Classic Country Corner

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...

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...

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...

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 thr...

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...

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

Spri...

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 PLAYED

Merle 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 WIndsh...

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 PLAYED

MORNING SONGS

Bobbie Gentry Morning Glory

Charley Pride Sunshiny Day

Ernest Tubb and Loretta Lynn

One To Ten

Bartender

I’m Biting My Fingernails and Thinking of You

DISJOINTED DOUBLE PLAY

Dottie West You Ain’t Woman Enough

Lynn Anderson Promises Promises

Dottie West Pick Me Up...

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

FARON 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 USA

GEORGE HAMILTON IV - ABELINE

SPUR - DON’T EVER TRUST A WOMAN

MARTY...

a very special all digital, all compact discs show

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

SOME GREATEST HITS

Kenny 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 HAGGARD

George Jones “A Picture of Me (Without You)”

George Jones “What My Woman Can’t D...

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

I’m Movin’ On Tina Turner -made famous by Hank Snow

Don’t Talk Now Tina Turner -written by James Taylor

Stand 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...

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

My Heart Skips a Beat Buck Owens

Heartaches And Hangovers - George Jones

Why Don’t You Love Me - Hank Williams

MORNING SONGS

Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’ Charley Pride

I’ll Be Here in the Morning Townes Van Zandt

GEN X DOUBLE PLAY (AND ONE OTHER SONG)

Love’s Where Life Begins Arthur Alexander

Step By Step Eddie Rabbitt

Love Will Turn You Around Kenny Rogers

The Hinges...

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...

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 WEEK

HAPPY BIRTHDAY/HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

Conway Twitty Happy Birthday Darlin’

Loretta Lynn Happy Birthday

Hank Locklin Happy Birthday to Me

Ray P...

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

TOP O THE MORNING

Hello Trouble Buck OwensDon Williams In The Mornin’Sammi Smith Sunday Morning Coming DownBOB WEIR RIP

Grateful Dead The Race is OnGrateful Dead El PasoSOMEBODY ELSE’S SONG

Jeannie C. Riley One Toke Over the LineWillie Nelson Both Sides NowLoretta Lynn Rhinestone Cowboy

Lyle Lovett Stand By Your ManThe Kendalls You Think I Still CareDwight Yoakam Train In VainGAMBLING

Frankie Laine Roving GamblerDolly Parton Kentucky GamblerJerry Reed When You're Hot,You’re Hot

Emmy Lou Harr...

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

HIGHWAYMEN AND OUTLAWS

WAYLON JENNINGS WAYMORE BLUES

WILLIE NELSON SHOTGUN WILLIE

WILLIE AND WAYLON Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)

MERLE HAGGARD BIG CITY

ERNEST TUBB BIG CITY

THE KING AND QUEEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC

GEORGE JONES THE RACE IS ON

TAMMY WYNETTE D I V O R C E

GEORGE AND TAMMY GOLDEN RING

LOVE SONGS

BUCK OWENS LOVES GONNA LIVE HERE

DOLLY PA...

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

HANK WILLIAMS 🤠🍾🛣️

Hank Williams Lost Highway

Hank Williams Your Cheatin’ Heart

Hank Williams Hey Good Lookin’

IN REMEMBRANCE 🪦

The Flatlanders Hello StrangerJohnny Rodriguez Dance With Me

HOUSE AND HOME 🏠🏘️

Bobby Bare Detroit CityStuart Hamblen This Old HouseSonny James Baltimore

DRINKING SONGS (IN THE MORNING!)🌞🍻

Jim Ed Brown Pop A TopWebb Pierce Here I am Drunk AgainMerle Haggard I Think I Just Sit Here and Drink

CLASSIC COUNTRY COVERS:SMOOTH SOUNDS OF THE 70s EDITION 🕺🪩

Johnny...

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

Mickey Gilley How I Love Them Old Songs

Tammy Wynette You Can’t Hang On

Ray Price Little Green Apples

Marty Robbins Five Brothers

Marty Robbins The Cowboy in The Continental Suit

Hank Locklin Born To Ramble

Johnny Horton I’m Ready If You’re Willing

Roy Clark She’s All I Got (side 1)

Mel Tillis I Ain’t Ever

Tammy Wynette Good Lovin Makes It Right

Janie Fricke What’re You Doing Tonight...

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 To...

Here’s what we played

She Loves You Homer & Jethro

What Goes On Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Lady Madonna - Buck Owens

Norwegian Wood Waylon Jennings

Don’t Let Me Down Dillard & Clark

Help! Dolly Parton

Yesterday Tammy Wynette

Eleanor Rigby Bobbie Gentry

You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away Waylon Jennings, The Waylors

I’ve Just Seen a Face The Dillards

She Came In through The Bathroom Window Ray Stevens

Eight...

