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Back to SearchDissecting "Take Me Down" by Alabama
Alabama shows us how country music approaches Conway Twitty's favorite subject, while continuing to meld the 70s & 80s influences that formed their u…
3 years ago
Dissecting "Holes in the Floor of Heaven" by Steve Wariner
Melton tackles Steve Wariner's 1998 ACM & CMA Song of the Year, "Holes in the Floor of Heaven," a cut remarkable for its similarity to recent selecti…
3 years ago
Dissecting "Boot Scootin' Boogie" by Brooks & Dunn
Brooks & Dunn get us up from our tables and onto the dance floor with their quintessential neotraditional honky-tonker, "Boot Scootin' Boogie". But…
3 years, 1 month ago
Dissecting "A Little More Love" by Vince Gill
Vince Gill teaches us how to milk a great hook for all it's worth in his 1997 hit "A Little More Love". But what specific take does this hook have o…
3 years, 1 month ago
Dissecting "He Got You" by Ronnie Milsap
Ronnie Milsap does what he does on 1982's "He Got You". You knew it was going to be 50s/60s R&B-infused 80s country, but what other genre shows up, p…
3 years, 2 months ago
Dissecting "Elvira" by the Oak Ridge Boys
The Oak Ridge Boys remind country music what it sounds like to be lighthearted and fun with their monster 1981 hit "Elvira". Everybody remembers Ri…
3 years, 2 months ago
Dissecting "Two Teardrops" by Steve Wariner
Steve Wariner puts on a clinic in tasteful, well-crafted sentimentally in one of his last hits, 1999's "Two Teardrops". But how exactly is he able t…
3 years, 3 months ago
Dissecting "Love in the First Degree" by Alabama
In this episode, we get locked away inside of some old Alabama, in their 1981 hit "Love in the First Degree". Nowadays it all just sounds like old s…
3 years, 3 months ago
Dissecting "I Can Still Feel You" by Collin Raye
Collin Raye makes us still feel like we're in 1998 with his upbeat pop country hit "I Can Still Feel You". We've apostrophized lost love before, but…
3 years, 4 months ago
Dissecting "Third Rock from the Sun" by Joe Diffie
The restrained pendulum from the last episode swings fully the other way as we examine Joe Diffie's audacious 1994 hit, "Third Rock from the Sun". D…
3 years, 4 months ago