Happy 2026, y’all. If you’re reading this, congratulations, you made it to another new year. We’re now officially more than a quarter of the way through the century, which is pretty insane to think about because if you were around and old to remember the year 2000 it seems like just yesterday everybody was freaking out over Y2K and computers crashing and a global disaster striking at midnight. Well as we all know, you can’t slow down the hands of time. If we’re lucky enough to make it another year, everybody will get to celebrate another birthday and getting another year older. And as I was looking back at the list of songs that are turning 30 this year, it reminded me just how quick time flies. Songs turning 30 this year were (obviously) released in 1996, a time in most of our lives when country music was arguably at its peak. It’s the year Tim McGraw married fellow country star Faith Hill, and Brooks & Dunn were nominated for a Grammy for “My Maria.” We unfortunately lost the legendary Minnie Pearl and Faron Young in 1996, but another future country superstar named Zach Bryan was born that same year. Brooks & Dunn were dominating awards shows, being named Entertainer of the Year at both the CMA Awards and the ACM Awards. And the top new artists were up-and-comers named Trace Adkins and LeAnn Rimes. In fact, a 14-year old Rimes was dominating awards shows with her debut single “Blue” and was well on her way to becoming one of the biggest country artists of the late ’90s. And at the CMA Awards, a newcomer named Bryan White won the Horizon Award (now known as New Artist of the Year), and while he would go on to have considerable success in the later half of the decade, it wouldn’t prove as long-lasting as some of the other new artists from that year. (“Sittin’ On Go” is still a banger though). Anyway, I thought it would be fun to look back at some of the songs turning 30 this year just to see where country music was at 3 decades ago. Unfortunately, it turned out to be more depressing than fun, and made me feel old that these songs I was listening to during my childhood (I was 8 years old in 1996) are now 30, but anyway, here they are: “Blue Clear Sky” – George Strait “My Maria” – Brooks & Dunn “Strawberry Wine” – Deana Carter “Every Light In The House” – Trace Adkins “Heads Carolina, Tails California” – Jo Dee Messina “Little Bitty” – Alan Jackson “Time Marches On” – Tracy Lawrence “Carried Away” – George Strait “Bigger Than the Beatles” – Joe Diffie “Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine On You” – Toby Keith (10) “Wild Angels” – Martina McBride “Too Much Fun” – Daryle Singletary “She Never Lets It Go To Her Heart” – Tim McGraw “No News” – Lonestar “Like The Rain” – Clint Black “Living In A Moment” – Ty Herndon “To Be Loved By You” – Wynonna Judd “Hypnotize The Moon” – Clay Walker “Guys Do It All The Time” – Mindy McCready “Daddy’s Money” – Ricochet (20) “The Beaches of Cheyenne” – Garth Brooks “All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down” – The Mavericks “It Matters To Me” – Faith Hill “Learning As You Go” – Rick Trevino “Jacob’s Ladder” – Mark Wills “One Way Ticket (Because I Can)” – LeAnn Rimes “Rebecca Lynn” – Bryan White “Stars Over Texas” – Tracy Lawrence “Lonely Too Long” – Patty Loveless “Mama Don’t Get Dressed Up For Nothing” – Brooks & Dunn So many great songs. It’s easy to look at a list like this and wonder whether in 30 years we’ll still be celebrating any music released in 2026, or whether anything released today will quickly fade rather than stick around like so many songs from the ’90s. Regardless, it’s fun to take a trip down memory lane and see the songs that have big anniversaries coming up this year. Even if it does remind me that I’m inching closer to signing up for AARP every year…The post Ready To Feel Old? Here Are 30 Country Songs Turning 30 In 2026 first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

What a way to cap off the year. In many ways, 2025 was the year of the breakout for many formerly fan-favorites and other slept-on artists and bands throughout multiple subgenres in country music. Of course, you had the likes of Zach Top and The Red Clay Strays score huge wins at the CMA Awards back in November with Top winning New Aritst of the Year and Red Clay shockingly dethroning Old Dominion en route to taking home Vocal Group of the Year. With that being said, the band with a similarly huge breakout, despite an award to back it up, was none other than Treaty Oak Revival. If you’ve been paying any attention to the country/southern rock scene the past couple years, you were well-aware that the band hailing from West Texas was bound for a breakout. After scoring major buzz upon the release of their sophomore album, Have