{"id":18,"date":"2014-06-11T19:05:36","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T00:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2016-05-06T10:13:06","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T15:13:06","slug":"music","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/music\/","title":{"rendered":"The Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the semesters, CMP<\/em> contributors have analyzed a number of country songs and albums. Click the titles below to learn more about something you already know and to fall in love with something new.<\/p>\n

\"SongAnalysis\"<\/p>\n

Song Analyses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Performer<\/span><\/td>\nSong Title
\n<\/span><\/td>\n		Analysis by…<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rodney Atkins<\/td>\n“It’s America”<\/a><\/td>\nLottie Glazer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Band Perry<\/td>\n“If I Die Young”<\/a><\/td>\nCandace Edgley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“You Lie”<\/a><\/td>\nAlyssa Buchanan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dierks Bentley<\/td>\n“Every Mile a Memory”<\/a><\/td>\nTori Horvath<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“I Hold On”<\/a><\/td>\nWalker Dyess<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brooks & Dunn<\/td>\n“Brand New Man”<\/a><\/td>\nJordanne Mickle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Garth Brooks<\/td>\n“Belleau Wood”<\/a><\/td>\nSierra Smith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“Friends in Low Places”<\/a><\/td>\nKeaton Schlueter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zac Brown Band<\/td>\n“Bittersweet”<\/a><\/td>\nTyler Dial<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“Chicken Fried”<\/a><\/td>\nTyler King<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“No Hurry”<\/a><\/td>\nMichael Casarez<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“Oh My Sweet Carolina”<\/a><\/td>\nErin McWilliams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Luke Bryan<\/td>\n“Drink a Beer”<\/a><\/td>\nErin McAtee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cam<\/td>\n“Burning House”<\/a><\/td>\nDarah Welch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Glen Campbell<\/td>\n“I’m Not Gonna Miss You”<\/a><\/td>\nLee Allen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Johnny Cash<\/td>\n“Cry! Cry! Cry!”<\/a><\/td>\nCarilu Martinez<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“Folsom Prison Blues”<\/a><\/td>\nElizabeth Stack<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“I’d Still Be There”<\/a><\/td>\nMark Anderson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kenny Chesney<\/td>\n“American Kids”<\/a><\/td>\nCourtney Gonz\u00e1lez<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“The Good Stuff”<\/a><\/td>\nJustin Cole<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“I Go Back”<\/a><\/td>\nHannah Evans<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“Never Wanted Nothin’ More”<\/a><\/td>\nAdam Keyrouze<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dixie Chicks<\/td>\n“Easy Silence”<\/a><\/td>\nHolly Kern<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“Landslide”<\/a><\/td>\nStephanie Sebo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“Not Ready to Make Nice”<\/a><\/td>\nClaudia Boyd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“Travelin’ Soldier”<\/a><\/td>\nRamie Payne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“Wide Open Spaces”<\/a><\/td>\nKaterina Biancardi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eric Church<\/td>\n“Like Jesus Does”<\/a><\/td>\nWill Glass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“The Outsiders”<\/a><\/td>\nGerrit Cook<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“These Boots”<\/a><\/td>\nMatthew Wills<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Patsy Cline<\/td>\n“Crazy”<\/a><\/td>\nOlivia English<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roger Creager<\/td>\n“The Everclear Song”<\/a><\/td>\nTalia Milan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Merle Haggard<\/td>\n“Okie from Muskogee”<\/a><\/td>\nMae Nixon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lucy Hale<\/td>\n“Lie a Little Better”<\/a><\/td>\nJessica Jakobeit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sam Hunt<\/td>\n“Take Your Time”<\/a><\/td>\nLaura Morales<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alan Jackson<\/td>\n“Little Man”<\/a><\/td>\nJohn Monroe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“Where Were You (When the…)”<\/a><\/td>\nBrittany Fietsam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
