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Gretchen Peters – Sad Songs Make Me Happy

CMA-winning singer-songwriter and self-confessed 'Mistress of Melancholy' Gretchen Peters pulls on our musical heartstrings as she chooses her favourite sad country songs – including tracks by Emmylou Harris, Trisha Yearwood and Vince Gill – plus music from Gretchen herself.

1 hour

Music Played

  • Gretchen Peters

    On a bus to St Cloud

    • The Essential Gretchen Peters.
    • Proper.
    • 006.
  • Vern Gosdin

    Set 'Em Up Joe

    • Billboard Top Country Hits - 1989.
    • BILLBOARD.
    • 2.
  • Emmylou Harris

    Luxury Liner

    • Portraits CD1.
    • Reprise.
  • George Jones & Tammy Wynette

    Golden Ring

    • Golden Ring.
    • Epic.
  • Jason Isbell

    Live Oak

    • Southeastern.
    • Southeastern Records.
    • 007.
  • Angaleena Presley

    Grocery Store

    • American Middle Class.
    • Thirty Tigers.
    • 003.
  • Dolly Parton

    Down From Dover

    • Dolly Parton: Greatest Hits.
    • Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
    • 19.
  • Patty Loveless

    You Don't Even Know Who I am

    • Classics.
    • Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd..
  • Trisha Yearwood

    Walkaway Joe (feat. Don Henley)

    • Walkaway Joe.
    • Universal Island Records Limited.
  • Vince Gill

    When I Call Your Name

    • When I call your name.
    • Universal - Island Records Limited.
  • Brandy Clark

    Hold my Hand

    • Ten Stories.
  • Gretchen Peters

    Five Minutes

    • The Essential Gretchen Peters.
    • Proper.
    • 012.
  • Gene Watson

    Farewell Party

Broadcast

  • Thu 10 Mar 2016 21:00

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