Bluegrass Songs About Tennessee

Tennessee shares the bluegrass heartland with Kentucky and Virginia. Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry was bluegrass’s first national stage. “Rocky Top” became the state’s unofficial anthem. “Tennessee Waltz” crossed from country into bluegrass via dozens of recordings. Jimmie Driftwood wrote “Tennessee Stud.” Marty Robbins and David Allan Coe wrote “Tennessee Whiskey.” Old Crow Medicine Show set “Wagon Wheel” on the road into Johnson City. From the Smoky Mountains in the east to Memphis in the west, these songs name Tennessee somewhere along the line.

Each song’s page on Picker’s Guide has chord charts, lyrics, recordings, and song history.