I don't know many country songs but I was looking around and I came up with this list... maybe someone here might know if any of these have had a hit or not
this is Country/Alt
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Adams, Ryan@ (4)
Allen, Terry@ (3)
Backsliders@ (4)
Bacon Brothers, The@ (2)
Bad Livers@ (7)
BR5-49@ (3)
Coe, David Allan@ (2)
Earle, Steve@ (71)
Glenn, Teddy@ (2)
Gourds, The@ (4)
Harris, Emmylou@ (12)
Heard, Mark@ (3)
Jason and the Scorchers@ (4)
Kinleys, The@ (4)
Klein, Jeff@ (51)
Klein, Jess@ (7)
Knapp, Jennifer@ (10)
Lafave, Jimmy@ (10)
LaFave, Jimmy@ (10)
Merritt, Tift@ (4)
Poltz, Steve@ (9)
Richey, Kim@ (7)
Sixteen Horsepower@ (21)
Slobberbone@ (3)
Son Volt@ (1)
Southern Culture on the Skids@ (4)
Trouble With Sweeney, The@ (2)
Waco Brothers@ (11)
Walser, Don@ (3)
Whiskeytown@ (4)
I have ALL of Steve Poltz albums--don't you! :)
Songs like "Drown" or "Route" from Son Volt would work well for Chris as they are "rockin" type tunes. If he wanted to go softer, there are plenty of Son Volt songs to choose from as well "Windfall" and "Tear Stained Eye" are exquisitely written but not well known. Jay Farrar is a genius songwriter.
Speaking of which, that list excludes Uncle Tupelo and Wilco. Uncle Tupelo was founded by Jeff Tweedy and Jay Farrar who split the vocals. Farrar left ot form Son Volt and Tweedy founded Wilco. Wilco has received critical acclaim for their past few records. I just like Farrar and Son Volt a little more.
Also not on tat list are Drive By Truckers, Government Mule, and The Jayhawks to name just a few. Ryan Adams was the lead singer of Whiskeytown before he went solo. Another brilliant songwriter. If this type of "country" is allowed, there could be some great options for Taylor and Chris.