Classic Country Corner

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  Birthday Records 12.09.2026 55min

  We are back with another all analog, all vintage all vinyl show! This morning we will be playing tracks from albums that I received for my birthday this year from my wonderful parents, who have made it their mission to rescue as many records as possible from the thrift stores and tractor auctions across Wisconsin.There really isn’t any overarching theme this week, other than the usual subjects of heartache, drinking and criminal activity.HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDWynn Stewart “Playboy”Billy Walker “I Guess Things Happen That Way”Connie Smith & Nat Stuckey “I Got You”Ray Price “Heartaches By the Number”Ray Price “Crazy Arms”Dolly Parton “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels” (excerpt)Dolly Parton “Making Believe”Mickey Gilley “Drinking Old Memories Down”Hank Snow “The Golden Rocket”Eddy Arnold “Many Tears Ago”Carl Smith “It’s Teardrop Time”George Jones “Please Don’t Let That Woman Get Me”Hank Locklin “She Thinks I Still Care”Stonewall Jackson “I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water”George Morgan “I’ll Sail My Ship Alone”Webb Pierce “Heebie Jeebie Blues”Jimmy Dean “Gotta Travel On”Johnny Cash “Understand Your Man (Mono)”Stop by Classic Country Corner with me, Eric the Driftless Cowboy, every Saturday morning at 8 on 98.7 WVMO on your FM Dial in the Monona/Madison area or Stream online at WVMO.FM Or listen on the Tunein or Radio Garden app 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
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  Labor Day Show 05.09.2026 54min

  In Wisconsin, Labor Day became an official state holiday in 1893. Labor Day became a national holiday in 1894. President Grover Cleveland, after breaking the American Railway Union with considerable violence and loss of life, signed a bill making the first Monday in September a national holiday for American workers. It was a blatant attempt to win back public support after using Federal Troops to break the Pullman Strike earlier that summer.HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED Workin’Working Man Blues Merle HaggardHeaven Help the Working Girl Norma JeanLord Have Mercy on the Working Man Travis TrittForty Hour Week (For a Livin’) Alabama9 to 5 Dolly PartonCoal Minin’Sixteen Tons Tennessee Ernie FordCoal Miner’s Daughter Loretta LynnNine Pound Hammer Flatt & ScruggsDark As A Dungeon Merle TravisHarlan County Jim FordGettin’ Back at Your BossA Working Man Can’t Get Nowhere Today Merle HaggardSawmill Mel TillisThey’ll Never Keep Us Down Hazel DickensOney Johnny CashTake This Job and Shove It Johnny PaycheckLest We ForgetSolidarity Forever Pete SeegerWisconsin’s most historic and bloody labor incident occurred on May 5, 1886 on the shores of Lake Michigan in the Bay View area of Milwaukee. Some 1,500 workers marched toward the Bay View Rolling Mills (then the area’s biggest manufacturer) urging the workers there to strike, demanding an eight-hour work day. The local militia, called to the scene by Governor Jeremiah Rusk, fired on the crowd, killing seven people and ending the march. The event became known as the Bay View Massacre.I encourage you to stop by Classic Country Corner with me, Eric the Driftless Cowboy, every Saturday morning at 8 on 98.7 WVMO on your FM Dial in the Monona/Madison area or Stream online at WVMO.FM Or listen on the Tunein or Radio Garden app 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
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  TRIBUTE TO DOLLY PARTON 29.08.2026 55min

  We suffered a huge loss in Country Music this week. Dolly Parton passed away on Tuesday after a brief battle with Cancer. Dolly was 80 years old.This morning’s show is our tribute to Dolly Parton. She was a prolific artist who wrote hundreds of songs, so we can only begin to scratch the surface of her catalog. We will be playing songs performed by Dolly, written by Dolly and made famous by Dolly.HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDDolly Parton “Here I Am”Dolly Parton “Why’d You Come In Here Lookin’ Like That”Glen Campbell “Light of a Clear Blue Morning”Buck Owens “Nickels and Dimes”Emmylou Harris “Coat of Many Colors”Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton “We’ve Got Tonight”Olivia Newton-John “Jolene”Linda Ronstadt “I Will Always Love You”Waylon Jennings “Waltz Me to Heaven”Lynn Anderson “Two Doors Down”Dolly Parton “9 To 5”Merle Haggard “Kentucky Gambler”Billie Jo Spears “Here You Come Again”Tina Turner “There’ll Always Be Music”Thanks 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
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  Route 66 29.08.2026 1t

