See previous, but no singing, just masterful banjo and guitar work by Mr. Flatt & Scruggs, “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” Flatt & Scruggs, “Blue Ridge Cabin Home”Ĭlassic bluegrass from the legendary Earl Scruggs and the equally legendary Lester Flatt: “When I die won’t you bury me on the mountain/Far away near my Blueridge mountain home” LINKġ3. Yes, it’s a John Denver song, and when Toots sings it, he changes “West Virginia” to “West Jamaica,” which is actually the less mountainous part of Jamaica, well, one writer for Rolling Stone said it was like John Denver wrote this song for Toots to sing. Toots and the Maytals, “Country Roads” (cover) The song, and the album it appeared on, The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get, was Walsh’s breakthrough as a solo artist. The lawnmower rolled into his neighbor’s garden and destroyed it. The words to “Rocky Mountain Way” came to Joe Walsh when he was mowing his front yard in Colorado, and he walked away from the running lawnmower to write them down. (one of which is the biggest chunk of exposed rock in Colorado’s South Platte), Harry McClintock’s song is about hobo heaven – the big rock candy mountain. Harry McClintock, “Big Rock Candy Mountain”Īlthough there are a couple Big Rock Candy Mountains in the U.S.

Townes Van Zandt said he loved playing shows in Colorado, because he didn’t have to explain where Raton, New Mexico was (just across the border from Trinidad, on I-25). But because quite useful as a theme song at Dollywood. One of the most recognized Dolly Parton songs of all time, this one was actually not much of a hit for Parton. LINKĪctually about lamenting lost youth, and a club Neil Young used to visit as a teenager. Not traditional mountain music in any sense, this haunting Fleet Foxes track makes a single reference to the Blue Ridge Mountains, and will make images of wood nymphs appear in your head. LINKįYI, “Rocky Top” is actually not the University of Tennessee’s official fight song, but was adopted by the college’s band in 1972 and might as well be the official fight song in most folks’ minds.

Go ahead and attempt to not sing along with her on this track. Loretta Lynn was cool before she was friends with Jack White of the White Stripes. Of course, not everyone loves it, and that’s okay, but there’s not much denying that it’s probably the first to come to a lot of people’s minds when you say “mountain song.” LINKĢ. This song needs no introduction: famous for being famous, famous for its use in a Coors commercial, and famous for being voted Colorado’s second official state song in 2007.

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