Zach Top and the 90s Country Revival 

Fun fact I work at Amazon, and whenever there’s a major country concert in my area we get an uptick in Stetsons and cowboy boots orders lmao

People got sick of seeing country artists dressed like they just mowed their lawns. They want class. The hat is back.

A month ago I paid for a Riley Green concert just to see Zach Top. Absolutely worth it

Zach Top, William Michael Morgan, Alex Key and Randall King all deserve more respect.

Zach top will be the Top Zach soon 🫡🙌🙌

Neotraditional country music is having a revival and I absolutely love it ❤

I saw Zach play at a sold out show for 20 bucks back in April and he and his band absolutely killed it. What you hear is from them not some computer, it was a breath of fresh air.

The revelation that the 90s was 30 years ago was brutal, to be honest.

You know who we really need to talk about in country music? The Honky Tonk Wranglers, they are absolutely killing it

I've seen Zach Top twice now for $20 a ticket.. stood front of the stage both times and I knew once he got on the Lainey Wilson tour he was gonna take off and that just wouldn't be possible anymore. I'm happy for him, his album is amazing, and can't wait to hear more.

I’ve just started getting into Zach top. Grady’s timing is impeccable

i just saw Brooks and Dunn in concert a week ago. Probably the best concerts I've ever been to. Ernest was the first opener and he SHOCKED me. I'm big on 90's country, it's what I grew up with. That entire set had me smiling and feeling like a kid again riding in the backseat of my dad's pickup truck blasting Alan Jackson. He was so much better than I thought he'd be.

I legitimately thought I was listening to 90s country when I heard him on the radio. Absolutely love it!!

I love Zach Top’s album, and I look forward to him putting out more great music in the future. Thanks for another great video Grady.

love love Zach. Ernest's album is such a good mix of authentic old school country and his more pop stuff.

When I first heard "Sounds Like The Radio" come on the radio, I thought it was 90s country, but I was around back then and didn't recognize it. Zach Top has been on my radar ever since!

I freaking love Zach Top. Something you didn’t mention is he’s a ridiculous guitar player. On the level of Brad Paisley. He grew up playing bluegrass competitions so he’s a natural to that stylized electrified plucking that makes 90s country iconic

My wife and I were at George Strait at Kyle field. Tons of straw hats and pearl snaps.😊

OMG! To hear such lovely steel guitar in a new country song again!

So I grew up in the 90's listening to the country stations. Mom was country, 80's pop and "Oldies" soul and Motown. Dad was Classic Rock and talk radio. As I got older of course I got into Emo and Goth and Nu Metal 😂, eventually shoegaze and Folk Rock so on. All this to say the past few years I've come back to my roots and listen to a lot of Alternative Country again, and have recently gotten into "Countrygaze", but every week I throw on some 90's and 80's country, and low and behold...I realized I've heard several of these artists on spotify becuase they played while I had a station on for Clay Walker or Toby Keith or George Strait! Great to hear this sound mainstream again! ❤

One thing that should also be noted is that some of the "unsuccessful" neotraditional acts of the 2010's who had the simple misfortune of debuting during the late Bro Country era are really deserving of their flowers at this point in time. I'm talking about Mo Pitney, William Michael Morgan, and a few others.

Randall King, Drake Milligan, and Zach Top are my Top 3 “90s-esque” country singers right now. They’re bringing it back and I love it

I got to see Zach Top play for Free at the palms resort casino in Vegas during cowboy Christmas for the NFR. I was freaking out because I feel like NOBODY knew how good we had it to be in such a small intimate setting with him and his band. I swing danced right in front of him and got to talk to him for five minutes after the show. He is hands down the best performer I have ever seen and I’m sure that will be the best concert I’ll ever have the privilege of going to.

Just saw Zach Top in Taos, NM opening for Midland and took a picture with him. Felt like I was watching a young alan jackson. Zachs songs are just so good, the songwriting. He is the one to bring old country back I think

Zach too was ther best $20 bar concert I’ve ever ever been to

Finding people like Zac Top is why i watch your channel! I don't listen to country radio because it isn't county anymore. But, when you bring up gems like this guy - THIS is why i listen to your channel!

Midland has been great for years. They should be bigger than they are

IVE BEEEN WAITING FOR THE ZACH TOP VIDEO LETS GOOOO

Love the 20th century green bankers lamp. Also Zach Top Cold Beer and Country Music is some of the best new county I’ve ever heard next to Lainey and Charlie Crockett

I’ve been listening to Zach top and Braxton Keith for like 2 years almost now and I’m so glad that they’re finally getting recognition. (Braxton Keith has also given me advice/help on song writing after about 2 or 3 instagram DMs 😂)

Perfect timing. Been to more country concerts then every before this year and young ppl loving real country and western culture is so back

I've been listening to Zach Top since his bluegrass days. Three Sheets To The Wind is one of my favorites of all of his songs, and his latest album is fantastic country music. I actually got the opportunity to open for him last September and it was definitely a highlight! Such a nice guy, killer voice guitar player, and songwriter! Also, got to open for Braxton Keith in December when he headlined with Josh Ward. He was such a cool dude, and I really like some of his stuff. I didn't really get to talk to Josh Ward much, but Braxton drug me along to hang out with him and his band! Such a great time! (I apologize if this just seems like I'm just name dropping. 😅)

Have been waiting for this video for a while now. Zach Top is the man!

