The 2000s

Mile Marker 5: The 2000s — “New Millennium Country”

Two hours of the modern sound that carried country into a new era.

The final stretch of the highway brings us into the 2000s — a decade where country embraced rock energy, patriotic anthems, and powerhouse vocals. Toby Keith, Carrie Underwood, and Zac Brown Band helped define a bolder, bigger country sound heading into the new millennium.

What you’ll hear:

• Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue — Toby Keith
• Chicken Fried — Zac Brown Band
• Live Like You Were Dying — Tim McGraw
• Before He Cheats — Carrie Underwood
• Bless the Broken Road — Rascal Flatts

We close out the drive here — modern, powerful, and still rooted in everything that came before it.

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