Your Favorite "Classic" Country Songs?

Al Carmichael · Post by **Al Carmichael** » 6 Mar 2005 11:36 am

I was sitting around yesterday thinking about some of my favorite country tunes from the past, with the idea of getting back into playing classic country again. You know, the stuff that just has "good time" written all over it. I'd almost forgotten how much I love stuff like "14 Carat Mind", "Walk On By", "San Antonio Rose", "Under Your Spell Again", "I Ain't Never", "Crazy Arms", "Nothing Sure Looked Good On You", etc.

What are your choices for favorite classic country crowd pleasers?

Les Anderson · Post by **Les Anderson** » 6 Mar 2005 12:20 pm

Misty Blue by Wilma Burges
Don't touch me if u don't love me
Getting used to getting over you

I love the slow tear jerkers

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Walter Stettner · Post by **Walter Stettner** » 6 Mar 2005 1:52 pm

The classic Mel Street tunes like "Borrowed Angel" and Forbidden Angel"!

Kind Regards, Walter

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www.austriansteelguitar.at.tf

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Larry Robbins · Post by **Larry Robbins** » 6 Mar 2005 2:02 pm

Together Again, Waltz Of The Angels, She's Acting Single, A-11, Lonsome 77203, The Feminine Touch, The Grand Tour, Swinging Doors,ect,ect...in fact I love em' ALL

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Post by **Dave Mudgett** » 6 Mar 2005 3:00 pm

Heartaches by the Number, There Stands the Glass, A Picture of Me (Without You), She Once Lived Here, Today I Started Lovin' Her Again, Six Days on the Road, Storms Never Last, City Lights, Drivin' Nails in My Coffin, Walkin' the Floor Over You, Worried Mind, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, Your Cheatin' Heart, Streamlined Cannonball, Honky Tonk Man, Face to the Wall, Country Girl, Apartment #9, I'm a Lonesome Fugitive, Tombstone Every Mile, somebody, please stop me, there are hundreds if not thousands........

Al Carmichael · Post by **Al Carmichael** » 6 Mar 2005 4:26 pm

Oh YEAH! All great selections! You are helping me to clean out the cobwebs, for sure. So many great songs---PLEASE, keep 'em coming. I'm finding that within these records, I am also getting a pretty nice overview of steel styles over the years. Lots of great licks to learn too!

Webb Kline · Post by **Webb Kline** » 6 Mar 2005 5:28 pm

Hey Good Lookin'

Red Necks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer

Take Me Back to Tulsa

Waltz Across Texas

Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys

Luckenbach TX

King of the Road

Big River

That's just the first ones that came to my mind real quick while my wife was grabbing my arm and dragging me off to play piano on a song she's working on.

Okay babe, I'm com.....:O

Les Green · Post by **Les Green** » 6 Mar 2005 9:38 pm

She's Just A Whole Lot Like You - Hank Thompson
Half A Mind - Ernest Tubb
The Last Letter - Jack Greene
If I Should Need You - Willis Brothers
Let's Live A Little - Carl Smith
Another Story - Ernest Tubb
A Rose From The Bride's Bouquet - Jimmy Dickens
She's Just An Old Flame - Hank Thompson
I'd Just Be Fool Enough - Johnny Cash
Next To Jimmy - Ferlin Husky

Just to name a few..............

Bob Hickish · Post by **Bob Hickish** » 7 Mar 2005 8:22 am

Hay !! you guys have been read'n our song
list !! I a'm one lucky Steel picker - the guys
that have alowed me to pick with , are all over
65 and thats all we know is this older country

( as one of our Fo-Bros put it )
- to us -- All the new country is like trying to understand
Chinise .

also on the list should be --
Hank Thompson
"Woe Sailor" "Mr. Bartender"
edited for dyslexia

Bob[This message was edited by Bob Hickish on 07 March 2005 at 01:57 PM.]