A Nice Day, in 2023, the sky was truly the limit for Treaty Oak. And to no one’s surprise, when they released their third studio album, West Texas Degenerate, back on November 28th, they scored some major career milestones. Following release week, Treaty Oak has scored their first #1 on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums and Americana/Folk Albums charts. It’s of course the biggest debut of their career so far, and the album also debuted at #2 on Billboard’s Top Rock & Alternative Albums chart, #3 on Top Country Albums chart, #21 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart, and #30 on Top Billboard Canadian Albums, with each previously unreleased song taking over the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart. With 2025 coming to a close on Wednesday, Treaty Oak sent the year out with a major bang, performing their final concert of the year in Houston, Texas at the Toyota Center. Though there were plenty of highs throughout the show, ranging from their always-wild performance of “Boomtown” as well as other smash hits such as “In Between,” “Ode To Bourbon,” “Stop & Stare” and plenty of new tracks off West Texas Degenerate. Though the night was jam-packed with killer performances from West Texas natives, arguably the most memorable one came quite early in the night when William Clark Green joined them to perform “West Texas Degenerate” for the first time together live. After Treaty Oak handled the song’s first two verses and choruses, similarly to the studio version, Green would join the band onstage for the bridge and final chorus. Before the “She Likes the Beatles” singer would deliver the opening lines to the bridge, Treaty Oak’s frontman, Sam Canty, would hype his fellow Texan up, telling the crowd, “Make some noise for William Clark Green, motherf******!” Smiling, Green would deliver the wild bride flawlessly alongside Canty, red solo cup in hand. “This life, it ain’t for everyone out in the Wild West You learn to fuck and fight and lay some pipe Get drunk and go to bed And if you just can’t find sleep between the party and the pain Well, you can stay up ’til the sunrise with the help of some cocaine Yeah, I got the good cocaine” It’s safe to say that Green, Treaty Oak and company gave the crowd a New Year’s Eve that they will never forget. Watch here: @carneyman377 Hell of a show #newyearseve #treatyoak #reddirtcountry #williamclarkgreen #toyotacenter @William Clark Green @Treaty Oak Revival ♬ original sound – Cody F Treaty Oak Revival Tour Dates Feb. 5, 2026 – Worcester, MA – DCU Center ! Feb. 6, 2026 – Atlantic City, NJ – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena ! Feb. 7, 2026 – State College, PA – Bryce Jordan Center ! Feb. 12, 2026 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena ! Feb. 13, 2026 – Charleston, WV – Charleston Coliseum ! Feb. 14, 2026 – Columbia, SC – Colonial Life Arena ! Feb. 19, 2026 – Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center ! Feb. 20, 2026 – Evansville, IN – Ford Center ! Feb. 21, 2026 – Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena ! Mar. 12, 2026 – Springfield, MO – Great Southern Bank Arena ! Mar. 13, 2026 – North Little Rock, AR – Simmons Bank Arena ! Mar. 14, 2026 – Bossier City, LA – Brookshire Grocery Arena ! Mar. 26, 2026 – Greensboro, NC – First Horizon Coliseum ! Mar. 27, 2026 – Knoxville, TN – Food City Center ! Mar. 28, 2026 – Opelika, AL – Auburn Rodeo ^ Apr. 11, 2026 – Gonzales, TX – Cattle Country Festival ^ Apr. 25, 2026 – Indio, CA – Stagecoach 2026 ^ Apr. 26, 2026 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center ! Apr. 30, 2026 – Seattle, WA – WAMU Theater ! May 1, 2026 – Spokane, WA – Numerica Veterans Arena ! May 2, 2026 – Portland, OR – Veterans Memorial Coliseum ! May 14, 2026 – Southaven, MS – BankPlus Amphitheater ! May 15, 2026 – Birmingham, AL – Coca-Cola Amphitheater * May 16, 2026 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena ! May 28, 2026 – Panama City Beach, FL – Gulf Coast Jam 2026 ^ May 29, 2026 – Macon, GA – Atrium Health Amphitheatre ! June 18, 2026 – North Lawrence, OH – The Country Fest 2026 ^ June 19, 2026 – Bloomington, IL – Tailgate N’ Tallboys 2026 ^ June 25, 2026 – Bonner Springs, KS – Country Stampede ^ June 26, 2026 – North Platte, NE – NEBRASKAland Days ^ July 1, 2026 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre ! July 8, 2026 – Chicago, IL – Windy City Smokeout ^ July 11, 2026 – Lincoln, NE – Pinnacle Bank Arena ! July 17, 2026 – Cheyenne, WY – Cheyenne Frontier Days ^ July 18, 2026 – Salt Lake City, UT – Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre * Aug. 8, 2026 – Oshkosh, WI – xRoads41 ^ ^ festival * Live Nation ! 