Top 10/Bottom 10 - Red Dirt Radio Songs

[gonecountry]

I thought I'd mix this up a bit.  Since there are many not overly familiar with Texas/Red Dirt Radio, I thought perhaps we could share our Top songs from Red Dirt artists?  I went with just singles, but feel free to list album cuts as well

Top 15 Red Dirt singles
1. Bluebonnets – Aaron Watson
2. Guilty As Can Be – Cody Johnson
3. Saturday Night – Wade Bowen
4. She’s Like Texas – Josh Abbott Band
5. That Look – Aaron Watson
6. My Texas – Josh Abbott Band and Pat Green
7. Me And My Kind – Cody Johnson
8. Kiss Me In The Dark – Randy Rogers Band
9. Fuzzy – Randy Rogers Band
10. When I Woke Up Today – Wade Bowen
11. Pound Sign – Kevin Fowler
12. Songs About Trucks – Wade Bowen
13. Raise Your Bottle – Aaron Watson
14. Dance Her Home – Cody Johnson
15. 12 Gauge – Casey Donahew Band

Top Non-Red Dirt Singles by Red Dirt artists (i.e. they broke out of Texas)
1. Even If It Breaks Your Heart – Eli Young Band

Bottom singles
1. Nothing that I can think of

Top Red Dirt albums
1. The Underdog – Aaron Watson (the top 3 are three of the finest albums I’ve ever heard)
2. Front Row Seat – Josh Abbott Band
3. Dance Her Home – Cody Johnson
4. Six Strings One Dream – Cody Johnson
5. Small Town Southern Dream – Josh Abbott Band
TIE Real Good Time – Aaron Watson

[tim]

Well, I hear a lot of here in Austin ;) so here goes (I'm just going to list artists and my favorite songs):

Aaron Watson: "Bluebonnets," "That Look"

Bruce Robison: "Angry All the Time," "Wrapped," "What Would Willie Do," "Desperately"

Corry Morrow: "Beat of Your Heart," "Nashville Blues"

The Derailers: "All the Rage in Paris"

Josh Abbott Band: "She's Like Texas," "Oh, Tonight"

Kyle Park: "Fit For A King"

Pat Green: "Three Days," "While I Was Away," "Day One," "Carry On," "Galleywinter," "Somewhere Between Texas and Mexico"

Radney Foster: "Texas In 1880" (w/ Pat Green); "Whose Heart You Wreck," "California," "Everyday Angel"

Randy Rogers Band: "Interstate," "Steal You Away," "San Antone," "Too Late for Goodbye," "Kiss Me In the Dark," "In My Arms Instead," "Tonight's Not the Night (for Goodbye)

Reckless Kelly: "Ragged as the Road"

Rick Trevino: "Better In Texas"

Robert Earl Keen: "The Road Goes On Forever," "Corpus Christi Bay," "Merry Christmas from the Family"

Ryan Bingham: "Bread & Water," "Southside of Heaven," "Country Roads," "The Weary Kind"

Rob Baird: "Dreams and Gasoline," "Mercy Me," "Horses"

Wade Bowen: "Saturday Night," "Sun Shines On A Dreamer," "West Texas Rain"

...so you ask where are the women of red dirt music? Yea that's long been a problem, but I'd list the following female acts in this category:

Lee Ann Womack
Kacey Musgraves
Sunny Sweeney
Kelly Willis
Margo Price
Kimberly Dunn
Barbara Nesbitt
Miranda Lambert (earlier repertoire)

My all time least favorite artist down here: Kevin Fowler (greatest, nicest guy but his voice is like nails on a chalkboard IMO)