Ray Minich · Post by **Ray Minich** » 7 Mar 2005 9:06 am

Billy Walker - "Circumstances"
Connie Smith - "Cry Cry Cry"
(both tunes that could be done in steel, wonder if they ever have been?)

Les Anderson -> Thanks for the info on Misty Blue by Wilma Burges. I've been looking for that tune version (& singer) for a couple of years now, never could find out who sang it. Billy Jo Spears' version is OK, but I like Wilma's rendition better. (Her version sounds like she could sing your toes off your feet...).
[This message was edited by Ray Minich on 07 March 2005 at 09:57 AM.]

Leigh Howell · Post by **Leigh Howell** » 7 Mar 2005 9:35 am

With very few exceptions I'd have to say I like all classic country songs, but Dave Mudgett pretty well covered some of my favorites.

Leigh

Les Anderson · Post by **Les Anderson** » 7 Mar 2005 10:52 am

After reading the song lists that have been posted in this thread I have come to a very firm conclusion!

Steel guitar players are a bunch of softies and tend to tune their ears to the slower and more emotional songs.

Geez, no wonder we play steel guitars.

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John Poston · Post by **John Poston** » 7 Mar 2005 12:36 pm

Good call on Misty Blue - one of the best performances ever put on record. I agree with almost everyone's selections above.
Some more for the list:
Almost Persuaded
He'll Have to Go
T for Texas (Blue Yodel #?)

Al Carmichael · Post by **Al Carmichael** » 7 Mar 2005 10:43 pm

I LOVE Almost Persuaded! What a perfect country song. I'm also a fan of "Tips of My Fingers"

There are so many great old tunes. I have a hunch that people are gonna get into them again, as there are a lot of folks who feel like modern country gave them the shaft. Maybe its time for the "Steel Guitar Army" to bring the great stuff back to the people who have missed it all these years?

Post by **Dave Mudgett** » 8 Mar 2005 9:05 am

Al, I like the idea of a 'steel guitar army'. I think a lot of us are, in fact, 'on a mission'.

Les Anderson · Post by **Les Anderson** » 8 Mar 2005 9:11 am

I am not sure if the modern country music could even be classed as country music. It's more to the leading edge of Suburban Rock. My wife and I went to a so called new age country show this past weekend and listened to two bands that were all young people and there was more head banging thump, thump than there was anything that resembled a good country sound.

In fact about the only thing country about both bands was a couple of the guys were wearing black western hats: pulled down over their eyes so you could barely see their faces. In both bands, most of the musicians were dressed in tee shirts and jeans or the old fashion undershirts. Neither of the bands had a steel guitar or a fiddle. One of the bass players had his bass hanging down around his hips, if not lower.

There was lots of warped and screaming guitar and much, much too much bass and drums. The bands names however sort of gave an indication of their music style. “Rocken Country” & “Country in the City”

During the both shows, I wondered very seriously if any of these kids had any idea who Faron Young is or possibly Ray Price. Music? Yes: Country?…………. definitely not,

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Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 8 Mar 2005 9:51 am

"Heartaches by the Number", since I sing it every day!
"The Chair" by Strait, and "Your Something Special To Me"! Oh yeah, "I Want To Dance With You" let's just says everything the MAN puts out!

