The Roots Music Report's
Top Roots Rock Song Chart
for the Year of 2017
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Last Minute Man | The Band of Heathens |
| 2 | Nothing but the Night | Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band |
| 3 | Danger | David Luning |
| 4 | Trailer | Mudcrutch |
| 5 | Don't Do It | Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men |
| 6 | Doin' What You Do | Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men |
| 7 | A Certain Girl | Shinyribs |
| 8 | Hope the High Road | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 9 | Pressure Under Fire | Gov't Mule |
| 10 | Louie Town | Great American Taxi |
| 11 | Gypsy in Me | Bonnie Raitt |
| 12 | Old Stray Dog & Jesus | Paul Thorn |
| 13 | You Made Me Feel for You | Shannon McNally |
| 14 | Easy Target | John Mellencamp |
| 15 | Rescue Me | Amy Helm |
| 16 | Bad Girl | Eric Morrison & The Mysteries |
| 17 | Find Yourself | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real |
| 18 | I Wish You Would | JD McPherson |
| 19 | Mean & Evil | Moreland & Arbuckle |
| 20 | High Plains Drifter | Left Arm Tan |
| 21 | Four Letter Word | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real |
| 22 | Let the Good Times Roll | JD McPherson |
| 23 | Perfect | The Mastersons |
| 24 | Outta Luck | Malcolm Holcombe |
| 25 | If We Were Vampires | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 26 | You Ain't Got the Heart | The Coffis Brothers |
| 27 | Pining | Parker Millsap |
| 28 | Modern Lives | Jackie Greene |
| 29 | The Stuff You Gotta Watch | Shannon McNally |
| 30 | Shine | Ben Harper |
| 31 | Better Days | The Coffis Brothers |
| 32 | Devil Music | Randall Bramblett |
| 33 | The May Queen | Robert Plant |
| 34 | Life Don't Last That Long | Anders Osborne |
| 35 | Sunday Morning Feeling | Alejandro Escovedo |
| 36 | The Harder That We Love | Tim Flannery |
| 37 | The Outsider | Ben Miller Band |
| 38 | Singin' to Strangers | The Wood Brothers |
| 39 | Like Lovin' Used to Be | Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men |
| 40 | Sweet Pea Blues | Sara Petite |
| 41 | No Angels | Samantha Fish |
| 42 | That's How We're Living | Jeb Loy Nichols |
| 43 | My Only True Friend | Gregg Allman |
| 44 | Trouble Came Early | The Band of Heathens |
| 45 | Freedom | Larkin Poe |
| 46 | White Man's World | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 47 | School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell) | The Hard Working Americans |
| 48 | Swim the River | Christian Lopez Band |
| 49 | Passenger | Big Something |
| 50 | Glow | Big Head Todd & The Monsters |
| 51 | Sugar Queen | The Band of Heathens |
| 52 | Six White Horses | Karl Blau |
| 53 | The Way That We Do | Colvin & Earle |
| 54 | Hoo Doo Blues | The Rolling Stones |
| 55 | San Miguel | Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men |
| 56 | Roll with the Punches | Van Morrison |
| 57 | Last of My Kind | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 58 | You've Got Everything | Don Pedigo |
| 59 | Monkey of a Man | Romi Mayes |
| 60 | One Simple Love Song | The Rogues Gallery |
| 61 | Made to Break Your Heart | Los Lobos |
| 62 | I Hold Gravity | Gerry Spehar |
| 63 | Run for Me | JD & The Straight Shot |
| 64 | Lo Siento, Spanishburg, WVA | Scott Miller |
| 65 | The Wheel / Uncle John’s Band (Medley / Live) | Various Artists |
| 66 | Cosoco | Juana Molina |
| 67 | Road Less Traveled | Sara Petite |
| 68 | Your Loving Saves Me | Jaime Wyatt |
| 69 | Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong with That | The Marcus King Band |
| 70 | Come on Up to the House | The Devil Makes Three |
| 71 | Let's Get Stoned | Ron Pope |
| 72 | Call It What It is | Ben Harper |
| 73 | 2:19 | Jerry Douglas |
| 74 | All I'm Asking | The Band of Heathens |
| 75 | If You're Down | Jason Lee McKinney Band |
| 76 | All in the Family | The Revivalists |
| 77 | Misery and Gin | Jaime Wyatt |
| 78 | Situation | David Olney |
| 79 | Soul is Made of Broken Things (Live) | Jefferson Ross |
| 80 | Old Flames (Can't Hold a Candle to You) | Hayley Thompson-King |
| 81 | Ain't No Angel | Ron Pope And The Nighthawks |
| 82 | Leave My Guitar Alone | Chris Robinson Brotherhood |
| 83 | Cold Little Heart | Michael Kiwanuka |
| 84 | Stand Up | The Revivalists |
| 85 | Burning Point (feat. Jimmie Vaughan) | Gov't Mule |
| 86 | Faster Than You'd Think | The Damn Quails |
| 87 | The Great Unknown | Shawn Mullins |
| 88 | Out on the Weekend (Live) | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| 89 | Banshee Moan | Shannon McNally |
| 90 | Cumberland Gap | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 91 | Blood in the Water | Samantha Fish |
| 92 | Daddy Longlegs | The Band of Heathens |
