This woman has become a hell of a songwriter in country music.
Miranda Lambert has been building one of the most impressive careers in modern country music. And beyond her own songs, Miranda has also been behind the scenes writing for other stars.
Here are 10 country songs Miranda wrote for other artists that you may not have realized…
1. “Choosin’ Texas” by Ella Langley…the song that was inspired by Miranda’s kangaroo…is #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, NBD as of now.
2. “Thought You Should Know” by Morgan Wallen
3. “Outrunnin’ Your Memory” by Luke Combs featuring Miranda
4. “What Am I Gonna Do” by Chris Stapleton
5. “The Lost” by Jelly Roll
6. “Good Horses” by Lainey Wilson featuring Miranda
7. “We Ain’t Good at Breaking Up” by Brothers Osborne
8. “Falling Apart” by Parker McCollum
9. “My Only Child” by The Highwomen
10. “Don’t Blame It on Whiskey” by Jon Pardi featuring Lauren Alaina
There are actually more than 10 songs that Miranda has written for other artists and the fine people at Whiskey Riff compiled the entire list by the way.
We’re a little lazy and tired here at Hillbilly Live, which is why we’re only showing 10 songs and I’m sure you get the point of Miranda’s song writing abilities. The woman is good at what she does. You can feel free though to check out the rest of the list here.
Riley Green helped Peyton Manning raise some money for an amazing cause.
It was the 18th annual Celebration of Caring Gala, which supports the Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital. Riley was asked to perform at the event, and he obviously said yes. Mainly because Peyton was probably asking and you can’t say no to helping out a charity like this too.
David Letterman was also in attendance to help raise a bunch of money, which is almost better than hanging out Peyton. The event wound up raising $4.2 million for the facility.
Riley said in a post on his socials that, “he a great time supporting a great cause with Peyton Manning and Peyton Children’s at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indy. Thanks for having us and thanks to everyone who came out and donated.”
The 2026 San Antonio Stock & Rodeo is well underway and this Mutton Bustin’ champion’s post-ride interview went exactly the way you want it to go.
It was Valentine’s Day in San Antonio at the stock show and rodeo…and this 6-year-old Mutton Bustin’ champion’s post-ride interview turned into a confession of love for his girlfriend. His name is T.G. Crain and he dedicated his 98 point ride to his girlfriend.
He asked, “do you have a girlfriend?”, and he just shook his head yes instead of actually saying words. Then he was if he had anything he wanted to say to his girlfriend and he said, “I love her.”
The rodeo clown who was interviewing T.G. asked the rodeo crowd, “San Antonio, do girl love cowboys who win belt buckles?” The crowd did in fact confirm that to be true. I can also respect that a boy at 6 years old already knows what he wants…and loves in life.
Jason Aldean is off to a great start for 2026, considering how it’s only Monday…February 16, 2026 as of today.
His new upcoming, “Songs About Us”, album will be his 12th studio album, and it’s scheduled for release on April 24, 2026. The 20-track project features his newest #1 song, “How Far Does A Goodbye Go“, and includes collaborations with his wife Brittany Aldean, Luke Bryan, and a cover of the 90s twanger “Dust On The Bottle” with David Lee Murphy himself.
This week is a pretty nice week to say the least for Jason and it’s another milestone in his career. “How Far Does A Goodbye Go” is officially Jason’s thirty first #1 song according to the US Country Radio (Mediabase) chart.
Jason is obviously pretty excited about having thirty one #1s to his name now too. He said in a post on X…
“Man, I thought 30 was the milestone…now we’re sitting at 31 number one songs. That’s pretty wild. Thank you to country radio, my team, our streaming partners, the songwriters, and every one of y’all who’ve listened and turned these songs into something bigger than we ever imagined.”
Well deserved, Jason. This song is damn good sir…and the cinematic masterpiece of a video y’all made for the song needs to be made into a movie. I’m just putting that out there.
Man, I thought 30 was the milestone… now we’re sitting at 31 number one songs. That’s pretty wild. Thank you to country radio, my team, our streaming partners, the songwriters, and every one of y’all who’ve listened and turned these songs into something bigger than we ever… pic.twitter.com/kzR8S5R5Lw
Eric Church and Ella Langley have been out on the road together for a few weeks as of now, as Ella has been opening up for the “Chief” on his “Free The Machine Tour”. Despite this and the fact that Ella has been the hottest artist in the genre lately, the two had yet to team up for a performance on the tour.