Alex Key deserved a mention in this vid. Fortune Teller is such an underrated song.

Love the video as always Grady but there’s two artists you missed that sound straight out of the 90’s! Alex Key and Drake Milligan both are incredible and deserve a listen or shoutout from you. If not at least give them a listen because they’re awesome!

I was not expecting the “annoying” descriptor for the mustache, made me laugh 😆 and you’re so right!

Ahhh thank you I have been hoping for this video. I love hearing about 90s country and have been really here for the revival!

Scotty McCreery‘s new album has 90s country vibes.

SO HAPPY YOU DID THIS VIDEO. I am a Zach Top DIEHARD

Love that Zach is having his moment. We had him on our podcast two years ago. Can't wait to see where his career takes him!

Grady single-handedly revived country music

I’m seeing him tonight in concert!!

Saw him at a local radio show last month. Private show for like 30 people. Great guy. Definitely lucky to see him

I just saw The Rolling Stones in Chicago, and Lainey Wilson opened for them. I stopped listening to modern country a while back because of how it started to sound, but hearing her has encouraged me to give it another chance.

So happy that Jon Pardi’s song Old Hat was right. Not everyone is ready to give Old Hat the boot!

Grady I think you’re underestimating your role in this country resurgence

Country’s coming back to town! Shout out Brent Cobb

Zach Top, Alex Key and Jake Worthington.

Have you heard of Alex Key? He’s been doing the 90s sound for awhile now !

Never stopped being cool

Been waiting on you to make a video like this! Awesome stuff man!!

This is wonderful, thank you! I’ve been sayin I’m waiting for a Zach & Braxton collab 🙏

I really am loving Zach Top and Braxton Keith's music, and Randall King. I also think flatland cavalry is amazing.

Finally the Zach Top video I’ve been waiting on

Been waiting on a dedicated video for Zach Top.

Some of the best country music exists in Mid to late eighties and early nineties.. Roseann Cash, Carlene Carter, Steve Earl, Dwight Yoakam. They have more than stood the test of time.

I’ve been waiting for this video for so long you talked about all of my top 10 artists 😂

He deserves all the success and recognition! He's Legend in the making 🙌

i was waiting for grady to do an episode on zach top!!

I was hoping you would make this video! 🙌

Randal King, Jake Worthington, Jade Eagleson are some of my top country names right now. Grady you gotta talk more about Jade!

Thanks for showing some love to my friend Braxton he has been grinding for a long time now love that he is getting more attention keep paying attention he’s got big things coming up

what’s up Grady. Been loving the videos. Keep it up ❤🔥

The voices and melodies that sound pure 1990s to me: Craig Campbell (latest album of covers), Hayden Baker, David Adam Byrnes, Zach Top, William Michael Morgan, Jake Worthington, Emily Ann Roberts, Jody Booth, Tye Coleman, with some contributions by Randall King, Ernest, Drake Milligan. It struck me so much, I had to collect some of that music in a separate Spotify playlist. It feels like going back to the 1990s and listening to the radio (albeit without all the major stars of the era).

This video is exactly what I needed

If you're in to the 90s / traditional revival, @tyler booth really needs to be in the conversation! Great writer and artist. Josh Turner's new one "Down in Georgia" is a TB song. Don't sleep on him. 🤙

We need a Zach and Cody tour lol.

Top to bottom great video Grady

I would add Hailey Whitters to the 90’s country revival as well. Her music reminds me so much of The Chicks. If I hadn’t known better, I would have thought that “Everything She Ain’t”, basically the entirety of the “I’m In Love” EP, and “Big Family” from Raised actually was The Chicks. She’s awesome!

This is the way the genre should be. Lots of options and everything thriving because everyone can listen to what they prefer.

I'm in the UK. I went into HMV (the only remaining high street music retailer) and asked if they had the Zach Top album. "Not listed on inventory." The chap did helpfully look it up and found it was available from Zach's website - however when I got home and tried to order it I was going to get hit with import duty and postage, meaning that the £12.99 purchase price became £30 for the one CD. Amazon UK doesn't have it listed, only as an MP3 download. Amazon US does have it, but again there's the same problem with postage (shipping) costs and potential import duty. Unlike the 90s when country was a bit niche in the UK (and a time when I was addicted to CMT Europe), it's now popular over here. So if anyone from a record label reads this, please get Zach's CD released over here. (Also I'm surprised the video didn't mention Joshua Hedley, his second album 'Neon Blue' was a love letter to 90s country - as well as being an incredible listen.)

