Listening List for January 20, 2026

Here is a provisional listening list for class, January 20, 2026. At present this is in alphabetical order (that will probably change for class, and some songs may change as well).

For each song:
TITLE OF THE SONG
(ASPECT OF COUNTRY LYRICS)
performed by (artist name)

18 WHEELS AND A DOZEN ROSES
(TRUCKERS)
perfomed by Kathy Mattea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ElCpHuiWkA

A COUNTRY BOY CAN SURVIVE
(COUNTRY FOLKS, SELF-RELIANCE, PATRIOTISM)
performed by Hank Williams Jr.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cQNkIrg-Tk

BLOOD RED AND GOIN' DOWN
(STORYTELLING: SOUTHERN GOTHIC)
performed by Tanya Tucker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebgGN9U3sf0

COCA-COLA COWBOY
(HUMOR, FOLK POETRY)
performed by Mel Tillis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyj2MJ8JflI

DEEPER THAN THE HOLLOW
(COUNTRY FOLKS)
perfomed by Randy Travis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCgSbb_hJA0

GOODBYE EARL
(STORYTELLING, SOUTHERN GOTHIC, ANGRY WOMEN)
performed by the Dixie Chicks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw7gNf_9njs

GRANDPA, TELL ME 'BOUT THE GOOD OLD DAYS
(NOSTALGIA)
performed by the Judds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmzd_Xa_2Cc

HE THINKS HE'LL KEEP HER
(LOSS OF LOVE, ANGRY WOMEN)
performed by Mary Chapin Carpenter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0ajB0lkKZM

IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS, WHEN TIMES WERE BAD
(NOSTALGIA, NOBLE POOR FOLKS)
performed by Dolly Parton)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTuv8qxfOCM

KILLING TIME
(DRINKIN' SONG, SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR)
performed by Clint Black
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAm4nHFOir0

MARIE LAVEAU
(STORYTELLING: SUPERNATURAL, HUMOR)
performed by Bobby Bare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK2pEaep0KQ

SHE'S ACTING SINGLE (I'M DRINKING DOUBLES)
(CHEATIN' SONG, DRINKIN' SONG, SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR)
performed by Gary Stewart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh-KEYAN9dg

TWO STOREY HOUSE
(UNHAPPY RICH FOLKS, HUMOR)
performed by George Jones and Tammy Wynette
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBTpMHCKXRw

WHEN THE TINGLE BECOMES A CHILL
(ADULT PROBLEMS, LOSS OF DESIRE)
performed by Loretta Lynn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMM42ILPkRA

YOU NEVER EVEN CALLED ME BY MY NAME
(META-HUMOR)
performed by David Allen Coe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZbso7sNqv0