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...

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...

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED JOHN PRINE SONGS IN HONOR OF HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY Johnny Cash “Paradise” Johnny Cash “Unwed Fathers” Johnny Cash “Sam Stone (Live)” Tanya Tucker “Angel from Montgomery” HAPPY SONGS Dolly 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...

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 PLAYED MORNING SONGS Don Williams “Come Early M...

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 SONGS Nate Gibson “Fear the Beer” Nate Gibson “The Jackie Robinson of Country Music” N...

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 PLAYED SONGS OF DEVOTION Buck Owens “Love’s Gonna Live Here” Johnny Cash & June Carter “Jackson” Bonnie Owens & Merle Haggard “Forever and Ever” Patsy Cline “Always (feat. The...

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 WHA...

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...

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...

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....

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 ROAD Wayne 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 “Tuls...

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...

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED STONE COLD CLASSICS Buck 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 (?) DRINKS George 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 record...

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 fema...

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED Johnny 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 “Fog...

We are flipping over the records we played last week to find some more treasures from our recent acquisitions. HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED The 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)” N...

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 acquisitions HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED Buck Owens & His Buckaroos “Buckaroo” Jimmy Dean “Big Bad John” Ray Price “...

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED Buck 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 “Ame...

Summer Songs Roger 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 Nights Nitty Gritty Dirt Band “Fishin’ In the Dark” Ed Bruce “...

Here’s What We Played Country Songs About Country Music Dave & 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 Songs Johnny Cash “Ballad Of A Teenage Queen (feat. The Tennessee Two)” Sonny James “Big Silver Bird” Bobby “King” Rio “Te...

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED Johnny 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 Min...

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 Hom...

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...

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...

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 his...