Classic Country Corner

Here’s what we played:REDNECK MOTHERSHONKY TONKIN GARY STEWARTLONG-HAIRED COUNTRY BOY CHARLIE DANIELS BANDREDNECK VERNON OXFORDKENNY ROGERS TULSA TURNAROUNDDON WILLIAMS TULSA TIMECLASSIC COUNTRY FROM THE 50’S + 60’SBUCK OWENS WAITIN’ IN YOUR WELFARE LINEJOHNNY CASH 5 FEET HIGH AND RISINGGEORGE JONES TALL TALL TREESBOBBY BARE I’M A MAN OF CONSTANT SORROWCOWBOY COPAS FLAT ON READYBONUS BOBBY BARE JUST TO SATISFY YOU DUETSPORTER WAGGONER AND DOLLY PARTON 40 MILES FROM POPLAR BLUFFDAVE HOUSTON AND BARBARA MANDRELL A PERFECT MATCHDAVE AND SUGAR WE’VE GOT EVERYTHINGDON GIBSON AND DOTTIE WEST FINAL EXAMINATIONCONWAY TWITTY AND LORETTA LYNN BYE-BYE LOVEGATLIN 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

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 SONGSJohnny Russell Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer Gary Stewart Backsliders WineWillie Nelson I Gotta Get DrunkWebb Pierce I’m Gonna Hang One On TonightFaron Young Wine Me UpSOMEBODY ELSE’S SONGDottie 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 FUNDave Dudley The Talk of the TownLynn Anderson Two Rolls of Scotch TapeDAVID ALLAN COELongHaired Red NeckTennessee WhiskeyWillie, Waylon and MeTanya Tucker Would You Lay With Me In A Field of StoneJohnny Paycheck Take This Job and Shove ItYou 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

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 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 PLAYEDCountry 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 TwittyRing of Fire Carlene Carter Kaw-Liga Hank Williams, Jr. Folsom Prison Blues Jerry Lee LewisI 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

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 PLAYEDDon’t Think Twice It’s Alright Waylon JenningsRainy Day Women #12 & #35 Flatt & ScruggsWanted Man George Thorogood & The DestroyersYou Ain’t Going Nowhere Nitty Gritty Dirt BandIf Not For You Glen CampbellTangled up in Blue The Charlie Daniels BandWhen I Paint My Masterpiece Emmylou HarrisWalkin’ Down The Line Ricky NelsonTonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You Tina TurnerThe Man in Me Lonnie MackMaggie’s Farm Lester FlattIt’s All Over Now, Baby Blue The Country GentlemenShe Belongs To Me Ricky Nelson and The Stone Canyon BandOne Too Many Mornings The HighwaymenIt Ain’t Me Babe Johnny CashREMINDER 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

When It’s Springtime in Alaska (It’s Forty Below) Johnny HortonWhen It’s Springtime In The Rockies Gene AutryBlossoms In The Springtime Hank SnowSeasons Of My Heart George JonesSpring Fever Loretta LynnSeasons Come, Seasons Go Bobbie GentrySummer, Winter, Spring And Fall Glen CampbellRoses in the Snow Emmylou HarrisSpring Tanya TuckerFirst Rose of Spring Willie NelsonThe First Whippoorwill Bill MonroeSpringtime In Heaven Don Reno, Red SmileySeason Suite: Spring John DenverYou’re as Welcome as the Flowers in May Hank SnowSpringtime Ian TysonDon’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

This week we have 14 great truckin’ hits. Songs about the open road, police slowing you down,loneliness and how a CB radio can save the day.HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDMerle Haggard Movin’ On Dick Curless Long Lonesome Highway Red Simpson I’m A Truck CW McCall Wolf Creek Pass Dave Dudley Six Days On The Road CW McCall Convoy Red Sovine Phantom 309 Freddie Hart New York Joe and Redneck Tennessee Del Reeves Looking at the World Through a WIndshield Dick Curless Drag Em Off The Interstate Sock It To Em Blues Cletus Maggard and the Citizen Band The White Knight Brush Arbor Trucker and The UFO Dave Dudley Me and Ole CBRed Simpson Diesel Smoke + Dangerous Curves Stop by Classic Country Corner Saturday Morning at 8 only on 98.7 WVMO or online at WVMO.FM. or through the TuneIn or Radio Garden app on your phone. 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

ANOTHER ALL VINTAGE, ALL ANALOG, ALL VINYL SHOW! We are on our 3rd week of Dollar Bin Discoveries and Recent Acquisitions.HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDMORNING SONGSBobbie Gentry Morning Glory Charley Pride Sunshiny Day Ernest Tubb and Loretta Lynn One To TenBartenderI’m Biting My Fingernails and Thinking of YouDISJOINTED DOUBLE PLAY Dottie West You Ain’t Woman EnoughLynn Anderson Promises PromisesDottie West Pick Me Up On Your Way DownLynn Anderson No Other TimeDave Dudley Yonder Comes A SuckerHank Snow I’m Moving OnJim Reeves He’ll Have To GoDon Gibson Oh Lonesome MePorter Wagoner Y’all ComeEddy Arnold Cattle CallJack & Misty Tennessee Bird Walk This song was #1 on the Country Charts for 2 weeks in 1970!!Stop by Classic Country Corner Saturday Morning at 8 only on 98.7 WVMO or online at WVMO.FM. or through the TuneIn or Radio Garden app on your phone. 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

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDFARON YOUNG -COUNTRY GIRL KENNY ROGERS - LUCILLE BOB LUMAN - LONELY WOMEN MAKE GOOD LOVERS BOBBY LEWIS - HELLO MARY LOU CLAUDE KING - TIGER WOMAN CHARLIE WALKER - DON’T SQUEEZE MY SHARMON JIMMY SKINNER - I FOUND MY GIRL IN THE USA DONNA FARGO - THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WHOLE USAGEORGE HAMILTON IV - ABELINE SPUR - DON’T EVER TRUST A WOMAN MARTY ROBBINS - DEVIL WOMAN FARON YOUNG - SWEET DREAMS THE COMPTON BROTHERS - CLAUDETTE BUCK OWENS- SWEET ROSIE JONES JOHNNY DARRELL - RUBY, DON’T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN JEANIE C. RILEY - THE PRICE I PAY TO STAYGEORGE JONES - THE KING IS GONE AND SO ARE YOUStop by Classic Country Corner Saturday Morning at 8 only on 98.7 WVMO or 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