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SUCH an underrated classic. These days, I wouldn’t call myself a huge fan of Jason Aldean’s music, but back in the day, he put out some great music… and “Amarillo Sky” is still one of his best in my humble opinion. And Post Malone did it more than justice during his performance on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest during his performance in Nashville, which was an unexpected, but perfect, song choice for the evening. “Amarillo Sky” was actually written by Big Kenny and John Rich, of Big & Rich, along with Rodney Clawson and Bart Pursley. It was originally recorded by Rich for his album Rescue Me in 2001. But Jason Aldean released an incredibly popular cover of the song for his 2005 self-titled debut album, and his version was released as its third single in June 2006. It earned him two nominations at the 2006 Academy of Country Music Awards for Video of the Year and Song of the Year, as well as video with the best direction at the CMT Music Awards. It’s no secret by now that Post has impeccable taste in country music, and every time he performs at a big event like this, he picks the best songs and I haven’t heard him do a bad one yet… check it out: @rockineve @postmalone’s “Amarillo Sky” cover hits different under the Nashville lights Watch #RockinEve right now on @abcnetwork ♬ original sound – New Year’s Rockin’ Eve And speaking of Posty and his love for country music, he’s not done with the genre yet… not even close. In fact, during five-hour Twitch live stream last week while playing Hunt the Game, Post let it slip that the odds are good that he’ll be putting out two records in 2026, adding that it’s his goal should “everything go my way”: “Chances are, chat, we are getting two albums in 2026. If everything goes my way.” Music to my ears… In 2024, Post released his debut country album F-1 Trillion, which topped both the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and U.S. Top Country Albums chart. By all numerical accounts, it was a huge success, and he subsequently completed his first-ever headlining stadium tour this past year following the huge success of that album. So stay tuned for that, because it sounds like Posty has some BIG things in the works for 2026, and I can’t wait. “Amarillo Sky” The post Post Malone Delivers Flawless Cover Of Jason Aldean’s “Amarillo Sky” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Live from GEODIS park. Tyler Childers has been releasing live videos from his 2025 On the Road tour, and this week, he released another great one of “Dirty Ought Trill,” from his recent Snipe Hunter album, which was filmed at his Nashville concert at GEODIS park. And if the title of that song is intriguing, it should be, and Tyler previously told GQ a little bit about the inspiration behind it. He explained that “Trill” is a nickname for his friend Dylan, who is also mentioned on “Poachers,” whom he met several years ago at a hotel in Nashville. Tyler was busted for weed in Texas in 2019, and the cops that got him that day used Malinois dogs to smell out the drugs. Tyler told himself that, if he got out of that mess without any jail time, he would get a dog just like that, and he eventually did just that. On a trip to Nashville, Tyler brought his dog, and Dylan was working at the hotel as a valet. They got to talking, and Tyler learned that Dylan breeds Malinois dogs, and the became fast friends after bonding over that. They hunted together, though considering Dylan grew up in the city, it was certainly a new experience, though Tyler explained that they were simply: “Shooting clay pigeons and riding mules and doing hillbilly s***.” Even though it was his first time experiencing that kind of thing, Dylan got an incredible shot with a .30-06 Springfield rifle, also known as a thirty ought six, and Tyler swapped thirty for dirty, and the nickname has stuck with Dylan ever since. A pretty bad*** nickname for a city boy, if I may say so myself… Tyler explained that Dylan was the first friend he’d made in a long time, doesn’t know anything about country music, which is probably a good thing for their friendship: “Dylan’s the first friend I’ve made in a while, and he doesn’t know me from Adam. He doesn’t know anything about country music. And I would have never met him if I hadn’t gotten a Malinois. Little things can change everything.” Amen to that… In general, Snipe Hunter has been a huge success both commercially and critically. Upon its release, the Rick Rubin-produced album debuted at #7 on the all-genre Billboard 200 albums chart, along with a #1 entry on their Americana/Folk Albums chart and a #2 entry on their Top Country Albums list. Back in November, he scored not one but three Grammy nominations for Best Contemporary Country Album, Best