The Roots Music Report's
Top Traditional Bluegrass Song Chart
for the Year of 2016
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Traveling Show | Songs From The Road Band |
| 2 | I'm Leaving You and Ft Worth Too | Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out |
| 3 | Change Her Mind | Dave Adkins |
| 4 | Come Back Train | Trinity River Band |
| 5 | Aim High | Steve Gulley |
| 6 | The Train That Carried My Girl from Town | The Earls of Leicester |
| 7 | Had It Not Been for the Train | Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out |
| 8 | Laurie | Chris Jones & the Night Drivers |
| 9 | The New York Trains | Del McCoury Band |
| 10 | Around the Corner | Terry Baucom |
| 11 | Tonight I'm Gonna Ride | Chris Jones & the Night Drivers |
| 12 | Cottontown | Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out |
| 13 | Hallelujah | Blue Highway |
| 14 | You Know That I Would | Kenny & Amanda Smith |
| 15 | Look What I've Done to Me | Alan Bibey & Grasstowne |
| 16 | The Girl I Love Don’t Pay Me No Mind | The Earls of Leicester |
| 17 | Living the Dream | The Spinney Brothers |
| 18 | Brown County Red | Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out |
| 19 | The Rock | Terry Baucom |
| 20 | Sold | Dave Adkins |
| 21 | Makes Me Wonder if I Ever Said Goodbye | Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out |
| 22 | Bitter Wind | The Spinney Brothers |
| 23 | The Bluefield West Virginia Blues | Big Country Bluegrass |
| 24 | Steel Guitar Blues | The Earls of Leicester |
| 25 | Californy Gold | Del McCoury Band |
| 26 | Blue Collar Dreams | Balsam Range |
| 27 | Dear John | Adam Steffey |
| 28 | Sweetheart of the Mountains | Mark Kuykendall & Bobby Hicks |
| 29 | Runnin' Water | Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road |
| 30 | What You Wanted | Blue Highway |
| 31 | You Let Me Down | Alan Bibey & Grasstowne |
| 32 | All Dressed Up | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 33 | Are You Homesick in Carolina | The Po' Ramblin' Boys |
| 34 | Right Beside You | Jeff White |
| 35 | She's a Taker | Steve Gulley |
| 36 | The Boy from Valdese | Buddy Melton & Milan Miller |
| 37 | Every Pilgrim Needs a Highway | Kenny & Amanda Smith |
| 38 | Yesterday's Gone | Larry Stephenson Band |
| 39 | Great Waterton | Kristin Scott Benson |
| 40 | A Long Row to Hoe | Blue Highway |
| 41 | Love Bring You Home | Steve Gulley |
| 42 | Nail My Shoes to the Floor | Larry Stephenson Band |
| 43 | Mother Prays Loud in Her Sleep | The Earls of Leicester |
| 44 | Travelin' This Lonesome Road | Jeff White |
| 45 | Carry Me Across the Mountain | Jeff White |
| 46 | She's Gone, Gone, Gone | Rickey Wasson |
| 47 | Blue River | Big Country Bluegrass |
| 48 | Just Ain’t | The Earls of Leicester |
| 49 | When the Sun of Life Goes Down | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 50 | All I Want is You | The Earls of Leicester |
| 51 | Can't Stop the Rain | Alan Bibey & Grasstowne |
| 52 | One Night in Paducah | Chris Jones & the Night Drivers |
| 53 | Walking in My Sleep (feat. Tatiana Hargreaves, Andrew Conklin, Tom Rozum & Patrick Sauber) | Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands |
| 54 | Farewell Blues | Kristin Scott Benson |
| 55 | Wrong Wrong Wrong | Pam Gadd |
| 56 | Are You Tired of Me My Darling | Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out |
| 57 | On the Road Forever | Chris Burton |
| 58 | Deep into the Heart | Jake and Rebekah Workman Band |
| 59 | Big Mon | Jake and Rebekah Workman Band |
| 60 | This Kind of Life | Sideline |
| 61 | Don’t Weep for Me | Blue Highway |
| 62 | I Know What It Means to Be Lonesome | Rice & Menzone Alliance |
| 63 | I Know What I Know | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 64 | Bowties Are Cool | Chris Jones & the Night Drivers |
| 65 | I Can't Go on This Way | The Po' Ramblin' Boys |
| 66 | We Can Sing | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 67 | Uptown Blues | Travers Chandler |
| 68 | He's Everywhere | Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver |
| 69 | Adeline | Buddy Melton & Milan Miller |
| 70 | Don't Act | Rhonda Vincent |
