Rock Band: Country Track Pack debuts 13 new songs for franchise

by Andrew Yoon on Jun 15th 2009 12:44PM

The Rock Band track packs have been rather unexciting for the many of us that have internet access (read: you). The previous packs compiled already-available DLC onto a single disc at a slightly discounted price making it attractive exclusively to those that -- for one reason or another -- can't buy songs from the in-game music store.

Looks like things will change for the upcoming country music Track Pack. Available July 21st on every platform, the Track Pack will offer exclusive songs that are new for the Rock Band franchise. In fact, 13 songs will be brand new, making the Track Pack a much more exciting purchase for country music-lovin' Rock Band aficionados.

The $29.99 disc will feature 21 songs from the Dixie Chicks, Keith Urban, Kenny Rogers, Shania Twain, Willie Nelson and more. You can read the entire track listing after the break.

1.	Alan Jackson	Good Time*
2.	Brad Paisley	Mud on the Tires
3.	Brooks & Dunn	Hillbilly Deluxe
4.	Cross Canadian Ragweed	Cry Lonely*
5.	Dierks Bentley	Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)
6.	Dixie Chicks	Sin Wagon
7.	Drive-By Truckers	3 Dimes Down
8.	Jason Aldean	She's Country*
9.	Keith Urban	I Told You So*
10.	Kenny Chesney	She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy*
11.	Kenny Rogers	The Gambler*
12.	Lucinda Williams	Can't Let Go
13.	Martina McBride	This One's For The Girls*
14.	Miranda Lambert	Gunpowder & Lead
15.	Montgomery Gentry	Gone*
16.	Rascal Flatts	Me and My Gang*
17.	Sara Evans	Suds In The Bucket*
18.	Shania Twain	Any Man of Mine*
19.	Steve Earle	Satellite Radio
20.	Trace Adkins	Swing*
21.	Willie Nelson	On the Road Again*

* Denotes track new to Rock Band platform

Tags: country, dixie-chicks, harmonix, keith-urban, kenny-rogers, Microsoft, Nintendo, rock-band, rock-band-country-track-pack, rock-band-track-pack, shania-twain, Wii, willie-nelson, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (47)

I'm staying indoors the day this comes out. Florida's going to go nuts if the people catch wind of this.

I was trying to come up with the top 20 worst artists in the world...now I can stop..thanks rock band for answering that question for me.

I lol'd.

Willie and Lucinda are great musicians, Shania is hot, so she gets a pass, all the others I agree!!

What the fuck is wrong with you? Have you not listened to the Drive-by Truckers?

Kenny Rogers: The Gambler

HELL YES MY LIFE IS COMPLETE

I agree with you man The Gambler fucking ROCKS!!!

This is my nightmare. At least give me some John Denver or Johnny Cash

I want a definitive Johnny Cash RB disc, NOW!!!

Ant just wait for Guitar hero 5 to come out it's said that ring of fire by Johnny Cash will be on there!!!

I swear, most of today's country feels rather too Hollywood for my taste.

So far, the only saving grace of this one is...

The Gambler by Kenny Rogers

Well grab your banjo and make out with your sister, we's about to have a grand ol time on the ol xbox tonight.

Do they mean kenny rogers from the mockup jackass?

They mean Kenny Rogers, the real person who sings country.

Out of all of the songs listed, only one is something I'd allow myself to play.

Where is Garth Brooks?

Oh, *radio* country. I got excited for a second there.

They will probably be out as DLC as well. Don't moan before you get the details. It's the same with RB: Unplugged - Harmonix already promised that the new songs will be added to the main game soon.

Reading is your friend.

From the press release:

"Thirteen of the on disc tracks are brand new to the Rock Band platform and will be exclusive to the Rock Band Country Track Pack disc for a limited time before joining the Rock Band® Music Store as downloadable content."

It's good to see them supporting the flyover states!

Country is not my cup of tea, but a lot of people really like it. The first company to make a complete AAA title based off Shania Twain, Garth Brooks or the Dixie Chicks will probably make enough money to pay off the national debt.

You don't have to... unless you are currently being held hostage in which case:

GET OFF THE INTERNET AND CALL THE POLICE!!!!

Country sucked before the 21st century (with a few notable exceptions) but it was nowhere near as terrible as it is today. The Country genre is now really bad pop music with a twang.

True, the mainstream Nashville stuff sucks, and has sucked for a long time. However, there is a LOT of really really good country music around these days. Not much of a country fan myself, but this is a short list of artists/bands (current or recent) that I like:

Robbie Fulks
Wayne Hancock
Hank III
Joe Ely
John Hiatt
Shaver
Steve Earle
Kelly Willis
Neko Case
Iris DeMent
Jason & the Scorchers
Supersuckers
Junior Brown
BR5-49

@unfriendly_cat: Good list. I'd also add Bob Wayne and the Outlaw Carnies to that list. Country's the same as every other music genre these days, all the stuff on the radio is fucking garbage. If you want the good stuff, you have to go looking for it.

Agreed; I certainly missed a few. Bob Wayne, Dale Watson; also on the bluegrass side (which I'm not that familiar with) Del McCoury, Bad Livers, The Meat Purveyors..

Country music as a genre has the strongest CD sales (pop, rock, and hip-hop have stronger download sales) so maybe that's why they're going for a physical form of media for this?

I'm down!

Hey Dave, I got an idea here

It may sound a bit wacko but I just want you to follow me on this: If it means that much to you, DON'T. BUY. THE. SAME. THING. TWICE. ಠ_ಠ

that way you can save your lioncash >:3

problem solved

TheDave: Stop making excuses for acting like an fool.

aw man, no Taylor Swift?

I mean uh.........GRRRRRRRRRRR METALLICA AND MOUNTAIN DEW GET TO THE RESONATOR PEW PEW PEW

Banjo Hero!

Hello? The game is called ROCK BAND, not COUNTRY BAND.

I would've voted you up if you called it Jug Band instead of Country Band.

Jug Bands are awesome.

Or, you could look on the bright side: this thing's gonna be on eBay and passed around more times than...meh, my funny is broken this morning. Basically, Harmonix provided an easy way to get most of these songs basically for free.

http://www.rockband.com/news/rock_band_country_track_pack

http://www.rockband.com/news/rock_band_country_track_pack

http://www.rockband.com/news/rock_band_country_track_pack

http://www.rockband.com/news/rock_band_country_track_pack

They need to dial it back with some more stuff from, say, 15 years ago. Back when I liked country music....

NEEDS MOAR JOHNNY CASH.

Ahem... Sorry.

Wow. Really, Dave? How are they "screwing you over" if YOU, YOURSELF, have an option to buy it or not?

Wow.

And also, you need to think of the pricing of this.

13 songs in the Rock Band store = $26
Rock Band: Country Track Pack = $29.99

So, if you want those 13 songs early, you pay an extra of four bucks.

And please, PLEASE, don't make another post about how they're ripping you out of 4 DOLLARS.

Oh well, guess I'll be waiting for these to come out through DLC. I have the other 8 tracks, so for me, it would be $29.99 for 13 tracks, or about $2.31 a track. When these come out as DLC, presumably, the most they would cost is $2.00 a track.

I can wait... :-)

Sin Wagon is such a fun song! They should call it Win Wagon!

Cross Canadian Ragweed and it IS NOT Lighthouse Keeper? Freaking lame...

Keith Urban? Aww, crap! That means my wife will want to play RB with me!

God, what a waste of time spent making all of those charts. Everyone knows Country music fans don't have electricity, let alone rock band.

Bring on some more Dream Theater or some Queensryche or Led Zeppelin.

Why would anyone put this rubbish on rock band. Hence the name, "rock band", it's not "country band" or "redneck showdown". We wants ROCK, give us Chevelle, 10 Years, and Metallica!

1. Rock Band is a game of rock
2. Rock Band is a huge party game
3. Rock Band is releasing country songs
4. Garth Brooks' "friends in low places" meets all of above criteria

And is also the highest selling artist in US history, so, where is he?

Where's MY music, all the music you likes sucks. Rock Band sucks, Harmonix sucks, they only try and make everyone else happy, what about ME, it's all about the music I like, it's the best in the whole world!

I have no problem with a country pack, but I do wish it had more REAL country, not the awful-overproduced-pop-with-southern-accents that has been called country for the past twenty or so years. No Cash (or Merle, Hank, Hank Jr., Marty Robbins, Tammy Wynnette, Loretta Lynne, etc etc) no sale. Hell, of the two real country artists they DID include, they didn't even pick especially good songs. The Gambler over Coward of the County? Come on.

I'm kind of shocked at how many female-empowerment songs made this list.

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