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early 90s country

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Early 90s country represents the final era of traditional honky-tonk and western swing before the genre's pop crossover explosion. The sound features steel guitars, fiddles, and straightforward storytelling about working-class life, delivered with a rougher vocal edge than modern country. This period balanced radio-friendly production with authentic twang, creating accessible yet genuine country music rooted in Nashville tradition.

100 chronological releases

Place Cover Date Artist Album Tags Other places
66 Cover for If I Can Find a Clean Shirt 1974 Waylon Jennings If I Can Find a Clean Shirt
4 1989 Johnny Cash Boom Chicka Boom
98 Cover for Tell Me Why 1989 Jann Browne Tell Me Why
11 1990 Hank Williams Jr. Lone Wolf
55 1990 Shenandoah Extra Mile
60 Cover for I Fell In Love 1990 Carlene Carter I Fell In Love
63 1990 Doug Stone Doug Stone
67 Cover for Circles And Arrows 1990 Cheryl Wheeler Circles And Arrows
68 1990 Joe Diffie A Thousand Winding Roads
74 1990 Patty Loveless On Down The Line
78 1990 Mark Collie Hardin County Line
79 1990 Willie Nelson Born for Trouble
82 1990 George Jones You Oughta Be Here With Me
100 1990 Dan Seals On Arrival
49 1990-01-16 Ricky Van Shelton RVS III
39 1990-02 Waylon Jennings The Eagle
77 1990-04-17 Tanya Tucker Tennessee Woman
88 Cover for Lee Roy Parnell 1990-04 Lee Roy Parnell Lee Roy Parnell
58 1990-05-21 Alabama Pass It On Down
48 1990-06-18 Pirates Of The Mississippi Pirates Of The Mississippi
53 1990-08-13 Michael Martin Murphey Cowboy Songs
89 1990-08-21 Suzy Bogguss Moment Of Truth
62 1990-09-11 Randy Travis Heroes & Friends
14 1990-09-19 Mark Chesnutt Too Cold At Home
38 Cover for Put Yourself in My Shoes 1990-11-27 Clint Black Put Yourself in My Shoes
12 1991 Pam Tillis Put Yourself In My Place
32 Cover for What Do I Do With Me 1991 Tanya Tucker What Do I Do With Me
44 Cover for Electric Barnyard 1991 The Kentucky Headhunters Electric Barnyard
51 Cover for Backroads 1991 Ricky Van Shelton Backroads
84 Cover for The New Nashville Cats 1991 Mark O'Connor The New Nashville Cats
87 1991 Ricky Skaggs My Father's Son
90 1991 Kenny Rogers Back Home Again
95 1991 George Jones And Along Came Jones
99 1991 Highway 101 Bing Bang Boom
93 1991-01-19 Paul Overstreet Heroes
76 1991-03-19 Kathy Mattea Time Passes By
28 1991-03 Dolly Parton Eagle When She Flies
6 1991-05-07 Hal Ketchum Past the Point of Rescue
3 1991-05-28 Travis Tritt It's All About To Change
56 Cover for Western Underground 1991-07-30 Chris LeDoux Western Underground
37 1991-08-13 Doug Stone I Thought It Was You
20 1991-08-19 Suzy Bogguss Aces
13 Cover for High Lonesome 1991-08-23 Randy Travis High Lonesome
22 1991-08-27 Collin Raye All I Can Be
81 1991-09-03 Patty Loveless Up Against My Heart
64 1991-09-10 Keith Whitley Kentucky Bluebird
45 1991-09-24 Billy Dean Billy Dean
52 1991-10-08 Sammy Kershaw Don't Go Near The Water
34 1991-11-21 Tracy Lawrence Sticks And Stones
7 1992 Confederate Railroad Confederate Railroad
24 1992 Radney Foster Del Rio, Tx 1959
40 1992 Aaron Tippin Read Between the Lines
75 1992 Kathy Mattea Lonesome Standard Time
94 Cover for Songs Of The Trail 1992 Don Edwards Songs Of The Trail
97 1992 Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed Sneakin' Around
15 1992-01-06 Sawyer Brown The Dirt Road
80 1992-01-14 Joe Diffie Regular Joe
36 1992-03-03 Little Texas First Time for Everything
8 1992-03-31 Mark Chesnutt Longnecks & Short Stories
35 1992-03-31 Wynonna Wynonna
50 Cover for Holding My Own 1992-04-21 George Strait Holding My Own
47 1992-04 Lee Roy Parnell Love Without Mercy
59 1992-05-12 The Mavericks From Hell To Paradise
91 1992-05-22 Michelle Wright Now & Then
25 1992-07-20 Chris LeDoux Whatcha Gonna Do With A Cowboy
23 1992-08-11 Doug Stone From the Heart
70 1992-08-11 Waylon Jennings Too Dumb For New York City, Too Ugly For L.A.
46 1992-08-25 Collin Raye In This Life
73 1992-08-25 Sawyer Brown Cafe on the Corner
5 1992-08 Alabama American Pride
2 1992-09-01 Vince Gill I Still Believe In You
85 1992-09-22 Hal Ketchum Sure Love
30 1992-09-28 Tanya Tucker Can't Run From Yourself
57 1992-09-28 Suzy Bogguss Voices In The Wind
41 1992-09-29 Pam Tillis Homeward Looking Angel
26 1992-10-09 Restless Heart Big Iron Horses
42 1992-10-13 John Michael Montgomery Life's a Dance
18 1992-10-27 George Jones Walls Can Fall
54 1992-10-27 Diamond Rio Close To The Edge
29 1992-12-15 Reba McEntire It's Your Call
9 1993 Mark Chesnutt Almost Goodbye
31 Cover for Heroes 1993 Mark O'Connor Heroes
33 1993 Don Edwards Goin' Back to Texas
65 1993 Billy Dean Fire In The Dark
69 1993 Doug Supernaw Red and Rio Grande
72 1993 Mark Collie Mark Collie
83 1993 Doug Stone More Love
92 1993 Michael Martin Murphey Cowboy Songs III
96 1993 Kenny Rogers If Only My Heart Had a Voice
10 1993-03-16 Tracy Lawrence Alibis
21 1993-03-19 Willie Nelson Across The Borderline
16 1993-04-20 Patty Loveless Only What I Feel
17 1993-04-20 Joe Diffie Honky Tonk Attitude
43 1993-04-20 Tim McGraw Tim McGraw
61 1993-04-27 Tracy Byrd Tracy Byrd
1 1993-05-11 Little Texas Big Time
27 1993-06-22 Carlene Carter Little Love Letters
19 1993-08-03 Clay Walker Clay Walker
86 1993-08-03 Brother Phelps Let Go
71 1993-10 Lee Roy Parnell On The Road