Favorite {Country} Songs of the Week: Week 3

I have been terrible at keeping up with this mini-series (you know how life just gets away from you in the summer and then all of a sudden, it's fall?... yeah), but here's a little update on my current playlist!

Steve Azar - You're My Life (video | iTunes)

This song doesn't get a lot of airtime, but it's amazing.
Carrie Underwood - Cowboy Casanova (video | iTunes)
This is my current windows down, radio UP song!
Carrie Underwood - The More Boys I Meet (iTunes)Hilarious. Pure hilariousness - and SO true.

"Cheap date, bad taste, another night gone to waste
Talking about nothing in so many words
It's not like I'm not trying
'Cause I'll give anyone a shot once

And, I, I close my eyes
And, I kiss that frog
Each time finding
The more boys I meet...
the more I love my dog!"
Miranda Lambert - White Liar (video | iTunes)

Is that a cameo from Jamey Johnson in the video???
Michelle Branch - Sooner or Later (video | iTunes)
I've been a Michelle fan for YEARS, love her move to country (which we first saw with her as a member of The Wreckers.
Tim McGraw - Southern Voice (video | iTunes)
If you're a serious country music follower (and I mean SERIOUS), then you probably heard about the drama with the greatest hits album. I'm really looking forward to his all new album coming soon!
Ok that's it for now. Any songs that I'm missing that should make the cut next time?

Love & Theft at 1am

I haven't had much time for keeping up with my love of country music and sharing some quality music with my faithful readers lately (boo!), so I'm hoping it's crystal clear that if I'm posting this video at 1am, then it's obviously on my current Top 10 list!

Love & Theft (YouTube)
"Runaway"





View it on facebook in HD quality.

Hope y'all enjoy!

Favorite {Country} Songs of the Week: Week 2

Monday ~ March 2: Alan Jackson (ft. George, Brad, and Dierks) - Country Boy (video)

This video is a whole lot of country on one stage - awesome!!

"Big 35’s whinin’ on the asphalt
Grabbin’ mud, and slingin’ up some red dirt
’cause I’m a country boy"

Tuesday ~ March 3: Josh Gracin - TellurideI am IN LOVE with this song right now. I was really surprised to hear Tim McGraw's version on Pandora today - it was equally as enjoyable.

"When I was nineteen I threw my stuff in the car
I headed up to the Rockies, got a job at this bar
Selling beer to the locals, just barely getting by
On the tips from the rich kids, there on daddy's dime
But when I saw her walk in one night
I knew that I'd be all right in

Telluride, the snow falling down
I was waking up in that sleepy little town
In her eyes my world came so alive
I never will forget the moment she arrived
In Telluride"
Wednesday ~ March 3: Justin Moore - Small Town, USA (vide0)This boy's got one of those just plain twangy country voices... and I can't get enough!

"Give me a Saturday night,
my baby my side,
a little Hank, Jr. and a six pack of Light,
an old dirt road and I'll be just fiiiiiiiine"
Thursday ~ March 4: Lee Ann Womack - I'll Think of a Reason Later (iTunes) An old favorite! I heard this song in the car on Thursday and sang the whole thing out loud. I'm sure folks on Capital thought I'd lost it. Oh well, it was a beautiful day and it is a fun girl song.

"It may be my family's redneck nature
rubbin' off, bringin' out unlady-like behavior.
It sure ain't Christian to judge a stranger,
but I don't like her.
She may be a stranger who spends all winter
bringin' the homeless blankets and dinner.
A regular Nobel Peace Prize winner,
but I really hate her...
I'll think of a reason later."
Friday ~ March 5: Lee Ann Womack - Last Call (video)One of those truly haunting country songs. I think just about everyone over the age of 21 with an ex can relate to this. Thank Goodness I don't know anyone right off hand who drinks Walker Red.

"I don't need to check that message,
I know what it says.
'Baby I still love you',
don't mean nothin' when there's whiskey on your breath.
That's the only one I get,
so if you're callin'... I bet you're in a bar."
Saturday ~ March 6: Eli Young Band - Alway the Love Songs (iTunes)I played their new single and one of their previous singles (When It Rains) in Vegas and Denise asked from across the room about these guys. They're one of my current favorites.

"Somebody'd always bring a couple guitars
and we'd take turns
singing songs and watching it burn.
We'd do Rambling Man,
Proud Mary, and American Band
We'd be singing at the top of our lungs
it was always the love songs"
Sunday ~ March 7: Sarah Buxton - That Kind of Day (video)This girl doesn't get half the spotlight she deserves... totally underrated. Just call me her personal cheerleader. Also, recognize her voice from Dierks Bentley's Sweet & Wild? That's her singing duet. Space is her current single - heard only on XM/Sirius, I believe.

"Stayed out about two hours too late,
and now it's hard gettin' out of this bed.
Man, my boyfriend was a pain in the butt last night,
now he's an ache in my head.
Stubbed my toe on the dresser an' I guess,
it's too late to shower an' do my hair.

Yeah, throw a ball cap on.
Hell, half the day is gone.
And nothin' else could go wrong, whoa, oh.
Fifty bucks is all I got,
when times are tough, it's time to shop!
And my credit card'll buy a lot, whoa, oh.
What's another bill to pay?
It's that kind of day."Whew, 7 songs this week. Enjoy!

Favorite {Country} Songs of the Week: Week 1

I put {Country} in brackets because I like to switch it up every now and then and may include others from time to time. It'd be safe to put some money on 75% of my picks maintaining country appeal though.

Monday ~ Feb. 23: Pat Green - Country Star

"Man I'm thinkin' that sure sounds fun, rockin' out with Brooks & Dunn.
All the way to No. 1, me and my guitar. Man I wanna be a country star..."Tuesday - Feb. 24: Jason Aldean - She's Country (video)"Shoot from her cowboy boots to her down home roots.
She's country, from the songs she plays to the prayers she prays.
That's the way she was born and raised. She ain't afraid to stay - country.
Brother she's country."Wednesday ~ Feb. 25: Gloriana - Wild at Heart (video)I can't totally decide if I love this song or if it's going to get old quickly. It sounds very "high school chorus"y to me, but when I actually listened to the following lyrics... it makes me like it more:

"I ain't here to do anything half-way
Don't give a damn what anyone might say
I just wanna free fall for a while

That rebel moon is shinin'
Those stars burn like diamonds
Hell bent on chasin' down that crazy slide"Thursday ~ February 26: I am dedicating the next 4 days to all of the fantastic individuals and groups nominated for the GAC 2009 ACM Awards New Artist Fan Voting section, because honestly, they all could've been my next four choices.
(Click to vote!)For the record, do you know how totally hard it was for me to pick just one from each category? Pretty much impossible - all are SO good.


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