New Traditional Music: Album, Track and Artist Charts

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Description of New Traditional

As album sales slumped in the wake of the Urban Cowboy debacle of the early 1980s, Nashville record companies frantically searched for new inspiration. They found it in a spare, back-to-basics, Neo-Traditionalist sound that was the polar opposite of the glitzy showmanship of Kenny Rogers and Ronnie Milsap. Leading the charge of New Traditionalism was Texas cowboy George Strait, with sturdy songs like "Unwound" and "Amarillo by Morning." Country fans were thrilled with his Honky-Tonk sound, as they were with the music of John Anderson and bluegrass picker Ricky Skaggs. By the mid-'80s, a whole new crop of artists had arrived -- the Judds, Randy Travis, Steve Earle and Dwight Yoakam among them -- who further revitalized the stagnant industry. The rootsy tunes of these artists did much to influence future superstar singers like Clint Black and Garth Brooks, whose glitzy appeal is merged with traditional elements.

New Traditional Key Tracks

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Play/Add	Track	Artist
	1. It's A Great Day To Be Alive	Travis Tritt
	2. Wine, Women & Song	Patty Loveless
	3. Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses)	Dwight Yoakam
	4. Except For Monday	Lorrie Morgan
	5. Outbound Plane	Suzy Bogguss
	6. Maybe It Was Memphis	Pam Tillis
	7. Behind Closed Doors	Joe Diffie
	8. Get Down On Your Knees And Pray	Marty Stuart
	9. Hotel Whiskey (with Clint Black)	Hank Williams, Jr.
	10. One More Day	Diamond Rio
	11. I'm Tryin'	Trace Adkins
	12. Girls Lie Too	Terri Clark
	13. Some Things Never Change (with Garth Brooks)	Chris LeDoux

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New Traditional Key Artists

Alan Jackson

Throughout his incredibly
successful career, Jackson
has tried to maintain a pure
fiddle and steel guitar
sound. Before Alan Jacks...

Clint Black

Clint Black sings new
traditional twang. He was
one of the first credited to
have revived the old
honky-tonk soul of count...

Darryl Worley

Darryl Worley puts the
"traditional" back in new
traditional country music.
His earthy songs are
marinated in warm old ton...

Dwight Yoakam

For folks who think country
music has nothing to offer,
Dwight Yoakam renders an
authentic Bakersfield
Honky-Tonk sound. Thou...

Garth Brooks

The most stunning success
story of the early-Nineties
contemporary country
music boom was that of
Garth Brooks. Blending ro...

Gary Allan

Allan's twang is dressed up
with old school
honky-tonk. His songs are
fueled by a strong and
tuneful tenor. Gary Allan...

George Strait

He has remained successful
through sweeping changes
that have beset country
music, playing primarily in a
traditional style. Supersta...

Joe Diffie

Joe Diffie is a new
traditional country
singer/songwriter who pens
and performs toneful and
twangy workingman's ant...

Lee Roy Parnell

Abilene, Tex., Americana
virtuoso can run from Blues
Rock to the more twangy
stuff without a hint of
affectation.

Mark Chesnutt

Mark Chesnutt's new
traditional country songs
echo some of the more
timeless twang created by
Merle Haggard and Georg...

Martina McBride

Martina McBride sings
catchy, radio friendly
traditional inspired country
pop. Her versatile voice can
both woo and rock. McBri...

Pam Tillis

At age eight, Pam Tillis was
playing piano. By 12, she
picked up the guitar and
was playing in local talent
shows. As a teen Pam Tilli...

Patty Loveless

Loveless possesses a pure,
hard country voice and a
tough honky-tonk
sensibility. Like Loretta
Lynne, one of her main in...

Radney Foster

Radney Foster was one half
of 1980s hitmakers Foster &
Lloyd. In 1991 he branched
out to hit country rock
paydirt on his own. Foste...

Randy Travis

Randy Travis combines a
smooth honky-tonk
baritone with self-penned
songs exuding lyrical depth
and exceptional musician...

Rodney Crowell

Crowell's honky-tonk
tinged tunes contributed to
the rise in popularity of
new traditional country
music in the mid-1980s. In...

Sammy Kershaw

Sammy Kershaw started the
'90s as one of the best
modern country rockers,
with a singing voice
influenced by George Jon...

Tim McGraw

Tim McGraw mostly blends
roadhouse honky-tonk with
country rock to make gritty
country songs, but he also
sings ballads. He is the so...

Toby Keith

Toby Keith plays
chart-topping new
traditional country music
with hot Telecaster tones
and engaging song arrang...

Tracy Byrd

Excellent recordings and
not sacrificing his grassroots
image have made Tracy
Byrd a favorite among
country enthusiasts. Trac...

Travis Tritt

New traditional country
music star Travis Tritt cut
his teeth playing country
and rock in his native home
of Georgia. When he was...

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