| 71 | You Can Share My Blanket | Rickey Wasson |
| 72 | I Fell in Love | Del McCoury Band |
| 73 | Cutting the Chords | Rice & Menzone Alliance |
| 74 | Train on the Island (feat. Tatiana Hargreaves, Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber & Andrew Conklin) | Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands |
| 75 | Burden Bearer | Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver |
| 76 | Bitterweeds | Larry Sparks |
| 77 | Cowboy Jim (feat. Tom Rozum, Andrew Conklin, Patrick Sauber & Tatiana Hargreaves) | Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands |
| 78 | Lonesome Highway | Rice & Menzone Alliance |
| 79 | Sacred Memories (feat. Ricky Skaggs & Sharon White Skaggs) | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 80 | I Got Mexico | Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road |
| 81 | Cry, Baby Cry | Alan Bibey & Grasstowne |
| 82 | I’ll Go Stepping Too | The Earls of Leicester |
| 83 | Back to the Mountains | The Po' Ramblin' Boys |
| 84 | Wolves Howling | Hackensaw Boys |
| 85 | Will You Be Satisfied That Way | Larry Sparks |
| 86 | Country Livin' | Big Country Bluegrass |
| 87 | Little Fellow | Del McCoury Band |
| 88 | Token of Love | Songs From The Road Band |
| 89 | Seminole Wind | Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road |
| 90 | My Portion and My Cup | Chris Jones & the Night Drivers |
| 91 | Jesus Rescued My Soul | Mark Kuykendall & Bobby Hicks |
| 92 | Messing with My Mind | The Po' Ramblin' Boys |
| 93 | You Can Feel It in Your Soul | The Earls of Leicester |
| 94 | Town That Isn't There | Adam Steffey |
| 95 | You Can Have Her | Rickey Wasson |
| 96 | I'm Country | Alan Bibey & Grasstowne |
| 97 | Two Blue Roses | Songs From The Road Band |
| 98 | Cherry Mine | Coaltown Dixie |
| 99 | You're Gone | Steve Gulley |
| 100 | Best Friends | Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver |
| 101 | Working Girl Blues (feat. Andrew Conklin, Alice Gerrard, Tom Rozum & Patrick Sauber) | Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands |
| 102 | Letter from My Darling | Larry Sparks |
| 103 | If Lonesome Don’t Kill Me | Blue Highway |
| 104 | Heaven | Alan Bibey & Grasstowne |
| 105 | Get Up John | Ricky Skaggs |
| 106 | Girl of My Dreams | Mark Kuykendall & Bobby Hicks |
| 107 | Joseph | Buddy Melton & Milan Miller |
| 108 | Mountain Man | Adam Steffey |
| 109 | Leaving Crazy Town | Steve Gulley |
| 110 | Wasting Away | Dave Adkins |
| 111 | On the Evening Train | Mark Kuykendall & Bobby Hicks |
| 112 | Her Memory's Like the Wind | Deer Creek Boys |
| 113 | How a Cowgirl Says Goodbye | Deer Creek Boys |
| 114 | So Good to Be Gone | Deer Creek Boys |
| 115 | One and Only | Dave Adkins |
| 116 | Darling Nellie (feat. Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Chad Manning & Andrew Conklin) | Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands |
| 117 | God Gave Noah the Rainbow Sign | Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver |
| 118 | Not Now | Steve Gulley |
| 119 | Till the End of the World Rolls ‘Round | The Earls of Leicester |
| 120 | Worried Man Blues | Alan Bibey & Grasstowne |
| 121 | Old Hen | Alan Bibey & Grasstowne |
| 122 | Big Black Wheels | Rice & Menzone Alliance |
| 123 | Deceitful Kind | Steve Gulley |
| 124 | Lean on Love | Jeremy Garrett |
| 125 | I Know of a Girl | Circa Blue |
| 126 | Red Eyes on a Mad Dog | Del McCoury Band |
| 127 | Kentucky 31 | Chris Burton |
| 128 | Will You Wait for Me | Mark Kuykendall & Bobby Hicks |
| 129 | I'll Sail My Ship Alone | Rice & Menzone Alliance |
| 130 | Hit the Highway | Pam Gadd |
| 131 | Pocket Knife | The Spinney Brothers |
| 132 | For Lovin Me | Rickey Wasson |
| 133 | Flint Hill Special | The Earls of Leicester |
| 134 | Good Road | Steve Gulley |
| 135 | The Touch of His Gentle Hand | Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver |
| 136 | Ramblin Boy | Rickey Wasson |
| 137 | River Bottom | Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out |
| 138 | Ain't a Gonna Do | Del McCoury Band |
| 139 | Why Did You Wander? | The Earls of Leicester |
| 140 | In the Pines | Larry Sparks |
