Gotta Have Your Priorities in Order

Adapted from an Adam Ellis cartoon

And an update! (not that I'm actually going to the Ragweed show)

New(ish) Video / Reckless Kelly / "What's Left of My Heart"

From their new album The Last Frontier, out this past Friday.

Idiocracy Country Reaction Gifs 2

When you need an income source after two tours of duty in Vietnam

What's your favorite Conway Twitty song about?

When your friend tells everybody you own a couple of Rascal Flatts CDs after you told him never to speak of it

Society if Sturgill Simpson had never existed

If the country song you're listening to makes you dance like this, you aren't listening to a country song

How long is Morgan Wallen blackballed from Eric Church's bar?

When somebody tells you to turn down the Toby Keith

Still better than going to a Kane Brown concert

And then I shot him full of holes from his nose to his knees 

Going over a list of medical emergencies that happened at the hick hop festival

Aldean fans when they hear Beyonce on country radio

Give me a one word review of Dan + Shay's music

19-Piece Patio Set

 Meme Idea Blatantly Stolen From Tylerchilldumps

AI Illustrated Country Songs: Texas & Red Dirt Artists

 Titles at the end if you can't figure some of these out.

Charlie Robison "Loving County"

Bleu Edmondson/Matt Powell "50 Dollars and a Flask of Crown"

Roger Miller "You Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd"

George Strait "Amarillo By Morning"

Reckless Kelly "Crazy Eddie's Last Hurrah"

Robert Earl Keen "Feelin' Good Again"

Charlie Robison "Barlight"

Reckless Kelly, Jason Boland, Mike & The Moonpies Cover "El Cerrito Place"

Overly Politically Correct Country Songs: Zach Bryan, REK, Loretta, etc.

Don't get bent, I'm just having fun with the English language.

Guy Clark - Wayward Persons Waiting for a Train

Loretta Lynn - Climate Change Facilitator’s Offspring

Robert Earl Keen - Non-Hispanic American Honeymoon

& Happy Holidays from the Group of Persons Living Together

Ray Wylie Hubbard - Intercourse You, We’re from Land Stolen From Mexico

Gretchen Wilson - Uncultured Rural Cishet Female

Reckless Kelly - Mentally Challenged Eddie’s Last Hurrah

Cross Canadian Ragweed - Young CIS Males from Oklahoma

Dolly, Linda, and Emmylou - To Know Xem is to Love Xem

Rhett Akins - I Brake for Blue Hairs

Conway Twitty - Lascivious Male Glare Upon The Female Form in Denim

Zach Bryan - Extremely Attractive CIS Female From Oklahoma

Wheeler Walker Jr. - Cunnilingus/Physical Assault

Southern Traitor Railroad - Sexually Liberated Womyn

Miranda Lambert - Caucasian Mistruth Teller

Roger Miller - My Xio Used to Love Me but Xe Died

Saturday Night Music / Reckless Kelly / "Wicked Twisted Road"

New Video / Memphis Kee (ft Mike Harmeier & Cody Braun) / "Come Pick Me Up"

CDC Country Tweets

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6 New Red Dirt Parody Album Covers

More Monday Memes: Kane Brown, Carly Pearce, Reckless Kelly

Album Review / Tylor and the Train Robbers / Non-Typical Find

By Matthew Martin

When I was introduced to Tylor and the Train Robbers a couple of years ago on their album The Best of the Worst Kind, I fell in love with the band's particular brand of country music. The way Tylor Ketchum's voice has particular inflections that almost sound like a countrified Bob Dylan was unique. And the band was tight. They felt like they had a connection and of course they did and do- the band is made up of brothers (Tylor Ketchum, Jason Bushman, and Tommy Bushman) as well as Ketchum's father-in-law (Johnny Pisano). That unique connection makes the music feel connected and loose all at the same time. Everyone is on the same page making for a tight listen. 

 On the Trainrobbers' newest album, Non-Typical Find, we find the boys a bit more introspective than on their previous album. Considering this album was written and recorded during the nation-wide shutdown of 2020, that's no surprise. Partnering with Cody Braun (of Reckless Kelly fame), this album also has a really great production with a loose, familiar feel. The music let's Ketchum's words take center-stage with flairs along the way to add emphasis to the song. 

 The album kicks off with three really great songs that are going to be in heavy rotation for me over the next year. The standout here is "Worth The While." A song about feeling a little lost or out of touch and taking a different approach and/or point of view to try to gain new perspective, this feels like an almost anthem for where the country is at the moment. Yeah, sometimes we aren't going to get along, but if we can just try to see it from the other side's point of view, maybe we can learn to live for each other instead of ourselves.  

 The title track chronicles the discovery of bones by one of Ketchum's friends. Ketchum supposes what events may have transpired that may have led to this woman's remains ending up in this particular spot. The music almost belies the true nature of the song. At the base, this is a song about a death and the terribly sad discovery of the remains long after the death. But, the song is an uptempo, almost hopeful tune. It's the best song on the album, especially musically. The fiddle, the telecaster, and the pedal steel thread and weave together so perfectly.

 

Tylor & the Train Robbers · Staring Down The North

The second half of the album is anchored by the song "Staring Down The North." With a crunchy slide guitar and menacing chords, this one tended to get under my skin and stay there a while after each listen. This one jams and showcases the Train Robbers' diverse, yet connected styles. The remainder of the album finishes with songs about trying to figure out your path and facing fears and depression ("Back The Other Way") and trying to always look for positive spins on current situations ("Silver Line"). 

Tylor and the Train Robbers are a band to keep watching. With their previous album and Non-Typical Find they are building the kind of catalog that is sure to keep people interested and I believe will continue to grow their fanbase. They are a tight family band with a hell of a songwriter at the helm. This album is worth your time. It's everything you want and need at this moment in time. I'm on the Train Robbers bandwagon. I think you should join me. Their magnum opus is still to come and I'll be here with open ears eagerly awaiting. 

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Non-Typical Find is available today everywhere you buy and stream fine music.

Wrasslin' Country Reaction Gifs #51

♫ When the gun smoke settles we'll sing a victory tune

And we'll all meet back at the local saloon ♫

So, how was the bluegrass festival this weekend?

When somebody says they have an extra ticket for the Kane Brown show and wonders if you'd like to go

When somebody on MY Facebook page says country music is dead

♫ I wish I was a square so I'd stop coming back around ♫

Every time country radio takes a step forward (Carly Pearce, Midland), it takes 2 steps back (Niko Moon, Nelly, Tik Tok singers)

Me when the fake drums start on a "country song"

Typical female country singer radio station visit

Jerk musician to his merch guy before the show: