9. “Tennessee Whiskey” by Chris Stapleton

“Tennessee Whiskey” was released in 2015, and is Chris Stapleton’s debut. It is a cover of George Jones’ song, and was also a cover of the song by David Allan Coe. This song was brought into the world by a jam session while the band was waiting for sound checks to be completed, and the musicians got into a groove, and started singing “Tennessee Whiskey” over the top of the music.

This song gives me more of a blues vibe than a straight up country vibe. That being said, country music is derived from the blues. I like the bluesy vibe of this song, and it’s a pretty big contrast from most of the songs on the list.

Listen to “Tennessee Whisky” here.