a very special all digital, all compact discs show HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDSOME GREATEST HITSKenny Rogers “That Crazy Feeling”Kenny Rogers & The First Edition “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Is In)”Kenny Rogers “Reuben James”Tanya Tucker “My Arms Stay Open All Night”Tanya Tucker “If It Don’t Come Easy”THE SONGS OF GEORGE JONES PERFORMED BY GEORGE JONES AND MERLE HAGGARDGeorge Jones “A Picture of Me (Without You)”George Jones “What My Woman Can’t Do”George Jones “The Grand Tour (Single Version)”Merle Haggard “She Thinks I Still Care”Merle Haggard “The Window Up Above”NEW CLASSIC COUNTRY FROM THE LAST 30 YEARS Dwight Yoakam “Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose”Dwight Yoakam “I’ll Go Back to Her”Dwight Yoakam “It Only Hurts When I Cry”Lyle Lovett “San Antonio Girl”Lyle Lovett “On Saturday Night”What is Classic Country Corner?Classic Country Corner is a radio show that airs every Saturday Morning at 8 on 98.7 WVMO, a 100 watt community radio station in Monona, Wisconsin. The show is a mix of vinyl and digital music. Dollar bins, estate sales and thrift stores are the bedrock of the show’s musical library.Our MottoOn Classic Country Corner, we play Classic Country Music from the likes of Waylon, Willie, Johnny, Dolly, Tammy, and Merle. Plus some one-hit wonders and songs that should’ve been hits. 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

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDI’m Movin’ On Tina Turner -made famous by Hank SnowDon’t Talk Now Tina Turner -written by James TaylorStand by Your Man Candi Staton (Made famous by Tammy Wynette)Almost Persuaded Etta James (David Houston’s “Almost Persuaded” spent nine weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart starting in August 1966)Hello Walls Esther Phillips (Faron Young Hit written by Willie Nelson)Cold Heart Big Maybelle (Written by Hank Williams)Bad Case of the Blues Linda Martell (First Black woman to sing at the Grand Ole Opry)Don’t You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me) Bettye Swann (Written by Hank Cochran and a hit for Ray Price in 1965)Night Life Aretha Franklin (Written by Willie Nelson and a hit for Ray Price) You Can’t Lie to a Liar Ketty Lester (from her first album in 1962- Ketty went on to release 5 more records in the 60s but you may know her as Hester-Sue Terhune on Little House on the Prairie ) Fairytale The Pointer Sisters -“Fairytale” went on to win the Pointer Sisters the Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for the year 1974, marking the first awarding of a Grammy to an all-female vocal group and making the Pointer Sisters the only black women to win a Grammy in a country music category until Beyoncé took home the Grammy Award for Best Country Album in 2025.Jolene Candi Staton (Written by Dolly Parton)You Can Have Him Jolene Chapel Hart (an answer song )All My Heroes Played Guitars Petrella (name checks a ton of c+ w artists)You Must Think My Heart Has Swinging Doors Vicki VannDirect inspiration for this show was from DJ Action Slacks and the Respected Lady Land Radio Show Respected Lady LandStop by Classic Country Corner Saturday Morning at 8 only on 98.7 WVMO or online at WVMO.FM.or through the TuneIn or Radio Garden app on your phone. 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

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDMy Heart Skips a Beat Buck OwensHeartaches And Hangovers - George JonesWhy Don’t You Love Me - Hank WilliamsMORNING SONGSKiss an Angel Good Mornin’ Charley PrideI’ll Be Here in the Morning Townes Van ZandtGEN X DOUBLE PLAY (AND ONE OTHER SONG)Love’s Where Life Begins Arthur AlexanderStep By Step Eddie RabbittLove Will Turn You Around Kenny RogersThe Hinges on the Door Connie SmithShe’s Gone, Gone, Gone Lefty FrizzellIT’S KIND OF ON YOU FOR FALLING IN LOVE WITH MEHeard It in a Love Song The Marshall Tucker Band(That’s What You Get) For Lovin’ Me Waylon JenningsPretend I Never Happened Willie NelsonSomeone To Give My Love To Johnny PaycheckThat’s The Way Love Goes Johnny RodriguezLove is Strange Buck Owens, Susan Raye…AND HOW COULD WE NOT PLAYI Will Always Love You (Live on the Grand Ole Opry, May 19th, 2007) Dolly Parton, Patty Loveless, Marty Stuart 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

Another all analog, all vinyl, all 45s show. HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED Ray Pennington (with Buddy Emmons & The Swing Shift Band) “Good Old Country Mood”Johnny Cash “What Is Truth”Johnny Cash “The One On the Right Is On the Left”Deanna Marie “Whole Lot of Walking”Tony Douglas “Walking Over Yonder”George Jones & Tammy Wynette “Interview”Loretta Lynn “Wine, Women and Song”Conway Twitty “You’ve Never Been This Far Before”Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty “The Bed I’m Dreaming On”Charley Pride “I’m Learning to Love Her”Merle Travis “That Tennessee Beat”The Wilburn Brothers “Knoxville Girl”Roy Drusky “Pick Of The Week”Roy Drusky “White Lightnin’ Express”Johnny Booth “Wishful Thinking” 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

At 8:00 am on Saturday January 27,2024 , Classic Country Corner hit the airwaves on WVMO for the first time.🤠Over the course of 2 years, we have played hundreds of songs about trucks, mama, trains, prison and getting drunk. We have played songs about falling in love, falling out of love, falling in love with someone you should and some songs about murder.HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED THIS WEEKHAPPY BIRTHDAY/HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Conway Twitty Happy Birthday Darlin’Loretta Lynn Happy BirthdayHank Locklin Happy Birthday to MeRay Price Sweetheart of the YearJohnny Cash Joe Bean SONGS WITH THE NUMBER 2 IN THE TITLEDolly Parton & Porter Wagoner Two of a KindEmmylou Harris Two More Bottles of WineBonnie Owens & Merle Haggard That Makes Two of UsGeorge Jones & Tammy Wynette Two Story HouseGeorge Jones Stand On My Own Two KneesJean Shepard Two Whoops And A HollerFARM AID FOLKSWaylon Jennings Are You Ready for the CountryNeil Young Get Back to the CountryWillie Nelson It’s Not Supposed to Be That WayNeil Young Are There Any More Real Cowboys?Bob Dylan Country PieStop by Classic Country Corner every Saturday Morning at 8, only on 98.7 WVMO or online at WVMO.FM.Thanks for reading Classic Country Corner! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. 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