  Sometimes you get an idea and you just have to see it through, with that in mind The theme of this week’s show is Route 66. We will be playing songs that mention the cities on that famous highway.HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED SET ONE: ON THE ROADWayne Hancock “Route 66”Dolly Parton “In the Ghetto”Jerry Reed “Saint Louis Blues”Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys “Take Me Back to Tulsa”Don Williams “Tulsa Time”SET TWO: TEXAS HALFWAY POINTGeorge Strait “Amarillo By Morning”Emmylou Harris “Amarillo”Bobby Bare “Amarillo Highway”Johnny Cash “New Mexico”Linda Ronstadt “Willin’”Dale Watson “Tucumcari, Here I Come”SET THREE: NEW MEXICO AND THE HOME STRETCHAsleep At The Wheel “Albuquerque”Charley Crockett “Albuquerque Lights”Buck Owens “Take It Easy”Guy Clark “L.A. Freeway”R.I.P. FRANK BEARDDwight Yoakam “I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide” 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
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  So Many Rednecks 29.08.2026 1t

  THIS WEEK WE HAVE ANOTHER ALL ANALOG, ALL VINTAGE, ALL VINYL SHOW! WE WILL BE HEARING SONGS FROM NOT ONE BUT TWO KTEL COMPILATIONS THAT HAVE THE EXACT SAME PICTURE ON THE COVER (THAT WOULD BE 18 ORIGINAL COUNTRY HITS AND THE SEQUEL 20 ORIGINAL COUNTRY HITS. AND IT IS JUST A GRAVEL ROAD, AND WE WILL BE PLAYING SELECTIONS SOME OTHER TREASURES RESCUED FROM THE DOLLAR BIN AS WELL. Charlie Rich “Behind Closed Doors”Mel Tillis “I Ain’t Never”Tammy Wynette & George Jones “We’re Gonna Hold On”Sonny James “Is It Wrong (For Loving You)”Barbara Mandrell “The Midnight Oil”Wynn Stewart “It’s Such A Pretty World Today”Wanda Jackson “Jambalaya (On the Bayou)”The Hagers “Your Tender Loving Care”Charlie Louvin “Will You Visit Me On Sundays”Melba Montgomery “Don’t Keep Me Lonely Too Long”Johnny Russell “Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer”Ed Bruce “Mama’s Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys”Gary Stewart “She’s Actin’ Single (I’m Drinkin’ Doubles)”Merle Haggard “I Think I’ll Just Stay Here and Drink”Jerry Reed “(I’m Just a) Redneck In a Rock and Roll Bar”Roy Rogers “Okie From Muskogee” 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
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  The Usual Classics and Some Songs From High School 08.08.2026 54min

  HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDSTONE COLD CLASSICSBuck Owens & His Buckaroos “Buckaroo”Johnny Cash “There You Go”Buck Owens “I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail”Loretta Lynn “Fist City”SONGS ABOUT SOFT (?) DRINKSGeorge Jones “Root Beer”Grandpa Jones “Mountain Dew”Billie Jo Spears “The Price I Pay to Stay”SECOND SET(AKA THE BUMMER SET)If there was any doubt that this is a LIVE show with real vinyl records, we answered that question by cueing up the wrong song more than once.Kenny Rogers “Don’t Fall In Love With a Dreamer”Charley Pride “Before the next teardrop falls”Willie Nelson “Sad Songs And Waltzes”SONGS ABOUT MUSICOne of our favorite themes.Mickey Gilley “#1 Rock ‘N’ Roll C&W Boogie Blues Man”Margo Smith “The Shuffle Song (Rerecorded)”SONGS FROM SENIOR YEARIn honor of my upcoming high school class reunion, we play some songs that were on the radio when I was a Senior in high school.Alan Jackson “Don’t Rock the Jukebox”George Strait “I’ve Come To Expect It From You”Travis Tritt “Here’s a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)”Trisha Yearwood “She’s In Love With the Boy”Garth Brooks “Friends In Low Places” 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
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  Killin' Your Man, Wedding Bells May or May Not Be Ringing in the Chapel and Ain't Love Grand ?(Wedding Songs) 02.08.2026 1t

