Country music started genre-life out as something different. Searching for a term more palatable than simply ‘folk’ or, more so, ‘hillbilly’, or ‘western’ music, music industry marketing found the term ‘country’ or ‘country and western’ a much smoother alternative. It softened the fiddle and accordion sounds and, at the same time, tempered the fears of human de-evolution through cultural disappropriation. Although what passes for country music today is more a caricature of itself, the Golden Age of country, running through the decades of the fifties, sixties and the early seventies built a solid foundation with some of the great songwriters and performers that weren’t from the big east and west coast hubs. And their music would often be heard ‘peeking through’ the pop charts in a big way, reinforcing the notion that it was, and always had been, a common cultural denominator. Our show this week features some of the very greatest of the latter. Join us!

No.	Artist	Title	Album	BuyEddy Arnold	The Cattle Call (1)	Eddy's Song: The Cattle Call	Hank Williams	Why Don't You Love Me	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 11	Hank Snow	I'm Moving On	The Essential Hank Snow	Hank Thompson	The Wild Side Of Life	30 Years Of No.1 Country Hits 1/4	Hank Williams	Your Cheatin' Heart	24 Greatest	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Sixteen Tons	Classic Country	Johnny Cash	I Walk The Line	Classic Country	Marty Robbins	Singing the Blues	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 8	Jimmie Rodgers	Kisses Sweeter Than Wine	Heatin' Up	Marty Robbins	A White Sport Coat (And a Pink Carnation)	A Lifetime of Song (1951-1982)	Patsy Cline	Walkin' After Midnight	Country Legends	Ferlin Husky	Gone	Ferlin Husky Singles	Don Gibson	Oh Lonesome Me	A Legend In My Time	Jim Reeves	He'll Have To Go	Classic Country	Johnny Horton	The Battle Of New Orleans	Classic Country	Marty Robbins	El Paso	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.	Patsy Cline	Crazy	Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 1]	Wanda Jackson	Right or Wrong	Golden Age of Country Volume 6: Hillbilly Heaven	Skeeter Davis	The End of the World	Red, White & Rock Disc 2	Johnny Cash	Ring Of Fire	Columbia Country Classics – Volume 4: The Nashville Sound	Roger Miller	King Of The Road	Classic Country	Jeannie C. Riley	Harper Valley P.T.A.	Superstars of Country Easy Loving [Disc 2]	Jerry Reed	Amos Moses	The Essential Jerry Reed	Glen Campbell	Galveston	Greatest Hits	Tammy Wynette	Stand By Your Man	Columbia Country Classics – Volume 4: The Nashville Sound	Loretta Lynn	Coal Miner's Daughter	Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer	John Denver	Take Me Home, Country Roads	70s Music Explosion – Miracles	John Denver	Rocky Mountain High	Singers And Songwriters 1972-1973 [Disc 1]	Charlie Rich	The Most Beautiful Girl	Feel Like Going Home: The Essential Charlie Rich	Charlie Rich	Behind Closed Doors	Country: The American Tradition [Disc 2]	Johnny Cash	One Piece at a Time	16 Biggest Hits	Waylon Jennings	Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)	Classic Country 1975 – 1979	The Oak Ridge Boys	Elvira	The Best Of Classic Country 80's	Willie Nelson	On The Road Again	Superstars of Country Easy Loving [Disc 2]