The 20 Funniest Country Songs-- Part 2: 'Thank God and Greyhound'

Continued from April 18.

11.  BUBBA SHOT THE JUKEBOX--  Mark Chesnutt

12.  IT'S ALL GOING TO POT--  Willlie Nelson & Merle Haggard

13.  SHE GOT THE GOLD MINE, I GOT THE SHAFT--  Jerry Reed

14.  PICKUP MAN--  Joe Diffie

15.  IT'S FIVE O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE--  Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett

16.  TEN ROUNDS WITH JOSE CUERVO--  Tracy Byrd

17.  MISSISSIPPI SQUIRREL REVIVAL--  Ray Stevens

18.  ONE PIECE AT A TIME--  Johnny Cash

19.  THANK GOD AND GREYHOUND--  Roy Clark

20.  I DON'T EVEN KNOW YOUR NAME--  Alan Jackson

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Pour Me Somethin' Tall and Strong."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"It's Five O'clock Somewhere"

Music Deaths: Clifton 'Fou Fou' Eddie, Worked with the Dells & Patti LaBelle and Bobbie Nelson, Keyboards and Sister of Willie Nelson

CLIFTON "FOU FOU" EDDIE, 78

Died February 14, 2022

Legendary drummer who worked worth the Dells and Patti LaBelle.  Can be heard playing on the Dells' "Give Your Baby a Standing  Ovation" and  the Jerry Butler/Bettye Everett duet "Ain't Understanding."

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BOBBIE NELSON, 91

Died 10 March 2022

Keyboard player and sister of Willie Nelson and member of the band.

The Very Best of Outlaw Country-- Part 2: 'Gimme Three Steps'

Continuing with this great CD's songs:

6.  WHY YOU  BEEN GONE SO LONG--  Jessi Colter

7.  CAN'T YOU SEE--  Marshall Tucker Band

8.  4TH OF JULY--  Shooter Jennings

9.  YOU NEVER EVEN CALLED ME BY MY NAME--  David Allan Coe

10.  I BEEN TO GEORGIA ON A FAST TRAIN--  Billy Joe Shaver

11.  HERE FOR THE PARTY--  Gretchen Wilson

12.  COPPERHEAD ROAD--  Steve Earle

13.  GIMME THREE STEPS--  Lynyrd Skynyrd

14.  GOOD HEARTED WOMAN--  Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson

15.  TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT--  Johnny Paycheck

16.  TEXAS (WHEN I DIE)--  Tanya Tucker

17.  MODERN DAY BONNIE AND CLYDE--  Travis Tritt

18.  KEEP YOU HANDS TO YOURSELF--  Georgia Satellites

19.  FLIRTIN' WITH DISASTER--  Molly Hatchet

20.  COCAINE BLUES--  Johnny Cash

And, believe me, this goes on my Ultimate Jukebox of 300 CDs.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "You Better Not Try To Stand In  My Way As I'm Walking Out The Door."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Take This Job and Shove It"

The Very Best of Outlaw Country: 'The South's Gonna Do It Again'

Several months ago, I was in Wal-Mart going through their bin of close out CDs and found this great little nugget for the whopping price of $5.  Well, quick as a wink, I grabbed it.  I wasn't going to let it get away from me.

I already had most of the songs on other LPs, CDs and cassettes, but this collection would fit in just great in my Ultimate Jukebox.

And, besides that, I am a real big fan of Outlaw Country.  One of my favorite albums, of course, is "Wanted! The Outlaws."

Here are the first five songs of this new CD:

1.  ARE YOU SURE HANK DONE IT THIS WAY--  Waylon Jennings

2.  THE SOUTH'S GONNA DO IT AGAIN--  Charlie Daniels Band

3.  RAMBLIN' MAN--  Allman Brothers

4.  WHISKEY RIVER (LIVE)--  Willie Nelson

5.  ALL MY ROWDY FRIENDS ARE COMING OVER TONIGHT--  Hank Williams Jr.

Just these first five songs would get it on my jukebox.  I'll list the rest of them next post.

Will This One Get On My Ultimate Jukebox?  You Betcha.  --RoadLaw

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Tryin' To make A Livin And Doin' The Best I Can."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Ramblin' Man"

Music Deaths: Ed Bruce, Wrote the Song 'Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys'

ED BRUCE, 81

Died 8 January 2021

Country singer/songwriter and actor.

Cowrote the song  "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys" with his then-wife Patsy Bruce and had a Top 20 Country song with it, but Willie and Waylon took it to #1 when they recorded it.  One of the great country songs of all time.  Kind of covers it all, doesn't it?

Also wrote the #4 song "The Man That Turned My Mama On" for Tanya Tucker.

Also did voice overs for radio and TV.  Was a costar on the reboot of the old "Maverick" TV series "Brett Maverick."

Music Deaths: Johnny Bush, Co-Wrote 'Whiskey River' for Willie Nelson

JOHNNY BUSH, 85

Died 16 October 2020

Country singer/songwriter.  Co-wrote "Whiskey River."

Nicknamed the "Country Caruso" for his distinctive voice.  Especially popular in his native Texas.  Joined  Ray Price's band, the Cherokee Cowboys in 1963, along with Willie Nelson.

Had twelve Top 40s and two Top Tens.

"Undo the Right" (#10-1968)

"You Gave Me a Mountain"  (#7-1969)

"Whiskey River"  (#14-1972)

"There Stands the Glass"  (#34-1973)