Background:
Americana is a subset of American roots music, best defined as "classic American music" ranging in style from & including elements of folk, country blues, bluegrass, alternative country, rockabilly, neo traditional & roots rock.
Criteria:
These songs were chosen for best identifying, inspiring & encapsulating the heart of tradition & the American experience.
As with all lists, this is a subjective list and makes no claim of an official nature.
1. American Music - The Blasters 2. Tecumseh Valley - Townes Van Zandt 3. Honky Tonk Masqueade - Joe Ely 4. City of New Orleans - Steve Goodman 5. Boulder To Birmingham - Emmylou Harris 6. Taxes On The Farmer, Feeds Us All - Ry Cooder 7. Tear Stained Eye - Son Volt 8. Hello In There - John Prine 9. Copperhead Road - Steve Earle 10. Choctaw Bingo - James McMurtry 11. Desperado's Waiting For The Train - Guy Clark 12. California Bloodlines - John Stewart 13. King of California - Dave Alvin 14. Car Wheels On a Gravel Road - Lucinda Williams 15. No Depression - Uncle Tupelo 16. Sin City - The Flying Burrito Brothers 17. Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight - Rodney Crowell 18. Memphis In The Meantime - John Hiatt 19. Purgatory Road - Ray Wylie Hubbard 20. Boomer's Story - Ry Cooder 21. Rio Grande - Dave Alvin 22. Christmas In Washington - Steve Earle 23. Mr Bojangles - Jerry Jeff Walker 24. L.A. Freeway - Guy Clark 25. Common Man - The Blasters 26. F.D.R. In Trinidad - Ry Cooder 27. Long White Cadillac - The Blasters 28. Gabriel's Mother's Hiway Ballad #16 Blues - Arlo Guthrie 29. New Madrid - Uncle Tupelo 30. We Can't Make It Here - James McMurtry 31. From A Kitchen Table - Dave Alvin 32. Eats Away The Night - Butch Hancock 33. Cooler-N-Hell - Ray Wylie Hubbard 34. The Dark - Guy Clark 35. Highway Kind - Townes Van Zandt 36. Green Blanket - Peter Case 37. The Last of The True Believers - Nanci Griffith 38. Paradise Etc - Peter Case 39. Me and Billy The Kid - Joe Ely 40. Train Leaves Here This Morning - Dilliard and Clark 41. Sundown - Rank and File 42. Brass Buttons - Gram Parsons 43. Someday - Steve Earle 44. Nine Volt Heart - Dave Alvin 45. Boxcars - Joe Ely 46. Billy The Kid - Ry Cooder 47. Concrete and Barbed Wire - Lucinda Williams 48. Musta Notta Gotta Lotta - Joe Ely 49. God's Own Jukebox - Jesse Winchester 50. Tennessee Plates - John Hiatt 51. Pancho and Lefty - Townes Van Zandt 52. Passenger Side - Wilco 53. I Am The Ride - Chris Smither 54. Windfall - Son Volt 55. Dust of The Chase - Ray Wylie Hubbard 56. Whiskey Bottle - Uncle Tupelo 57. The Pugilist at 59 - Tom Russell 58. Jericho Road - Steve Earle 59. Drive South - John Hiatt 60. Take Me With You (When You Go) - The Jayhawks 61. Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown - Jimmie Dale Gilmore 62. Presidential Rag - Arlo Guthrie 63. Spell of Wheels - Peter Case 64. Over Yonder (Jonathan's Song) - Steve Earle 65. Many A Long & Lonesome Highway - Rodney Crowell 66. Trudy and Dave - John Hiatt 67. Link of Chain - Chris Smither 68. Making Pies - Patty Griffin 69. Turn Your Radio On - John Hartford 70. Highway 17 - Rodney Crowell 71. If I Had a Boat - Lyle Lovett 72. Blackjack David - Dave Alvin 73. Atmosphere - Son Volt 74. Lost In The Ozone - Commander Cody & The Lost Planet Airmen 75. Dallas - The Flatlanders 76. 6 String Belief - Son Volt 77. Darkest Hour - Arlo Guthrie 78. Return of The Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons 79. Red Rose - The Blasters 80. The Great Comprimise - John Prine 81. The Brand New Tennessee Waltz - Jesse Winchester 82. Oh My Sweet Carolina - Ryan Adams 83. Gold - John Stewart 84. Some Humans Ain't Human - John Prine 85. Drive In Movies & Dashboard Lights - Nanci Griffith 86. Braden River - Chris Smither 87. Holiday - James McMurtry 88. In My Own Mind - Lyle Lovett 89. Kerosene Hat - Cracker 90. Roving Gambler - Peter Case 91. Play Me The Waltz of The Angels - The Derailers 92. Dancing With The Women at The Bar - Whiskeytown 93. Clay Pigeons - John Prine 94. I've Got My Pride (But I Got To Feed The Kids) - Rodney