  The theme for the first section of this week’s show comes from this video that Classic Country Corner Superfan Jenna in McFarland sent me.I’ll be honest, there are dozens if not hundreds of songs about men killing their significant others or objects of their desire, there’s even a term for it “murder ballad”. But songs where it is the other way around? not so much. I was able to find a few female murder ballads where the roles are reversed. After two years of hosting this show,I realized that the middle section is usually “The Bummer Set”😆 This week’s bummers are all about being left at the alter or watching your beloved marry someone else. As per station direction, we cannot legally end the show on a maudlin note. The last set of songs is all about blissful weddings and true love. HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED Killin’ Your Man Because He Done You Wrong SongsWanda Jackson The Box It Came InWanda Jackson My Big Iron SkilletPatsy Montana I Didn’t Know the Gun Was Loaded Olivia Newton-John Banks Of The OhioSierra Ferrell RosemaryAbbey Cone Don’t Let Your Cowboys Grow Up to Be Babies No Wedding Today SongsDon Rich Wham BamJimmie Davis There Won’t Be a WeddingHank Snow I Went To Your WeddingLinda Martell The Wedding Cake Lyle Lovett She’s No LadyThere is Going To Be A Wedding!! George Jones, Tammy Wynette The CeremonyBonnie Owens, Merle Haggard Forever And EverJohnny Cash, June Carter Cash JacksonGeorge Jones The Right Left HandRandy Travis Forever and Ever, AmenJohnny Rodriguez That’s The Way Love GoesCongratulations to Mark and Jenna who were married shortly after this episode aired!I encourage you to stop by Classic Country Corner with me, Eric the Driftless Cowboy, every Saturday morning at 8 on 98.7 WVMO on your FM Dial in the Monona/Madison area or Stream online at WVMO.FM Or listen on the Tunein or Radio Garden 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
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  Son of More Recent Acquisitions 25.07.2026 1t

  HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDJohnny Cash “Folsom Prison Blues”Cowboy Copas “Flat Top”George Jones “Why Baby Why”David Houston “It’s Been So Long”Stoneman Family “The Sinking of the Titanic”Dave Dudley “Six Days On The Road”Red Sovine “Giddy-Up-Go”Buck Owens “Down On The Corner Of Love”Rose Maddox “Why Don’t You Haul Off and Love Me”Merle Kilgore “Love Has Made You Beautiful”Flatt & Scruggs “Foggy Mountain Breakdown”Minnie Pearl “Giddyup Go Answer”Tammy Wynette “I Don’t Wanna Play House”Carl Smith “Deep Water”Wynn Stewart & The Tourists “Wishful Thinking”Jimmy Dean “This Old House”Tennessee Ernie Ford “Put Your Hand in the Hand”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
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  More Recent Acquistions 18.07.2026 1t

  We are flipping over the records we played last week to find some more treasures from our recent acquisitions.HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDThe Willis Brothers “There Goes My Farm”The Willis Brothers “Buying Popcorn”Marty Robbins “Devil Woman”Johnny Cash “Understand Your Man”Lefty Frizzell “She’s Gone, Gone, Gone”Dolly Parton “Muleskinner Blues”Leon Ashley “Laura (What’s He Got That I Ain’t Got)”Nat Stuckey “Plastic Saddle”Jerry Reed “Amos Moses”Charlie Rich “I Do My Swingin’ At Home”Stonewall Jackson “Promises and Hearts (Were Made to Break)”George Jones “Any Old Time”Sonny James “I’ll Be There”Johnny Horton “I’m a One Woman Man”(FOUR SONGS IN SEVEN MINUTES!!!!!)Glen Campbell “Wedding Bells”Tex Ritter “I Dreamed of a Hill-Billy Heaven”“Little” Jimmy Dickens “A-Sleepin’ At the Foot of the Bed”Tennessee Ernie Ford “This Land Is Your Land ”( the inspiration for playing that song this week below. Woody Guthrie’s daughter Norah takes a verse)I encourage you to stop by Classic Country Corner with me, Eric the Driftless Cowboy, every Saturday morning at 8 on 98.7 WVMO on your FM Dial in the Monona/Madison area or Stream online at WVMO.FM Or listen on the Tunein or Radio Garden app 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
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  Recent Acquisitions 18.07.2026 58min

  ALL ANALOG ALL VINTAGE ALL VINYL SHOW!!Sometimes when I walk into the studio there are records waiting for me. I have yet to leave a family function without a stack of records and I've been known to take a lap or two around the dollar bin. This morning we are playing some of these recent acquisitionsHERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDBuck Owens & His Buckaroos “Buckaroo”Jimmy Dean “Big Bad John”Ray Price “City Lights”The Collins Kids (Larry & Lorrie) “Walking The Floor Over You”The Willis Brothers “Gonna Buy Me A Jukebox”The Willis Brothers “Somebody Knows My Dog”STAN AND DOUG THE SWEDE-HEARTS OF SONGMore about Stan and Doug.Stan Boreson and Doug Setterberg were a Pacific Northwest musical and comedy duo known as “The Swedehearts of Song”. Famous for their “Scandahoovian” humor, they released numerous comedy records and parodies from the late 1950s well into the 1980shttps://nafmp.csumc.wisc.edu/stan-boreson/ Stan and Doug “Is Anybody Goin’ To Michigan”Charley Pride “Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone”Stan and Doug “The Waitress At The Norway Hall”Carl Smith “Wabash Cannon Ball”Stan and Doug “Yonson From Wisconsin”Merle Haggard “Okie from Muskogee”WEDDING-ISH SONGSHank Williams, Sr & Jr “Wedding Bells” -singing together in a recording miracle!!!Red Foley “Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine”Tex Ritter “Jingle Jangle Jingle”Wynn Stewart “Couples Only”George Jones “Imitation Of Love”Tennessee Ernie Ford “Take Me Home, Country Roads”Tennessee Ernie Ford Sings to Stauffer Country is a promotional country music compilation album. Commissioned specifically for Stauffer (the makers of Stauffer Cheese and dairy products), the exclusive 12” LP features 10 vocal performances, including re-recordings of his signature hits!!Thanks for reading Classic Country Corner! This post is public so feel free to share it.I encourage you to stop by Classic Country Corner with me, Eric the Driftless Cowboy, every Saturday morning at 8 on 98.7 WVMO on your FM Dial in the Monona/Madison area or Stream online at WVMO.FM Or listen on the Tunein or Radio Garden app 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
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  Songs for America's Semiquincentennial 04.07.2026 59min

  HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDBuck Owens & His Buckaroos “Buckaroo”Johnny Cash “Paul Revere”Johnny Horton “The Battle of New Orleans”Tennessee Ernie Ford “Union Dixie”Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty “God Bless America Again”The Oak Ridge Boys “American Made”Eddie Rabbitt “American Boy”Hank Williams Jr. “The American Way”Alabama “Born Country”The Charlie Daniels Band “In America”Waylon Jennings “America”Loretta Lynn “Dear Uncle Sam”Donna Fargo “U.S. Of A.”Johnny Cash with Marty Robbins “Song of the Patriot (with Marty Robbins)”Merle Haggard “The Fightin’ Side of Me”John Prine “Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore”Thanks for reading Classic Country Corner! This post is public so feel free to share it.I encourage you to stop by Classic Country Corner with me, Eric the Driftless Cowboy, every Saturday morning at 8 on 98.7 WVMO on your FM Dial in the Monona/Madison area or Stream online at WVMO.FM Or listen on the Tunein or Radio Garden app 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
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  Songs of Summer 22.06.2026 58min

  Summer SongsRoger Miller “In the Summertime (You Don’t Want My Love)”Clint Black “Summer’s Comin’”Dolly Parton “Sweet Summer Lovin’”George Jones “Too Cold At Home”Alan Jackson “Summertime Blues”Summer Contemplation Orville Peck “Summertime”Bobby Bare “Summer Wages”Buck Owens “Take It Easy”Deana Carter “Strawberry Wine ”Summer NightsNitty Gritty Dirt Band “Fishin’ In the Dark”Ed Bruce “Star-Studded Nights”Alabama “Dixieland Delight”Mel McDaniel “Louisiana Saturday Night”Glen Campbell “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay”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
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  Swedish Death Cleaning (The Singles) 21.06.2026 55min

  Here’s What We PlayedCountry Songs About Country MusicDave & Sugar “Late Nite Country Lovin’ Music”The Statler Brothers “Do You Know You Are My Sunshine?”Charley Pride “Country Music”Eddy Bailes “Honky Tonk Away”Webb Pierce “I’m Tired”Billy Walker “Honky Tonkitis”Story SongsJohnny Cash “Ballad Of A Teenage Queen (feat. The Tennessee Two)”Sonny James “Big Silver Bird”Bobby “King” Rio “Texas Leather & Mexican Lace”Bobby Bare “Miller’s Cave”“Little” Jimmy Dickens “Big Sandy”Some B-SidesConway Twitty “I’ll Try”Porter Wagoner “When You’re Hot You’re Hot”Kitty Wells “Dust On The Bible (1956 Single Version)”Tammy Wynette “Love Is Something Good for Everybody”Bee Gees “Country Woman”Norman Greenbaum “Milk Cow”Charley Pride “Oklahoma Morning”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
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  Twin Spins 21.06.2026 54min

  HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDJohnny 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
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  Train Songs Story Songs and Potpurri 20.06.2026 54min

  Train SongsHank 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 SongsJeannie C. Riley “The Girl Most Likely”Billie Jo Spears “Marty Gray”Bobbie Gentry “Ode To Billie Joe”Switching GearsJerry 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”PotpurriLynn 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
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  Rednecks, Duets and More! 10.05.2026 1t 9min

  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
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  Drinkin' In The Morning and We Remember David Allan Coe 03.05.2026 54min

  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
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  Country Disco 02.05.2026 57min

  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
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  Bob Dylan 12.04.2026 54min

  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
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  Songs of Springtime 29.03.2026 54min

  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