| 93 | Trouble | Keith Richards |
| 94 | Caught by the Rain | Sarah Borges |
| 95 | Hate to See You Go | The Rolling Stones |
| 96 | Divorce Separation Blues | The Avett Brothers |
| 97 | The Ballad of Berry Hill | Buzz Cason |
| 98 | Gold to Glass | The Revivalists |
| 99 | She's Got to Be Somewhere | David Crosby |
| 100 | Where is Thunder Road? | Walker Lukens |
| 101 | Preacher | Greg Sover |
| 102 | Smithsonian | The Avett Brothers |
| 103 | Cowtown | Samantha Fish |
| 104 | I Gotta Get Drunk | The Devil Makes Three |
| 105 | Enough | The Band of Heathens |
| 106 | Born on the Bayou | Los Lonely Boys |
| 107 | Ain't No Sunshine | Greg Sover |
| 108 | Baby What's Wrong? | Shinyribs |
| 109 | I'm Comin' Home | Ian McFeron |
| 110 | The Shape I'm in | Jim Byrnes |
| 111 | Roll Away | Amilia K Spicer |
| 112 | Rescue Me | Amilia K Spicer |
| 113 | Dearly Departed (feat. Esmé Patterson) | Shakey Graves |
| 114 | Hot Year | The Sanco Loop |
| 115 | There I Go | Los Lobos |
| 116 | Carry Your Love | The Band of Heathens |
| 117 | The Hunt is on | Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men |
| 118 | Black Betty | Larkin Poe |
| 119 | Black River Killer | Blitzen Trapper |
| 120 | Hipster Shakes | Black Pistol Fire |
| 121 | All Across This Land | Blitzen Trapper |
| 122 | American Dream | Samantha Fish |
| 123 | The Perfect Parts | Shakey Graves |
| 124 | Everybody Knows About My Good Thing | The Rolling Stones |
| 125 | I Won't Be Here | The Marcus King Band |
| 126 | Intervention | Old 97's |
| 127 | Bad Haircut | Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men |
| 128 | Ain't No Man | The Avett Brothers |
| 129 | After Me | Greg Sover |
| 130 | Transient Lullaby | The Mastersons |
| 131 | Love is a Burden | Jamestown Revival |
| 132 | It's a Shame | First Aid Kit |
| 133 | Too Small Heart | Los Lobos |
| 134 | Got Love if You Want It | Billy Gibbons And The BFG's |
| 135 | Black-Haired Québécoise | Old Crow Medicine Show |
| 136 | Suffocation Blues | Black Pistol Fire |
| 137 | Great White Shark | Big Thief |
| 138 | Bossy | JD McPherson |
| 139 | Anywhere the Wind Blows | Jim Byrnes |
| 140 | Gasoline | Dale Boyle |
| 141 | River Takes the Town | The Wood Brothers |
| 142 | Commit a Crime | The Rolling Stones |
| 143 | Bitter Memory | Lucinda Williams |
| 144 | Turn into Gold | Cris Jacobs |
| 145 | King of the Mountain | Eli Cook |
| 146 | Mythological Beauty | Big Thief |
| 147 | Skip Chaser | Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men |
| 148 | Monster | The Revivalists |
| 149 | Bone Digger | Cris Jacobs |
| 150 | Natalie | Eric Krasno |
| 151 | Muse | The B. Christopher Band |
| 152 | Pine Away | Martin Sexton |
| 153 | Party Lights | Bruce Springsteen |
| 154 | My Birmingham | Dale Boyle |
| 155 | Heart of Gold | Dale Boyle |
| 156 | Head over Heels | JD McPherson |
| 157 | Jezebel | Eric Krasno |
| 158 | Find 'Em, Fool 'Em and Forget 'Em | Anderson East |
| 159 | Pack of Lies | Amber Cross |
| 160 | Peaceful Easy Feeling | Jack Tempchin |
| 161 | Rita is Gone | The Marcus King Band |
| 162 | Wish I Knew You | The Revivalists |
| 163 | Buttercup | Lucinda Williams |
| 164 | Preachin' Blues | Larkin Poe |
| 165 | Ride 'Em on Down | The Rolling Stones |
| 166 | You're Gonna Miss Me | The Band of Heathens |
| 167 | All of Your Love | The Rolling Stones |
| 168 | The Veil | Peter Gabriel |
| 169 | Gracie | Whitehorse |
| 170 | In Times Like These | Rev. Sekou |
| 171 | Resist | Rev. Sekou |
| 172 | Tom Devil | Larkin Poe |
| 173 | Stone Cold Rage | Gov't Mule |
| 174 | Trouble Maker | Eli Cook |
| 175 | Daughters | Samantha Fish |
| 176 | Too Late | Van Morrison |
| 177 | I Ain't Running | The Band of Heathens |
| 178 | Bad Blood | Black Pistol Fire |
| 179 | Galaxies | Jenn Grant |
| 180 | Mary Rose | Gasoline Lollipops |
| 181 | Racing to a Red Light | Jonny Barber & the Rhythm Razors |
| 182 | A Cowgirl's Tale | Elizabeth Erin Kemler |
| 183 | Honey | The Marcus King Band |
| 184 | Everybody Knows | Jim Byrnes |
| 185 | Man I'm Supposed to Be | American Aquarium |
| 186 | Trophy Wife | Whitehorse |
| 187 | Nothing but the Radio | Maia Sharp |
| 188 | Can't Stop Workin' | Neil Young |
| 189 | All Gone Now | Dale Boyle |
| 190 | Willin’ | Gregg Allman |
| 191 | Leaving Again | Amber Cross |
| 192 | For a Moment There | Seth Walker |
| 193 | Just Like I Treat You | The Rolling Stones |
| 194 | Hard Luck Town | Dale Boyle |
| 195 | Heroes | Greg Sover |
| 196 | Whitehouse Road | Tyler Childers |
| 197 | Step by Step | Jim Byrnes |
| 198 | Rosy | Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men |
| 199 | Torture | Eric Krasno |
| 200 | Hey Joe | Jerry Douglas |
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