Crowell 95. Mercenary Song - Steve Earle 96. Movin' The Country - BR5-49 97. What Work Is - Tom Russell 98. Empty Baseball Park - Whiskeytown 99. Photograph - Charlie Robison 100. Screw You, We're From Texas - Ray Wylie Hubbard 101. Baby Likes To Rock It - The Tractors 102. I've Been To Memphis - Lyle Lovett 103. Old America - Tom Russell 104. Slate - Uncle Tupelo 105. Abilene - Dave Alvin 106. The South Coast of Texas - Guy Clark 107. The Streets of Baltimore - Gram Parsons 108. Jimmie Brown The Newsboy - Jimmie Dale Gilmore 109. Andersonville - Dave Alvin 110. U.S. Steel - Tom Russell 111. Crescent City - Lucinda Williams 112. Blue Umbrella - John Prine 113. Junior & The Old African Queen - Grayson Capps 114. Casino Queen - Wilco 115. Ten Degrees - J.D. Crowe & The New South 116. Moses - Patty Griffin 117. Pineola - Lucinda Williams 118. 1000 Dollar Car - The Bottle Rockets 119. Coulda Shoulda Woulda - Peter Case 120. Letter To Laredo - Joe Ely 121. Crocodile Man - Chris Smither 122. Bag of Bones - Guy Clark 123. Grand Central Station March 18, 1978 - Steve Forbert 124. The Kid From Spavinaw - Tom Russell 125. Christmas Morning - Lyle Lovett 126. Burgundy Shoes - Patty Griffin 127. I Got Mine - Ry Cooder 128. Back Into The World - Son Volt 129. Last Train To Amsterdam - Ray Wylie Hubbard 130. Immigrant Eyes - Guy Clark 131. Nothing At All - The Waco Brothers 132. Angelyne - The Jayhawks 133. Trains - Ryan Adams 134. New Orleans Waltz - Grayson Capps 135. I Ain't Long Like This - Rodney Crowell 136. Horseshoe - The North Mississippi Allstars 137. Last Lonely Eagle - New Riders of The Purple Sage 138. Carl Perkins Cadillac - The Drive By Truckers 139. Washboard Lisa - Grayson Capps 140. Water When The Well Is Dry - Buddy Miller 141. Inn Town - Whiskeytown 142. Road of Ruin - The Beat Farmers 143. Tulsa Queen - Emmylou Harris 144. Bem McCulloch - Steve Earle 145. Radio King - Golden Smog 146. Ooh Las Vegas - Gram Parsons 147. Sell A Lot of Beer - The Warren Brothers 148. Laredo Rose - The Texas Tornado's 149. Pocatello - James McMurtry 150. I Must Be High - Wilco 151. Snake Farm - Ray Wylie Hubbard 152. January 23-30 1978 - Steve Forbert 153. Comeback - The Warren Brothers 154. Boats To Build - Guy Clark 155. 1968 - Dave Alvin 156. Riverside - The Beat Farmers 157. Epitaph - Blue Mountain 158. The Beautiful Lie - The Amazing Rhythm Aces 159. Moon Song - Emmylou Harris 160. Cold River - John Hiatt 161. Oh No, Not Another One - Doug Sahm 162. Cold Dog Soup - Guy Clark 163. Lungs - Townes Van Zandt 164. Wild Northland - Kingfish 165. Two More Bottles of Wine - Emmylou Harris 166. Teen Angst - Cracker 167. Southern Baptist Heartbreak - The Warren Brothers 168. Beaujolais - The BoDeans 169. Down The Road - Steve Earle 170. Streets of Sin - Joe Ely 171. The River's Gonna Run - Buddy & Julie Miller 172. A1 On The Jukebox - BR5-49 173. Easy Wind - The Grateful Dead 174. Highway In The Wind - Arlo Guthrie 175. How Can I Miss You, When You Won't Go Away - Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks 176. 16 Days - Whiskeytown 177. Ridin' Out The Storm - Rodney Crowell 178. Hammers and Nails - Radney Foster 179. A Train Robbery - Levon Helm 180. Six Hours Ahead of The Sun - Steve Goodman 181. Seven Days - Cracker 182. Old School - Russell Smith 183. Healing Bones - Jules Shear 184. Rock of Ages - Gillian Welch 185. Thrice All American - Neko Case 186. Farewell Angelina - New Riders of The Purple Sage 187. Christ For President - Billy Bragg & Wilco 188. Long Walking Down To Misery - The Beau Brummels 189. Trust Jesus - Slobberbone 190. Victoria Lee - The Old 97's 191. American Hotel - Tom Russell 192. Dire Wolf - The Grateful Dead 193. Oklahoma Dust - The Notorious Cherry Bombs 194. Jerusalum Tomorrow - David Olney 195. Love Reunited - The Desert Rose Band 196. Bethlehem Steel - Grant Lee Buffalo 197. Moonshine - The North Mississippi Allstars 198. Broken Down Row - The Waco Brothers 199. My Front Pages - Arlo Guthrie 200. Rock This Town - The Stray Cats
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