Johnny Cash-man in black
Dolly Parton- just because I’m a woman and 9-5
Loretta Lynn -the Pill
Garth Brooks-We Shall Be Free
Jeannie Riley-Harper Valley PTA
Tennessee Erie Ford- Sixteen Tons
Waylon Jennings-America
John Prine- entire discography
Mary Chapin Carpenter-same https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1319138922136543232

Merle Haggard-Okie from Muskogee was actually fucking satire and Blame it on the News
Tammy Wynette- Two Story House
Lyle Lovett- Church
Kris Kristofferson-Blame it on the Stones

Merle Haggard- The Immigrant
Gene Autry -the death of mother jones
Woodie Guthrie- every word he wrote

Nanci Griffith-trouble in the fields and hard life wherever you go
Uncle Dave Mason-We are up against it
Steve Earle-devil’s right hand. And every other song he wrote
Johnny Paycheck- take this job and shove it
Emmylou Harris- Red Dirt Girl and Abraham, Martin and John

Johnny Cash- San Quentin
Reba McEntire- Bobby
Ray Wylie Hubbard-Conversations with the devil
Hank Wilson-Ballad for a Soldier
Tom T Hall- I washed my face in the morning dew
(I didn’t mean to do this all night but I can)

People keep listing newer country singers and I’m aware of Jason Isbell and Tyler Childers I promise. It’s not the damn point. Country’s always has good songwriters writing protest music and socialist messages, the fucking radio’s owned by rich pieces of shit who don’t play them

Richard Shindell- Fishing
Roy Clark-Right or Left at Oak Street
Tom T Hall- Week in county jail
Willie motherfucking Nelson- Peace on Earth
Dolly Parton-coat of many colors and hobos meditation
Did i list Johnny Cash San Quentin.
John Prine-Jesus the missing years

I’m also aware of the chicks. Thank you. The point is, it’s not a new thing. Thank you for missing that as usual.
Willie Nelson-Heartland
John Conlee- Common Man
Vassar Clements-White House Blues
Bellamy Brothers-Kids of the Baby Boom (literally about boomers)

Iris Demint- living in the wasteland of the free
Nitty gritty dirt band-working band
Steve Earle-devil’s right hand
Pete Seeger- all of it
Loretta Lynn’s Coal Miner’s Daughter belongs here