I heard two of my favorite old country songs this evening on... wait for it... XM:

• El Paso, by Marty Robbins
• I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, by Hank Williams.

The first is a longtime favorite, maybe back to elementary school, where I heard it on record player at my dear Grandmother's house for years. I still have a scratchy cassette copy of it that also includes old country greats such as Lynn Anderson and Johnny Horton. I cold probably find a CD of it or even nab just that song on iTunes, but it really wouldn't be the same.

The second was heard occasionally, but not dear to me until I'd really discovered Hank Williams. He came tumbling in the wave of discovery that carried Johnny Cash, Joe Ely, Doyle Bramhall and the like to me. Now look what I've become.