| Song | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| Mama Tried | Merle Haggard | Mama Tried |
| Daddy, What’s a Train? | Utah Philips | Good Though |
| Railroad Lady | Willie Nelson | Railroad Lady |
| Cold, Cold, Cold | The Handsome Family | Twilight |
| Folded Flag | Sunday Valley | Sunday Valley |
| Pie In the Sky | Utah Philips | Fellow Workers |
| Mercedes Benz | Janis Joplin | Pearl |
| 16 Tons | Tennessee Ernie Ford | Joe Strummer’s Jukebox |
| The Ballad of Ira Hayes | Johnny Cash | The Essential Johnny Cash |
| What It Means | Drive-By Truckers | What It Means |
| Borderline | Slaid Cleaves | Whishbone |
| Voices | Sturgil Simpson | Metamodern Sounds in Country Music |
| Satie | Daniel Lanois | Goodbye To Language |
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