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Created with FreeYourMusic.com where you can transfer playlists to Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and others

Created with FreeYourMusic.com where you can transfer playlists to Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and others

Created with FreeYourMusic.com where you can transfer playlists to Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and others

Created with FreeYourMusic.com where you can transfer playlists to Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and others

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A good country song might illuminate your pain, but a great one can make you laugh at it. From yarns to puns to old-fashioned punch lines that twist the predictable into something delightful and new, the tracks here stand as proof of not only how funny country music can be, but how directly its sense of humor stems from its humility and hardship—the laughs you laugh when you don’t have anything else. So sit back and let yourself be healed. Our editors update picks here regularly, so if you hear something you like, add it to your library.

The Rock-Ola Model A jukebox was introduced in 1935. In the years since, country music has reinvented itself again and again, but no matter what changes, its singers have remained enthralled with the almost mystical power of the device: its ability to say the words you want to say and play the song you want to hear—or, in some cases, the one you don’t. Moe Bandy may have said it best: “So many disappointments, that’s what makes the jukebox play.” This playlist is loaded with honky-tonk stars like Bandy, such as Johnny Paycheck, packing all the drama of a full dime novel into a three-minute song, and George Jones, singing with a voice that could cut through the din of even the most crowded bar. Cue up some country classics, hear the steel guitar wail, and let the good—or bad—times roll.

To be sure: Modern country is a beautiful thing, and what a joy it is to watch country music grow and change. But sometimes it’s nice to take things back to when the hats were big and the sound was simple and the belt buckles shone like hubcaps. Leaning on that classic ’90s sound, and the music of today that nods to it, this playlist captures the honky-tonk spirit of one of its most vibrant periods—not to mention one of the last moments in country before it started routinely crossing over with pop. Our editors update picks now and then, so if you hear something you like, add it to your library.

Country has been a narrative art form since it was founded on hymns and cowboy ballads. The tracks here aren’t that old, but they represent a continuation of the kind of storytelling that has made country a comfort and teacher to anyone willing to listen. Pull up a chair. Our editors update these songs now and then, so if you hear something you like, add it to your library.

“Hey Siri, play the A Day in Nashville playlist.”

“Hey Siri, play the Line Dancing playlist.”

McGraw's music follows an effective recipe, combining the storytelling lyricism of '70s and '80s country with a sound that draws heavily on rock from the same period. Merle Haggard's "That's the Way Love Goes" anticipates the tender yet matter-of-fact approach McGraw often takes in his own love songs. Steve Miller's "The Joker" gives off the loose, relaxed vibe that resurfaces in many McGraw hits.