Red Hot + Country (or RH+C) was the follow-up to No Alternative in the Red Hot Benefit series of compilation albums, a series produced to raise awareness and money to fight AIDS/HIV as well as other related health and social issues.

A live show was held at the Ryman Auditorium — home to the Grand Ole Opry.

Wilco, which had formed earlier in 1994, made their recorded debut on the compilation with their cover of Ernest Tubb's "The T.B.

The song would later appear on the band's 2014 rarities collection Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1994–2014.

[1] Although it was not released as a single, Sammy Kershaw's cover of "Fire and Rain" was made into a music video.