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While the rock song returns us to the Hall of Fame for the artist, over here on the country side I’m on the fourth consecutive act that’s in the Country Music Hall of Fame. (Tomorrow’s performer is also a Hall of Famer.) And,...

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My 100 Favorite Charted Country Songs: I’ll Go to My Grave Loving You

Four Walls @FourWalls (86812) • United States 16 Oct 24

100 favorite country songs

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It’s controversy time! Not because this song made the list (most of you who like country music would be shocked if these guys hadn’t shown up at one point), but for lyrical content. I’ll explain as I delve into today’s...

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My 100 Favorite Charted Country Songs: Bed of Rose’s

Four Walls @FourWalls (86812) • United States 6 Sep 24

100 favorite country songs

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As we near the finish line for this particular run for the roses, as in songs with “rose” in the title, the traffic is getting heavier and heavier in town. Today is called “Thurby,” the day for locals at the track. That...

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Coming Up Roses Top Ten: Bed of Rose’s (#2)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86812) • United States 5 May 22

And the 180 in weather continues. Before lunch and it’s already warmer than yesterday. Hey, it’s spring. How about another flower that’s not affected by the weather: a song with “flower” in the title? I’ll bet everyone was...

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Flower Top Ten: Flowers on the Wall (#4)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86812) • United States 10 Apr 22

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Thanks Top Ten: Thank You, World (#1)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86812) • United States 2 May 20

Oh, the sad irony. Today I close out the list of favorites with “thanks” in the title with a group who was just in the news for a bad reason. No manipulation of the list...this is easily my favorite. And here it is. [b]#1:...

Every now and then a country music song will come along that even the people who don’t listen to country music know. Now, they may not like it, but they at least know the song. In this case, the song is “Flowers on the...

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Loss of a Country Music Legend

Four Walls @FourWalls (86812) • United States 25 Apr 20

music obituaries

Good morning from the top of the Keys! Yesterday was great, and I walked way too much, but today’s another day (and I’ll probably walk way too much again, too). Since John just finished a Bogart movie countdown I’ll stop by and...

harold reid

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Country Love Top Ten: I’ll Go to My Grave Loving You (#3)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86812) • United States 12 Feb 20

So....I hear you wondering. "What can top a Warren Zevon song on the hillbilly's list?" Why, hillbilly music, of course! Here's the next song on my list of favorites with the word "bed" in the title. (And this entry...

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Beddy Bye Top Ten: Bed of Rose's (#2)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86812) • United States 14 Oct 19

And so musical philosophy class is closed for this semester. I've saved the best for last in this look of song lyrics that have a profound meaning, at least to me. This final entry I think will get everyone's head to nodding in...

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Lyrical Philosophy Top Ten: Things Get Complicated When You Get Past 18 (#1)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86812) • United States 20 Sep 18

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Favorite BIG #1 HITS Through the Years: 1984 Country

Four Walls @FourWalls (86812) • United States 18 Mar 18

I'm almost up to 1985, the stopping point that I picked for looking at select #1 songs through the years. Here's the country side of the picture from the year 1984...with nary a mention of George Orwell! [b]1984...

The calendar is running out of days for 2017. Soon we'll be in a new year. That brought to mind an idea for another countdown: songs that have the word year (or years) in the title. Yes, that song will be in the...

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Happy New YEAR Top Ten: Years Ago (#10)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86812) • United States 28 Dec 17