{"id":19496,"date":"2020-12-30T19:01:11","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T00:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/?p=19496"},"modified":"2020-12-30T17:09:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T22:09:58","slug":"2020-as-told-through-country-music-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2020\/12\/2020-as-told-through-country-music-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 As Told Through Country Music Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s one way to do a 2020 Year-In-Review.<\/p>\n<p>WhiskeyRiff.com matched each month with a country song that summarized our mood and\/or feeling at the time.<\/p>\n<p>January: &#8220;Here For The Party&#8221;, Gretchen Wilson. A party to start a new year and a new decade. Oh, how our hopes were high.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_KlsG_x2E9E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>February: &#8220;Wish I Didn&#8217;t Know Now&#8221;, Toby Keith. We were still cruising along with concerts, award shows, and the Super Bowl, but . . . as Toby says, &#8220;I wish I didn&#8217;t know now what I didn&#8217;t know then.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FeBGuLK5Pgc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>March: &#8220;I Saw a Tiger&#8221;, Joe Exotic. The terrible COVID-19 tiger arrived, and as we all locked down, at least we agreed on one thing: Carole Baskin killed her husband.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WB6wYVCEY3w\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>April: &#8220;I Hate Everything&#8221;, George Strait. By now it&#8217;s clear the pandemic has us in a chokehold. Everything that&#8217;s fun is cancelled, and to top it off, the disease takes Joe Diffie and John Prine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X7WA8Z3gbdo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>May: &#8220;Six Feet Apart&#8221;, Luke Combs. Social distancing had us watching Livestream concerts until we got bored. Exactly how long WILL we have to stay six feet apart?<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6d9XjnV2iKA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>June: &#8220;Black Like Me&#8221;, Mickey Guyton. The tragedy of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor was another punch to the gut . . . and nobody in the country music community spoke more powerfully than Mickey Guyton.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BeAhhS1Ql4s\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>July: &#8220;Mr. Mom&#8221;, Lonestar. No school, no family vacations, and parents stuck working from home. More dads than ever find themselves being &#8220;Mr. Mom&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CLSsIXPzVO0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>August: &#8220;I Think I&#8217;ll Just Stay Here and Drink&#8221;, Merle Haggard. Was Summer 2020 a complete waste? At this point, there&#8217;s nothing to do but just stay here and drink.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CYXOliWGLMQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>September: &#8220;The Boys of Fall&#8221;, Kenny Chesney. Will football happen? Maybe. Then again, maybe not. Hey, whatever form it takes, we&#8217;re in.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GEc1m-r_0gM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>October: &#8220;I Will Always Love You&#8221;, Dolly Parton. This is US loving Dolly for . . . asking &#8220;Playboy&#8221; to help celebrate her 75th birthday, for bringing Stephen Colbert to tears with just her voice, and for donating $1 million to help get us a vaccine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lKsQR72HY0s\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>November: &#8220;The Snake&#8221;, Eric Church. Oh yeah, that election. Voters went to the polls to choose between . . . a rattlesnake or a copperhead?<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VJCpTPYuy1E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>December: &#8220;If We Make It Through December&#8221;, Merle Haggard. Let&#8217;s see . . . We&#8217;ve been through social distancing, mask debates, protests, no concerts, no restaurants, lives lost, and a brutal election cycle. 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