Originally recorded by Moon Mullican in 1956. Most people don't know who he was, and I think his influence is underrated. www.youtube.com/watch?v=quMw...

Written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant. Even in a very slight song their craftsmanship is evident. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRmi...

He'll be the last to let you down. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVMn...

The birthday of the great George Jones. Here is an unusually sexy one in observance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnVO...

Great little tune from the pens of Felice and Boudleaux Bryant. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRmi...

The only country song that has ever used the word "kolache." www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNV5...

I think Steve Goodman is due for a revival. Most of his songs have a gonzo tone, but sometimes he played it straight. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm0C...

His career lasted almost 80 years. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2EM...

CROSS TO BEAR: a persistent problem with no solution. Her husband cheated on her, but she didn't divorce him. She just accepted it as her cross to bear.

UP YOUR GAME (or UPGRADE YOUR GAME): improve the quality of your work or effort. Yahoo: <<Upgrade your hot chocolate game by adding a pat of butter to your cup. Makes it richer! >>

In the U.S. and Canada (this strip is Canadian), people often say A TON to mean any heavy weight. Could you help me with this beam of wood? It weighs a ton.

Chet Atkins did material on the line between country and classical in the late 1960s and 1970s. Not much heard these days, but a lot of it is lovely. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Buo2...

An excellent take on the old "Three Nights Drunk." FWIW, I don't think James Garfield's funeral train went through Mobile. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuX8...

This is something new and different. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGms...

Possibly the only song in any genre about undertakers. Johnny Cash's "The Caretaker" is close, but this is more fun anyway. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KNY...

Del McCoury, sounding impressive indeed at 86. And he still has an eye for the good songwriters, too; this is by Larry Keel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3OM...

There are lots of country music songs about dogs. But this may be the best. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-uA...

Sweet version. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

A good bluegrass start to your weekend. "Queen of the tip-toe high wire" is a strong line. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGUy...

MILE HIGH CLUB: people who have had sex on a plane in flight. My husband said we should pull the blanket over us and join the Mile High Club. I told him he was crazy. www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/se...

RIP Ozzy Osbourne. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-x3...

Killer song with a concept similar to "Life Turned Her That Way," but from 1954. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir_y...

Emmylou Harris, looking great at 78. Devastated and devastating hard honky-tonk, written for your pleasure by Delbert McClinton. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBZK...

"I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" in Swedish. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AIG...

We'll revolutionize all the music in the world!

Very nicely done. I lived there at the end of what it was. Music Row was still mostly individual houses. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

A really good study in slant rhyme. Also recorded by Burl Ives. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKVW...

Hayes Carll, with the first country song that mentions bitcoin. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxFl...

Ragged little thing, but an interesting song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc_Z...

Can we have the advanced two-steppers on the floor, please? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss_E...

How much of it is true? Who knows? He did fight Roberto Duran on national television. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSWm...

Devastating and devastated hard honky-tonk. Wanda Ballman went on to co-write some of Loretta Lynn's songs. Now for a long time, she's been so busy, just breaking hearts to be like her own. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRj_...

June Carter rocks it out in 1956 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNEa...

Not a tremendous number of films of the original Stanley Brothers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4Ct...

A pirogue pole, or your natural soul, keeps you tied to the sea, high tide. Just a lovely song. The info on the video is wrong—written by Rodney Crowell. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPHN...

Gospel extraordinaire. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE3b...

It always interests me to see which country songs become popular in Europe. Few do, but this was #13 in England, and apparently the Dutch knew it, too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuSw...

Saddened to hear of the death of Johnny Rodriguez. Here's a good one, written by Robert Earl Keen, but it was waiting for him. I went to Corpus Christi only once, but it's a beautiful place. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdiv...

An elegant one to go with your Corona. Flaco Jimenez on the accordion. I assume Saginaw, Texas, is meant, not Saginaw, Michigan. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly-U...

One of the cleverer among the parodies of gospel that were common in country music for many years. Extra points for comparing Fidel Castro to a grizzly bear. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PEE...

A little song for May 1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDAh...

Kind of a nice one that's forgotten, from the pen of the late Hugh Prestwood. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xymf...

Some mighty nice harmony singing that warms the heart of those who grew up with Simon & Garfunkel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxHA...

Even way back then he had it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXID...

Mel Tillis, who never gets any credit, originated this song; Doc Watson covered it. However, some crack playing by someone whose principal instrument is not even the guitar. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm13...

The greatest country song ever written. Possibly the greatest song ever written in any genre. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yoh...

Superb musically and sartorially. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvy0...

Indonesian-style! www.youtube.com/watch?v=14LN...

Caught my ear from El Vez. www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8p1...

Happy 90th birthday to Bobby Bare. Nobody else in the mainstream recorded Terry Allen, I believe. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wna...