That of course all changed in Buffalo, New York over the weekend.
After Ella did her part to fire up the New York crowd, Eric opened up the show, per usual, with the entirety of “Evangeline vs. The Machine” before diving into some of his past hits that he’s known for and his album cuts that fans seem to love more than his radio hits.
It’s become pretty standard for Eric to perform some iconic covers from various artists depending on what city/state he’s performing in on any given night. He played “Sweet Home Chicago” in the Windy City, “What Made Milwaukee Famous” was covered in Wisconsin and John Anderson’s “Seminole Wind” when he stopped in Florida. Since he was in New York, Ella and him decided to deliver a hell of a duet of Billy Joel’s “New York State of Mind.”
Yesterday, Miranda Lambert headlined the pre-race concert at the Daytona 500, which kicked off the 2026 NASCAR season at Daytona International Speedway. The fans definitely showed up for some racing too.
With more than 100,000 fans in the stands, Miranda admitted that it’s a lot to take in.
During a press conference, a reporter asked her what feels different about performing at the Daytona 500. Miranda laughed and said, “I mean, I think this would be one of the biggest stages, now that you mention it…thanks for making me nervous. Yeah, it’s just incredible, the amount of people here.”
But she also said that race fans feel like home. She said, “everybody was tailgating, it kind of felt like a concert already…everybody’s in a good mood, it’s a celebration.” Racing fans like to party…as in celebrate the hell out of some racing. It’s what NASCAR fans are known for.
Miranda had both to be nervous about though, because she owned that Daytona 500 pre-race concert stage.
This man is known for saying exactly what he thinks and gives zero shits about who’s feelings he hurts
Charley Crockett had a lot to say in a post on his socials. Now when I say a lot, I mean the wrote a book about how feel about President Trump, Jelly Roll, Bad Bunny and how country music needs to get back to its traditional sound.
“They keep saying I’m a cosplay cowboy but they love a cosplay president. Some folks have been on here calling Muhammad Ali a draft dodger when yall got one in the White House.”
We get it. Charley obviously doesn’t like Trump. Charley was pretty upset with Trump changing the name of the “Gulf Of Mexico” to the “Gulf Of America”. And as a proud American here…I personally liked the name change.
Charley went on…
“When I was at the Grammys the other night I saw a guy get up and talk about Jesus, and then I saw Bad Bunny get up there and talk like Jesus. The country music establishment should be taking notes on a Puerto Rican American who hasn’t forgotten his heritage and brought his culture’s traditional music back to the front, showing the world something new with it.”
I get what Charley is trying to say and disagree with some…well…most of it. Mainly the part about Bugs Bunny talking like Jesus. BB literally said, “before I say thanks to God…blah blah f*cking blah”, he actually never got back to thanking God to be honest. So, at least Jelly Roll talked about Jesus and gave a nice little sermon the world needed to hear.
Charley also defended Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carte” album, calling out industry hypocrisy and arguing she is not the source of country music’s issues. I mean it’s hard to take him seriously about him wanting country music to find its traditional heritage…because Beyoncé’s sound ain’t that.
Charley had more to say though…
“The President is a grifter who bankrupted 6 casinos. That’s pretty extraordinary considering it’s a rigged business in favor of the house. The only thing he’s good at is filing lawsuits and portraying a successful business man as a reality TV actor. Last time I checked Elon Musk was an immigrant from South Africa but there he is standing in the White House buying our elections. Let’s deport his ass and send Peter Thiel back with him since they both openly believe in a post democratic society where men of their class are above the law. Forgive me if I have a problem with a 34 time convicted felon running this country when I lost the right to vote or own a weapon for years over marijuana.”
I’m assuming Charley has never failed at anything in life and had to try again. Bankruptcy is something a lot of businesses go through to also survive. As long Elon’s documents are legal and updated properly, he has every right to be in this country like anyone does. Legal immigration is a beautiful thing and every American with common sense agrees with that.
The 34 felony story is bs, especially considering how the FEC voted 4-1 closed the inquiry after failing to find that Trump or his campaign “knowingly and willfully” violated campaign finance law. The NYC DA and AG campaigned to go after Trump and they damn sure did. The FEC moved on because Trump paid his lawyer a fee for being his lawyer (paying your lawyer is not a campaign violation or a crime) and his lawyer took that money to do as he wished with it.
