America's Music: The Roots of Country (1996)

About this title: America's Music: The Roots of Country is an odd title, since there are only two songs song on the 12-song budget-priced collection -- Eddy Arnold's "Cattle Call," Patsy Cline's "Lovesick Blues" -- that was recorded before the '80s. In fact, it seems like the title refers to the roots of contemporary country, since the collection contains cuts by John Anderson ("Just Good Ol' Boys"), Jeff Carson ("Today I Started Loving You Again"), Waylon Jennings ("The Pressure Is On"), Patty Loveless ("Nothin' But Love"), Kathy Mattea ("Tennessee waltz"), T.G. Sheppard ("I Can Help"), Emmylou Harris ("Some ... read more

Tracks:

1. Just Good Ol' Boys [Bandy/Fleetwood/Sta]
2. Today I Started Loving You Again [Haggard/Owens]
3. The Pressure Is On [Williams]
4. Cattle Call [Owens]
5. Nothin' But Love [Arata]
6. Roots of Country [Farren/Rudolph/Stee]
7. Tennessee Waltz [King/Stewart]
8. Mile Out of Memphis [Crosby/Moore/Perkin]
9. Lovesick Blues [Friend/Mills]
10. I Can Help [Swan]
11. Some Things Are Just Too Good to Last [Lauderdale]
12. Oklahoma Hills [Guthrie/Guthrie]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.