So I decided...to boot-scoot and boogie.

Every once in a while you really need a truck. Moving has recently brought this to my attention. In order to move a washer and dryer to the new place I called in a favor to my 16-year-old-oh-my-god-he-can-drive little brother. Being from Eastern North Carolina he, naturally, drives a Chevrolet Z-71 Silverado. With the lift, giant tires and dual exhaust. Duh.

Who the hell cares, right? Me. For some weird reason I love driving that thing around; I can think of a myriad of explanations for this. Among the most popular are: 1) Napoleon complex – little girl needs a big truck and 2) you can take the girl out of Edgecombe County, but you can’t take the Edgecombe County out of the girl.

Now, none of this alone would be worth blogging about. However, I experience another phenomenon when I borrow trucks: I can only listen to country music when driving them. I really enjoyed my Michael Jackson music emersion and thought I’d do the same thing here. So, for your enjoyment, amusement or maybe even disgust, here (in no particular order) are 10 of my favorite country songs to listen to while driving around in a big truck like a pseudo-redneck:

1. “Boot Scootin’ Boogie” Brooks & Dunn
2. “Ain’t Goin’ Down (‘Til The Sun Comes Up)" Garth Brooks
3. "Chattahoochee" Alan Jackson
4. "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)" John Michael Montgomery
5. "Deeper Than the Holler" Randy Travis
6. "Forever and Ever" Randy Travis
7. "Fishin' in the Dark" Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
8. "The Race is On" Sawyer Brown
9. "Norma Jean Riley" Diamond Rio
10. "Song of the South" Alabama

These songs are only the tip of the iceberg; I left out music from some of the greats: George Straight, Reba McEntire, Clint Black, Travis Tritt, CDB, Dixie Chicks, Hank Jr., Dwight Yoakam, Alison Krauss and the list goes on and on and on (I included Randy Travis twice because I absolutely love him). Would it be totally cliché of me to say that "they just don’t make country music like they used to”? Yes, but it’s true. Now that I’ve traded with my brother and have my car again, it’s back to being a hipster-wannabe with Kings of Leon stuck in my head…