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All I Want For Christmas – Country Music Edition

A tweet got us thinking…

Yes, we want that. And yes, we want a whole lot more for Christmas when it comes to country music. There’s a plenty to be excited about right now in the genre, but we wanted to highlight some more items on our wish list.

Here we go…

32. To stress the above tweet once more – we really want a new Jamey Johnson album.

31. We see Zac Brown fight his way out of this midlife crisis and go back to making music that doesn’t make our ears bleed.

30. Ashley McBryde becomes the household name she deserves to be.

29. We challenge Thomas Rhett to a dance-off, he loses, and is required to pay off our student loans. Distraught over his dance-off loss, Thomas goes back to making country music.

28. Garth Brooks DOESN’T release another box set.

27. Also, Garth responds to his Instagram comments, letting fans know where the bodies are.

26. Eric Church drops a surprise album.

25. Guys in Nashville stop thinking going on The Bachelorette will help their music career. Jingle Jed…

24. Country music finally wakes the fuck up after Kip Moore’s new album is released.

23. “Ridin’ Roads” isn’t a thing.

22. George Strait flies us down to Texas and we sit on his front porch drinking tequila as we swap stories about the good ol’ days. Later, he takes us on a ride around his property on his Garia Luxury Golf Cart. Back at the house, we dine on the best Texas barbecue while the tequila continues to flow like wine. We’re best friends with George Strait.

21. Brantley Gilbert DOESN’T “fire’t up…”

20. Sam Hunt downloads Uber and Lyft for his cellular telephone.

19. Florida Georgia Line stops pretending their whiskey tastes good.

18. Pop country guys stop saying “girl” in every verse.

17. Joe Diffie challenges Garth Brooks to a bench press contest and wins.

16. Luke Bryan goes back to the I’ll Stay Me Luke Bryan.

15. These people stop punching people at concerts.

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Don’t fuck with him I guess.

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14. Luke Combs doesn’t hit the breaks, and continues to push out new music, shattering more records in the process.

13. Miranda Lambert gets multiples #1’s from her Wildcard album.

12. Turnpike Troubadours make a comeback.

11. Alan Jackson performs the Super Bowl Halftime Show.

10. Post Malone collaborates with Luke Combs and Shania Twain.

9. Chris Stapleton starts to release some of his unreleased gems like “The Right Ones.”

8. Riley Green keeps the mustache.

7. Ingrid Andress gets a #1 for “More Hearts Than Mine.”

6. Morgan Wallen releases his cover of “Cover Me Up” as a single.

5. Tyler Childers releases a Christmas album.

4. Sturgill Simpson goes back to his roots and releases a new country album.

3. Aaron Lewis quits putting hits on people in the audience.

2. Country music starts getting played on country radio.

1. Kane Brown unblocks us on Twitter and Instagram, then re-blocks us.

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