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDTOP O THE MORNINGHello Trouble Buck OwensDon Williams In The Mornin’Sammi Smith Sunday Morning Coming DownBOB WEIR RIPGrateful Dead The Race is OnGrateful Dead El PasoSOMEBODY ELSE’S SONGJeannie C. Riley One Toke Over the LineWillie Nelson Both Sides NowLoretta Lynn Rhinestone CowboyLyle Lovett Stand By Your ManThe Kendalls You Think I Still CareDwight Yoakam Train In VainGAMBLINGFrankie Laine Roving GamblerDolly Parton Kentucky GamblerJerry Reed When You're Hot,You’re HotEmmy Lou Harris Ooh Las VegasKenny Rogers The GamblerYou can hear Classic Country Corner every Saturday Morning at 8am only on 98.7 WVMO or 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

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDHIGHWAYMEN AND OUTLAWSWAYLON JENNINGS WAYMORE BLUES WILLIE NELSON SHOTGUN WILLIEWILLIE AND WAYLON Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)MERLE HAGGARD BIG CITYERNEST TUBB BIG CITYTHE KING AND QUEEN OF COUNTRY MUSICGEORGE JONES THE RACE IS ONTAMMY WYNETTE D I V O R C EGEORGE AND TAMMY GOLDEN RINGLOVE SONGSBUCK OWENS LOVES GONNA LIVE HEREDOLLY PARTON LOVE AND LEARN2 CHARLIES AND A FREDDYCHARLEY PRIDE A GOOD CHANCE OF TEAR FALL TONIGHTCHARLIE RICH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLDFREDDY FENDER BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLSCONNIE SMITH ONCE A DAYEDDIE RABBIT TWO DOLLARS IN THE JUKE BOXDOLLY PARTON GAMES THAT PEOPLE PLAYROGER MILLER YOU CAN’T ROLLER SKATE IN A BUFFALO HERDROGER MILLER DO-WAKA-DOStop by Classic Country Corner Saturday Morning at 8 only on 98.7 WVMO or online at WVMO.FM or through the TuneIn or Radio Garden app on your phone. 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

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDHANK WILLIAMS 🤠🍾🛣️Hank Williams Lost Highway Hank Williams Your Cheatin’ Heart Hank Williams Hey Good Lookin’IN REMEMBRANCE 🪦The Flatlanders Hello StrangerJohnny Rodriguez Dance With MeHOUSE AND HOME 🏠🏘️Bobby Bare Detroit CityStuart Hamblen This Old HouseSonny James BaltimoreDRINKING SONGS (IN THE MORNING!)🌞🍻Jim Ed Brown Pop A TopWebb Pierce Here I am Drunk AgainMerle Haggard I Think I Just Sit Here and DrinkCLASSIC COUNTRY COVERS:SMOOTH SOUNDS OF THE 70s EDITION 🕺🪩Johnny Carver Tie a Yellow Ribbon Billy “Crash” Craddock Knock Three Times Tennessee Ernie Ford Take Me Home Country Roads Kenny Rogers and Dottie West Baby I’m A Want You Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn Let Your Love Flow A CREEPY WINTER “CLASSIC”Homer and Jethro and June Carter Baby, It’s Cold Outside 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

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDMickey Gilley How I Love Them Old Songs Tammy Wynette You Can’t Hang OnRay Price Little Green ApplesMarty Robbins Five BrothersMarty Robbins The Cowboy in The Continental SuitHank Locklin Born To RambleJohnny Horton I’m Ready If You’re WillingRoy Clark She’s All I Got (side 1)Mel Tillis I Ain’t EverTammy Wynette Good Lovin Makes It RightJanie Fricke What’re You Doing Tonight ?Ronnie Milsap He Got YouCrystal Gayle Why Have You Left The One You Left Me ForRoy Clark Jesus Is A Soul Man The Oak Ridge Boys Y’all Come Back Saloon 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

Happy Holidays! This is a special Classic Country Christmas show, highlighting lesser played Christmas songs by your favorite Classic Country Artists.I tried to use instrumentals from A Merry Hee Haw Christmas from Buck Owens and His Buckaroos as underbed music to switch things up. I was mildly successful.Learn how an on air flub turned into a Radio Industry Term. (Salads).Here’s what we played.Loretta Lynn Happy Birthday Tom T. Hall Christmas Is Buck Owens Christmas Shopping Hank Snow The Reindeer Boogie Tennessee Ernie Ford Rootin Tootin Santa Claus George Jones and Tammy Wynette Mr & Mrs. Santa Claus Buck Owens Santa Looked A Lot DaddyMarty Robbins One of You in Every Size Charley Pride Santa and the Kids Ernest Tubb Merry Texas Christmas ,You All Jim Reeves Senor Santa Claus Johnny Horton They Shined Up Rudolph’s Nose Tammy Wynette One Happy Christmas Glen Campbell Pretty Paper Dolly Parton Hard Candy Christmas Lowell Shyette Santa Drives A Peterbilt Sherwin Linton Santa Got A DWI Charlie Stewart Santa CLaus Ain’t a Hippie (John Denver Please Daddy,Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas 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

Here’s what we playedShe Loves You Homer & JethroWhat Goes On Nitty Gritty Dirt BandLady Madonna - Buck OwensNorwegian Wood Waylon JenningsDon’t Let Me Down Dillard & ClarkHelp! Dolly PartonYesterday Tammy WynetteEleanor Rigby Bobbie GentryYou’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away Waylon Jennings, The WaylorsI’ve Just Seen a Face The DillardsShe Came In through The Bathroom Window Ray Stevens Eight Days A Week Lorrie MorganYellow Submarine The Charles River Valley BoysGet Back Jessi ColterIn My Life Johnny CashYesterday - Live Willie NelsonTwist and Shout Buck Owens 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

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Jimmy Martin Grand Ole Opry SongPorter Wagoner, Dolly Parton Milwaukee, Here I ComeFerlin Husky Country Music is Here to Stay Red Sovine The Greatest Grand Ole OpryJohnny Cash All I Do Is DriveSATURDAY NIGHT AT THE GRAND OLE OPRY VOL 3 (SIDE 2)LORETTA LYNN ACT NATURALLYTHE WILBURN BROTHERS I’LL TAKE WHAT’S LEFTBILL MONROE AND HIS BLUE GRASS BOYS Mary At The Home PlaceSTARS OF THE GRAND OLE OPRY 1926-1974(SIDE D)CONNIE SMITH RIBBONS OF DARKNESSDOLLY PARTON MULE SKINNER BLUESJEANNIE PRUETT JUST A LITTLE AFTER HEARTACHESGeorge Morgan The Ballad of the Grand Ole Opry (SINGLE)THE BEST OF THE GRAND OLE OPRY PRESENTED BY SHUR FINE FOODSMARION WORTH CRAZY ARMSJIMMY DEAN ANY TIMEGRAND OLE COUNTRY HITSDON GIBSON SEA OF HEARTBREAKHANK LOCKLIN WHO AM I TO CAST THE FIRST STONEHOMER AND JETHRO I’M MY OWN GRANDPA 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

