Train Songs Story Songs and Potpurri

Twin Spins

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED Johnny Cash “Wanted Man (Live at San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, CA - February 1969)” Johnny Cash “Wreck of the Old 97 (Live at San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, CA - February 1969)” Merle Haggard “Big City” Merle Haggard & The Strangers “Silver Wings” Buck Owens & His Buckaroos “My Skips A Beat” Buck Owens & His Buckaroos “Above and Beyond” Loretta Lynn “Coal Miner’s Daughter” Loretta Lynn “Rated “X”“ Carl Smith “Loose Talk” Carl Smith “No More Loose Talkin’” Lefty Frizzell “Look What Thoughts Will Do” Lefty Frizzell “I Want to Be with You Always (December 1958 Version)” Margo Smith “Tennessee Yodelers” Margo Smith “He Don’t Love Here” Patsy Cline “I Don’t Wanna” Patsy Cline “Too Many Secrets” Willie Nelson “Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” Willie Nelson “Uncloudy Day” 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]

Train Songs Story Songs and Potpurri

Train Songs Hank Snow “Lonesome Whistle” Johnny Cash “Blue Train” Kenny Rogers “The Gambler” Charley Pride “When the Trains Come In” Merle Haggard & The Strangers “Here Comes the Freedom Train” Grandpa Jones “Night Train to Memphis” Story Songs Jeannie C. Riley “The Girl Most Likely” Billie Jo Spears “Marty Gray” Bobbie Gentry “Ode To Billie Joe” Switching Gears Jerry Reed “500 Miles Away from Home” Willie Nelson “Devil In a Sleepin’ Bag” Buck Owens and His Buckaroos “The Kansas City Song” Tammy Wynette “The Ways To Love a Man” Potpurri Lynn Anderson “That’s a No No” Buddy Wayne “I’d Give A Whole Lot Of Me For A Little Bit Of You” Charlie Louvin “What Are Those Things” The Statler Brothers “Walking In the Sunshine” 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]

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]