| 141 | Won't You Come and Sing for Me? (feat. Andrew Conklin, Harley Eblen, Mike Witcher, Patrick Sauber & Tom Rozum) | Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands |
| 142 | Time (feat. Jim Lauderdale) | Jim and Lynna Woolsey |
| 143 | This Old Guitar and Me | Alan Bibey & Grasstowne |
| 144 | White Oak Mountain | Buddy Melton & Milan Miller |
| 145 | Another Day | Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver |
| 146 | Mama's Gonna Stay (feat. Andrew Conklin, Michael Witcher, Tom Rozum & Patrick Sauber) | Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands |
| 147 | The Government Road | Del McCoury Band |
| 148 | Unwanted Love | Sideline |
| 149 | Dim Lights, Thick Smoke | The Earls of Leicester |
| 150 | What’cha Gonna Do | Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn |
| 151 | Lemonade in the Shade | Jeff Scroggins & Colorado |
| 152 | When Fall Comes to New England | Kristin Scott Benson |
| 153 | Hell Among the Yearlings | Adam Steffey |
| 154 | I Hope We Walk the Last Mile Together (feat. Rhonda Vincent) | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 155 | Cheap Mike | Del McCoury Band |
| 156 | You Can Feel It in Your Soul | Alan Bibey & Grasstowne |
| 157 | Lovin' Babe | Anna & Elizabeth |
| 158 | In Those Days | Larry Sparks |
| 159 | Big Black Train | The Earls of Leicester |
| 160 | All I Want is You | Kristin Scott Benson |
| 161 | Will the Circle Be Unbroken (feat. the Isaacs) | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 162 | I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling (feat. Tom Rozum, Chad Manning, Patrick Sauber & Andrew Conklin) | Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands |
| 163 | Run Little Rabbit Run | Jeff White |
| 164 | Sweet Mountain Rose | Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out |
| 165 | Lonely Lonely Bed | The Spinney Brothers |
| 166 | Left in This World Alone | Del McCoury Band |
| 167 | Between Me and Jolene | Trinity River Band |
| 168 | Ten Miles to Deep Gap | Trinity River Band |
| 169 | Backstairs | The Unseen Strangers |
| 170 | The Best I Can Do | The Unseen Strangers |
| 171 | I Don't Want to Fall | Kenny & Amanda Smith |
| 172 | Not All That | Coaltown Dixie |
| 173 | Only Me (feat. Willie Nelson) | Rhonda Vincent |
| 174 | The First Word in Heaven is He | Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers |
| 175 | Brother Have You Heard | Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver |
| 176 | Mama Tried (feat. Sonny Osborne) [Live] | Rhonda Vincent |
| 177 | Who's That Knocking? (feat. Andrew Conklin, Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber & Tatiana Hargreaves) | Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands |
| 178 | Chain Gang Blues | Balsam Range |
| 179 | Hoecake Fritters | Del McCoury Band |
| 180 | Letter to Myself | The Spinney Brothers |
| 181 | Weep Little Willow, Weep | Larry Stephenson Band |
| 182 | Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms / Will You Be Lovin' Another Man? (Live) | The New Kentucky Colonels |
| 183 | Darby's Castle | Alan Bibey & Grasstowne |
| 184 | Journey to the Light | Larry Sparks |
| 185 | She's Just an Old Love Turned Memory | Marty Raybon |
| 186 | Walk Through This World with Me | The Seldom Scene |
| 187 | You're My Kind of Train Wreck | Kristy Cox |
| 188 | Rocky Island | Ralph Stanley |
| 189 | Look for Me | Angelica Grim |
| 190 | I'll Fly Away | Ralph Stanley |
| 191 | Dig a Hole in the Meadow | The Earls of Leicester |
| 192 | Martha White, Lester and Earl (feat. Marty Raybon) | Terry Baucom |
| 193 | I'd Rather Hear I Don't Love You (Than Nothing at All) | Rhonda Vincent |
| 194 | Forever Ain't That Long Anymore | Rhonda Vincent |
| 195 | Rhythm of the Wheels | Rhonda Vincent |
| 196 | Hey Lonesome | Claire Lynch |
| 197 | Let Your Light Shine out | Ralph Stanley |
| 198 | Loving You Too Well | Larry Sparks |
| 199 | I'm Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing | Larry Sparks |
| 200 | She's Just About to Say Goodbye | Chris Jones & the Night Drivers |
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