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Jimmy Martin Grand Ole Opry Song

Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton Milwaukee, Here I Come

Ferlin Husky Country Music is Here to Stay

Red Sovine The Greatest Grand Ole Opry

Johnny Cash All I Do Is Drive

SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE GRAND OLE OPRY VOL 3 (SIDE 2)

LORETTA LYNN ACT NATURALLY

THE WILBURN BROTHERS I’LL TAKE WHAT’S LEFT

BILL MONROE AND HIS BLUE GRASS BOYS Mary At The Home Place

STARS OF T...

POPURRI LEFTOVER STUFFING SHOW

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

LOVIN’T.G. Sheppard I Loved ‘Em Every One

Johnny Lee Lookin’ for Love

John Anderson Makin’ Love and Makin’ Out

Gene Watson Love In The Hot Afternoon

Ronnie Milsap Daydreams About Night Things

ANSWER SONGS

Bobby Helms Fraulein - Single Version

Kitty Wells I’ll Always Be Your Fraulein

Faron Young Hello Walls

Ralph Emery Hello Fool

Merle Haggard Okie From Muskogee

The Youngbloods Hi...

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 PLAYED

Big River Johnny Cash

Sing Me Back Home Merle Haggard & The Strangers

El Paso Marty Ro...

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

70’S SINGING SENSATIONS

THE OAK RIDGE BOYS COME ON IN

THE STATLER BROTHERS THE OFFICIAL HISTORIAN OF SHIRLEY JEAN BERRELL

DAVE AND SUGAR GOT LEAVIN ON HER MIND

LEFTY FRIZZELL GONE, GONE, GONE

RAY PRICE THE SAME OLD ME

OTHER PEOPLE’S HITS

CHARLEY PRIDE ME + BOBBY MCGEE

DAVID HOUSTON I’VE GOT A TIGER BY THE TAIL

MERLE HAGGARD THE RACE IS ON

KIDS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGS

LORETT...

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

BACK TO JESUS

WANDA JACKSON TURN YOUR RADIO ON

ROGER MILLER I KNOW WHO IT IS AND I’M GONNA TELL ON HIM

JOHNNY CASH AMEN

GEORGE JONES FAMILY BIBLE

JOHNNY PAYCHECK I’M BETTER OFF

THE STATLER BROTHERS OH HAPPY DAY

A WOMAN SCORNED

TAMMY WYNETTE SALLY TRASH

LORETTA LYNN FIST CITY

SAMMI SMITH FINE AS WINE

BUCK OWENS LET THE SAD TIMES ROLL ON

M...

HERES WHAT WE PLAYED

New 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...

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 Buckaroos

Buck Owens - I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail

Do...

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 PLAYED

Lynn 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”

Charl...

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 “Th...

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

Johnny Cash Ring of Fire

Jim Reeves Welcome to My World

Ray Price For the Good Times (Single Version)

Willie Nelson If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time

George Jones & Tammy Wynette Golden Ring

Hank Williams & His Drifting Cowboys Lovesick Blues

Delmore Brothers Blues Stay Away from Me

Hank Snow I'm Movin' On

Dottie West Country Girl

Bobby Bare Four Strong Winds

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 PLAYED

Tex 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 Mu...

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 PLAYED

Jean Shepard "Slippin' Away"

Jeannie Seely "Don't Touch Me"

Jeannie C. Riley "Shed Me No Tears"

Charli...

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 fillin...

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 PLAYED

Merle 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 "Pl...

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 DRIVERS

Terry Fell "Truck Driving Man"

Dave Dudley "Six Days On The Road"

Del Reeves "Looking At the Wo...

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...

Here’s What We Played

Story Songs

Lefty 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 McFarland

Conway Twitty "Happy Birthday Darlin'"

Porter Wagoner "A Satisfied Mind"

Roy Clark "Thank God and Greyhound"

Birthday Dedication to DJ Shotski

Don Ring and his Rhythm Kings Or...

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 Music

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 WORDPLAY

Larry 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"<...

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

SONGS ABOUT SONGS

Wynn Stewart and the Tourists Why Didn't I Write That Song

Willie Nelson Sad Songs and Waltzes

June Stearns Just Another Song Now Merle Kilgore

Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty Pickin Wild Mountain Berries

George Jones Who Shot Sam

KOOKY CLASSIC COUNTRY COVERS: THE SOUL OF COUNTRY EDITION

Barbara Mandrell I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)

Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson (Sittin' On) The Dock of th...