POPURRI LEFTOVER STUFFING SHOWHERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDLOVIN’T.G. Sheppard I Loved ‘Em Every OneJohnny Lee Lookin’ for LoveJohn Anderson Makin’ Love and Makin’ OutGene Watson Love In The Hot AfternoonRonnie Milsap Daydreams About Night ThingsANSWER SONGSBobby Helms Fraulein - Single VersionKitty Wells I’ll Always Be Your FrauleinFaron Young Hello WallsRalph Emery Hello FoolMerle Haggard Okie From MuskogeeThe Youngbloods Hippie from Olema No. 5THE PUNS KEEP COMINGJeannie Seely Welcome Home to NothingJerry Jeff Walker Pot Can’t Call The Kettle Black*Wanda Jackson I Already Know (What I’m Getting For My Birthday)*Liz Anderson Husband Hunting*Bobby Edwards I’m Sorry To See Me Go*Lynn Anderson Ride, Ride, RideThose were songs all written by Liz Anderson. I am indebted to WVMO’s DJ Shotski who hipped me to the Respected LadyLand Radio show which an entire episode dedicated to the work of Liz Anderson and I highly recommend you check it out at djactionslacks.com 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

The spark for this week’s theme was my desire to start the show with Johnny Cash “Big River”. I remembered that the Grateful Dead had covered that song and a few Merle Haggard songs came to mind. Initially I thought it would just be one segment in a show, but then I got down the rabbit hole of the Grateful Dead and found soo many more songs that I could play.HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDBig River Johnny Cash Sing Me Back Home Merle Haggard & The Strangers El Paso Marty RobbinsSeasons Of My Heart George Jones You Win Again Hank Williams Mama Tried Merle Haggard Big Iron Marty Robbins Big Boss Man Bobbie Gentry Deep Elem Blues Shelton Brothers Saw Mill Buck Owens Dark Hollow Tom T. HallStagger Lee Charley Pride Silver Threads And Golden Needles Wanda Jackson C.C. Rider - Charlie RichI Washed My Hands in Muddy Water Stonewall Jackson Goin’ Down the Road Feelin’ Bad Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins Not Fade Away Tanya TuckerStop by Classic Country Corner every Saturday Morning at 8 only on 98.7 WVMO or 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

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED70’S SINGING SENSATIONSTHE OAK RIDGE BOYS COME ON INTHE STATLER BROTHERS THE OFFICIAL HISTORIAN OF SHIRLEY JEAN BERRELLDAVE AND SUGAR GOT LEAVIN ON HER MINDLEFTY FRIZZELL GONE, GONE, GONERAY PRICE THE SAME OLD MEOTHER PEOPLE’S HITSCHARLEY PRIDE ME + BOBBY MCGEEDAVID HOUSTON I’VE GOT A TIGER BY THE TAILMERLE HAGGARD THE RACE IS ONKIDS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGSLORETTA LYNN MAMA, WHY?DOTTIE WEST MOMMY, CAN I STILL CALL HIM DADDY?TAMMY WYNETTE KIDS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGSDON WILLIAMS TULSA TIMEKENNY ROGERS LUCILLENEW CLASSIC COUNTRY FROM THE 90’S +2000’SDWIGHT YOAKAM SORRY YOU ASKEDGEORGE JONES AND GARTH BROOKS B DOUBLE E ARE YOU IN?LYLE LOVETT THE TRUCK SONGStop by Classic Country Corner Saturday Morning at 8 only on 98.7 WVMO or online at WVMO.FM or through the TuneIn or Radio Garden app on your phone. 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

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDBACK TO JESUSWANDA JACKSON TURN YOUR RADIO ON ROGER MILLER I KNOW WHO IT IS AND I’M GONNA TELL ON HIMJOHNNY CASH AMENGEORGE JONES FAMILY BIBLEJOHNNY PAYCHECK I’M BETTER OFFTHE STATLER BROTHERS OH HAPPY DAYA WOMAN SCORNEDTAMMY WYNETTE SALLY TRASHLORETTA LYNN FIST CITYSAMMI SMITH FINE AS WINEBUCK OWENS LET THE SAD TIMES ROLL ONMERLE HAGGARD THAT’S THE WAY LOVE GOESPICKIN’ AND GRINNIN’GRANDPA JONES OLD RATTLERFLATT AND SCRUGGS FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWNCHET ATKINS OH LONESOME MEROY CLARK RIDERS IN THE SKYLYNN ANDERSON ROCKY TOPWILLIE 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

HERES WHAT WE PLAYEDNew Classic Country A Lesson In Leavin Sierra Ferrell, Nikki Lane (Lying Here With) Linda on My Mind Carson McHone I Can’t Shake the Stranger Out of You A. Savage The Cowboy (Small Texas Town) Waylon Jennings Workin’ Man Blues Willie Nelson Let’s Duet Let’s Duet John C. Reilly, Angela Correa We Go Together Tammy Wynette, George Jones Are You Mine Loretta Lynn, Ernest Tubb Her and the Car and the Mobile Home Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton I’ll Take a Chance Merle Haggard and Bonnie Owens PotpourriGames People Play Lynn Anderson Rocky Mountain Music Eddie RabbittFancy Bobbie Gentry Wabash Cannonball Roy Acuff Mama Says It’s Naughty Maddox Brothers and RoseStop by Classic Country Corner every Saturday Morning at 8 only on 98.7 WVMO or 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

Inside Baseball Corrections Department* It was NOT a close game. The Brewers got blown out of the water. * The Cue Button was NOT broken. Turns out there is a separate volume knob that was turned all the way down. You will hear the left and right channels cut out briefly as I tried troubleshooting on the fly . (aka unplugging cables and pluggin them back in)HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED Songs by Buck Owens and his BuckaroosBuck Owens - I’ve Got A Tiger By The TailDon Rich - Wham BamWayne Wilson - You’ll Never Miss The Water Till The Well Runs Dry Let’s DuetJohnny Cash And June Carter Cash Long Legged Guitar Picking ManThe Kendells - Heaven’s Just A Sin A WayConway And Loretta Hey Good LookingBeg Your Parton? Dolly Parton Twin SpinLove Is Like ButterflyCoat Of Many ColorsWaylon Jennings Twin SpinLucille Sweet CarolineSoft 70’s Side of Classic Country Corner (I tried to use my NPR/ Quiet Storm voice when announcing these songs)Kenny Rogers- Daytime FriendsFreddy Fender - Before The Next Teardrop FallsDon Williams - I Believe In YouPotpourriGeorge Jones- The Race Is OnMerle Haggard-Rainbow StewFlatt and Scruggs- Foggy Mountain BreakdownMerceese- New York Groove 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

