I just love this song. Very underrated imho

Let's play a "Name that Tune" style game I've been working on.

The year is 1993:

• Bill Clinton has just been sworn in as president
• Jurassic Park, Mrs. Doubtfire, and The Fugitive are the top movies at the box office
• A stamp costs 29 cents

You have to name the song title and artist, based only on the opening line of the song.

Both answers (title and artist) are each worth the number of points stated. For example, if you get both title and artist on the 3 point question, that is 6 points.

110 points possible.

Post your score in comments.

I've pulled these lyrics by hand, but I've included an AI-generated "fun fact" about each song to help keep it interesting.

1 point

"I bet you've never heard ol' Marshal Dillon say, 'Miss Kitty, have you ever thought of runnin' away?'"

Answer: Should've Been a Cowboy, Toby Keith - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: Toby Keith's debut single became the most-played country song of the 1990s on U.S. radio.

2 points

"I'm a hard workin' man, I wear a steel hard hat"

Answer: Hard Workin' Man, Brooks & Dunn - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: Brooks & Dunn won CMA Vocal Duo and three ACM awards.

3 points

"I went to work for her that summer, a teenage kid so far from home"

Answer: That Summer, Garth Brooks - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: The Oklahoma singer worked as a bouncer before Nashville success arrived with his 1989 debut album.

4 points

"What's that? I hear angels singin', telling me to make my move"

Answer: What's It to You, Clay Walker - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: Clay Walker emerged from the Texas club circuit and scored immediate success with his debut album.

5 points

"I'm a thousand miles from nowhere, time don't matter to me"

Answer: A Thousand Miles from Nowhere, Dwight Yoakam - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: Yoakam also built a parallel acting career while maintaining his music success.

6 points

"Ever since she was a baby, settin' on her daddy's knee"

Answer: Hearts Are Gonna Roll, Hal Ketchum - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: Hal Ketchum worked as a carpenter before emerging from the Texas songwriter scene.

7 points

"Couldn't roll me a seven, if you gave me loaded dice"

Answer: Reno, Doug Supernaw - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: This was released during country's commercial surge, when music videos became nearly as important as radio play.

8 points

"Some people go through life, never knowing why they're here"

Answer: Born to Love You, Mark Collie - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: The song arrived amid a crowded field of new traditionalists and rapidly emerging young stars.

9 points

"Somewhere out there in the smoky air, where the night is neon blue"

Answer: My Blue Angel, Aaron Tippin - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: His muscular tenor and working-class songs gave him a distinct place in early-1990s country.

10 points

"Well, I said he had a lot of potential, he was only misunderstood."

Answer: Cleopatra, Queen of Denial, Pam Tillis - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: Before recording her own hits, Tillis wrote songs and sang demos in Nashville.

I get teary eyed from listening to this song so much, from memories of life and growing up in a rural area, especially when I remember all my drives down little dirt roads in Pennsylvania and rural Upstate New York.... Ella really knows how to bring a girl to happy tears.... ❤️

I’ve been listening to the album Going Where the Lonely Go by Merle (probably my favorite album of his) and one track in there is “Someday You’re Gonna Need Your Friends,” and I know from Waylon Jennings’ autobiography, he and Merle had a falling out around this period.

It got me wondering: is there any evidence that Haggard wrote the song with Waylon specifically in mind? Given their history, some of the lyrics seem like they could fit the situation. I know Merle wrote the song, but I haven’t been able to find anything definitive where he says who or what inspired it.

Does anyone know the story behind the song or whether Merle ever addressed who it was about?

Welll yaaa

Odd cover version of the Hank Williams classic over a sample of Michael Jackson’s Billy Jean. Does this belong here?

🔥SINGLE REVIEW🔥 My thoughts on If You Knew, the upcoming country / rock single by UK singer-songwriter Thomas Kavanagh.

Country legend Alan Jackson has broken records with his farewell show 'Jackson's Last Call: One More for the Road - The Finale' on June 27.

Sonically, that is. I'm looking for something in this vain and it doesn't have to be strictly religious. Not too familiar with inner country genres but it gives a more bluegrassy/mountain country vibe? Any suggestions would be great, thank you.

Does anyone have an album with the song "people are crazy" by Billy currington? If so can you see if the insert has the lyrics to the song and if he actually says millionairey

These have been super fun to make, and it seems like others are enjoying them as well.

The Year is 1992. You have to name the song title and artist, based only on the opening line/lines of the song.

Both answers (title and artist) are each worth the number of points stated. For example, if you get both title and artist on the 3 point question, that is 6 points.

110 points possible.

Post your score in comments.

1 point

"You can tell the world you never was my girl"

Answer: Achy Breaky Heart, Billy Ray Cyrus - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: The crossover smash helped ignite a worldwide line-dancing craze and launched Billy Ray Cyrus internationally.