Country Song (“Bitin’ List”) and Best Country Solo Performance (“Nose On The Grindstone”). Finally, the record not only topped Rolling Stone’s Best Country/Americana Albums ranking but also was named their 7th-best album of the year, all-genre. Of course, many of you know that nothing compares to a Tyler Childers live show, so you can probably imagine how good this live performance video is… but you should definitely check it out below, too: “Dirty Ought Trill” Snipe Hunt Tour Dates April 23 – Dallas, Texas – Dos Equis Pavilion – with Scott T. Smith June 4 – Birmingham, Alabama – The Coca-Cola Amphitheater – with Evan Honer & Scott. T Smith June 7 – Lexington, Kentucky – Railbird Music Festival June 10 – Darien Center, New York – Darien Lake Amphitheater – with Evan Honer June 11 – Hershey, Pennsylvania – Hersheypark Stadium – with Evan Honer June 13 – Columbus, Ohio – Buckeye Country Superfest July 9 – St. Louis, Missouri – Hollywood Casino Amphitheater – with Wednesday & Scott T. Smith July 12 – Chicago, Illinois – Wrigley Field – with Jon Batiste & Wednesday July 14 – Kansas City, Missouri – Morton Amphitheater  – with Wednesday July 15 – Des Moines, Iowa – Casey’s Center – with Wednesday July 18 – Boulder, Colorado – Folsom Field – with Jon Batiste & Wednesday September 30 – Sacramento, California – Golden 1 Center – with Wednesday October 2 – Seattle, Washington – Climate Pledge Arena – with Wednesday October 3 – Portland, Oregon – Moda Center – with Wednesday and Scott T. SmithThe post Tyler Childers Releases Awesome Live Performance Video Of “Dirty Ought Trill” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Doesn’t really work with the actual lyrics… There’s a new TikTok trend going around featuring a nearly 5-year old Morgan Wallen song that’s racked up thousands of posts and millions of views from men showing off their women…and their truck. The trend uses Morgan Wallen’s “Silverado For Sale,” which was released in 2021 on his Dangerous: The Double Album. The song was never a single, but quickly became a fan favorite and has been one of Morgan’s more popular deep cuts over the years. The song, written by Ben Hayslip, Dallas Davidson and Marv Green, tells the story of a man taking out an ad in the newspaper to sell his prized truck so that he can buy an engagement ring for the girl he loves: “Never thought I’d be callin’ you up today Takin’ out an ad for this Chevrolet But there’s a ring in the window just down the street I wanna marry her, she wants to marry me Money’s kinda tight but love don’t care Me and this truck been everywhere Just need a little spot on the back page Here’s what I want it to say This truck will get the prettiest girl in town Sittin’ right beside you when you’re ridin’ around It’s got a pretty good radio If you wanna get her dancin’ down an old dirt road Spent a lot of Friday nights up under the stars Get you where you need to go and it’ll go too far God knows all thе stories it can tell I got a Silverado for salе” It’s that last line in the verse and the beginning of the chorus being used for the trend, as guys post pictures of their truck and then their ladies. Except it seems like everybody’s getting the words wrong, posting “Here’s what I wanted to say” instead of “Here’s what I want it to say.” @yo.its.ray Had to show them both off #wlw #stud #chevy #gf ♬ original sound – Country Audios There are a ton of examples with the misquoted lyrics, but TikTok won’t let me embed them here because they’re posted as photos and not videos. If you want to take a look, you can click here for an example and then just click on the sound. It’s just an endless stream of “wanted” with a few “want it” mixed in. Of course the trend doesn’t really work as well with “want it” versus “wanted,” because you’re missing some context in the actual lyrics. But several Morgan Wallen fans have taken to TikTok to point out that the trend being used features the incorrect lyrics. And it’s not the only Morgan Wallen song that’s become a viral trend either: Since the release of “20 Cigarettes” on his I’m The Problem album in 2025, fans have turned the sign for Demonbreun Street in Nashville into a popular filming spot: @lo_parker on demonbreun #morganwallen #20cig ♬ original sound – Ironically in that one, Morgan taught a lot of people how to properly pronounce “Demonbreun.” Yet somehow, it’s not that lyric that people are messing up, but instead a much simpler one. Then again, it’s TikTok, so I’m probably taking the misquoted lyrics a little too seriously…The post A Morgan Wallen Song Is Going Viral As Part Of A New TikTok Trend – But Most Are Getting The Lyrics Wrong first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

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