A potpourri/radio improv show. A bunch of scratchy records that were picked up at an antique tractor show. I pulled them out of the stack and put them on the air!HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDLynn Anderson “Okie From Muskogee”Lynn Anderson “Once A Day”Lynn Anderson “Stand By Your Man”David Houston & Barbara Mandrell “Perfect Match”David Houston & Barbara Mandrell “We’re Gonna Make It All The Way”Conway Twitty “You’ve Never Been This Far Before”Charlie Rich “I Can’t Even Drink It Away”Tammy Wynette “Hardly A Day Goes By”Bobby G. Rice “You Lay So Easy On My Mind”Tex Ritter “I Dreamed of a Hill-Billy Heaven”Crystal Gayle “Talking In Your Sleep”Joe Stampey “Put Your Clothes Back On”I thought I could play “Games People Play → Stand By Your Man → Okie From Muskogee but they were in a different order on the album. :(LOOK AT THOSE LAPELS!!!!LOOK AT THOSE SIDEBURNS!!!Nate Gibson “Fear the Beer”Nate Gibson “The Sausage Race Is On”Nate Gibson “Road to the World Series”READ MORE ABOUT NATE GIBSON’S FEAR THE BEER PROJECT.https://www.wpr.org/news/wisconsin-country-musician-fear-the-beer-milwaukee-brewershttps://milwaukeerecord.com/music/nate-gibsons-fear-the-beer-gives-the-brewers-a-country-tinged-playoff-soundtrack/ 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

Today’s show featured Songs About Hank Williams, Songs Written by Hank Williams, Songs Made Famous by Hank Williams and Songs performed by Hank Williams. Hiram “Hank” Williams was born September 17, 1923 and died on new years day January 1, 1953 at the age of 29 During his short lifetime, Williams placed 30 songs on Billboard’s Top C&W Records, with 11 being number one hits.I had a lot of Tribute Records to choose from.Charley Pride “There’s a Little Bit of Hank In Me”Merle Haggard “The Way It Was in ‘51”Johnny Cash “The Night Hank Williams Came to Town”Waylon Jennings “Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way”Moe Bandy “I’ve Done Everything Hank Williams Did, But Die”George Jones “Why Don’t You Love Me”George Jones “Honky Tonkin’”George Jones “I Can’t Help It”Merle Haggard & The Strangers “Moanin’ the Blues”Merle Haggard “My Heart Would Know”Merle Haggard And The Strangers “Love Sick Blues”Johnny Cash “Hey Good Lookin’”Johnny Cash “I Could Never Be Ashamed of You”Charley Pride “Honky Tonk Blues”Charley Pride “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry”Hank Williams “Your Cheatin’ Heart”Hank Williams “Jambalaya”Hank Williams “Move It on Over”….And because The Milwaukee Brewers are in the Playoffs.Nate Gibson “Fear the Beer” 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

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDJohnny Cash Ring of FireJim Reeves Welcome to My WorldRay Price For the Good Times (Single Version)Willie Nelson If You've Got the Money I've Got the TimeGeorge Jones & Tammy Wynette Golden RingHank Williams & His Drifting Cowboys Lovesick BluesDelmore Brothers Blues Stay Away from MeHank Snow I'm Movin' OnDottie West Country Girl Bobby Bare Four Strong WindsTex Williams Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely Slippin' AroundMerle Travis Divorce Me C.O.DFrankie Laine Mule TrainJerry Lee Lewis One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) 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

Songs about not settling down (or not settling for someone).Songs about lost loveSongs about meeting up with your Ex.Songs of devoted love. and of course some cheating songs, it is a Country Show after all.HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDTex Ritter "(I Got Spurs That) Jingle, Jangle, Jingle"Dottie West "Country Sunshine"Conway Twitty "(Lying Here With) Linda On My Mind"Don Gibson "Woman (Sensuous Woman)"Bob Luman "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers"Porter Wagoner "I've Enjoyed As Much of This As I Can Stand"George Jones "The Grand Tour (Single Version)"Lefty Frizzell "She's Gone, Gone, Gone"The Statler Brothers "Susan When She Tried"Charley Pride "Just Between You and Me"Ronnie Milsap "(I'm a) Stand by My Woman Man"Johnny Duncan "She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed (Anytime)"Barbara Mandrell "Crackers (Single Version)"Mel Street "Borrowed Angel (Original Gusto Recording)"Warren Smith "I Don't Believe I'll Fall In Love Today"The Sir Douglas Band "I'll Be There"Ray Pillow "Thank You Ma'am" 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

I think this was recorded in August and I just forgot to hit the Publish button.We start of the show by getting confused about which country star has recently passed away.Things get back on track with some Country Songs That Don’t Sound Like Country Songs and we nearly beat the theme of ‘Lonesome’ into the ground.Pretty solid show IMHO.HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDJean Shepard "Slippin' Away"Jeannie Seely "Don't Touch Me"Jeannie C. Riley "Shed Me No Tears"Charlie Rich "Nice 'N' Easy"Sonny James "A Little Bit South Of Saskatoon"Henson Cargill "Skip a Rope"Ray Price "The Lonesomest Lonesome"Don Gibson "Oh Lonesome Me (Rerecorded)"Wynn Stewart and the Tourists "It's Too Much Like Lonesome"Sammi Smith "The Last Word In Lonesome Is Me"Charley Pride "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"Hank Williams "Long Gone Loneseome Blues"George Jones "White Lightnin'"Barbara Mandrell "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed"Gary Stewart "She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)"Johnny Cash "I Walk The Line"Conway Twitty "I've Just Destroyed The World"Tammy Wynette "Stand By Your Man" 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

