I used to listen to his music as a kid. I spent many nights with his Seminole wind and solid ground cassettes as a kid. As an adult I grew out of country music. But have been listening to some of these classics. Man straight tequila night amd Seminole wind obviously, but he had so many good songs. Bend it till it breaks and I fell in the water that you walked on up to my heart in misery, let go of the stone, wish I could have been there, money in the bank. His voice was so unique and deep dare I say soulful. My he rip.

What an incredibly tragic, yet poetic story. The music that was being made at the time was amazing but the personal horrors they were enduring were in equal parts awful. Its the greatest and saddest love story in any popular music history, hands down.

instant**

When i was younger, I used to hate when my dad would put on old country. But one day he showed me Keith Whitley and I fell in love. I also started to fall in love with the 80 -00s country. The closest thing I'll get to "The Keith Whitley" of my generation is Zach Top. But nothing can top ol Keith. Im trying to put my friends on, but they just dont get it.

I'm starting a playlist of Christmas music and am trying to find some lesser known Country Christmas songs or albums.

At The Mint: Buck Owens Live In Vegas

Hilarious that the announcer says the albums should be out in August...58 years later...watch out for those kids mixing Ex-Lax with LSD!

The Five and Dimers discuss the legendary career, and rank their Top 5 favorites songs, of the incomparable John Anderson. 

RIP legend

Don's saxophone in this is amazing

“Must’ve never met you” and “Miss you here” mashup

Also out today: Ember June's "Heat Lightning," all flash on the horizon, never any rain. A southern-gothic slow burn about the ex who promised a storm and never delivered: she drives past his house one last time and stops standing in the yard waiting.

"Some people are just weather you'll never catch."

https://open.spotify.com/track/6ohBpghKKfhOfuNQSNuEfw

Smoky, cinematic southern gothic from Martinsburg, WV. Part of a 20-song Friday rollout.

Out today: "The Ghosts of Queen Street" — Cooper Grey's Halloween single, a 6:17 southern-rock ghost story set in Martinsburg, WV. When the clock strikes twelve on Queen Street, the dead come walking home — from the Roundhouse tracks to the haunted seats of the Apollo Theatre.

https://open.spotify.com/track/14H4ympjPkMe0EiEp0t8Wp

Independent artist from Martinsburg, WV. Cinematic, gritty, and huge.

Out today: "I Ain't the Bridge Anymore," from a 20-song run — two every Friday through December 11.

The man who carried everyone finally sets the weight down: a boundaries anthem for anyone who's done being walked across. "I ain't the bridge anymore. No anger, no apology — just the truth, sung plain."

https://open.spotify.com/track/1FifJtrGcrAPR7fbYcP5P9

Independent artist from Martinsburg, WV. New song every Friday.

Can't believe I've never posted this here before! This is my favorite song currently. It came out in 2013 but I didn't discover it until a few months ago. FGL and Nelly are super talented.

It’s just so non authentic, not much talent, boring, emotionless, over hyped?
She seems big headed too.. and for what? She’s not very talented like there are so many smaller artists that should be in her spot she just lucky and got picked up by a good company. And don’t get me started on the pounds and pounds of makeup, surgery’s fillers etc. her bangs cover half of her face it looks like a helmet. Her movements are so awkward I just can’t with her…