Backroads Band Country Band from Takoma Park, MD

One of the Washington D.C area's top retro honky tonk bands, The Backroads Band plays CLASSIC COUNTRY music with a dash of 50's rock thrown in. In no time at all, they'll have you out on the dance floor doing a boot scootin' two step or snuggling up close for a slow tune. If you prefer an acoustic sound, we also play as an ACOUSTIC BLUEGRASS/COUNTRY group with fiddle, acoustic guitar,banjo and bass. Their sound is vintage country from the 1940s-1970s plus original roots songs written in that early country style. Karen, the lead singer is a coal miner's daughter from Southwest Virginia who grew up listening to country music. For several years in a row, Ira, the lead guitar player has won multiple WAMMIES for best instrumentalist in both the bluegrass and country categories.

• Bottom of the Bottle | Porter Wagoner
• Busted | Johnny Cash
• Bye Bye Love | Everly Brothers
• Crazy | Patsy Cline
• Cest La Vie | Chuck Barry
• Don't Come Home a Drinkin | Loretta Lynn
• Don't Let me Cross Over | Carl & Pearl Butler
• Feudin' & Fightin' | George Jones & Melba Montgomery
• Guitar Queen | Karen Collins
• Highway of Love | Karen Collins
• Heartaches by Number | Ray Price
• Hey Good Looking | Hank Williams
• Honky Tonk Song | Webb Pierce
• Honky Tonk Guitar | Karen Collins
• I Catch myself Crying | Roger Miller
• I Do My Crying at Night | Lefty Frizell
• I Fall to Pieces | Patsy Cline
• I Know My Baby Loves Me | Ernest Tubb
• I'll Go Steppin' Too | Flatt & Scruggs
• I'm Walking the Dog | Webb Pierce
• In the Jailhouse Now | Webb Pierce
• It Doesn't Matter Anymore | Wanda Jackson
• It Wasn't God Who made Honky Tonk Angels | Kitty Wells
• Last Cheaters Waltz | T. G. Shepard
• Lonely Street | George Jones
• Long Black Veil | Johnny Cash
• Long Gone Lonesome Blues | Hank Williams
• Mama Tried | Merle Haggard
• Memphis Tennessee | Chuck Berry
• Mr. Fool | George Jones
• My Heart Skips Beat | Buck Owens
• My Bucket's Got a Hole In It | Hank Williams
• Only Mama That'll Walk the Line | Waylon Jennings
• Pick Me Up On Your Way Down | Buck Owens
• See You Later Alligator | Bill Haley & Comets
• That'll Be the Day | Buddy Holly
• Tears Will Be the Chaser for Your Wine | Wanda Jackson
• Trademark | Porte Wagoner
• Trouble's Back in Town | Wilburn Brothers
• Tupelo Co. Jail | Webb Pierce
• You're Backing Up | The Kendells
• You're the Reason | Webb Pierce
• Your Cheatin' Heart | Hank Williams
• When Will I Be Loved | Everly Brothers
• Florida Blues (inst) | Arthur Smith
• Red Wing(inst) | Traditional
• Lady Buckaroos (inst) | Ira Gitlin
• Stone's Rag (inst) | Traditional
• Tulsa Night Life (inst) | Ira Gitlin
• Waltz Across Texas | Ernest Tubb
• Cry Cry Darling | Jimmy C. Newman
• Mama's In a Honky tonk | Geff King
• Forgive My heart for Breakin' | Geff King
• Sweet Thang | Loretta Lynn & Ernest Tubb
• Just Between the Two of Us | Merle Haggard & Bonnie Owens
• Walking Advertisement for the Blues | Norma Jean