Classic Country Corner

Rednecks, Duets and More!

Here’s what we played: REDNECK MOTHERS HONKY TONKIN GARY STEWART LONG-HAIRED COUNTRY BOY CHARLIE DANIELS BAND REDNECK VERNON OXFORD KENNY ROGERS TULSA TURNAROUND DON WILLIAMS TULSA TIME CLASSIC COUNTRY FROM THE 50’S + 60’S BUCK OWENS WAITIN’ IN YOUR WELFARE LINE JOHNNY CASH 5 FEET HIGH AND RISING GEORGE JONES TALL TALL TREES BOBBY BARE I’M A MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW COWBOY COPAS FLAT ON READY BONUS BOBBY BARE JUST TO SATISFY YOU DUETS PORTER WAGGONER AND DOLLY PARTON 40 MILES FROM POPLAR BLUFF DAVE HOUSTON AND BARBARA MANDRELL A PERFECT MATCH DAVE AND SUGAR WE’VE GOT EVERYTHING DON GIBSON AND DOTTIE WEST FINAL EXAMINATION CONWAY TWITTY AND LORETTA LYNN BYE-BYE LOVE GATLIN BROTHERS ALL THE GOLD IN CALIFORNIA This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit classiccountrycorner.substack.com [https://classiccountrycorner.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Drinkin' In The Morning and We Remember David Allan Coe

We lost a legend this week.David Allan Coe passed away on Wednesday at the age of 86. Coe was considered one of the pioneers of the Outlaw Country Movement and writer of many songs that went on to be hits for other artists. He put out some controversial content in the 70’s but we are going to focus on the stuff we can play at 8 o’clock in the morning. DRINKING SONGS Johnny Russell Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer Gary Stewart Backsliders Wine Willie Nelson I Gotta Get Drunk Webb Pierce I’m Gonna Hang One On Tonight Faron Young Wine Me Up SOMEBODY ELSE’S SONG Dottie West Heartaches By The Number (made famous by Ray Price) Ray Price I Fall To Pieces (made popular by Patsy Cline) Charley Pride Help Me Make It Through The Night (Made Famous by Sammi Smith) JUST FOR FUN Dave Dudley The Talk of the Town Lynn Anderson Two Rolls of Scotch Tape DAVID ALLAN COE LongHaired Red Neck Tennessee Whiskey Willie, Waylon and Me Tanya Tucker Would You Lay With Me In A Field of Stone Johnny Paycheck Take This Job and Shove It You Never Called Me By My Name This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit classiccountrycorner.substack.com [https://classiccountrycorner.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Country Disco

There is a quote attributed to Pablo Picasso that says something to the effect of “Good artists copy, Great artists steal”. Which upon further investigation, is probably based on a T.S. Elliot quote. That’s a long way to get to this morning's theme. In early March, friend of the show Nate Gibson, host of Back to the Country [https://spinitron.com/WORT/show/160197/Back-to-the-Country] on WORT, played 3 hours of Country Disco on his show and provided some history of the melting of Country and Disco genres in the late 70’s including playing some songs deriding the genre entirely. We do not have three hours but we are going to do our best. The internet defines country disco as a musical fusion genre that emerged in the late 1970s. It blended the traditional instrumentation of country music—such as pedal steel guitars, fiddles, and vocal twang—with the driving, four-on-the-floor rhythms, synthesized basslines, and lush string or horn arrangements characteristic of disco. HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED Country Disc Bob Newkirk When I Stop Leaving (I’ll Be Gone) Charley Pride Get It Up Ronnie Milsap Country Disco Lee “Shot” Williams Baby I’m Burnin’ Dolly Parton Friend, Lover, Wife Johnny Paycheck I Can’t Wait Any Longer Bill Anderson I Ain’t Got No Business Doin’ Business Today George Jones Oh Honey - Oh Babe Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty Ring of Fire Carlene Carter Kaw-Liga Hank Williams, Jr. Folsom Prison Blues Jerry Lee Lewis I Just Want To Be Your Everything Connie Smith I Will Survive Billie Jo Spears This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit classiccountrycorner.substack.com [https://classiccountrycorner.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Bob Dylan

The theme of this week’s show comes from what I’m calling my “Baby Boomer Spring Break” trip. Last week, I drove down to Tulsa, Oklahoma, and spent a couple of days at the Bob Dylan Center and the Woody Guthrie Center. They had so many great artifacts and little documentaries. It is truly amazing to see the breadth of work that man created, especially when you look at the ‘63 to ‘68 era. The rest of my time was spent driving parts of Route 66, hunting for roadside attractions, and listening to Jack Kerouac. (Jack Kerouac definitely stopped at Buc-ee’s, right?) Anyway, one of the things they brought up at the Bob Dylan Center was just how many people covered Dylan’s songs, especially in those early days. It almost reached a point where he was getting upset that other people were having hits with his songs and he wasn’t. (The Byrds had most of their hits with Dylan songs) So, that brings us to this week’s theme: the entire show is going to be dedicated to Bob Dylan covers.HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright Waylon Jennings Rainy Day Women #12 & #35 Flatt & Scruggs Wanted Man George Thorogood & The Destroyers You Ain’t Going Nowhere Nitty Gritty Dirt Band If Not For You Glen Campbell Tangled up in Blue The Charlie Daniels Band When I Paint My Masterpiece Emmylou Harris Walkin’ Down The Line Ricky Nelson Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You Tina Turner The Man in Me Lonnie Mack Maggie’s Farm Lester Flatt It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue The Country Gentlemen She Belongs To Me Ricky Nelson and The Stone Canyon Band One Too Many Mornings The Highwaymen It Ain’t Me Babe Johnny Cash REMINDER that next week is Vinylthon at WVMO and Classic Country Corner moves two hours ahead to 6am- 8am. From 6-7 a.m. CLASSIC COUNTRY CORNER GOES TO THE MOVIES! - We will be playing selections from the Soundtracks like True Grit, Nashville, The Electric Horseman and many more! Then from 7-8 a.m. CLASSIC COUNTRY CORNER IS FEELIN' SINGLE - this will be an hour of 45 records. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit classiccountrycorner.substack.com [https://classiccountrycorner.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Songs of Springtime

When It’s Springtime in Alaska (It’s Forty Below) Johnny Horton When It’s Springtime In The Rockies Gene Autry Blossoms In The Springtime Hank Snow Seasons Of My Heart George Jones Spring Fever Loretta Lynn Seasons Come, Seasons Go Bobbie Gentry Summer, Winter, Spring And Fall Glen Campbell Roses in the Snow Emmylou Harris Spring Tanya Tucker First Rose of Spring Willie Nelson The First Whippoorwill Bill Monroe Springtime In Heaven Don Reno, Red Smiley Season Suite: Spring John Denver You’re as Welcome as the Flowers in May Hank Snow Springtime Ian Tyson Don’t Let The Sunshine Fool Ya’ Townes Van Zandt This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit classiccountrycorner.substack.com [https://classiccountrycorner.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]