Classic Country Corner

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED Bobby Bare “Vampira (Radio Version)”Patsy Montana “Yodeling Ghost (Original Starday Records Recording)”Jim & Jesse “Ballad of Thunder Road”The Louvin Brothers “Knoxville Girl”Eddie Noack “Psycho”Buck Owens “(It’s A) Monster’s Holiday”Country Gentlemen “Bringing Mary Home”Porter Wagoner “The Rubber Room”Merle Haggard & The Strangers “The Silver Ghost”Hank Snow “Ghost Trains”Marty Robbins “(Ghost) Riders In the Sky”Tex Ritter “Blood On the Saddle”Jack Leonard “A Visit from the Devil”Jack Scott “Country Witch”Dolly Parton “Jeannie’s Afraid of the Dark”John Anderson “Haunted House”CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT: “BLOOD ON THE SADDLE” WAS PERFORMED BY BIG AL IN THE COUNTRY BEAR JAMBOREE UNTIL 2024.If you want to find out more about Eddie Noack or Old Country Music in general check out Dollar Country and The Story of Psycho Zine (not an affiliate link!!)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

This morning is our first ever Listener’s Choice show. For over two years, I have been announcing before most breaks that “Requests, dedications, questions, and corrections can be sent to wvmoclassiccountrycorner@gmail or wvmoclassiccountrycorner on Instagram.” Listener Katie took that humble statement to the next level and provided a spreadsheet of songs and artists grouped by preference( first choice,second choice, third choice) , tempo (a separate tab for slow jams) and notable cover versions of that song.HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDJohnny Cash “Folsom Prison Blues (Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA - January 1968)”Charley Pride “Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’”Patsy Cline “Walkin after Midnight”Willie Nelson “On the Road Again (Live)”John Denver “Thank God I’m a Country Boy”Nitty Gritty Dirt Band “Cadillac Ranch”The Charlie Daniels Band “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”Alabama “Song of the South”Hank Williams Jr. “Family Tradition”The Oak Ridge Boys “Elvira ”Randy Travis “The Hole”Alan Jackson “Chasin’ That Neon Rainbow”Garth Brooks “American Honky-Tonk Bar Association”Jo Dee Messina “Heads Carolina, Tails California”Diamond Rio “Night Is Fallin’ in My Heart”Do Not Send Your Cards,Letters or Faxes.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

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDJOHN PRINE SONGS IN HONOR OF HIS 80TH BIRTHDAYJohnny Cash “Paradise”Johnny Cash “Unwed Fathers”Johnny Cash “Sam Stone (Live)”Tanya Tucker “Angel from Montgomery”HAPPY SONGSDolly Parton “Gettin’ Happy”Dolly Parton “Walking On Sunshine”Charley Pride “Happy Street”Hoyt Axton “Joy To The World”Susan Raye “(I’ve Got a) Happy Heart”The Sons Of The Pioneers “Happy Roving Cowboy”MAMA SONGSMerle Haggard “Mama Tried”Dottie West “Mommy, Can I Still Call Him Daddy”Loretta Lynn “Mama, Why?”Don Gibson “Bad Bad Day”George Jones “You Gotta Be My Baby”John Denver “Blow up Your TV (Spanish Pipe Dream)” 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

Normally I would say we are back with another all analog, all vintage. all vinyl show, but for some reason I do not own a record with ‘Crying Time’ by Buck Owens on it. So this is a 99% analog, 99% Vintage 99% vinyl show.This morning we have a little bit of everything, Some happy songs, some sad songs and some just plain silly songs.HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDMORNING SONGS Don Williams “Come Early Morning”Mac Davis “The Lonesomest Lonesome”Eddie Rabbitt “Early In the Mornin’”Roger Miller “I Get Up Early In the Morning”Buck Owens “Hello Trouble”CRYIN’ SONGSBuck Owens & His Buckaroos “Cryin’ Time”Charley Pride “A Good Chance of Tear-Fall Tonight”Hank Williams “I Wish I Had A Nickel”Freddy Fender “Before the Next Teardrop Falls”Connie Smith “Once A Day”Johnny Cash “Cry, Cry, Cry”TRAIN SONGSHank Snow “The Wreck OF The Old ‘97”Merle Haggard & The Strangers “Hobo Bill’s Last Ride”Waylon Jennings “Time To Bum Again”WEIRD SONGS TO END THE SHOWGeorge Kent “Hello, I’m a Jukebox”Doyle Holly “The Biggest Storm of All”Lynn Anderson “I Wish I Was a Little Boy Again”Nate Gibson “Fear the Beer”On Classic Country Corner we play Classic Country Music from the likes of Willie, Waylon, Johnny, Dolly, Tammy, and Merle plus one-hit wonders and songs should’ve been hits. Every Saturday you will hear songs about trains, trucks, mamas, prison and gettin' drunk from all your Classic Country Favorites. 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!)George Jones “Swingin’ Doors”Billy Walker “There Stands the Glass”Carl Smith “Drinking Champagne”Charlie Rich “Sittin’ And Thinkin’”Lynn Anderson “Stay There ‘Til I Get There”Loretta Lynn “Don’t Come Home a-Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ On Your Mind)”BASEBALL SONGSNate Gibson “Fear the Beer”Nate Gibson “The Jackie Robinson of Country Music”Nate Gibson “The Sausage Race Is On”Alabama “The Cheap Seats”Del Reeves “The Philadelphia Fillies”POTPURRIMel Tillis “Coca-Cola Cowboy”The Statler Brothers “How To Be A Country Star”Hank Thompson “Paying Off the Interest With My Tears”Jimmy Dean “I Won’t Go Huntin’ With You Jake”Freddie Hart “I Forgot To Remember To Forget”Nate Gibson’s album, “Fear the Beer,” is available on Bandcamp. 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

Wedding Bells are ringing here at Classic Country Corner. Superfans Matt and Joanna will be tying the knot later today. So this morning we will be playing Songs of love, devotion and matrimony in their honor.HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDSONGS OF DEVOTIONBuck Owens “Love’s Gonna Live Here”Johnny Cash & June Carter “Jackson”Bonnie Owens & Merle Haggard “Forever and Ever”Patsy Cline “Always (feat. The Jordanaires)”Johnny Horton “I’m A One Woman Man”SONGS OF MATRIMONYGeorge Jones & Tammy Wynette “The Ceremony”Randy Travis “Forever and Ever, Amen”George Jones “The Right Left Hand”Buck Owens “We Were Made for Each Other”Don Williams “It Must Be Love”Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash “Darlin’ Companion (Live)”SONGS FOR SLOW DANCINGGeorge Strait “I Cross My Heart”Anne Murray “Could I Have This Dance”Ernest Tubb “Waltz Across Texas”Diamond Rio “Meet In The Middle”Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers “Islands In the Stream”George Jones & Tammy Wynette “Golden Ring” 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, well there really isn’t one. I had a busy week. Tuesday night I saw Charley Crockett at the Sylvee and then Thursday night I popped down to Chicago to see Bob Mould and Sugar. (ashow i’d been waiting 30 years to see). So I’m a bit worn out from soo much activity on a school night.My notes say “Shut up and play the hits” So we are going to do exactly that.HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYEDCharley Pride “Kiss An Angel Good Mornin’”Johnny Cash “Folsom Prison Blues”Hank Williams “Hey Good Lookin (feat. The Drifting Cowboys)”Jeannie C. Riley “Harper Valley P.T.A.”Buck Owens “Above And Beyond”Willie Nelson “Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain”Waylon Jennings “Good Hearted Woman”Tanya Tucker “Delta Dawn”Conway Twitty “Hello Darlin’”Loretta Lynn “Happy Birthday”Connie Smith “Once A Day”George Jones “He Stopped Loving Her Today”Merle Haggard “Today I Started Loving You Again”Tammy Wynette “Stand By Your Man”Diamond Rio “Norma Jean Riley”Tom T. Hall “Faster Horses (The Cowboy And The Poet)”Dolly Parton “Do I Ever Cross Your Mind” 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 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

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

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