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 | You Made Me Feel for You | Shannon McNally |
| 13 | Easy Target | John Mellencamp |
| 14 | Rescue Me | Amy Helm |
| 15 | Bad Girl | Eric Morrison & The Mysteries |
| 16 | Find Yourself | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real |
| 17 | I Wish You Would | JD McPherson |
| 18 | Four Letter Word | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real |
| 19 | Let the Good Times Roll | JD McPherson |
| 20 | Perfect | The Mastersons |
| 21 | Outta Luck | Malcolm Holcombe |
| 22 | If We Were Vampires | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 23 | You Ain't Got the Heart | The Coffis Brothers |
| 24 | Pining | Parker Millsap |
| 25 | Modern Lives | Jackie Greene |
| 26 | The Stuff You Gotta Watch | Shannon McNally |
| 27 | Shine | Ben Harper |
| 28 | Better Days | The Coffis Brothers |
| 29 | Devil Music | Randall Bramblett |
| 30 | The May Queen | Robert Plant |
| 31 | Life Don't Last That Long | Anders Osborne |
| 32 | Sunday Morning Feeling | Alejandro Escovedo |
| 33 | The Harder That We Love | Tim Flannery |
| 34 | The Outsider | Ben Miller Band |
| 35 | Singin' to Strangers | The Wood Brothers |
| 36 | Like Lovin' Used to Be | Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men |
| 37 | Sweet Pea Blues | Sara Petite |
| 38 | No Angels | Samantha Fish |
| 39 | That's How We're Living | Jeb Loy Nichols |
| 40 | My Only True Friend | Gregg Allman |
| 41 | Edge of the World | David Starr |
| 42 | Trouble Came Early | The Band of Heathens |
| 43 | Freedom | Larkin Poe |
| 44 | White Man's World | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 45 | School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell) | The Hard Working Americans |
| 46 | Swim the River | Christian Lopez Band |
| 47 | Passenger | Big Something |
| 48 | Glow | Big Head Todd & The Monsters |
| 49 | Sugar Queen | The Band of Heathens |
| 50 | Six White Horses | Karl Blau |
| 51 | The Way That We Do | Colvin & Earle |
| 52 | Hoo Doo Blues | The Rolling Stones |
| 53 | San Miguel | Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men |
| 54 | Roll with the Punches | Van Morrison |
| 55 | Last of My Kind | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 56 | You've Got Everything | Don Pedigo |
| 57 | Monkey of a Man | Romi Mayes |
| 58 | One Simple Love Song | The Rogues Gallery |
| 59 | Made to Break Your Heart | Los Lobos |
| 60 | I Hold Gravity | Gerry Spehar & Friends |
| 61 | Run for Me | JD & The Straight Shot |
| 62 | Lo Siento, Spanishburg, WVA | Scott Miller |
| 63 | The Wheel / Uncle John’s Band (Medley / Live) | Various Artists |
| 64 | Cosoco | Juana Molina |
| 65 | Road Less Traveled | Sara Petite |
| 66 | Your Loving Saves Me | Jaime Wyatt |
| 67 | Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong with That | The Marcus King Band |
| 68 | Come on Up to the House | The Devil Makes Three |
| 69 | Let's Get Stoned | Ron Pope |
| 70 | Call It What It is | Ben Harper |
| 71 | All I'm Asking | The Band of Heathens |
| 72 | 2:19 | Jerry Douglas |
| 73 | If You're Down | Jason Lee McKinney Band |
| 74 | All in the Family | The Revivalists |
| 75 | Misery and Gin | Jaime Wyatt |
| 76 | Situation | David Olney |
| 77 | Soul is Made of Broken Things (Live) | Jefferson Ross |
| 78 | Old Flames (Can't Hold a Candle to You) | Hayley Thompson-King |
| 79 | The Life You Chose | Jason Isbell |
| 80 | Ain't No Angel | Ron Pope And The Nighthawks |
| 81 | Leave My Guitar Alone | Chris Robinson Brotherhood |
| 82 | Cold Little Heart | Michael Kiwanuka |
| 83 | Stand Up | The Revivalists |
| 84 | Burning Point (feat. Jimmie Vaughan) | Gov't Mule |
| 85 | Faster Than You'd Think | The Damn Quails |
| 86 | The Great Unknown | Shawn Mullins |
| 87 | Out on the Weekend (Live) | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| 88 | Banshee Moan | Shannon McNally |
| 89 | Cumberland Gap | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 90 | Blood in the Water | Samantha Fish |
| 91 | Daddy Longlegs | The Band of Heathens |
| 92 | 24 Frames | Jason Isbell |
| 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 | Where is Thunder Road? | Walker Lukens |
| 100 | Preacher | Greg Sover |
