This Cowboy-Crooner Is More Than Just Walker on 'Yellowstone' — Cue-Up the 7 Best Ryan Bingham Songs Here

Raquel Lekic

August 16, 2024 at 7:34 PM·2 min read

Singer songwriter Ryan Bingham is more than just the Yellowstone hunk we’ve come to know him as. As a matter of fact, the 43-year-old New Mexico native started out with a guitar in his hand long before he made his way onto the Dutton Ranch.

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An accomplished bull rider, the rodeo scene was a big part of his early life, and it was during this time in which he took up music as a hobby while headed from place to place in pursuit of the next rodeo he’d be hitting.

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From playing in run-down honky tonks in the early days of his music career to winning an Academy Award for Best Original Song to playing a part in one of the most famous shows on television, his country music career is one we’ve loved watching unfold. Here, take a look at the seven best Ryan Bingham songs, ranked.

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Ryan Bingham best songs, ranked

7. “The Poet” (2010)

On “The Poet,” Bingham sings about just that — a wandering poet living a nomadic existence. The lyrics paint a picture of the people and things he’s witnessing along the way. The harmonica and gravelly sound of his voice gives this song an almost Bob Dylan-esque sound.

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6. “Nobody Knows My Trouble” (2015)

“Nobody Knows My Trouble” has an autobiographical element to it, and Bingham expresses that no one truly knows the troubles he’s had to carry throughout his life. In the end of the song however, the lyrics turn more optimistic:

“Now I'm living the good life/Away from all of the bad advice/I take every day like it's a paradise.”

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5. “The Other Side” (2007)

“The Other Side,” off his 2007 album Mescalito, is another Ryan Bingham favorite and one of the many songs of his that has appeared in an episode of Yellowstone.

4. “Sunrise” (2007)

“This song is about traveling and trying to see the good things that come your way even if the road seems hard sometimes,” said Bingham per USA Today’s For the Win.

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3. “Hallelujah” (2010)

One thing Ryan Bingham does well is a sad melody, and “Hallelujah” hits you right in the feels. After all, it was the song choice of Bingham’s Yellowstone character, Walker, when Beth requested he play a sad song.

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