Iconic country bass lines?

I want to learn a country song for what ever reason and was looking for some ideas. Nothing to complicated but something people would know.

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Not a country fan but a Johnny Cash fan and Folsom Prison Blues might be a good one. Isn’t that in the course as well?

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It’s in the first 50 songs and is a good suggestion. Bear in mind it’s not in A440, though, so might have to detune a bit to sound like the recording.

Here’s another option to consider as well:

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Shit, why didn’t I think of this. Nice pick

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It might be, I’ll have to check it out

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Check out a large number of Jimmy Buffett’s catalog. Throughout his whole run there are all kinds of fantastic lines of varying difficulties.

Stars on the Water, for example:

Migration:

Coconut Telegraph has a very up front line:

And not so much country but he even ventures into a bit of jazz/big band with “Bob Robert’s Society Band” and I love the bass on this one:

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I was actually playing around with margaritaville awhile ago, might have to check out his other stuff. Thanks

Cowboy Junkies, off the Trinity Sessions; Sweet Jane or I’m So Lonesome I could Cry

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