen most of these people that were alive. George Strait before he was famous Ace in the Hole band would play the Honky Tonks and German Dance Halls ie Gruene Hall. He’s my favorite. Been to three of Willie’s 4th of July Picnic’s, and countless others, best one in Gonzales. This was an outlaw country get together when a pure country singer George Jones came in and showed you what an entertainer was. “She Stopped Loving Him Today” would be my number one. Before that song came out most people I knew would say Tammy Wynette’s Stand By Your Man was number 1. My Mom forced me to go as a kid to see Johnny Cash. It was amazing. With him was the Carter Family (royalty American style) and the Statler Brothers. Garth Brooks is one hell of an entertainer just knocks your socks off. Can’t believe I don’t think I ever saw Merle Haggard that’s just shameful. Maybe at one of Willie Nelson picnics but we were always drunk. And what can you say about Patsy Kline, in that video with the headband on, it was to hide a gash on her head from a car accident. What a voice. Was going to leave this alone but here goes. As for the Dixie Chicks F’m, you don’t criticize the President of the United States on foreign land ever. Well I just went off an a tangent, guess I liked the subject. As y’all say Cheers.
I think the pianist is Diana Krall, who is famously married to Elvis Costello. Not sure, but that is who I think it is.
I’m a fan of Garth Brooks also… I saw him in concert (with his wife Tricia Yearwood) a few years ago.
I’ve loved him since I was a kid. My brother had his cassette tapes (and many other wonderful albums). I listened to them all after he passed, his buddies wanted to play the song “Friends in Low Places” at his funeral🕊
I went to a Willie Nelson & Dwight Yoakum concert not too long after the Garth Brooks concert. I’m only mentioning that because as I was typing they began talking about Willie Nelson.
So many great country songs and artists💛
Interesting that you said that country music sounds like Irish music because at its roots it was influenced by Irish music. The Appalachian Mountains area of Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia is really where country music got its start. That area was settled long ago by the Scots Irish who had immigrated to America during the colonial period, and music was a great part of their culture.
Right
My dog died, my woman cheated on me & then I killed a man and did life in prison…there you go, you’ve got a country song
But you didn’t say nothing about trucks, trains, rain or momma!