PART TWO OF TWO: 2020 has been an awful year for everybody. But for country music, this year seems to have been especially devastating. I can't remember a year where so many country icons have been taken - it seems like we've barely had the time to mourn the passing of one country star when another one has passed. It's been utterly exhausting for me to wrap my head around, personally. But the loss of Charley Pride in December of 2020 was different. Pride was a giant of the genre, no doubt about it, and all his trailblazing aside, Pride's buttery vocal and most of his catalogue fit our format down to a T here at "If That Ain't Country". His was a big loss indeed. And so, I thought it fitting to re-release an archival episode of the show which originally aired in February of 2019. Bear with my presenting style if you can (we're always learning, but even more so back then haha): the music enclosed on "From Me To You" is typically excellent. An icon remembered this week on the show - I hope you and yours are staying safe! And despite it all, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! - WR

HOUR 1:

1. Charley Pride – That’s The Only Way Life’s Good To Me (1970)
2. Johnny Stills - Run, Run, Run (70s)
3. Ken Mellons – Jukebox Junkie (1994)
4. YOUTUBE REFLECTIONS: Conway Twitty – Fifteen Years Ago (1970)
5. Roy Drusky – Anymore (1965)
6. Jack Guthrie – Oklahoma Hills (1945)
7. Lee Guthrie – Honky Tonk Music (And Barroom Time) (70s)
8. Billy Walker – Detour (2003)
9. Charley Pride – Today Is Not Tomorrow (1970)
10. Charley Pride – Wonder Could I Live There Anymore (1970)
11. Myra Rolen – Yours To Hurt Tomorrow (2015)
12. George Highfill & Katy Moffatt – Nickles & Dimes (1987)
13. Johnny Horton – All For The Love Of A Girl (1959)
14. George Jones – He Stopped Loving Her Today (1980)
 
HOUR 2: 

1. Joshua Hedley – Weird Thought Thinker (2018)
2. AUSSIE INJECTION: Al Hunter – Country Music (1987)
3. AUSSIE INJECTION: Al Hunter – Neon Cowboy (1987)
4. Justin Tubb – I’m Just Fool Enough (1956)
5. Freddie Hart – Human Rat Race (1972)
6. Charley Pride – Fifteen Years Ago (1970)
7. Charley Pride – Piroque Joe (1970)
8. Jesseca James – My First Country Song (1977)
9. COUNTRY COVERS: Ricky Traywick – Peace In The Valley (2006)
10. COUNTRY COVERS: Randy Travis – Mama Tried (1997)
11. COUNTRY COVERS: Buck Owens – I’ll Catch You When You Fall (1961)
12. SHOT OF STEEL: Johnny Shackleford – Today I Started Loving You Again (1976)
13. Charley Pride – Was It All Worth Losing You (1970)
14. Moe Bandy & Joe Stampley – Where’s The Dress (1984)
 
HOUR 3: If That Ain’t Country’s Year In Country Music – 2007

1. Porter Wagoner – Albert Erving
2. Jake Hooker – I’m Gonna Act Right
3. The Seldom Scene – This Morning At Nine
4. Jack Cooke – Sugar Coated Love (2006)
5. Gene Watson – This Side Of The Door 
6. Bobby Flores – Country Girl
7. Asleep At The Wheel – Am I Right (Or Amarillo)
8. Daryle Singletary – Some Broken Hearts Never Mend
9. George Strait & Patty Loveless – House Of Cash
10. Dale Watson – Justice For All
11. Jerry Webb – Wrong From The Ring
12. Carolyn Martin – Cheatin’ On Your Baby
13. Josh Turner – One Woman Man
14. Todd Fritsch & Gary P. Nunn – Every Honky Tonkin’ Hero (Has His Day)