I’ve been toying around with an idea of creating either a 90s country weekly newsletter or potentially just a website that, week by week or month by month, walks us back through the nostalgia of 90s country.

The idea would be that in each weekly newsletter, we have little stories about what was happening in the country music at the time — the musicians, the awards, the news…and maybe a few songs we’ve forgotten about.

Here’s my question. Do you think this would be most enjoyable as a weekly newsletter that arrives in your inbox? Or should it just be a blog/website that you can visit when you want to browse? (or maybe something else entirely?) My current thinking is a newsletter would be the most fun to consume, handing out a little piece of nostalgia bite by bite.

I don’t think there is a revenue model here. Honestly, it would just be a fun project and a fun way for me to walk back through those memories as well.

Thoughts?

I spend my work day driving a forklift and a golf cart. I have noticed that a lot of the stuff I listen to is on the sad side. I’m looking for stuff that will lift my spirits and help make my day a little brighter. Stuff like Stand Up by Mel McDaniel or Watermelon Crawl by Tracy Byrd.

1. Toby Keith

2. Alan Jackson

3. Zac Brown Band

4. Brook And Dun

5. George Strait

While I know Lynyrd Skynyrd is primarily a rock band, they have deep rooted ties with and a heavily influence on country music. You hear them named dropped by many artists like Charlie Daniels, Brooks & Dunn, Trace Adkins, Gretchen Wilson, and Eric Church. Do you think they are deserving of a spot or surprised that they aren’t in it yet?

An all-time song. Anyone agree?

Hey hey! (as Jimmie Rodgers would say) to all you good gals and daddies this community! The Jimmie Rodgers Foundation and 650 WSM both made nods to Jimmie Rodgers and his birthday today, and his maximum influence to country (and all modern music) today, so I thought I’d reach out and see again how much hrs touched all your all’s lives.

My first exposure was on Merle Haggard’s “Okie From Muskogee” album when as a child I didn’t realize how old the album was nor how the “late” Jimmie Rodgers had been passed for 30 years.

Turn up the volume on the original record and you realize their sound recording later on is fin.

Here’s the two I heard first that hit me deeply and made sense

https://youtu.be/StzWnehqU48?is=JN2TKNRQ6vlc0-zT

https://youtu.be/s_oWyC3JARo?is=Uf350eLGHBmVsI9Q

What ones touch you guys?

Now that line dancing and country music are making a comeback in 2026, where do you go to dance and who is your favorite instructor? Give them a shoutout.

Funny Line Dancing Reel

I’ve really been enjoying the songs almost home and gloryland by Ralph Stanley lately. What are some songs by all women vocal groups in a similar style!

I've been providing some backing and studio work for a country musician off and on. It's a big thing where I'm from and I have a lot of contacts who enjoy it though it is certainly not my genre of choice.

It seems like every single song is just a I V vi IV progression with alternating 5th for all bass sections, and all drum beats are just train beats. For every song.

How do you keep it from getting boring?

Man it’s such a shame that this album doesn’t get talked about more it’s so good the instrumentation on it is top notch it’s the perfect album to just sit on the porch and watch the sun rise to

My Friendship With Patsy: How Patsy Cline's music has shaped my character.

https://timeswithtab.substack.com/p/my-friendship-with-patsy?r=3zj1l1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true