Six Decades of Alternative Country
The 60s
1. Sir Douglas Quintet | She's About A Mover
2. Buck Owens | Act Naturally
3. Buffalo Springfield | Bluebird
4. The International Submarine Band | Luxury Liner
5. Dillard & Clark | Train Leaves Here This Mornin
6. Lee Hazlewood | Pour Man'
7. Merle Haggard & The Strangers | Mama Tried
8. Townes Van Zandt | Lungs
9. The Beau Brummels | Turn Around
10. The Byrds | Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man
11. The Flying Burrito Brothers | Hot Burrito #2
12. Glen Campbell | Galveston
13. Johnny Cash | Southwind
14. Steve Young | Rock Salt And Nails
15. Bob Dylan | Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You
16. The Band | Jemima Surrender
17. Creedence Clearwater Revival | Green River
18. Moby Grape | Trucking Man
19. The Youngbloods | Smug
20. Poco | Pickin' Up the Pieces
21. Longbranch/Pennywhistle | Kite Woman
22. Jim Ford | Working My Way To LA
23. Alexander 'Skip' Spence | Cripple Creek
24. The Holy Modal Rounders | Bird Song
25. The Legendary Stardust Cowboy | I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship
The 70s
26. Michael Nesmith, The First National Band | Mama Nantucket
27. Grateful Dead | New Speedway Boogie
28. Link Wray | Juke Box Mama
29. New Riders of the Purple Sage | Portland Woman
30. Black Oak Arkansas | Hot And Nasty
31. Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen | Hot Rod Lincoln
32. Little Feat | Willin'
33. Michael Martin Murphey | Backsliders Wine
34. The Ozark Mountain Daredevils | If You Wanna Get To Heaven
35. John Prine | Sweet Revenge
36. Kris Kristofferson | Same Old Song
37. The Charlie Daniels Band | Long Haired Country Boy
38. Waylon Jennings | Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way
39. Gram Parsons | Return of the Grievous Angel
40. Willie Nelson | Sister's Coming Home/Down At The Corner Beer Joint
41. Gene Clark | Silver Raven
42. Neil Young | Roll Another Number (For the Road)
43. Gary Stewart | She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)
44. Jerry Jeff Walker | Pissin' In The Wind
45. Guy Clark | Desperadoes Waiting for a Train w/ Intro
46. Johnny Paycheck | 11 Months and 29 Days
47. Sir Doug & The Texas Tornados | Give Back The Key To My Heart
48. Joe Ely | Honky Tonk Masquerade
49. The Rolling Stones | Far Away Eyes
50. Terry Allen | Amarillo Highway (for Dave Hickey)
The 80s
51. Rodney Crowell | Ain't No Money
52. The Blasters | American Music
53. The Replacements | If Only You Were Lonely
54. Rank And File | Rank and File
55. Meat Puppets | Climbing
56. The Gun Club | Mother of Earth
57. Guadalcanal Diary | Ghosts On The Road
58. The Long Ryders | Ivory Tower
59. Mekons | Last Dance
60. Green On Red | That's What Dreams Were Made For
61. Danny & Dusty | Baby We All Gotta Go Down
62. Lone Justice | Sweet Sweet Baby (I'm Falling)
63. The Rave-Ups | Remember (Newman's Lovesong)
64. Jason & The Scorchers | White Lies
65. Giant Sand | Graveyard
66. Drivin N Cryin | Scarred But Smarter
67. Dwight Yoakam | Guitars, Cadillacs
68. Foster And Lloyd | Texas In 1880
69. Dave Alvin | Fourth of July
70. Cowboy Junkies | Sweet Jane
71. The Walkabouts | Breakneck Speed
72. The True Believers | The Rain Won't Help You When It's Over
73. James McMurtry | Outskirts
74. Blue Rodeo | God and Country
75. The Vulgar Boatmen | Drive Somewhere
The 90s
76. The Silos | I'm Over You
77. Scott Miller | I Made A Mess Of This Town
78. Robert Earl Keen | Corpus Christi Bay
79. Palace Music | Ohio River Boat Song
80. The Jayhawks | Waiting For The Sun
81. Uncle Tupelo | Chickamauga
82. Old 97's | Victoria
83. Whiskeytown | Midway Park
84. Blue Mountain | Blue Canoe
85. Golden Smog | Radio King
86. Son Volt | Windfall
87. Wilco | Casino Queen
88. Steve Earle | Feel Alright
89. The V-Roys | Guess I Know I'm Right
90. 16 Horsepower | Black Soul Choir
91. Robbie Fulks | She Took A Lot Of Pills (And Died)
92. Slobberbone | Whiskey Glass Eye
93. The Bottle Rockets | Indianapolis
94. The Gourds | All the Labor
95. Richard Buckner | A Goodbye Rye
96. Volebeats | Somewhere In My Heart
97. 6 String Drag | Cold Steel Brace
98. Marah | Phantom Eyes
99. Lucinda Williams | Right In Time
100. Trailer Bride | Porch Song
The 00s
101. Calexico | Ballad of Cable Hogue
102. Silver Jews | Horseleg Swastikas
103. Lucero | Little Silver Heart
104. Alejandro Escovedo | Castanets
105. Roadside Graves | Shit On The Roof Every Time It Rains
106. Gillian Welch | Look At Miss Ohio
107. Glossary | Hold Me Down
108, Richmond Fontaine | Winner's Casino
109. Drive-By Truckers | My Sweet Annette
110. My Morning Jacket | Mahgeeta
111. Kathleen Edwards | Six O'clock News
112. Dave Gleason's Wasted Days | Inspiration
113. The Weight | Ships
114. Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash | The Road To Bakersfield
115. Dexateens | Take Me To The Speedway
116. Ray Wylie Hubbard | Snake Farm
117. Hank Williams III | Country Heroes
118. Chris Knight | Rural Route
119. Ryan Bingham | Southside Of Heaven
120. Todd Snider | East Nashville Skyline
121. The Felice Brothers | Rockefeller Druglaw Blues
122. Magnolia Electric Co. | Hammer Down
123. Hayes Carll | Beaumont
124. Blitzen Trapper | Stolen Shoes & a Rifle
125. Neko Case | Hold On, Hold On
The 10s
126. Turnpike Troubadours | 7 & 7
127. Deer Tick | Twenty Miles
128. Phosphorescent | It's Hard To Be Humble (When You're From Alabama)
129. Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers | Harvest Moon Blues
130. Wooden Wand | Winter In Kentucky
131. Middle Brother | Blue Eyes
132. Jonny Corndawg | Chevy Beretta
133. Denver | The Way It Is
134. Anders Parker | Old L.A.
135. Hiss Golden Messenger | Westering
136. Promised Land Sound | Fadin' Fast
137. T. Hardy Morris | Audition Tapes
138. The Delines | The Oil Rigs at Night
139. Jennifer Castle | Sparta
140. Doug Paisley | It’s Not Too Late (To Say Goodbye)
141. Lydia Loveless | Really Wanna See You
142. Sturgill Simpson | It Ain't All Flowers
143. Natural Child | Out in the Country
144. American Aquarium | Losing Side of Twenty Five
145. John Moreland | Heart's Too Heavy
146. Margo Price | About to Find Out
147. Colter Wall | Thirteen Silver Dollars
148. Tyler Childers | Whitehouse Road
149. Sarah Shook & the Disarmers | New Ways to Fail
150. State Champion | If You Don't Show Me