America's Music: The Roots of Country

Artist	Various Artists
Format	CD
Genre	Country
Label Name	Curb
Producer	Merle Haggard, Jim Lauderdale, Joe Stampley, Jimmy Bowen, Owen Bradley, Jerry Crutchfield, Mike Curb, Emory Gordy, Nelson Larkin, Michael Lloyd, Chris Farren, Jeffrey Steele, Wilbur C. Rimes, Chuck Howard
Release Date	1996 06 04
Run Time	39:23
Song List	1: Just Good Ol' Boys (2:45) 2: Today I Started Loving You Again (3:44) 3: The Pressure Is On (4:11) 4: Cattle Call (3:06) 5: Nothin' But Love (3:40) 6: Roots of Country (3:23) 7: Tennessee Waltz (2:44) 8: Mile Out of Memphis (3:39) 9: Lovesick Blues (2:18) 10: I Can Help (3:34) 11: Some Things Are Just Too Good to Last (3:36) 12: Oklahoma Hills (2:43)
Style.Categories	Americana, Urban Cowboy, Neo-Traditionalist Country, Alternative Country, New Traditionalist, Outlaw Country, Nashville Sound/Countrypolitan, Bakersfield Sound, Honky Tonk, Country-Folk, Folk-Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Rockabilly, Contemporary Country, Country-Pop, Country-Rock, Progressive Country, Traditional Country, Rock & Roll

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America's Music: The Roots of Country is an odd title, since there are only two songs song on the 12-song budget-priced collection -- Eddy Arnold's "Cattle Call," Patsy Cline's "Lovesick Blues" -- that was recorded before the '80s. In fact, it seems like the title refers to the roots of contemporary country, since the collection contains cuts by John Anderson ("Just Good Ol' Boys"), Jeff Carson ("Today I Started Loving You Again"), Waylon Jennings ("The Pressure Is On"), Patty Loveless ("Nothin' But Love"), Kathy Mattea ("Tennessee waltz"), T.G. Sheppard ("I Can Help"), Emmylou Harris ("Some Things Are Just Too Good to Last"), Toby Keith ("Oklahoma Hills") and Jeffrey Steele's theme song, "The Roots of Country." When taken as contemporary country collection, it's fairly entertaining, but it should never be seen as "the roots of country." ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide