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Classic Country Corner

Eric the Driftless Cowboy

Classic Country Corner is a radio show that airs every Saturday Morning at 8 on 98.7 WVMO, a 100 watt community radio station in Monona, Wisconsin. The show is a mix of vinyl and digital music. Dollar bins, estate sales, and thrift stores are the bedrock of the show’s musical library. Our Motto On Classic Country Corner, we play Classic Country Music from the likes of Waylon, Willie, Johnny, Dolly, Tammy, and Merle. Plus some one-hit wonders and songs that should’ve been hits.

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55:15

America’s Pastimes

Classic Country Corner ·

2026/10/03

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

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56:19

Wedding Bells Are Ringing

Classic Country Corner ·

2026/09/26

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

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55:00

Shut Up and Play The Hits

Classic Country Corner ·

2026/09/19

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

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55:40

Birthday Records

Classic Country Corner ·

2026/09/12

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

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54:53

Labor Day Show

Classic Country Corner ·

2026/09/05

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

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55:50

TRIBUTE TO DOLLY PARTON

Classic Country Corner ·

2026/08/29

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

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60:44

Route 66

Classic Country Corner ·

2026/08/29

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

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60:18

So Many Rednecks

Classic Country Corner ·

2026/08/29

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

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54:21

The Usual Classics and Some Songs From High School

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2026/08/08

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

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60:40

Killin' Your Man, Wedding Bells May or May Not Be...

Classic Country Corner ·

2026/08/02

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

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60:28

Son of More Recent Acquisitions

Classic Country Corner ·

2026/07/25

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

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60:01

More Recent Acquistions

Classic Country Corner ·

2026/07/18

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

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58:43

Recent Acquisitions

Classic Country Corner ·

2026/07/18

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

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59:41

Songs for America's Semiquincentennial

Classic Country Corner ·

2026/07/04

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

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58:51

Songs of Summer

Classic Country Corner ·

2026/06/22

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)

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55:01

Swedish Death Cleaning (The Singles)

Classic Country Corner ·

2026/06/21

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

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54:14

Twin Spins

Classic Country Corner ·

2026/06/21

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

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54:43

Train Songs Story Songs and Potpurri

Classic Country Corner ·

2026/06/20

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

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69:44

Rednecks, Duets and More!

Classic Country Corner ·

2026/05/10

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

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54:07

Drinkin' In The Morning and We Remember David Allan Coe

Classic Country Corner ·

2026/05/03

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

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