By Eli Green
July 22, 2009 - 17:10
MTV Games, Harmonix and Electronic Arts announced the release of the Rock Band Country Track Pack today, available as a standalone disc for Xbox 360, Playstation 2, Playstation 3 and Wii. This is the first Rock Band game that focuses solely on country music. The pack features 21 tracks from some of country's biggest artists, including Willie Nelson, Kenny Rogers, Shania Twain and more.
13 of the on-disc tracks are brand new to Rock Band and will be exclusive to the Rock Band Country Track Pack for a limited time before they finally join the rest of the library in the Rock Band Music Store as downloadable content. As with all previous iterations of Rock Band, the Rock Band Country Track Pack is compatible with all Rock Band instrument controllers and peripherals, as well as Guitar Hero peripherals and “authorized” third party controllers. The tracks on the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 versions of the Track Pack can also be played either from the disc or downloaded to your system's hard drive, through a free offer from Xbox Live and the Playstation Network, for play with the rest of your Rock Band music library.
The complete track list for the Rock Band Country Track Pack, with asterisks denoting which tracks are the limited time exclusives to the Track Pack, is:
Brad Paisley - “Mud on the Tires”
Brooks & Dunn - “Hillbilly Deluxe”
Cross Canadian Ragweed - “Cry Lonely” *
Dierks Bentley - “Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)”
Dixie Chicks - “Sin Wagon”
Drive-By Truckers - “3 Dimes Down”
Jason Aldean - “She's Country” *
Keith Urban - “I Told You So” *
Kenny Chesney - “She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy” *
Kenny Rogers - “The Gambler”*
Lucinda Williams - “Can't Let Go”
Martina McBride - “This One's For The Girls”*
Miranda Lambert - “Gunpowder & Lead”
Montgomery Gentry - “Gone”*
Rascal Flatts - “Me and My Gang”*
Sara Evans - “Suds In The Bucket”*
Shania Twain - “Any Man of Mine”*
Steve Earle - “Satellite Radio”
Trace Adkins - “Swing”*
Willie Nelson - “On the Road Again”*
The Rock Band Country Track Pack is available for a suggested retail price of $29.99 USD and is rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and up.