These are artists I use for pain management, so it may be useful for you to experiment with them.

Country Music
Artist Favorite Albums
Alabama Dancin' On the Boulevard
In the Mood - The Love Songs
When It All Goes South
20th Century
The Closer You Get
Eric Anderson Blue River
Chet Atkins Guitar Country (instrumental)
Mr. Atkins - Guitar Picker (instrumental)
Finger Pickin' Good (instrumental)
Kenny Chesney Me and You
Everywhere We Go
I Will Stand
Cowboy Junkies The Trinity Session
Jim Croce Time in a Bottle
Billy Currington Doin' Something Right
Diamond Rio Diamond Rio
Completely
One More Day
Allen Dobb Rosetown
Bottomland
Chris Isaak Baja Sessions
Sammy Kershaw Covers the Hits
k. d. lang Absolute Torch and Twang
Heather Myles Sweet Talk and Good Lies
Highways and Honky Tonks
Just Like Old Times
Joe Nichols Man With a Memory
Revelation
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Twenty Years of Dirt
Notorious Cherry Bombs Notorious Cherry Bombs
Brad Paisley Mud on the Tires
Who Needs Pictures
II
Julie Roberts Julie Roberts
Kenny Rogers There You Go Again
Back Home Again
Tommy Shane Steiner Then Came the Night
George Strait Blue Clear Sky
One Step at a Time
Easy Come Easy Go
Carrying Your Love With Me
Taylor Swift Taylor Swift (European Version)
Michelle Wright Now and Then
Everything and More

Sample Playlists

This playlist blends in some favorite artists that simply don't work for pain management for me (Alan Jackson, Don Williams, and Ian Tyson).

1. They Just Don't Make 'Em Like You Anymore 3:49 (Kenny Rogers)
2. Tonight I Climbed The Wall 3:31 (Alan Jackson)
3. I'm Not Supposed To Care 3:31 (Gordon Lightfoot)
4. A Long Time Ago 2:22 (Jim Croce)
5. I Don`t Wanna Let You Go 3:12 (Don Williams)
6. Softly 2:40 (Gordon Lightfoot)
7. These Dreams 3:12 (Jim Croce)
8. Maybe I Should Stay Here 3:34 (Alan Jackson)
9. Sweet Leilani 2:17 (Chris Isaak)
10. Summer Wages 4:17 (Ian Tyson)
11. Bed of Roses 3:41 (Kenny Rogers)
12. I`m Getting Good At Missing You 2:57 (Don Williams)
13. Salon And Saloon 2:33 (Jim Croce)
14. Rainy Day People 2:49 (Gordon Lightfoot)
15. Is It Really Love At All? 5:22 (Eric Andersen)
16. Until Forever's Gone 4:24 (Kenny Rogers)
17. Poor Little Alison 2:31 (Gordon Lightfoot)
18. These Lips Don't Know How To Say Goodbye 3:31 (Doug Stones)
19. Now And Then 3:10 (Gordon Lightfoot)
Total Playing Time 63:11

Another playlist that blends in some favorite artists that simply don't work for pain management for me (Alan Jackson, Don Williams, and Vince Gill).

1. Once Upon A Lifetime 4:14 (Alabama)
2. If I Didn't Have You In My World 3:55 (Vince Gill)
3. I Can't Tell You Why 4:54 (Eagles)
4. Tears Of The Lonely 3:13 (Don Williams)
5. How Do I Break It to My Heart 3:37 (Kenny Rogers)
6. Once In A Lifetime Love 3:26 (Alan Jackson)
7. Somebody Knows You Now 3:43 (Brad Paisley)
8. Love Me Tonight 2:25 (Don Williams)
9. There's No Way 4:13 (Alabama)
10. Metropolis 3:31 (Sammy Kershaw)
11. I Wouldn't Be A Man 3:24 (Don Williams)
12. If That's The Way You Want It 3:43 (Brooks & Dunn)
13. Thursday 2:27 (Jim Croce)
14. Fairweather Friends 4:17 (Don Williams)
15. My Girl 3:09 (Alabama)
16. Joe Knows How to Live 3:55 (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
17. Train Leaves Here This Morning 4:10 (Eagles)
Total Playing Time 62:06

Another playlist that blends in some favorite artists that simply don't work for pain management for me (Ian Tyson, Jimmy Buffett, and Charlie Major).

1. Baby Blue 3:35 (George Strait)
2. When I Close My Eyes 3:30 (Kenny Chesney)
3. Summer's Gone 2:56 (Ian Tyson)
4. All That You Could Be 3:17 (Kenny Rogers)
5. We Must Be Loving Right 3:34 (George Strait)
6. Tin Cup Chalice 3:38 (Jimmy Buffett)
7. The Tin Man 3:27 (Kenny Chesney)
8. Marina Del Rey 3:04 (George Strait)
9. This Crazy Heart Of Mine 4:06 (Charlie Major)
10. Little Things 3:22 (Alabama)
11. Maria 4:39 (George Strait)
12. On The Coast Of Somewhere Beautiful 3:34 (Kenny Chesney)
13. The Captain And The Kid 3:18 (Jimmy Buffett)
14. How Do You Fall In Love 3:01 (Alabama)
15. Wild Blue Yonder 3:53 (Joe Diffie)
16. Easy Come, Easy Go 3:05 (George Strait)
17. I Might Get Over You 3:25 (Kenny Chesney)
18. I Can't Reach Her Anymore 3:23 (Sammy Kershaw)
19. Can't Depend On Love 3:10 (Gordon Lightfoot)
20. No Small Miracle 3:31 (Kenny Chesney)
21. The Nerve 4:08 (George Strait)
Total Playing Time 73:28

This selection is noticeably less mellow, but almost every artist works well for me.

1. What's A Guy Gotta Do 2:22 (Joe Nichols)
2. If The Truth Hurts 2:21 (Heather Myles)
3. Give Me One More Shot 3:31 (Alabama)
4. Kentucky 2:54 (Chet Atkins)
5. It Never Woulda Worked Out Anyway 2:42 (Brad Paisley)
6. How Do You Fall In Love 3:01 (Alabama)
7. Angelyne 4:12 (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
8. Now & Then 3:48 (Michelle Wright)
9. Most of Us Are Sad 3:36 (Eagles)
10. Queen Of My Double Wide Trailer 3:30 (Sammy Kershaw)
11. Lone Star And Coors 2:52 (Ian Tyson)
12. Who Needs Pictures 3:46 (Brad Paisley)
13. Prairie Wedding 4:27 (Mark Knopfler)
14. Life's Too Short To Love This Fast 3:19 (Alabama)
15. We All Fall Down 4:08 (Diamond Rio)
16. I Wish That Wasn't All 3:37 (Joe Nichols)
17. I'll Be There If You Ever Want Me 2:15 (Heather Myles)
Total Playing Time 56:16