The Five Tenets of Country Music (as outlined by Steve Goodman)

In the 1975 song “You Never Even Call Me By My Name” David Allan Coe says his friend Steve Goodman had written the Perfect Country and Western song except he hadn’t said anything about “mama Or trains, or trucks, or prison, or getting' drunk”. Steve Goodman comes back with The Perfect Country and Western verse. (It’s the song that closes the show).Fun Fact: John Prine co-wrote this song but wanted his name off the credit because he thought it was a novelty song.Here’s What We PlayedTrains and TrucksRoy Acuff Wabash Cannonball Flatt and Scruggs The Wreck of the Old 97Johnny Cash Rock Island LineRed Simpson Diesel Smoke and Dangerous Curves Del Reeves Looking At The World Through a Windshield Mamas and PrisonDolly Parton Mama Say a Little PrayerDolly Parton Coat of Many ColorsWaylon and Willie Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be CowboysTammy Wynette I Wish I Had a Mommy Like YouMerle Haggard Mama TriedGettin’ DrunkJim Ed Brown Pop A Top Loretta Lynn Don’t Come Home A Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ On Your Mind)Roger Miller  The Best of All Possible WorldsErnest Tubb Two Glasses JoeHank Willams Junior and Hank Williams Senior There’s A Tear in My BeerThe Song That Started It AllDavid Allan Coe You Never Even Call Me By My Name Listen to the show liveStop by Classic Country Corner every Saturday morning at 8 only on 98.7 WVMO or stream online at WVMO.FM 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