Admit it, you get a little choked up when you hear a song that is about or mentions where you live or hold your heart. I have a compiled a list of my favorite songs about Kentucky in no particular order.
Old King Coal – Sturgill Simpson
Blackie, Kentucky – Dolly Parton
Long Hard Road – Tyler Childers
You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive – Patty Loveless
Kentucky Woman – Neil Diamond
Kentucky Rain – Elvis Presley
Kentucky Moonshine – Pure Prairie League
Nashville to Kentucky – My Morning Jacket
Bourbon in Kentucky – Dierks Bentley
Blue Moon of Kentucky – Emmylou Harris
Kentucky Bourbon – Murder By Death
Kentucky Avenue – Tom Waits
Coal Miner’s Daughter – Loretta Lynn
Mountain Parkway – Sundy Best
Kentucky Mandolin – Yonder Mountain String Band
Paradise – John Prine
Blue Moon of Kentucky – Bill Monroe
Moonshiner – Bob Dylan