George Jones<\/td>\n“I Don’t Need Your Rockin’ Chair”<\/a><\/td>\nBrittney Haynes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Toby Keith<\/td>\n“Courtesy of the Ride, White, and Blue”<\/a><\/td>\nJulie Kleberg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“Should’ve Been a Cowboy”<\/a><\/td>\nGaby Hern\u00e1ndez<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“The Taliban Song”<\/a><\/td>\nKevin Lefkowitz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Miranda Lambert<\/td>\n“The House that Built Me”<\/a><\/td>\nAmanda Fees<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“Kerosene”<\/a><\/td>\nTaylor Campbell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“Over You”<\/a><\/td>\nCaitie Labay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chris LeDoux<\/td>\n“Hooked on an 8 Second Ride”<\/a><\/td>\nTimothy Harakal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Little Big Town<\/td>\n“Girl Crush”<\/a><\/td>\nAnnie Gondran<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Loretta Lynn<\/td>\n“Coal Miner’s Daughter”<\/a><\/td>\nLynden Orr<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“To Make a Man (Feel Like a Man)”<\/a><\/td>\nDena Lipper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Martina McBride<\/td>\n“I’m Gonna Love You Through It”<\/a><\/td>\nShannon Smith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tim McGraw<\/td>\n“Dust”<\/a><\/td>\nAbby Shamis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“Just to See You Smile”<\/a><\/td>\nJoshua Fleming<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kacey Musgraves<\/td>\n“Follow Your Arrow”<\/a><\/td>\nShelby Conine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“Merry Go ‘Round”<\/a><\/td>\nKaki Miller<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Willie Nelson<\/td>\n“Me and Paul”<\/a><\/td>\nDrew Scherger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“The Wall”<\/a><\/td>\nMadison Comstock<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jake Owen<\/td>\n“Life of the Party”<\/a><\/td>\nKatie O’Neil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“The One that Got Away”<\/a><\/td>\nSamantha Godfrey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brad Paisley<\/td>\n“This Is Country Music”<\/a><\/td>\nMackenzi McAffee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brad Paisley feat. Dolly Parton<\/td>\n“When I Get Where I’m Going”<\/a><\/td>\nAdrian Ortiz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rascal Flatts<\/td>\n“Holes”<\/a><\/td>\nMarissa Gallardo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“Life Is a Highway”<\/a><\/td>\nJoseph Schooling<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“What Hurts the Most”<\/a><\/td>\nZane Gurwitz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marty Robbins<\/td>\n“The Master’s Call”<\/a><\/td>\nBrent Borman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Darius Rucker<\/td>\n“Wagon Wheel”<\/a><\/td>\nPaige Hinkle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blake Shelton<\/td>\n“Boys ‘Round Here”<\/a><\/td>\nMinsu Kim<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“Over”<\/a><\/td>\nAlyssa Hazen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bruce Springsteen<\/td>\n“The Rising”<\/a><\/td>\nMaKayla Markey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
George Strait<\/td>\n“Amarillo by Morning”<\/a><\/td>\nAmy Burt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“Check Yes or No”<\/a><\/td>\nKelby Floerke<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“I Get Along with You”<\/a><\/td>\nJames Pruitt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“I Saw God Today”<\/a><\/td>\nElissa Killebrew<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“Ocean Front Property”<\/a><\/td>\nMax Holter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
George Strait & Alan Jackson<\/td>\n“Murder on Music Row”<\/a><\/td>\nShira Yoram<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Taylor Swift<\/td>\n“All Too Well”<\/a><\/td>\nGinny Montalbano<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“Dear John”<\/a><\/td>\nAbby Bourland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“Love Story”<\/a><\/td>\nTamar Oren<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“Ours”<\/a><\/td>\nHannah Parmer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“Tim McGraw”<\/a><\/td>\nJulianne Stain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“We Are Never Getting Back Together”<\/a><\/td>\nKayla Miracle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cole Swindell<\/td>\n“You Should Be Here”<\/a><\/td>\nCassidy Wilson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Josh Turner<\/td>\n“Would You Go with Me”<\/a><\/td>\nMorgan Lohmeier<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“Your Man”<\/a><\/td>\nDaniella<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Turnpike Troubadours<\/td>\n“Good Lord Lorrie”<\/a><\/td>\nReid Thompson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“Long Hot Summer Day”<\/a><\/td>\nLauren Harris<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shania Twain<\/td>\n“Man! I Feel Like a Woman!”<\/a><\/td>\nRandle Cecil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carrie Underwood<\/td>\n“I Ain’t in Checotah Anymore”<\/a><\/td>\nLejla Pracic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“Temporary Home”<\/a><\/td>\nEmma Morgan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“Two Black Cadillacs”<\/a><\/td>\nAlina Monz\u00f3n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aaron Watson<\/td>\n“Bluebonnets (Julia’s Song)”<\/a><\/td>\nAbby Wills<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n