| 101 | Smithsonian | The Avett Brothers |
| 102 | Cowtown | Samantha Fish |
| 103 | I Gotta Get Drunk | The Devil Makes Three |
| 104 | Enough | The Band of Heathens |
| 105 | Ain't No Sunshine | Greg Sover |
| 106 | Baby What's Wrong? | Shinyribs |
| 107 | I'm Comin' Home | Ian McFeron |
| 108 | The Shape I'm in | Jim Byrnes |
| 109 | Dearly Departed (feat. Esmé Patterson) | Shakey Graves |
| 110 | Hot Year | The Sanco Loop |
| 111 | There I Go | Los Lobos |
| 112 | Carry Your Love | The Band of Heathens |
| 113 | The Hunt is on | Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men |
| 114 | Black Betty | Larkin Poe |
| 115 | Black River Killer | Blitzen Trapper |
| 116 | Hipster Shakes | Black Pistol Fire |
| 117 | All Across This Land | Blitzen Trapper |
| 118 | American Dream | Samantha Fish |
| 119 | The Perfect Parts | Shakey Graves |
| 120 | Everybody Knows About My Good Thing | The Rolling Stones |
| 121 | I Won't Be Here | The Marcus King Band |
| 122 | Intervention | Old 97's |
| 123 | Bad Haircut | Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men |
| 124 | Ain't No Man | The Avett Brothers |
| 125 | After Me | Greg Sover |
| 126 | Transient Lullaby | The Mastersons |
| 127 | Love is a Burden | Jamestown Revival |
| 128 | It's a Shame | First Aid Kit |
| 129 | Too Small Heart | Los Lobos |
| 130 | Black-Haired Québécoise | Old Crow Medicine Show |
| 131 | Got Love if You Want It | Billy Gibbons And The BFG's |
| 132 | Suffocation Blues | Black Pistol Fire |
| 133 | Great White Shark | Big Thief |
| 134 | Bossy | JD McPherson |
| 135 | Anywhere the Wind Blows | Jim Byrnes |
| 136 | Bone Digger | Cris Jacobs |
| 137 | Gasoline | Dale Boyle |
| 138 | Commit a Crime | The Rolling Stones |
| 139 | River Takes the Town | The Wood Brothers |
| 140 | Bitter Memory | Lucinda Williams |
| 141 | Turn into Gold | Cris Jacobs |
| 142 | King of the Mountain | Eli Cook |
| 143 | Mythological Beauty | Big Thief |
| 144 | Skip Chaser | Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men |
| 145 | Monster | The Revivalists |
| 146 | Natalie | Eric Krasno |
| 147 | Muse | The B. Christopher Band |
| 148 | Pine Away | Martin Sexton |
| 149 | My Birmingham | Dale Boyle |
| 150 | Heart of Gold | Dale Boyle |
| 151 | Head over Heels | JD McPherson |
| 152 | Jezebel | Eric Krasno |
| 153 | Find 'Em, Fool 'Em and Forget 'Em | Anderson East |
| 154 | Pack of Lies | Amber Cross |
| 155 | Peaceful Easy Feeling | Jack Tempchin |
| 156 | Rita is Gone | The Marcus King Band |
| 157 | Wish I Knew You | The Revivalists |
| 158 | Buttercup | Lucinda Williams |
| 159 | Preachin' Blues | Larkin Poe |
| 160 | Ride 'Em on Down | The Rolling Stones |
| 161 | All of Your Love | The Rolling Stones |
| 162 | The Veil | Peter Gabriel |
| 163 | Gracie | Whitehorse |
| 164 | In Times Like These | Rev. Sekou |
| 165 | Resist | Rev. Sekou |
| 166 | Tom Devil | Larkin Poe |
| 167 | Stone Cold Rage | Gov't Mule |
| 168 | Trouble Maker | Eli Cook |
| 169 | Daughters | Samantha Fish |
| 170 | Too Late | Van Morrison |
| 171 | Galaxies | Jenn Grant |
| 172 | I Ain't Running | The Band of Heathens |
| 173 | Bad Blood | Black Pistol Fire |
| 174 | A Cowgirl's Tale | Elizabeth Erin Kemler |
| 175 | Mary Rose | Gasoline Lollipops |
| 176 | Honey | The Marcus King Band |
| 177 | Everybody Knows | Jim Byrnes |
| 178 | Man I'm Supposed to Be | American Aquarium |
| 179 | Trophy Wife | Whitehorse |
| 180 | Can't Stop Workin' | Neil Young |
| 181 | Nothing but the Radio | Maia Sharp |
| 182 | All Gone Now | Dale Boyle |
| 183 | Willin’ | Gregg Allman |
| 184 | For a Moment There | Seth Walker |
| 185 | Just Like I Treat You | The Rolling Stones |
| 186 | Hard Luck Town | Dale Boyle |
| 187 | Heroes | Greg Sover |
| 188 | Whitehouse Road | Tyler Childers |
| 189 | Step by Step | Jim Byrnes |
| 190 | Rosy | Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men |
| 191 | Hey Joe | Jerry Douglas |
| 192 | Torture | Eric Krasno |
| 193 | I Can't Quit You Baby | The Rolling Stones |
| 194 | Deep Blue Sea | Jim Byrnes |
| 195 | Kind Woman | Cris Jacobs |
| 196 | Little Rain | The Rolling Stones |
| 197 | How Low Can You Go | Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band |