When I was in the studio on Saturday morning I was in a panic as no sound was coming out of one of the stations turntables. I had another stack of Uncle Boyd’s records and was unsure if I was going to be able to play them or if it would be an mish mash of Uncle Boyd’s records and what was available in the media library on the station’s computer.Engineer Paul came to the rescue and got everything up and running.The first two songs (David Alan Coe and Willie Nelson) are us literally filling time while Paul was reconnecting lose cables and making sure our sounds were going out on the airwaves.Here’s What We Played David Allan Coe "You Never Even Call Me by My Name"Willie Nelson "City of New Orleans"UNCLE BOYD’S RECORDSRoger Miller "I Get Up Early In the Morning"Ray Price "Letters Have No Arms"Ray Price "Crazy Arms"Waylon Jennings "Honky Tonk Heroes (Like Me)"Merle Haggard & The Strangers "Honky Tonk Night Time Man"Dolly Parton "Jolene (Remastered)"Bobby Bare "Detroit City"Nancy Sinatra "Jackson"Emmylou Harris "Feelin' Single - Seein' Double"Marty Robbins "You Only Want Me When You Are Lonely"Larry Gatlin "Statues Without Hearts"Sonny James "The Cat Came Back (Remastered)"Hank Locklin "Foreign Car"Waylon & Jessi "Suspicious Minds"Stop by Classic Country Corner Saturday Morning at 8 only on 98.7 WVMO or 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

ANOTHER ALL ANALOG ALL VINYL ALL NEW TO ME RECORDS.LAST WEEK MY BUDDY BEN CALLED ME UP TO ASK IF I WANTED TO GO THROUGH SOME ALBUMS HE INHERITED FROM HIS UNCLE BOYD. HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDMerle Haggard & The Strangers "Old Man from the Mountain"Waylon Jennings "I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself"Willie Nelson "Me and Paul"Nancy Sinatra "Oh Lonesome Me"Helen Merrill "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"Conway Twitty "It's Only Make Believe (1976 Version)"Hank Locklin "Please Help Me I'm Falling"Don Gibson "I Can't Leave"Marty Robbins "Big Iron"Roger Miller "It Happened Just That Way"Sonny James "Baltimore"Bobby Bare "The Streets of Baltimore"Mac Davis "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me"Don Williams "Say It Again"Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band "Garden Party"Emmylou Harris "Amarillo" 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

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED Tennessee Ernie Ford "Sixteen Tons"Merle Haggard "Workin' Man Blues"Norma Jean "Heaven Help the Working Girl"Loretta Lynn "Coal Miner's Daughter"Merle Travis "Dark As a Dungeon"Jim Ford "Harlan County"Dolly Parton "9 To 5"Alabama "Forty Hour Week (For a Livin')"Johnny Cash "Oney"TRIBUTE TO TRUCK DRIVERSTerry Fell "Truck Driving Man"Dave Dudley "Six Days On The Road"Del Reeves "Looking At the World Through a Windshield"Merle Haggard & The Strangers "A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today"Glen Campbell "Witchita Lineman"Mel Tillis and The Statesiders "Sawmill"The Judds "Working In the Coal Mine"Johnny Paycheck "Take This Job And Shove It" 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

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED Willie Nelson "Whiskey River"Johnny Paycheck "Take This Job And Shove It"Bobby Bare "Numbers"Jerry Lee Lewis "What Made Milwaukee Famous"Roger Miller "Dang Me"George Jones "Tender Years (Re-Recorded)"Buck Owens & His Buckaroos "How Long Will My Baby Be Gone (Mono Single Version)"The Hagers "Gotta Get to Oklahoma ('Cause California's Gettin' to Me)"Susan Raye "Maybe If I Close My Eyes (It Will Go Away)"Loretta Lynn "You Ain't Woman Enough"Jimmy C. Newman "Artificial Rose"Jan Howard "Evil On Your Mind"Dottie West "Walking In the Dark"Rose Lee Maphis "I’ve Come To Take You Home (Original Starday / King Recording)"June Stearns "Just Another Song Now (Original Starday / King Recording)"C.W. McCall "Convoy"Stop by Classic Country Corner every Saturday Morning at 8, only on 98.7 WVMO or 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

Here’s What We PlayedStory SongsLefty Frizzell "Saginaw, Michigan"Marty Robbins "El Paso"Johnny Cash "One Piece At a Time (Single Version)"Red Sovine "Phantom 309"Jeannie C. Riley "Harper Valley P.T.A."Birthday Dedication to Superfan Matt in McFarlandConway Twitty "Happy Birthday Darlin'"Porter Wagoner "A Satisfied Mind"Roy Clark "Thank God and Greyhound"Birthday Dedication to DJ ShotskiDon Ring and his Rhythm Kings Orchestra "Waltz Across Texas"Buck Owens & His Buckaroos "Scandinavian Polka"Long Distance Dedication to Andrew in Vilas NeighborhoodGlen Campbell "Wichita Lineman"Merle Haggard "Big City"Dottie West "Suffertime"Johnny Lee "Lookin' for Love"George Jones & Tammy Wynette "Golden Ring "Stop by Classic Country Corner every Saturday Morning at 8 only on 98.7 WVMO or 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

Here’s what we played.Drinkin’ Songs (in the Morning)Dick Curless "Bury the Bottle With Me"Hank Thompson "Hangover Tavern"George Jones "Just One More"Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys "Bubbles In My Beer (feat. Tommy Duncan)"Moe Bandy "Honky Tonk Amnesia"Wanda Jackson "A Girl Don't Have to Drink to Have Fun"I Beg Your Parton?Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner "Always, Always"Dolly Parton "Time For Me To Fly"Country Songs about Country MusicThe Statler Brothers "How to Be a Country Star"Red Steagall "Lone Star Beer and Bob Wills Music"Stoney Edwards "Hank And Lefty Raised My Country Soul"Kooky Classic Country Covers: Piano Man EditionWillie Nelson "Just the Way You Are"Waylon Jennings "The Entertainer"Odds and EndsLoretta Lynn & Ernest Tubb "Sweet Thang"Charley Pride "Busted"Tammy Wynette "Kids Say the Darndest Things"Buck Owens & His Buckaroos "Love's Gonna Live Here"Stop by Classic Country Corner Saturday Morning at 8 only on 98.7 WVMO or 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

WE ARE RETURNING TO THE WELL THAT IS A BOX OF 45s THAT I PURCHASED OVER A YEAR AGO FROM A FELLOW COUNTRY MUSIC ENTHUSIAST AND DOLLAR BIN AFFICIONADO. IF YOU GET A CHANCE, FOLLOW Dollar Country ON THE SOCIALS. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.WHIMSY AND WORDPLAYLarry Steele "Daylight Losing Time"Marty Robbins "You're Breaking My Heart (While You're Holding My Hand)"Billy Walker "Don't Stop My World (If You Don't Mean To Stay)"Rose Maddox "Stand up Fool"Mel Tillis "Mr. Dropout"DRINKING SONGS (PERFECT FOR THE MORNING )Wilburn Brothers "Roarin' Again"Tommy Collins "Untied"Webb Pierce "I'm Tired"Hank Snow "The Rhumba Boogie"Bill Clifton & His Dixie Mountain Boys "Blue Ridge Mountain Blues "SONGS OF HEARTBREAKFerlin Husky "Who's Next"Jean Shepard "Just Another Girl"Lefty Frizzell "Glad I Found You"BACK IN THE 80’SJohn Anderson "She Just Started Liking Cheatin' Songs"Lacy J. Dalton "Can't See Me Without You"Billy Walker "Honky Tonkitis"Rose Maddox "Blue Bird Let Me Tag Along"Johnny Booth "Wishful Thinking" 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

