Blue Jeans

Greetings to fans of real country 
music, and welcome to this week’s 
Essie Country’s 21st Century Real Country Music Song of the Week, for the week of 03/01/26 thru 03/07/26.

Blue Jeans
by Jessi Pugh
Released 06/28/2024
Intro by Gene Johns 

Blue jeans have inspired numerous songs over the years. Perhaps the most famous is “Forever in Blue Jeans” by Neil Diamond. It peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 2 on the Easy Listening chart in March 1979.
 
Country music has also produced some notable blue jeans songs. There is Conway Twitty’s memorable “Tight Fittin’ Jeans” and Mel McDaniel’s unforgettable “Baby’s Got Her Blue Jeans On.” Keith Urban, Jake Owen, and Scotty McCreery also recorded songs about blue jeans. 
 
There’s one thing in common among all those blue jeans songs—they’re all by male artists. That changed in June 2024, when country female artist Jessi Pugh recorded “Blue Jeans.” 
 
According to the website “Canvas Rebel,” Jessi penned “Blue Jeans” during high school math class, along with another song, “Picking Petals.” I reviewed both “Picking Petals” and “Blue Jeans,” and “Blue Jeans” is the better song of the two. 
 
Most of Jessi’s songs lean toward country pop, and her website states, “her musical style is a captivating blend that covers the diverse landscape of country pop.” Jessi may be a country pop singer, but she managed to create and perform a lighthearted, up-tempo, Essie Country-certified, pop-free, real country song, “Blue Jeans.”
 
“Blue Jeans,” by Jessi Pugh, is our latest addition to the long list of exceptional real country songs that contribute to the mission of Essie Country, which is to promote real country music. 
 
So put on a comfortable pair of blue jeans, then click the link below to enjoy this week’s Essie Country’s 21st Century Real Country Music Song of the Week:

                                  Blue Jeans
                               by Jessi Pugh
             https://youtu.be/G3mZkk8x7Cg?si=PbjU_RKXKkMfyXeW