We Need More Country Songs on This Car List

Posted: July 23rd, 2009 at 12:26 pm | By: Alison Bonaguro

Alan Jackson A writer at CNN.com has compiled a list of great car songs. And since he has done time as both an auto writer and a music journalist, he seems like the right guy for the job. His complaint about other lists is that so many car songs have been pounded into cliché by super-heavy radio rotation. So he's compiled his own list of lesser-known car tunes. But I personally think his list didn't go deep enough. And it certainly didn't go country enough. He left off songs like Alan Jackson's "Buicks to the Moon," David Allan Coe's "The Ride," Gretchen Wilson's "Good Old Boy," Joe Diffie's "Pick Up Man," Tim McGraw's "Red Rag Top" and Sammy Kershaw's cover of Sammy John's 1975 hit, "Chevy Van." Any others you'd like to throw on the list?

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Filed Under: Lifestyle, News, Recommendations, Songs

Tags: Alan Jackson, Car Songs, David Allan Coe, Gretchen Wilson, Joe Diffie, Sammy John, Sammy Kershaw, Tim McGraw

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Jess says:

Posted: July 23rd, 2009 at 1:11 pm

Carrie Underwood- “Get out of this town”
JW says:

Posted: July 23rd, 2009 at 1:32 pm

Josh Turner - Loretta Lynn’s Lincoln
hotelmotel says:

Posted: July 23rd, 2009 at 4:23 pm

“One Piece at at Time” by Johnny Cash.
Lori Jean says:

Posted: July 23rd, 2009 at 4:49 pm

455 rocket - Kathy Mattea
rodney says:

Posted: July 23rd, 2009 at 5:23 pm

George Strait brothers of the highway, and george jones the corvette song.
Debbie W. says:

Posted: July 23rd, 2009 at 8:56 pm

I love Lori Jean’s pick…I haven’t heard that song in awhile…awesome song..455 Rocket!
Kevin R. says:

Posted: July 24th, 2009 at 12:13 am

How can you top “All I Wanted was a Car” by Brad Paisley?
Redmaz says:

Posted: July 24th, 2009 at 9:05 am

Did anyone ever notice in the video for 455 Rocket(about an Oldsmobile) at the very end of the video they are sitting in a Buick?

Anyway…a few car tunes

1970 Monte Carlo - Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash. btw BSOJC have a new CD out, and a new name. Mark Stuart & The Bastard Sons. They’ve decide to retire the name Bastard Sons of Johhny Cash out of respect for the Cash family.

Pontiac - Fred Eaglesmith
Ragtop - Kentucky Headhunters
Won’t Be Home - Old 97’s
Chris D. says:

Posted: July 26th, 2009 at 9:34 pm

I definitely second “455 Rocket”, I love that song.
OTWG says:

Posted: July 27th, 2009 at 2:57 am

What about a song about a car thief? “Shot Full of Holes” by Jason Boland & the Stragglers.
Redmaz says:

Posted: July 27th, 2009 at 7:25 am

Hard to believe, but probably close to 90% of the people here don’t even know who Jason Boland is….and they call themselves Country Music fans?

mainstreamers
Fightclub says:

Posted: January 7th, 2010 at 8:40 pm

“sing that song again” Deric Ruttan
ThePastorDave says:

Posted: January 28th, 2010 at 2:23 am

How could Jeff Carson and “The Car” be left out?
Ted says:

Posted: July 14th, 2011 at 6:11 pm

There Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong With The Radio - A. Tippin