CRYING IN YOUR BEER (Honky Tonk & Hillbilly Ballads & Weepers)
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Well, your baby's gone, she ain't coming back, you flat out drunk, Your dog's moved in with your neighbor, your best friend's joined & cult, your uncle just died & the only estate he left you was his Volvo.All reason's to fall face down on the hard wood of your local Honky Tonk, if such things still exist (mine's now a Chinese restaurant) or bar room, or even in an alley behind the nearest liquor store, the only thing missing to fuel your misery & heartbreak is a soundtrack...look no further as this week I present some of the most beautiful, heartbroken & bittersweet honky tonk songs ever to spill out of a Juke Box.
Now I do understand that this music may not be for everyone, but if like me you love the sound of a Hank Williams 78 crackling away on a sad song then gather round & we'll all cry a dab or two together
This week we have Bobby Lord, Jimmy Dickens, Tibby Edwards, Jimmy Patton, Jimmy Williams, Beamon Forse, Werly Fairburn, Dusty Owens, Sonny Burns & many more
Pull up a chair friend,
I have a sad story to tell,
G-MINUS-MARK
3 Comments:
Dear Mark, An absolutely fabulous show. I really love the country weepers, and have been trying to make a cd compilation for my car, so your choices have been a great help. But what about the ones you couldnt include because you ran out of time? I would love to know what they were. Is it possible to email with any other suggestions? Im listening to the podcast in Dorset in the UK and love rockabilly and all the other things you have been playing, so thanks for all your hard work. Maybe a second weepers show? Take care, cheers, Fergus
fergusmayhew@fsmail.net
Agree whole heartedly with Fergus. Terrific show! Only about 6 songs have I heard before or have. Pretty well all the rest are on my Want List and made MP3s as best I could. Love the Beamon tune ... too bad it wasn't engineered better but that was the way it was back then.
I would certainly go for a second show and I'm sure you can find more obscure stuff to fill 2 hours.
Take care now.
Hey there Mark -- absolutely loved this show! So consider this just another plea to do a second episode of weepers & ballads.
Would love any more suggestions, too: personal faves include Mack Self's "Easy to Love," Stonewall Jackson's "Life to Go," Bill Mack's "Loneliest Fool in Town" -- lonesome, mournful, dark stuff!
Keep up the great work either way, it's much appreciated.