Baby You Do

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  11/16/25 - 11/22/25


Baby You Do

By Braxton Keith

Released 09/26/25

Intro by Gene Johns 


Braxton Keith’s unique country voice and style bring to life a well-crafted, complex song that easily earns a spot on this week’s Essie Country’s 21st Century Real Country Music Song of the Week. It’s an excellent song and a standout performance by Braxton.

 

Cowritten by Braxton, along with Brandon Kinney, Josh Thompson, and Wynn Varble, “Baby You Do” is an up-tempo song that deals with the haunting memories and the sad goodbyes of a lost love that follow him wherever he goes. It captures the mental anguish that comes with a breakup of someone you still love. 

 

Braxton describes himself as trying to revive traditional values of old-school country music with a modern twist. His “about the artist” info on Spotify states, "...whose rootsy honky-tonk sound mixes contemporary hooks with the traditional twang of storytellers like Marty Robbins and Merle Haggard. It's a sound that's already taken hold in Texas, where the Midland native penned his first tunes as a teenager.”

 

I agree with Braxton. The songs in my Braxton Keith Spotify playlist have a traditional country flavor that satisfies my appetite for traditional country music artistry and songs. Braxton has become one of my favorite new traditional country artists. I hope he becomes one of your favorites, too. 

 

There is only one way to find out if “Baby You Do” is worthy of the praise I give it and deserving of a spot on the exceptional list of true country music songs chosen for Essie Country’s 21st Century Real Country Music Song of the Week. How? By clicking on the link below: 

                      Baby You Do

                  by Braxton Keith

       https://youtu.be/8gmYnrykRsk?si=yHNIXUVTTD3VbKGV

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