My family and I recently returned from a weeklong road trip along U.S. Route 50 through Nevada. Famously dubbed “the loneliest road in America” by an unnamed AAA agent, the highway is as beautiful as it is devoid of life.

My column on the experience will publish next week. But one of the highlights was undoubtedly listening to rural country radio through much of it. And by rural I mean no more than four FM stations at any time; two of which were gospel, one talk radio, and one country.

Because our rental car’s auxiliary music jack didn’t work, these are the best songs we listened to while cruising through the beautiful Great Basin of Nevada: 

“Suds in the bucket” by Sara Evans

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06o-EYH9svs[/youtube]

“I’ve got a quarter in my pocket” by Mark Chesnutt

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVYn5uIDfAY[/youtube]

“Follow your arrow” by Kacey Musgraves

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ8xqyoZXCc[/youtube]

“Drinkin’ Bone” by Tracy Byrd

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f70c9nrB6g[/youtube]