He might appreciate the musical wizardry of Hayseed Dixie who do classic rock covers ala bluegrass. There's also a whole series of "pickin' on" albums of similar bluegrass versions of non bluegrass music.
Kinky Friedman has some great novelty songs that are country but accessible.
29 minutes to go by Cash or Silverstein might do it.
Mojo Nixon might go over well.
Willie Nelson's Whiskey River or I gotta Get Drunk might be rock-esque enough
But the real one is Steve Goodman's 'you never even call me by my name' Go for the live version off of 'no big surprise' as opposed to the album or David Allen Coe or John Prine versions. The live version has the best final verse.
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Date: 2005-11-02 06:02 pm (UTC)Kinky Friedman has some great novelty songs that are country but accessible.
29 minutes to go by Cash or Silverstein might do it.
Mojo Nixon might go over well.
Willie Nelson's Whiskey River or I gotta Get Drunk might be rock-esque enough
But the real one is Steve Goodman's 'you never even call me by my name' Go for the live version off of 'no big surprise' as opposed to the album or David Allen Coe or John Prine versions. The live version has the best final verse.