Featured Song « The Country Classics

Featured Song

500 Miles Away From Home by Bobby Bare

Written by Tim Blake on January 04, 2012 under Featured Song

The year was 1963 and Bobby Bare had plenty of radio air time with this hit, Detroit City, and a few more. On this fourth day of 2012 I’m still 650 miles from home, but I’ll get back to North Alabama soon. When Bobby Bare released “500 Miles Away From Home” I thought my travelling days were over for a while. Five years later, in December 1968, the Vietnam war, the Marines, and the Tet Offensive changed all of that.

Remembering The Race Is On by George Jones

Written by Tim Blake on December 01, 2011 under Featured Song

“The Race Is On” was the first single released from George Jones’s 1965 album of the same name. Released as a single in late 1964, it peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and at number 96 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1965.

Remembering Webb Pierce and Sweet Lips from 1961

Written by Tim Blake on November 29, 2011 under Featured Song

The song went to number 3 on the charts in 1961. Those were the days of AM radio and honky tonk songs were a hit. Webb Pierce hit it big with “Sweet Lips”, and this is a great video with wonderful sound quality. Fifty years later “Sweet Lips” by Wynn Stewart is our featured song of the day.

Don’t Be Angry by Stonewall Jackson (1958)

Written by Tim Blake on September 15, 2011 under Featured Song

The year was 1958 and some country music didn’t have that soft pretty sound, but Stonewall Jackson had the right mix with his beautiful 1958 hit “Don’t Be Angry”. The song still sounds great today. This is a beautiful love song with a pretty melody and simple chords.

The Only Girl I Can’t Forget by Del Reeves (1963)

Written by Tim Blake on September 15, 2011 under Featured Song

Del Reeves is known for his truck driving songs, including “Girl On The Billboard”, but Del Reeves says this song, “The Only Girl I Can’t Forget”, is a real country song from 1963. Del performed the song on the television show Country Family Reunion, and was asked if we will ever hear real country songs like this on the radio any more.

Time To Bum Again by Waylon Jennings (1966)

Written by Tim Blake on September 14, 2011 under Featured Song

I bought my copy of Waylon Jennings “Leavin’ Town” at a record shop in Long Beach California in 1966. At the time I had no knowledge of Fender’s Telecaster guitar. The song “Time To Bum Again” comes right after “Leavin’ Town”, the title track of this album.