By: Heather Quinlan

Strap in for a series about Heavy Metal songs c. 1984–1993…

By: Brian Berger

Charley Pride’s “Is Anybody Going to San Antone”?

By: Peter Doyle

Jerry Reed’s GUITAR MAN

By: Alex Brook Lynn

Bobby Bare’s “The Winner”

By: Alan Scherstuhl

Waylon Jennings’s “Good Hearted Woman”

By: Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Dick Curless’s “A Tombstone Every Mile”

By: Adam McGovern

Johnny Cash’s “The Man in Black”

By: Jada Watson

“Don’t Come Home A Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ On Your Mind”

By: Nadine Hubbs

Dolly Parton’s “Coat of Many Colors”

By: Charlie Mitchell

Stonewall Jackson’s I WASHED MY HANDS IN MUDDY WATER

By: Natalie Weiner

Dolly Parton’s IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS

By: Will Groff

Tanya Tucker’s DELTA DAWN

By: David Warner

The song itself flows like a river…

By: Douglas Wolk

The Byrds’ DRUG STORE TRUCK DRIVIN’ MAN

By: Erin Osmon

John Prine’s “Paradise”