Greatest modern country tune ever?

[srvy]

I always liked these guys and it's hard to beat Read Dirt Country. After a hiatus, the Turnpike Troubadours are back.

 

[Sparky2]

I cried.

It was that beautiful.

 

[trev333]

It's such a picturesque lake, too...

 

[srvy]

TT with a good old John Hartford tune.

 

[posttoastie]

"She's everything"

 

[brown2bob]

 

[tanplastic]

Haha, I think this song would get a pass in a bar.
"Play that song again, the one about the lake!"
"Yeah the one in Santa Fe!"

 

[oldunc]

Assuming you mean "modern country"" as a separate genre (or set of genres) from "country" done in modern times; love the way this lyric flows;

 

[rand z]

Tuff un...

imo.

 

[adjason]

well its as good as most modern country music I hear these days.

 

[trev333]

a post-cromulent masterpiece... truly acceptable...

 

[northernguitar]

 

[Dan German]

I think the people who have posted tunes here (some of them very good) should go back and listen to the song posted by the OP. Everything else pales in comparison.

 

[TwangToInfinity]

i dont know about "modern" but Dwight did country "from the future" a long time ago and he did an abundance of it!

a couple obvious examples:






currently Dwight is so far in the future its a whole new dimension!

 

[57joonya]

Drinking problem by midland, is a pretty great song

 

[Alchemist_PhD]

Speaking of Midland, I’m partial to their video for Mr. Lonely, it actual starts at 35sec, do yourself the favor.

 

[trev333]

Do you think it could be lake Minnetonka?..

 

[Midgetje94]

I didn’t look into it, but I’d bet a week’s pay that Blake Shelton wrote those lyrics. Brilliant.

hey Blake was good back in the 90s

 

[That Cal Webway]

John Prine stuff.

Cant pick one.

Yea, he's Americana and S/S too.

 

[2HBStrat]

Define "modern."