The Best Instrumental Country Songs

Country music is best known for it's storytelling but it doesn't always need words to tell its tales of heartache, hard work, and personal pride. Sometimes just a guitar and a fiddle will do.

In the 50's and 60's artists like Chet Atkins opened up a huge audience for country music that was completely instrumental, and in the last few years a whole new wave of contemporary instrumentalists steeped in country have been keeping that tradition alive.

From Buddy Emmons and Jerry Reed to Billy Strings and Brad Paisley, we've got the best of them in our playlist of the Best Country Instrumental Songs. Keith Whitley was right, sometimes you really do say it best when you say nothing at all.

See the full tracklist below:

1. 1.

   Liebestraum

   Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed

2. 2.

   Wild Mountain Thyme

   Buddy Emmons

3. 3.

   Running The Route

   Billy Strings

4. 4.

   Tennessee Waltz

   Floyd Cramer

5. 5.

   Understand Your Man

   Chet Atkins

6. 6.

   Tennessee Stud

   Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed

7. 7.

   Foggy Mountain Breakdown

   Flatt & Scruggs

8. 8.

   Struttin'

   Jerry Reed

9. 9.

   Dueling Banjos

   Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell

10. 10.

    Orange Blossom Special

    Charlie McCoy

11. 11.

    One O'Clock Jump

    Asleep At The Wheel

12. 12.

    Wheel Hoss

    Ricky Skaggs

13. 13.

    Little Liza Jane

    Alison Krauss & Union Station

14. 14.

    Lil' Jack Slade

    The Chicks

15. 15.

    Earl's Breakdown

    Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

16. 16.

    Hot Wired

    Brent Mason

17. 17.

    Throttleneck

    Brad Paisley

18. 18.

    Wildwood Flower

    Keith Whitley and Ricky Skaggs

19. 19.

    Black Mountain Rag

    Doc Watson

20. 20.

    I'll See You In My Dreams

    Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler

21. 21.

    The Happy-Go-Lucky-Guitar

    Don Rich and the Buckaroos

22. 22.

    Honky Tonk Angels

    Shot Jackson and Buddy Emmons

23. 23.

    I Can't Stop Loving You

    Chet Atkins and Hank Snow

24. 24.

    The Streets of Laredo

    Chet Atkins

25. 25.

    Sweet Dreams

    Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler

26. 26.

    Mama Tried

    The Buckaroos

27. 27.

    The Happiest Times I Ever Ignored

    Hayden Pedigo

28. 28.

    Stanley

    North Americans

29. 29.

    The Crack Where The Light Gets In

    Marisa Anderson

30. 30.

    Lost Futures

    Marisa Anderson and William Tyler

31. 31.

    I'm Gonna Live Forever (If It Kills Me)

    William Tyler

32. 32.

    Bertie Mae's Chilly Winds

    Nora Brown

33. 33.

    Desert Rose

    Daniel Lanois

34. 34.

    Georgia Buck

    Jake Xerxes Fussell

35. 35.

    Battle Hymn of the Republic

    Chet Atkins

36. 36.

    City of New Orleans

    Chet Atkins

37. 37.

    Cannonball Rag

    Merle Travis

38. 38.

    Buckaroo

    The Buckaroos

39. 39.

    Honkin'

    Jerry Reed

40. 40.

    Guitar Rag

    Joe Maphis and Merle Travis

41. 41.

    Wild and Wooly West

    Speedy West

42. 42.

    Last Date

    Floyd Cramer

43. 43.

    Long Haul - Instrumental

    Ian Munswick

44. 44.

    Cluster Pluck

    Brad Paisley, James Burton, Vince Gill, Albert Lee, John Jorgenson, Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert and Steve Wariner

45. 45.

    Polk Salad Annie

    James Burton

46. 46.

    Banks of the Ohio

    Clarence White

47. 47.

    Hummingbyrd

    Marty Stuart

48. 48.

    Guitar Peace

    Billy Strings

49. 49.

    Rivers That You Cannot See

    North Americans

50. 50.

    La Paloma

    Amanda Shires and Bobbie Nelson

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