'I Can't Help It (if I'm Still in Love with You)'. - Hank Williams. Though I first heard this
beautiful cover version by Kim and Kelley Deal of The Breeders. (I'm not claiming Kim's guitar playing is beautiful!
)
'Banks of the Ohio'. - Traditional. First heard on 'Joan Baez Vol. 2' (I didn't realise for a long time that a lot of the songs on that album are from the country tradition. I thought country music was Billy Ray Cyrus's 'Achy Breaky Heart'...)
'Coalminer's Daughter'. - Loretta Lynn.
'I Am A Pilgrim'. - Traditional. There's a fantastic bluesy Clarence White version on his '33 Acoustic Guitar Instrumentals' CD. There's a video of him playing it about ten years later, with a completely different feel to it:
Clarence White playing 'I Am A Pilgrim'. Beautiful playing, delicate and imaginative.
And, although I'm not all that keen on Alt-Country, I think 'Weightless Again', by the Handsome Family, is a superb song. Fantastic lyrics.
James