"Car Wheels on a Gravel Road"

 This is Lucinda Williams's "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road".

Sad?  Melancholy? Nostalgic?

Yes

"Simple Man"

 

Government Mule, with former Allman Brothers guitarist Warren Haynes, covers the Lynyrd Skynyrd masterpiece, "Simple Man."

songwriting in Nashville

 Tom Snider --- quirky, funny, irreverent.  With something to say about the music business...

Wild Flowers

 The Wailin' Jennys, with their beautiful harmonies, perform Tom Petty's "Wild Flowers"...

Jessie Buckley

 Emmylou Harris wrote "Boulder to Birmingham," but I found Jessie Buckley's rendition, performed on a late night TV show with the accompaniment of one guitarist, to be very compelling.

Eric Church and Lizzy Hale

 I mean, why say it when you can scream it?

 

 

Jason Isbell

 Bob Dylan called him 'a guitar god.'  Jason Isbell is certainly one of today's great guitarists, and a tremendous songwriter.  This video is part of a live show at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.  It contains two songs: "24 Frames" and "King of Oklahoma."  The guitars on King of Oklahoma -- among my favorite performances.