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDSONGS ABOUT SONGSWynn Stewart and the Tourists Why Didn't I Write That SongWillie Nelson Sad Songs and WaltzesJune Stearns Just Another Song Now Merle KilgoreLoretta Lynn & Conway Twitty Pickin Wild Mountain BerriesGeorge Jones Who Shot SamKOOKY CLASSIC COUNTRY COVERS: THE SOUL OF COUNTRY EDITIONBarbara Mandrell I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson (Sittin' On) The Dock of the BayMickey Gilley Stand By MeBuck Owens Keys in the MailboxCarl Smith Back Up Buddy(MOSTLY) BROTHER GROUPS The Statler Brothers We Got Paid By Cash The Oak Ridge Boys Elvira The Oak Ridge BoysLarry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers All the Gold In CaliforniaJohnny Cash There You GoPatsy Cline Too Many SecretsFlatt & Scruggs This Land Is Your Land 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

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDTHE ORIGINAL VERSIONS OF SONGS WILLIE COVERS ON THE ALBUMArthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith Redheaded Stranger Roy Acuff Blue Eyes Crying in the RainEddy Arnold I Couldn't Believe It Was TrueJeannie Seely Can I Sleep In Your ArmsLulu Belle and Scotty Remember Me (When the Candlelights Are Gleaming)THE RED HEADED STRANGERWillie Nelson Red Headed Stranger Medley (Live at Harrah's Casino, Lake Tahoe, NV - April 1978) THE SONGS OF WILLIE NELSONConway Twitty Blue Eyes Crying in the RainJerry Jeff Walker Hands On the WheelHank Thompson May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister?Merle Haggard & The Strangers Stay a Little LongerBuck Owens and His Buckaroos Hello Walls No. 2 (Live at the Bellevue Theater in Richmond, Virginia, 1964) 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

Inspired by recent events, every song has the word Midnight or Hammer in the title HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDWaylon Jennings "Midnight Rider" Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash "If I Had a Hammer"Patsy Cline "Walkin' After Midnight (feat. The Jordanaires)"The Delmore Brothers "Midnight Special" Tennessee Ernie Ford "Nine Pound Hammer" Charlie Rich "Midnight Blues" Barbara Mandrell "The Midnight Oil" Tammy Wynette "Midnight Love" Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton "Burning the Midnight Oil" Leon Everette "Midnight Rodeo" Lynn Anderson "Midnight Train to Georgia" Steve Wariner "Midnight Fire" Razzy Bailey "Midnight Hauler" Kenny Rogers "Santiago Midnight Moonlight" Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers "Midnight Choir (Mogen David)" 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

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDThe inaugural Kooky Classic Country Covers Twitty Twin Spin Edition. Conway covers Lionel Richie and The EaglesConway Twitty Three Times a LadyConway Twitty Heartache TonightMORE COVERSDonna Fargo You Don't Mess Around With JimGlen Campbell Both Sides NowBuck Owens Big in Vegas (Live in Las Vegas)Wanda Jackson Two Separate Bar Stools Merle Haggard Workin' Man BluesCarl Smith Blue Eyes Crying In the RainCarl Smith The Bottle Is Just Fooling YouHank Williams There'll Be No Teardrops TonightMerle Kilgore Whiskey Road The Osborne Brothers You'll Never Know WHATTA MAN WHATTA MIGHTY GOOD MANTammy Wynette My Man (Understands)Lynn Anderson What a Man My Man IsLulu Belle & Scotty Does the Spearmint Lose It's Flavor (On the Bedpost Overnight) 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

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDAMERICAN HISTORYJohnny Cash Paul RevereJohnny Horton The Battle Of New OrleansTennessee Ernie Ford Union Dixie PRAY FOR AMERICALoretta Lynn & Conway Twitty God Bless America AgainPorter Wagoner I Dreamed I Saw America On Her KneesFreddie Hart Let's Clean Up This CountryAMERICAThe Oak Ridge Boys American MadeEddie Rabbitt American BoyHank Williams, Jr. The American WayMORE ‘MERICAAlabama Born CountryThe Charlie Daniels Band In AmericaWaylon Jennings AmericaPATRIOTISMWillie Nelson Remember The AlamoDonna Fargo U.S. Of A.Johnny Cash Song of the Patriot (with Marty Robbins)Merle Haggard The Fightin' Side of Me 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

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED DONNA FARGO DEEP DIVETammy Wynette "The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A."Donna Fargo "Manhattan, Kansas"Donna Fargo "The Awareness of Nothing"TRAVELING SONGS ABOUT LESSER-KNOWN LOCATIONS🗺️🍁Buck Owens and His Buckaroos "Amsterdam"Sonny James "A Little Bit South Of Saskatoon"TRUCKERS AND WAITRESSES🚛🍽️Dave Dudley "Listen Betty (I'm Singing Your Song)"Moore & Napier "Truck Driver's Queen"Norma Jean "Heaven Help the Working Girl"CLASSICSKenny Rogers "Lucille"Tammy Wynette "D-I-V-O-R-C-E"Bonnie Owens & Merle Haggard "That Makes Two of Us"Loretta Lynn "Hey Loretta"Johnny Paycheck "Take This Job and Shove It"Charley Pride "Billy Bayou"BY THE NUMBERS 🔢Ray Price "Heartaches By the Number"Johnny Cash "Five Feet High and Rising "😢😟 George Jones "He Stopped Loving Her Today" 💔🪦 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

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDJohnny Cash "Ragged Old Flag"Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn "Keep Those Cards and Letters"Johnny Wright "Hello Vietnam”Loretta Lynn "Dear Uncle Sam"George Jones "Soldier's Last Letter"Willis Brothers "Private Lee From Tennessee "Autry Inman "Ballad of Two Brothers"Margie Singleton + Leon Ashley "Big Boys Don't Need Mamas"Stonewall Jackson "The Minute Men (Are Turning In Their Graves)"Jimmy Dean "P.T. 109"Merle Haggard & The Strangers "I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me"Charlie Daniels "Still In Saigon"Johnny Cash "Drive On"Red Foley "Smoke On the Water"Glen Campbell "Universal Soldier"Waylon Jennings "Six White Horses"Jerry Reed "Fightin' For the U.S.A."Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler "Ballad Of The Green Berets" 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