Another awesome video from the 90's expert Grady! My favorite artist who resembles the nontraditional style of country music is Jon Pardi, but Zach Top is definitely a fan favorite for sure. This mixed bag of sounds in the country genre is quite healthy.

I've been listening to Zach Top for a couple of years now. Definitely my hands down favourite! Along with Drake Milligan and Jake Worthington. Just dripping with steel and fiddle. The way it should be IMO. 🤩 Also Will Banister is another guy that has the neo traditional sound. It's really nice to have some newer traditional country in my playlist now. Long live 90's country!!!!

I absolutely love it. Bring back Stetsons, nudie suits, and cowboy boots. I’ve been tuned out on modern country for so long. But Zach top, Midland, Lainey Wilson and others are bringing back the soul in country

can we all agree a bar song is a jam

Been waiting for this video. This neotraditional wave rules

Zach’s music is great! He’s even a small town boy from Sunnyside Washington (15 mins away from my small home town) and it’s awesome to see somebody local, get big!

As one of the featured comments I'd like to thank my family and friends for the support

Boy, you had me at firecracker! 🧨😅

Grady, excellent take on this 90’s revival and how it sits inside and along the larger umbrella of what is country currently. First off, the points about Zach Tops crew being from the class of 89 era can’t be understated. For someone whose goal clearly seemed to be a sound of that time, Zach was smart to team up with the guys who were there making the stuff. And it shows in the sound of the songs on his LP, which is a great record to listen to and cruise the open road too 😂. The bigger picture about country having a broader labeling to it now is more than fair. In fact, it’s funny to me how much people listen to a song and still need to determine whether or not “it’s country.” I think of rock and how wide that genre goes. From Elvis to Pantera! 😂 They just give it subtitles. Rock and roll, metal, etc. I guess country is doing that now too. Either way, I’m thrilled that a music I’ve loved and sang endlessly forever is getting its due. It’s getting its due because production aside, three chords and the truth are what’s needed maybe more than ever. In a culture searching for what is real and true. You can’t hide a person’s voice and soul, or the lyrics in this style of music. That’s why people aren’t just gravitating to it right now. They’re dead sprinting to it haha. Keep up the great videos my man..👏👏

I was wondering when video would be made 🤠🙏🏻

A. Country is cool again lets go B. Super country soundin country music lets go C. Can’t wait for the next ups like treaty and Zach Top

I was listening to Zach's album today and got those Keith Whitley vibes. So cool he's working with one of the guys that wrote songs with Keith. ❤

Not sure is he’s as 90’s revival as these guys. But Alex Key has been one of my favorites to listen to and I think he does a pretty good job.

Great breakdown of the current swings and shifts in the music. One artist that I would include in this massive umbrella is Billy Strings. That guy is just taking Bluegrass, Jamgrass, and his prog rock to a whole new level.

Clicked for Zach Top, hale yeah

Just saw Jake Worthington, Emily Ann Roberts, and Cody Johnson at Country Thunder in Bristol TN. Awesome concert!!

If this is the way the radio is headed I might need to start listening to the radio again.

We need a Zach Top/Cody Johnson tour

I hope your right because my station plays old and new country music and i change the station sometimes.

One of his less popular songs called busy doing nothing is without a doubt the best beach song oat

Silverada is one of my favorite bands right now

I’m gonna have to check him(and the rest of them) out

Recently got into Zach. Lonely For Long sounds just like Sittin’ On The Fence by George Strait. Almost identical opening guitar and steel riffs and same exact key. Either way, definitely like his sound.

Love Zach Top! I grew up on 90s country (and love it) but at the same time, I love 2010s bro country. Totally different, but both vibes nonetheless. Country’s just cool like that.

I saw Zach Top last weekend as an opener for Luke Bryan and of the three openers Luke had, Zach was by far the best and the most impressive

My family doesn't listen to country, I only started listening in the last few years, so personally I don't have much nostalgia at all for nineties country. The sound and style doesn't do much for me, but I think it's interesting as a phenomena. They say that music/fashion/culture is cyclical, so you'll see trends come back like every thirty or so years. What's weird about the current moment, though, is it's not just general trends like hemlines and heel heights, it's 100% the same clothes. For instance, fashion in the 90's and 2000's definitely reflected certain aspects of 60's and 70's, but you can easily tell them apart. But what's 'in' right now fashion-wise is almost exactly the same as the 90's and 2000's. It's like we hit a wall, and in stead of cycling forwards, we're just spinning our tires. I don't know enough about 90's country to know if the same comparison could be made, but it makes me wonder if the current 90's country revival is in a similar vein; that it's not just inspired, but is the exact same. Sorry if my sentences are incomprehensible I'm tireddddd

Ive been jiving Cody Johnson and treaty oak revival

If him opening for Lainey Wilson is enough for a video, can we get a video on Colby Acuff? He's opening for Luke Combs and has released 4 songs from his newest album you can talk about

Finally