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Country Music Fans Reveal The First Song They Heard That Got Them Hooked Them For Life
One song can change someone’s life.
Do you remember the first time you heard a country song? Did it spark a lifetime of fandom for the genre? Those are the questions that are currently being explored over on the r/country page of the online forum known as Reddit. Their slogan used to be “The Front Page of the Internet” and it’s true in the sense that a lot of wild and wacky viral stories first appear there, before they wind up on Daily Mail or New York Post, but the site also acts as a community hub and forum for just about anything topic and interest you could think of (and some you don’t want to think of).
And some country music-loving Redditors are currently discussing which tracks they listened to early on in life that made them die-hard country fans from that point forward, and for me, I remember hearing the song “My Maria” by Brooks & Dunn a lot when I was a kid. It’s about as catchy of a song as they come, and if you are a parent, you know how easily tunes can get stuck in your child’s head (does “Lava Chicken” from A Minecraft Movie ring a bell for anyone reading this?). I may not have sought out Brooks & Dunn that much as a kid, but you best believe that sound stuck with me.
And that’s the cool thing about music, right? It can take you back to a time and place, and you often don’t even have to think about it all that much. It’s crazy that I can hear a song and I’m immediately transported back to my high school days. Sometimes the radio will present a track by an artist that I just so happened to see in concert… from the pit. It’s the entire essence of what Eric Church’s smash hit “Springsteen” is about… not so much Bruce himself, but how a specific song immediately takes Chief back to a time and a place. And no matter what, that music and memory can never be separated going forward.
All that to say that there’s a lot of power in music, and often times, the people we surround ourselves with help us craft our musical taste. I’ll always be a U2 fan because of my father (yeah yeah, say whatever you want about the album they dropped on everyone’s phones for free), and I’m sure you likely have a favorite artist that may have been passed down to you from a loved one.
But if a family member is able to pass down an entire genre… that’s pretty special. There were a lot of people on Reddit that credited their love to country to their grandparents. Others didn’t get too specific, but judging by the lack of more modern country artists (there were a few recent converts), I’d guess that a lot of grandmas and grandpas helped introduce young country music fans to country stylings that stayed with them for a lifetime:
“‘A Country Boy Can Survive’ by Hank Williams Jr.”
“I didn’t have much of a choice really. My earliest memories had Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Tom T. Hall, and Donna Fargo woven into the soundtrack.”
“‘Ring of Fire’ by Johnny Cash.”
“Mama Tried …Cash and Haggard were always playing while I was kid.”
“Marina del Rey King George.”
“Something Like That – Tim McGraw”
“He Stopped Loving Her Today – George Jones”
“‘Chattahoochee’ by Alan Jackson.”
“‘If You’re Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)’ by Alabama.”
“I never stood a fighting chance. One grandpa playing me Tennessee Ernie Ford records, the other playing his martin guitar and singing Hank and Bocephus and Cash tunes. So I’d probably have to say ‘Jambalaya.'”
“Long White Cadillac – Dwight Yoakam”
“The Gambler. Kenny Rogers.”
“Unironically, “Bobbie Ann Mason” by Rick Trevino.”
“‘Funny How Time Slips Away’ by Willie Nelson.”
“‘Unwound’ by George Strait.”
“The Devil Went Down to Georgia – Charlie Daniels Band”
“Thank God I’m a Country Boy – John Denver”
“Down on the Farm – Tim McGraw”
“Rita Ballou by Guy Clark”
“Digging up Bones. Riding in the backseat of my parents’ car, sandwiched between my two older sisters.”
“Me at 3 years old hearing Little Bitty by Alan Jackson”
“‘Wolves’ by Garth Brooks.”
“First guitar lesson I learned Folsom Prison Blues. It was decided then and there where my taste would go.”
Like I said, there were a few new converts, and they were hooked by some of the best in modern country music.
“I seen Jesus play with flames in a lake of fire, that I was standing in… ‘Turtles All The Way Down’ by Sturgill Simpson.” Been hooked since.
“It was Charley Crockett’s cover of Ghost Riders (In The Sky)”
“Nose on the Grindstone- Tyler Childers”
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