| 198 | Ninety Nine and a Half (Won't Do) | Jim Byrnes |
| 199 | Pulling the Strings | Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men |
| 200 | The Last Time | The Rolling Stones |
| 201 | Overload | Davy Knowles |
| 202 | Treat Her Right | Billy Gibbons And The BFG's |
| 203 | Baby Got Gone | Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band |
| 204 | Chaos and Clothes | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 205 | I Ain't Gonna Stand for It | Shannon McNally |
| 206 | Something to Love | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 207 | Jones for You | Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men |
| 208 | When the Spirit Says Move | Rev. Sekou |
| 209 | Roll Away the Stone | Shannon McNally |
| 210 | Q-Vo | Billy Gibbons And The BFG's |
| 211 | Prayer in Open D | Shannon McNally |
| 212 | Steal Your Crown | Smooth Hound Smith |
| 213 | Diamonds & Gold | Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band |
| 214 | I Swear (To God) | Tyler Childers |
| 215 | I Went to the Well | Shannon McNally |
| 216 | She's $$$ | Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band |
| 217 | Doors of Heaven | Lucinda Williams |
| 218 | Die Alone (feat. Lucius) | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real |
| 219 | Cold Carolina | Cris Jacobs |
| 220 | Weak Brain, Narrow Mind | Jim Byrnes |
| 221 | Storms of Scarcity | Amber Cross |
| 222 | The Devil or Jesse James | Cris Jacobs |
| 223 | Something Inside of Me | Jim Byrnes |
| 224 | 44 Blues | Eli Cook |
| 225 | There is Something on Your Mind | Jim Byrnes |
| 226 | Everybody's Gonna Love Somebody Tonight | Jack Tempchin |
| 227 | Arvin | Jefferson Ross |
| 228 | Jagged (Live) | Jocelyn & Chris Arndt |
| 229 | Jackie | The Suitcase Junket |
| 230 | Pick Up the Pieces | Curse of Lono |
| 231 | Delivery Man | Cris Jacobs |
| 232 | The Sky Stood Still | Malcolm Holcombe |
| 233 | It Makes No Difference | Shannon McNally |
| 234 | The Old Man Down the Road | John Fogerty |
| 235 | Deserted Cities of the Heart (Live) | Cream |
| 236 | Under the Falling Sky | Bonnie Raitt |
| 237 | Wild Horses | The Rolling Stones |
| 238 | Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye) [Takes 10 & 11] | Van Morrison |
| 239 | Midnight Special (Take 7) | Van Morrison |
| 240 | Brown Eyed Girl (Takes 1-6) | Van Morrison |
| 241 | Sound & Color | Alabama Shakes |
| 242 | Shoegaze | Alabama Shakes |
| 243 | Transformation | Van Morrison |
| 244 | Keep Your Distance | Richard Thompson |
| 245 | You Don't Say | Kelly Pardekooper |
| 246 | Wade Waist Deep | Thomas Wynn & the Believers |
| 247 | You Are Not Needed Now | Jolie Holland & Samantha Parton |
| 248 | Dreams & Songs | Gov't Mule |
| 249 | Moment | Greg Sover |
| 250 | Road Less Traveled (Reprise) | Sara Petite |
| 251 | Morning Blues | Parker Millsap |
| 252 | Virginia (feat. Warren Hayes) | The Marcus King Band |
| 253 | These Daze | Lillie Mae |
| 254 | Lady May | Tyler Childers |
| 255 | Medicine Man | The Band of Heathens |
| 256 | The Devil Finds Work | Eli Cook |
| 257 | John the Revelator | Larkin Poe |
| 258 | Didn't It Rain | Amy Helm |
| 259 | Long Hot Summer Days | Jim Byrnes |
| 260 | Black Haired Boy | Shannon McNally |
| 261 | I Gotta Go | The Rolling Stones |
| 262 | Lord, I Am Running (99 ½ Won't Do) [feat. Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez] | Rev. Sekou |
| 263 | Fool Me Once (feat. Lucius) | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real |
| 264 | Mr. & Mrs. Jones | Gerry Spehar & Friends |
| 265 | Heartbreaker | Brother Roy |
| 266 | Full Up | A.J. Croce |
| 267 | Privacy | Jack Tempchin |
| 268 | Humdinger | Old Crow Medicine Show |
| 269 | Old Time Religion | Rev. Sekou |
| 270 | Already Gone (feat. Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen) | Jack Tempchin |
| 271 | What Was I Gonna Say | The Suitcase Junket |
| 272 | Green Grass of California | The Band of Heathens |
| 273 | Hot Country 84.5 | Jerry Douglas |
| 274 | Keys to the Kingdom | The Band of Heathens |
| 275 | Wasco | Jaime Wyatt |
| 276 | Bald Butte | Colter Wall |
| 277 | Ain't Life a Beautiful Thing | David Luning |
| 278 | Burnin' and Lootin' | Rev. Sekou |
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