Here’s what we playedGlen Campbell "Try a Little Kindness"George Jones "Why Baby Why "George Jones "You Gotta Be My Baby"Marty Robbins "Big Iron"Connie Smith "The Other Side of You"Merle Haggard "The Okie from Muskogee's Comin' Home / Okie from Muskogee"Mel Tillis "I Ain't Never"Roy Clark "Is Anybody Going To San Antone"Mel Tillis "Woman in the Back of My Mind"Roy Clark "Thank God and Greyhound"Mickey Gilley "Don't the Girls All Get Prettier At Closing Time"Conway Twitty "Darling,You Know I Wouldn't Lie"George Strait "Unwound"Mel Tillis "Mental Revenge"George Jones "White Lightnin'"Johnny Horton "I'm Ready, If You're Willing"Glen Campbell "Truck Driving Man" 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

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED Kooky Classic Country CoversStonewall Jackson “Me and You and a Dog Named Boo”Tina Turner “Tonight I’ll be Staying Here with You”Linda Martell “I Almost Called Your Name”Cheatin' SongsDavid Houston "No Tell Motel w/ Janie Fricke (Original Gusto Recording)"Bobby Bare "Margie's At the Lincoln Park Inn"Beg Your PartonDolly Parton "Sometimes an Old Memory Gets in My Eye"Dolly Parton "Here You Come Again"Weekend SongsGeorge Strait "Friday Night Fever"Mel McDaniel "Louisiana Saturday Night"Johnny Cash "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down"Classic Country Corner AnthemsMac Davis "It's Hard to Be Humble"Archie Campbell "Pfft! You Were Gone"C.W. McCall "Old Home Filler-Up An' Keep on A-Truckin' CafePorter Wagoner "Y'all Come (You All Come)"The Osborne Brothers "Rocky Top"Ernest Tubb "Thanks a Lot" 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

Listener Judy donated a huge stack records to the show. And there are some gems in there! We will be working through them in the upcoming weeks.Eric,I really like your show! Thanks for putting it all together. I hope 1 o2 of these albums may be of some use to you. Some ae mine, some were my father’s. I remember the time spent in the barn listening to Braves baseball and WIBU out of Poynette on the Radio.Ah, the good old days .Sincerely,Judy Bukowski THANK YOU JUDY!!HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDConway Twitty Hello Darlin Conway Twitty I don’t believe I’ll fall in love today Mel Tillis Mental Revenge Mel Tillis Stomp Them Grapes Roy Clark I Never Picked CottonRoy Clark Sunday Morning Coming DownMerle Haggard Amber Waves of grainMerle Haggard Tulare Dew / Mama TriedGeorge Jones Tall Tall TreesGeorge Jones Tender YearsConnie Smith Once a DayConnie Smith Wearing Out The Hinges Glen Campbell A Satisfied MindRandy Travis Forever and Ever AmenWilma Burgess I Love You DropsGeorge Strait Amarillo By MorningJohnny Horton The Battle of New OrleansThree ways to listen to 98.7 WVMO:* Tune your FM dial to 98.7 in the Monona/Madison area* Stream online at WVMO.FM* Listen on the Tuneln or RadioGarden appThanks for reading Classic Country Corner! This post is public so feel free to share it. 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

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDTRUCKIN TUNESDAVE DUDLEY SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD HYLO BROW TRUCK DRIVIN MAN THE WILLIS BROTHERS GIVE ME FORTY ACRES DEL REEVES LOOKING AT THE WORLD THROUGH A WINDSHIELDDICK CURLESS DRAG EM OFF THE INTERSTATE SOCK IT TO EM JP BLUES BROKEN HEARTS AND BREAKFAST RAY PRICE THE LONESOMEST LONESOMERAY PRICE BUT I WAS LYINGDON GIBSON SEA OF HEARTBREAK C’MON GET HAPPYDONNA FARGO HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WHOLE USALARRY GATLIN BROTHERS ALL THE GOLD IN CALIFORNIAGLEN CAMPBELL I WANNA LIVELAST SETMEL TILLIS COCA COLA COWBOY RED SOVINE WEBB PIERCE WHY BABY WHYDON GIBSON OH LONESOME ME CONNIE SMITH ONCE A DAY HOMER AND JETHRO I’M MY OWN GRANDPA KENNY ROGERS THE GAMBLERPlease stop by Classic Country Corner with your host Eric the Driftless Cowboy, on 98.7 WVMO, The Voice of Monona, every Saturday at 8 a.m.On Classic Country Corner, we play Classic Country Music from the likes of Willie, Waylon, Johnny, Dolly, Tammy, and Merle, plus some one-hit wonders and songs that should’ve been hits.Three ways to listen to 98.7 WVMO:* Tune your FM dial to 98.7 in the Monona/Madison area* Stream online at WVMO.FM* Listen on the Tuneln or RadioGarden appThanks for reading Classic Country Corner! 🤠Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. 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

What is Vinylthon?Vinylthon is an annual event for radio stations across the USA and the world who want to celebrate the format of vinyl music by playing at least one hour of vinyl-only music on the two days (April 12 & 13, 2025). Many radio stations do more than one hour (some do up to 24 or 48!) but it's a fun day for both listeners and broadcasters alike. The event is a success because many people are still passionate about vinyl and broadcasting radio shows from only vinyl is an amazing experience for many of today's radio broadcasters. The event is also a fundraiser for our Vinylthon Scholarships, awarded by the College Radio Foundation, a non-profit organization that organizes the Vinylthon event and gives scholarships to college students who want to work in radio. Vinylthon 2025 will be the tenth Vinylthon event.​I am lucky enough that the station that I volunteer at 98.7 WVMO is an active participant and curated 48 hours of vinyl that weekend.Here’s what I playedJohnny Cash - Wanted Man - Live at San QuentinJohnny Cash - Wreck of the Old 97 - Live at San QuentinDave Kirby- The HoboGeorge Morgan- The Sounds of GoodbyeTommy Collins - You’d Better Not Do ThatMelba Montgomery - Big Big HeartachesCarl Smith - The Tall, Tall GentlemanConway Twitty - It’s Only Make BelieveLynn Anderson - Stay There Till I Get ThereEddy Bailes - OhioConnie Smith - Cincinnati OhioEd Bruce - Walker’s WoodsAudrey Williams - Tornado of LoveErnest Tubb and Loretta Lynn - Love Was Right Here All The TimeRose Maddox - Kissing My PillowWaylon and Jessi Suspicious Minds 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