1. “Get Rhythm” – Johnny Cash 🔥
Because sometimes the only thing that saves your soul is a catchy beat from a man who sounds like he’s been to hell and bought real estate.
2. “Friends in Low Places” – Garth Brooks
Because you never truly know freedom 'til you drunkenly belt this out in a dive bar with people who don’t ask questions and sing along.
3. “I Remember You” – Slim Whitman
Yodel-core nostalgia that hits harder than your ex’s wedding announcement on Facebook.
4. “I Can't Hardly Stand It” – Charlie Feathers
Rockabilly chaos in its purest form. Also, how I feel around most people.
5. “One Way Rider” – Ricky Skaggs
A banjo, a fiddle, and a reminder that I'm not turning this damn car around.
6. “Dang Good Stuff” – Kim Lenz & Her Jaguars
Because when I need stuff, it better be dang good! iykyk 😉
7. “I’m Not As Good As I Once Was” – Bobby Angel
The anthem for those of us with sharp wits, sore backs and busted knees.
8. “Parachute” – Chris Stapleton
He could sing a sandwich order and I’d cry. This one’s got the feels.
9. “Honky Tonk Queen” – Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys
A track that sounds like leopard print and smudged red lipstick on teeth in audio form.
10. “Redneck Piece of White Trash” – Rebel Son
When you're not just embracing the stereotype—you ARE the blueprint.
11. “Quit Your Bitching” – Rebel Son
A song for the haters, the whiners, and anyone who's ever left a passive-aggressive voicemail.
12. “Mama Tried” – The Everly Brothers
Because even mama’s best efforts couldn’t fix this attitude. 🙄
13. “Run Around” – Blues Traveler
Harmonica magic and the soundtrack to many poor decisions in the ’90s.
14. “Any Man of Mine” – Shania Twain
A clapback anthem wrapped in rhinestones and sass. 💯
15. “Flowers on the Wall” – The Statler Brothers
Because if mental health had a soundtrack, this would be track one.
16. “Cotton Eyed Joe” – Rednex
It’s chaos. It’s boots. 🙃 It’s banjo techno Armageddon. And I love it.
17. “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” – KT Tunstall
That beat drop? My soul left my body and square-danced into the woods.
18. “For the First Time” – Darius Rucker
Proof that you can go from Hootie to hoedown and still pull at heartstrings.
19. “Satan’s Gotta Get Along Without Me” – Buck Owens
It’s got twang and eternal damnation. I'm sold.
20. “The Joker” – Steve Miller Band
Because I’m still trying to figure out what a “pompitous of love” is, but I’m vibing.
21. “On the Road Again” – Willie Nelson
For when the existential dread kicks in and so does the cruise control.
22. “S.O.B.” – Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
This one slaps harder than Sunday guilt and sounds like a bar fight in heaven.
23. "9 to 5" - Dolly Parton the office-gal hustle anthem with a bouncy beat and corporate side-eye. Dolly gets it.
24. “Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong” – Spin Doctors
Because sometimes the truth comes with bongos and a grudge.
25. “Chicken Fried” – Zac Brown Band
Because fried food, cold beer, and nostalgia are the holy trinity.
26. “Peaches” The Presidents of the United States of America
Country-adjacent lullaby. Also, who doesn’t like peaches?
27. Loretta Lynn! – You Ain’t Woman Enough: Basically, tells the side chick to sit down and know her place— it's the country version of “try me, hoe".. ☠️