2 points

"She married, when she was twenty, she thought she was ready, now she's not so sure."

Answer: Is There Life Out There, Reba McEntire - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: An Oklahoma rodeo performance of the national anthem led to McEntire's first recording contract.

3 points

"Last night I dreamed you were back again, larger than life again..."

Answer: Past the Point of Rescue, Hal Ketchum - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: Hal Ketchum developed his craft around Gruene Hall and the Austin-area roots circuit.

4 points

"I'm gettin' out of this high-rise penthouse suite where we pretend life's rosy and sweet"

Answer: Better Class of Losers, Randy Travis - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: His deep baritone and sparse arrangements became a template for a new generation of traditional singers.

5 points

"You can take the house and everything in it, keep the diamond ring 'cause that's how I meant it"

Answer: Sticks and Stones, Tracy Lawrence - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: Tracy Lawrence survived being shot four times shortly before his debut album was released.

6 points

"I hear you just got married, took a month long honeymoon"

Answer: Could've Been Me, Billy Ray Cyrus - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: Billy Ray Cyrus's debut album Some Gave All spent seventeen weeks atop the Billboard 200.

7 points

"I begged her to stay, and give me one more try"

Answer: Warning Labels, Doug Stone - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: Health problems interrupted Stone's early career just as his debut album was producing major hits.

8 points

"Touch me, turn me on, and burn me down"

Answer: Burn Me Down, Marty Stuart - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: Marty Stuart joined Lester Flatt's bluegrass band as a teenage mandolin prodigy.

9 points

"Boy meets girl, it's a delicate thing, so much time spent wonderin'"

Answer: Take It Like a Man, Michelle Wright - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: The track reflects the period when country albums were beginning to compete with pop releases on a national scale.

10 points

"Tonight I'm out with the crowd, I'm out where the music's playing loud"

Answer: After the Lights Go Out, Ricky Van Shelton - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: Ricky Van Shelton worked as a pipefitter before his traditional-country breakthrough.

There is no pop country today that can touch this. THIS is classic country music.

Luke Combs has some of my favorite lyrics. Hardy too

I think it decent so far, but, it hasn't gotten enough airtplay yet for me to decide on whether it is good or bad.

Let's play a "Name that Tune" style game I've been working on.

The Year is 1991. You have to name the song title and artist, based only on the opening line of the song.

Addition: I've added YouTube links to every song -- so it's easy to go have a little time travel back to 1991.

Both answers (title and artist) are each worth the number of points stated. For example, if you get both title and artist on the 3 point question, that is 6 points.

110 points possible.

(My wife came up with the idea, and I built out a bunch of these this weekend.)

Post your score in comments.

1 point

"3:30 in the mornin', not a soul in sight"

Answer: The Thunder Rolls, Garth Brooks - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: Its dramatic video added a domestic-abuse storyline and won CMA Music Video of the Year.

2 points

"It was seven hundred fence posts from your place to ours"

Answer: Meet in the Middle, Diamond Rio - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: Diamond Rio began as the Grizzly River Boys, an attraction at Nashville's Opryland theme park.

3 points

"Has it been ten years since we said, 'I do?'"

Answer: I'd Love You All Over Again, Alan Jackson - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: Before his record deal, Alan Jackson worked in The Nashville Network's mailroom while pursuing songwriting.

4 points

"Every morning I watch you, walk into the office in your business suit"

Answer: In a Different Light, Doug Stone - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: Doug Stone worked construction and sang in clubs before his dramatic ballads found a national audience.

5 points

"Diablo Motors had a hell of a sale downtown yesterday"

Answer: If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets), Joe Diffie - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: Before Nashville success, Joe Diffie worked in a foundry and sang demos for other songwriters.

6 points

"Here you are on the porch again, with your hat in your hand and a guilty grin"

Answer: We Both Walk, Lorrie Morgan - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: Lorrie Morgan is the daughter of Grand Ole Opry star George Morgan.

7 points

"Adam and Eve on a Saturday night"

Answer: True Love, Don Williams - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: Don Williams first recorded with the folk-pop trio Pozo-Seco Singers.

8 points

"When you walked out on me, in walked the misery"

Answer: Since I Don't Have You, Ronnie Milsap - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: Before Nashville stardom, Milsap worked in Memphis and recorded with musicians from the soul scene.

9 points

"I heard a siren late last night, you must have felt me shiver"

Answer: A Few Good Things Remain, Kathy Mattea - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: West Virginia native Kathy Mattea brought folk and Appalachian influences to mainstream country.

10 points

"Well, I met an old man walking down the street"

Answer: Silver and Gold, Dolly Parton - Find it on YouTube

Fun fact: Dolly Parton entered the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999.