Album Analyses<\/h2>\n

1950s<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\"JohnnyCashWithHisHotAndBlueGuitar\"<\/a><\/td>\n\"Gunfighter-Ballads-Robbins-CD\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

Johnny Cash and His Hot and Blue Guitar<\/em> (1957)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\u00a0Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (1959) <\/em>by Marty Robbins<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n

1960s<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\"johnny<\/a><\/td>\n\"At<\/a><\/td>\n\"Loretta_Lynn-Woman_of_the_World\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash <\/em>(1963)<\/td>\nAt Folsom Prison<\/em> (1968) by Johnny Cash<\/td>\nWoman of the World \/ To Make a Man<\/em> (1969) by Loretta Lynn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n

1970s<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\"Loretta_Lynn-Coal_Miner's_Daughter_2\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coal Miner’s Daughter<\/em> (1970) by Loretta Lynn<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n

1980s<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\"strait<\/a><\/td>\n\"George-Strait-Greatest-Hits-523743\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Strait Country<\/em> (1981) by George Strait<\/td>\n\u00a0Greatest Hits<\/em> (1985) by George Strait<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n

1990s<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"No<\/a><\/td>\n\"Brooks<\/a><\/td>\n\"Come<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No Fences<\/em> (1990) by Garth Brooks<\/td>\nThe Greatest Hits Collection<\/em> (1997) by Brooks & Dunn<\/td>\nCome on Over<\/em> (1997) by Shania Twain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Toby<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Greatest Hits, Vol. 1<\/em> (1999) by Toby Keith<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n

2000-2004<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"Tim<\/a><\/td>\n\"Drive\"<\/a><\/td>\n\"Home\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Greatest Hits<\/em> (2000) by Tim McGraw<\/td>\nDrive (2002) by Alan Jackson<\/em><\/td>\nHome (2002) by the Dixie Chicks<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"No<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n\"The<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n\"rascal<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problem<\/em> (2002) by Kenny Chesney<\/td>\nThe Rising<\/em> (2002) by Bruce Springsteen<\/td>\nFeels Like Today <\/em>(2004) by Rascal Flatts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n

2005-2009<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"kerosene\"<\/a><\/td>\n\"carrie-underwood-some-hearts\"<\/a><\/td>\n\"Dierks<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kerosene<\/em> (2005) by Miranda Lambert<\/td>\nSome Hearts (2005) by Carrie Underwood<\/em><\/td>\nLong Trip Alone (2006) by Dierks Bentley<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"3856531_flatts_200\"<\/a><\/td>\n\"Taylor_Swift\"<\/a><\/td>\n\"220px-TakingtheLongWay\"<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Me and My Gang (2006) by Rascal Flatts<\/em><\/td>\nTaylor Swift (2006) by Taylor Swift\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\nTaking the Long Way<\/em> (2006) by the Dixie Chicks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"your<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n\"Taylor_Swift_-_Fearless\"<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n\"Play-on-carrie-underwood1\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Your Man (2006) by Josh Turner<\/em><\/td>\nFearless<\/em> (2008) by Taylor Swift<\/td>\nPlay On<\/em> (2009) by Carrie Underwood<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n

2010-2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"Taylor_Swift_-_Speak_Now_cover\"<\/a><\/td>\n\"Zac<\/a><\/td>\n\"Barefoot<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Speak Now<\/em> (2010) by Taylor Swift<\/td>\n\u00a0You Get What You Give<\/em> (2010) by Zac Brown Band<\/td>\nBarefoot Blue Jean Night<\/em> (2011) by Jake Owen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"chief\"<\/a><\/td>\n\"eleven\"<\/a><\/td>\n\"Red<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0 Chief<\/em> (2011) by Eric Church<\/td>\nEleven<\/em> (2011) by Martina McBride<\/td>\nRed River Blue (2011) by\u00a0Blake Shelton<\/em><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"imgres-1\"<\/a><\/td>\n\"Turnpike\"<\/a><\/td>\n\"blake<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blown Away (2012) by Carrie Underwood<\/em><\/td>\n\u00a0Goodbye Normal Street
\n<\/em> (2012) by Turnpike Troubadours<\/em><\/td>\n		Based on a True Story… (2013) by Blake Shelton<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Crash<\/a><\/td>\n\"Unknown\"<\/a><\/td>\n\"Kacey-Musgraves-Same-Trailer-Different-Park-\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Crash My Party
\n<\/em> (2013) by Luke Bryan<\/em><\/td>\n		Days of Gold (2013) by Jake Owen<\/em><\/td>\nSame Trailer, Different Park (2013) by Kacey Musgraves<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"BigRevival\"<\/a><\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n\"TheOutsidersAlbumCover\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Big Revival (2014) by Kenny Chesney<\/em><\/td>\nBand of Brothers (2014) by Willie Nelson<\/em><\/td>\nThe Outsiders by Eric Church (2014)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"lucy<\/td>\n\"Tim-McGraw-Album-Cover\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Road Between (2014) by Lucy Hale<\/em><\/td>\nSundown Heaven Town<\/em> (2014) by Tim McGraw<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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2015-present<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\"aaron<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Underdog<\/em> (2015) by Aaron Watson<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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