I can agree that our marijuana laws are silly though. It’s a God given plant that I’ve been known to enjoy being around.
“As long as you’re hating the oppressed and loving your oppressor you’ll never know why our generation is poorer than our parents and grandparents. As a great man once said it’s welfare for the rich and rugged individualism for the poor. If you can sleep at night licking their boots that’s between you and yours, but that type of thinking isn’t freedom. It’s mental slavery.
Every single right we have as a people wasn’t handed to us. We had to fight and take it. Judge a man by how he treats the poor and those who he views as being able to do nothing for him. Don’t forget why Muhammad Ali said ‘I am America.’ Remember the coal miners of Harlan County, Kentucky. I believe in what we can be. Ride on.”
Again…Charley had a lot to say and rant on about. We should also always be willing to help out people in need…but I grew up in the projects and lazy people are real. Something to think about. The poorest 5% of people in the U.S. are still richer than 68% of the people in the world.
For a country where Charley thinks some people are oppressed, we’re all free to better ourselves every single day no matter what you look like. There’s no law currently being enforced saying you can’t do something, because of how you look if you’re a legal American citizen. You can either bitch, complain without solutions, get drunk, do drugs while sitting on your ass…or get up everyday and try being a productive human being.
Most people like being around people who tying to be a productive human being. Charley’s song, “Kentucky Too Long”; is absolutely twanger by the way.
Tim McGraw recently opened up on “The Tim Ferriss Show” and got real about his past. He said fame, money, and success pushed him into heavy drinking and drugs early in his career.
Tim said, “I was drinking a lot. I was just doing everything. I was a kid in a candy store.” But when Faith Hill came into his life, he said, “she started tapping the brakes for me.”
Tim believes if he hadn’t met Faith, his career would have burned out fast and he wouldn’t be the artist he is today. He added, “one I met her, I didn’t want to lose her. She’s magic.”
Tim and Faith married back in 1996 and will celebrate 30 years together later this year too. I also hate that I’m old enough to remember when they started dating. It was a big story back in the 90s and their marriage was an even bigger story. Congrats to their 30 years too.
Sweet Pea is still releasing music and he has a duet with Lainey Wilson on his newest project too.
Vince Gill released his seven song “Down At The Borderline” EP this past Friday (2/13/26), which is also the fourth installment in his “50 Years From Home” EP series. There’s a simple white guitar for the artwork as the cover for it and it’s actually a 1953 Fender Telecaster that Vince bought for $450 in 1978 from Del City Music in Oklahoma, and it’s been his main guitar ever since.
He said it’s been with him throughout his entire legendary music career, and he wanted to pay some homage to that important piece of his career with the cover of this series.
“It’s real special. I’ve got several other old Fender Telecasters, but that one just suits my hands, suits my ears. Everything about it is kind of a huge part of my entire catalog of playing guitar over all these years.”
Vince recruited Lainey Wilson to sing with him on the title track and the song was actually co-written by Liz Rose about a joint in Thibodaux, Louisiana where “they play the Zydeco and wrestle alligators.”
The song reminds me of 90s Vince music and it’s packed with Cajun influence, making the Louisiana native, Lainey, the perfect person to join him on the song.
Vince said…
“Once I set it in Thibodaux I asked Lainey to come sing on it. She graciously said yes, and she killed it! I didn’t know if she’d be up for that; it’s hard to get somebody when they’re knocking it out of the park like she is, but she did, and I love the sound of our voices together.”
Lainey added that it’s been a “dream come true” to sing a song with Vince.
“Releasing a song with Vince Gill is truly a dream come true. I’ve had the chance to get to know him over the past few years and share the stage together, so being able to finally make music together means the world to me.”
Ella Langley just went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, but that’s not all.
She also picked a brand new job. It was recently announced that she’s officially the new face of American Eagle. It’s all a part of American Eagle’s Spring 2026 campaign, designated as their “Denim Darling”.
Ella said, “I have these photos growing up wearing American Eagle shorts that my mom bedazzled herself. It was the first pair of denim I loved.”
She said that same laid back, outdoorsy vibe still defines her style today. Jeans and a t-shirt are her go-to…and there’s no question. And in case you were jonesing for more Ella music, her new album “Dandelion” is officially coming iut on April 10th. Don’t forget.
