If you want to listen to the heart and soul of country music, give a listen to Car Wheels on a Gravel Road by Lucinda Williams. True to her namesake, Hank Williams, Lucinda captures the pure essence of country music: human grief and joy reaching out for some sense of transcendence through ballads rooted in people and places.
Forget the radio and take a listen to Lucinda.
Good tunage. See the gravel road, where are the wheels?
Aha! The element of transcendence. They’re implied, creating a longing within the view to see these “wheels” from beyond the frame.