Newest Additions to Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist (#24)
Freshly provisioned for your summer road trip, the Saving Country Music Top 25 Playlist has been reinforced with some doozies of modern country greatness. Leading the charge is the staunchly traditional singer and songwriter Shane Owens, with the lead track off of his recently-released EP It’s a Southern Thing. Called “Love to Try Them On,” the song is not as braggadocios as it may seem at first, it’s the perfect update to George Jones’s “Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes?”
Next on the list comes Cliff Westfall from Kentucky via Brooklyn, whose brand new album Baby You Win is setting hair on fire. It’s hard to go through and select just one track from the record, but the twangy jam at the end of “Off The Wagon” is just too damn good not to include.
Where would country music be without its roots? And two artists that help embody the roots as much as any are Canadian folk country artist Colter Wall, and baptist preacher Frank Newsome. Frank’s new album Gone Away With A Friend is like an entire album of Ralph Stanley’s ‘O’Death,” only better if you can believe it, and his song “When I Heard” makes the latest playlist update. Colter Wall is prepping a new record for perhaps this fall, and to coincide with the actual event in Alberta, he’s released the song “Calgary Round-Up” originally performed by Wilf Carter.
The Saving Country Music Top 25 Playlist primarily lives on Spotify, but is also available for those who use Google Play, and on Apple Music thanks to Country Exclusive. For those who don’t stream, you can still find the song recommendations in list form below.
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Saving Country Music’s Top 25 Current Playlist:
- “Come Around” – El Coyote – El Coyote
- “Over You” – Sarah Shook and the Disarmers – Years
- “Love To Try Them On” – Shane Owens – It’s a Southern Thing
- “Off The Wagon” – Cliff Westfall – Baby You Win
- “Cadillac Man” – Wes Youssi and the County Champs – Down Low
- “Best Seat in the House” – Blackberry Smoke – Find A Light
- “My Way” – Ervin Stellar – The Moment
- “One Day At A Time” – American Aquarium – Things Change
- “Must Be The Whiskey” – Cody Jinks – Lifers
- “I’m Not Alright” – Shotgun Rider – Palo Duro
- “I Don’t Deserve You (w/ Sunny Sweeney) – Jason Boland & The Stragglers – Hard Times Are Relative
- “Wild Reckless and Crazy” – Darci Carlson – Darci Carlson
- “Calgary Round-Up” – Colter Wall – (single)
- “Drove Her Away” – Tim Culpepper – DUI (Drinkin’ Under The Influence)
- “Starting Over Again” – The Church Sisters – A Night At The Opry
- “From Here” – Rhyan Sinclair – Barnstormer
- “Takin’ Me a Heartbreak” – Randall King – Randall King
- “People Get Old” – Lori McKenna – The Tree
- “The Dreamer” – Jay Bragg – Honky Tonk Dream
- “When I Heard” – Frank Newsome – Gone Away with a Friend
- “.30-06” – Brent Cobb – Providence Canyon
- “Once A Week Cheaters” – Kayla Ray, Colton Hawkins – Yesterday and Me
- “Then Here Came Monday” – Dwight Yoakam – (single)
- “Don’t Come to Nashville” – Dakota Jay – (single)
- “Manitoba Sunrise at Motel 6” – Tami Neilson – SASSAFRASS!
- “Tonight I’ll Scrape a Heart Off the Barroom Floor” – Michelle Hannan & One Blue Night – (single)
July 15, 2018 @ 8:32 pm
Pretty damn cool seeing my band name 3 spots below Dwight Yoakam.
July 15, 2018 @ 8:51 pm
I assume you’re list is good because Tim Cullpepper is on there.
Personally, I know that Tim can outsing all the people on that list. And, don’t get me started on his playing….never mind, I’m started!:; he sings better and plays better bass guitar than any one of those other artist +any one of their band mates. Tim is also humble and would be emabarassed to know that folks would say this on his behalf.
July 16, 2018 @ 11:31 am
Well shut up then and don’t embarrass him.
July 16, 2018 @ 4:47 am
My current playlist is (as usual) more mainstream oriented. I don’t stream but it’s (more or less) easy to find the songs on the various platforms.
Summer-Song 2018: Marie Wise-Hawkins – “Pickup Truck”
(EP: The Road Back To Me – 5 Tracks – 06/21)
Best Song 2018 (so far): Travis Collins – “High Horse”
Most Played Song 2018 (so far): Karac Hendriks – “This Road Is Mine”
Most Played Song July 2018 (so far): Marie Wise-Hawkins – “Pickup Truck”
– William Clark Green – “Hit You Were It Hurts” (New Album: Hebert Island – 08/10)
– Kathy Mattea – “I Can’t Stand Up Alone” (New Album: Pretty Bird – 09/07)
– Cory Morrow – “Whiskey & Pride”
– Amber Carter – “Drive You Away”
– Tim Culpepper – “Drove Her Away”
– Jessica Mitchell – “Maybe It’s Me”
– Tommy Townsend – “Renegade Picker”
– Adam Harvey – “I’d Rather Be A Highwayman” (New Album: The Nashville Tapes – 07/27)
– James Ellis & The Jealous Guys – “Don’t Know Where I’m Going”
– Cloverdayle – “9 Miles Down A 10 Miles Road”
– Brooke Woods – “My Own Flames”
– Scarlett Drive – “One More Time”
– Cameran Nelson – “Worried Or Proud”
– Renegade Station – “Safe Harbour”
– Renegade Station – “Along For The Ride”
– Dustin Steen – “Tennessee Can Miss Me”
– Catherine Britt & The Cold-Cold Hearts – “Red Dirt” (New Album: Same Title – 07/20)
– Kenna Danielle – “I-35 Reasons”
– DeWayne Spaw – “History In The Making”
– Jase Lansky – “Whiskey & Wine”
– Randall King – “Takin’ Me A Heartbreak”
– Robynn Shayne – “Whiskey & Bad Decisions”
– Derryl Perry – “A Little Less Alone”
– The Cody Bryan Band – “Texas Highway”
– Will Day – “This Country Life”
– Cliff Westfall – “Till The Right One Comes Along”
Testing:
– David Nail & The Well Ravens – “Heavy”
– Kim Wright – “Man Of The House”
– Dallas Remington – “Never Turned Around”
– Bobby Valentine – “Country & Western Songs”
– Love Canon – “Kyrie Eleison” (Bluegrass Version of the old Mr.Mister hit)
July 16, 2018 @ 7:19 am
Don’t have time today to check all the songs listed by Trig and you, but +1 on the Shane Owens, Randall King, and Tim Culpepper. That’s some solid country.
July 16, 2018 @ 5:18 am
Is it just me or does Shotgun Rider sound like if Bowling For Soup went country?
July 16, 2018 @ 5:48 am
Keep em coming Trig! I probably wouldn’t have gotten so into Sarah Shook, Tim Culpepper, Randall King or Joshua Hedley just from the album reviews. At least not so soon. Haven’t had a chance to listen since you updated the list but heard the Shane Owen song on Outlaw Country over the weekend and loved it immediately.
July 16, 2018 @ 6:07 am
Alan Jackson should get a nod from Shane Owens cause that song title is from a quote he used on his debut Here in the Real World album. Cool track nonetheless though.
July 16, 2018 @ 6:53 am
Love the whole Shane Owens EP. “Love To Try Them On” is a great song. He may never fill their shoes but this EP shows he’s worthy of trying them on. The songs are immediately catchy but have a good variety among the 6. EP went right into the rotation!
July 17, 2018 @ 4:30 pm
I previewed a couple tracks from Cliff Westfall and it’s a definent fit for Bus of Real Country.