Jerry Hayes R.I.P. · Post by **Jerry Hayes R.I.P.** » 8 Mar 2005 10:44 am

Cross the Brazos at Waco...Billy Walker
Carrol Country Accident...Porter Waggoner
Just Because I'm a Woman.. Dolly Parton
Good Year for the Roses....George Jones
Don't Stop the Music....George Jones
Take Me...George Jones
Blue Must Be the Color of the Blues..G. Jones
Big Mamou...Fiddlin' Frenchie Burke
Jole' Blon...Moon Mullican
Catfish John...Johnny Russell
What've You Got Planned Tonight Dianna by
Merle Haggard..
A Place to Fall Apart...Merle Haggard
Just Between the Two of Us..Merle & Bonnie
Don't Ever Tell Me Goodbye..Buck Owens
Getting Used to Losing You...Buck Owens
Close Up The Honkytonks...Buck Owens
My Past is Present...Bobby Durham
Apartment #9....Bobby Austin
Lost in the Feeling...Conway Twitty
Workin' Man Blues...Merle Haggard
For a Minute There...Johnny Paycheck
A-11...Johnny Paycheck
The Bridge Washed Out..Warner Mack (MacPherson)
No Fool Like a Young Fool...Ray Price
Please Talk to my Heart..Country Johnny Mathis
Signed, Sealed, & Delivered...Cowboy Copas
Yellow Roses...Hank Snow
Dreamed About Mama Last Night...Luke the Drifter
Soldier's Last Letter...Ernest Tubb

There's a bunch more but this is already too long.........JH in Va.

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Ray Minich · Post by **Ray Minich** » 8 Mar 2005 11:14 am

"He don't deserve you anymore" by Buck Owens with one of TB's best performances!

Al Carmichael · Post by **Al Carmichael** » 8 Mar 2005 12:37 pm

Les--You are right. These kids probably haven't heard the artists you mention. Ah, but that is something that can work favorably, because what was old can now be "new" again. There is nothing more fun to me than hearing a good country band that pays the classics. It creates a great atmosphere in any club. Its hard not to have a good time when that music gets going--in a similar fashion to a good blues band that has the groove going. Its just uplifting rather than depressing.

There's always gonna be somebody trying to turn country into rock or bluegrass in to new age acoustic--whatever. I have an open mind and I like anything that sounds good to me. I guess I just believe that traditional music has value in a timeless way and should be played too. People liked classic country back when because it was good. It still is!

I love all the new favorites listed too. There are a few I haven't heard, so I am trying to dig up some of this stuff to hear.

Leslie Ehrlich · Post by **Leslie Ehrlich** » 8 Mar 2005 1:09 pm

Girl On The Billboard – Del Reeves
Ring Of Fire – Johnny Cash
Battle Of New Orleans – Johnny Horton
If You’ve Got The Money – Lefty Frizzell (later version)
Love’s Gonna Live Here – Buck Owens
Mama Tried – Merle Haggard
Dang Me – Roger Miller
Bed Of Roses – Statler Brothers
Louisiana Man – Doug Kershaw
Kiss An Angel Good Morning – Charley Pride

Bob Hickish · Post by **Bob Hickish** » 8 Mar 2005 7:18 pm

"Louisiana Man"
Leslie ! That is a good one ! we have lost
our number one fiddle , to a hearing loss , but
I have been trying to get her to teach me her
intro - so I can kick it with the steel - what she
would do is , at the end of something like " Faded
Love " she would kick "Louisiana Man" with a
get down fiddle and that cagen sound .
Definitely a good oldie !!!

Bob

Bill Myers · Post by **Bill Myers** » 9 Mar 2005 9:59 am

I'm just a youngster, but you can throw in just about any of Buck Owens songs...come on be honest...how many people here haven't played Tom Brumley's lick from together again? But speaking of what's old is new again, Daryl Singeltary's CD, That's why I sing this way...It is fantastic. Remakes of old classics and some new twists on other ones. My favorite is I never go around mirrors!

Charley Adair · Post by **Charley Adair** » 9 Mar 2005 11:08 am

I Can't Believe That You've Stopped Loving Me; All I Have To Offer You Is Me; The Easy Parts Over; Just Between You and Me.........................

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Alan Rudd · Post by **Alan Rudd** » 11 Mar 2005 9:27 am

Hank Locklin's version of "Please Help Me I'm Fallin'" & "Fraueline"
James Taylor's version of "Bartender's Blues"
"Kawliga" by Hank SR., Charley Pride, or Milsap
"Pass Me By"
"Your Cheatin' Heart"
"Pure Love"
Just about anything by Ray Price
"The Green, Green Grass Of Home"
"Four Walls"