Today, we've got a fantastic lineup of fierce females who weren't afraid to sing their truth, from heartfelt ballads to sassy anthems. We're kicking things off with some real powerhouses. Imagine Rose Maddox taking a bold leap with "Take A Gamble On Me," a testament to her gutsy style. Then we've got Kay Adams pouring out her soul with "Honky Tonk Heartache," a tune that'll resonate with anyone who's ever had their heart bruised. And don't forget Cathy Cass with her straightforward demand, "Want...
Jun 28, 2025•59 min
Classic Country Deep Cuts for Your Playlist This week on the podcast, we're diving into a treasure trove of classic country tunes that you might have missed. Forget the obvious hits, we're unearthing some fantastic deep cuts from legendary artists and lesser-known gems. We've got Carl Smith with the defiant "No, I Don't Believe I Will" and Hank Cochran delivering a dose of melancholy with "If She Could See Me Now." Get ready for some honest country storytelling with Johnny Dollar's "I've Gotta S...
Jun 21, 2025•54 min
Country Classics and Obscurities We dust off forgotten gems and revisit timeless tunes from country music's rich history. Today, we're taking a spin through a mix of tracks, from legendary voices to lesser-known artists, all released on a variety of labels. We kick things off with the iconic George Jones and his track "Don't Think I Don't" on Musicor. You can always count on Possum for a classic country lament. Following that, we've got Lois Williams with "You Low Down Son Of A Gun" on Starday –...
Jun 14, 2025•56 min
A special edition showcasing the 75th Anniversary of The Longhorn Ballroom, focusing on Dewey Groom's Longhorn Records in Dallas, Texas Dewey Groom - Within Your Crowd ( Longhorn ) Sandy Lee Fields - Slippin Out ( Longhorn ) Ray O'Daniel - What Goes Up Always Comes Down ( Longhorn ) Clay Allen - 2 45 ( Longhorn ) Janet McBride - A Woman's Point Of View ( Longhorn ) Vern Stovall - Dallas ( Longhorn ) Bob Wills - Buffalo Twist ( Longhorn ) Tommy Duncan - Bubbles In My Beer ( Longhorn ) Curt Ryle -...
May 28, 2025•58 min
Welcome, honky-tonk heroes and jukebox queens, to a very special milestone – the 150th episode of The Honkytonk Jukebox! We're celebrating with 100% pure honkytonk , hitting all the classic notes from Lattie Moore to Jimmy Work. Get ready for deep cuts and anthems with legends like Stonewall Jackson and Hank Penny. We'll reflect on "The Great Neon Cross" with Bobby Pierce, find solace "Beneath A Neon Star In A Honky Tonk" with Tommy Duncan, and dive deep into the heart of country with Faron Youn...
May 22, 2025•57 min
Alright, honky-tonk heroes and country music fans, get ready for a trip down memory lane! We've got a fantastic lineup of classic country cuts comin' your way. First up, we're searchin' all the honky-tonks with Charlie O'Bannon . Then, we'll be sippin' some Wine with the legendary Mel Tillis . Get ready for a little heartbreak as Jimmy Dickens laments about his Stolen Steel Guitar . Carl McDonald will have you wonderin' If You'll Miss Me , and the wonderful Leona Williams takes us Somewhere Insi...
May 08, 2025•56 min
This episode is a journey through classic country, featuring legends like Justin Tubb, Stonewall Jackson, and Faron Young alongside hidden gems. You'll hear honky-tonk heartbreak from Tony Douglas and rockabilly energy from Jimmy Dawson. The show continues with heartfelt tunes from Jim Owen and Wynn Stewart, a tribute to Hank Williams, a unique duet from George Jones & Gene Pitney, and Johnny Horton's quirky storytelling. The second half delivers more country goodness from artists like Tony ...
Apr 22, 2025•55 min
This podcast episode features a fantastic collection of classic country and western swing tunes, heavily showcasing the incredible talent of steel guitar players. You'll hear iconic instrumental tracks like Noel Boggs' "Steel Guitar Rag" and Cecil Campbell's "Twistin The Steel" , alongside gems from legendary bands such as The Texas Troubadours with "Cain's Corner" and Leon McAuliff's lively "Water Baby Boogie." The set continues with more instrumental brilliance from The Rowe Brothers' "Texas R...
Apr 06, 2025•49 min
"Welcome back to the show, folks! We've got a real diverse lineup for you today, diving deep into the heart of classic country. We're kicking things off with the lively western swing of Bob Wills and his 'All Night Long,' setting a toe-tapping, dance-hall vibe. Then, we pivot to the raw emotion of Tommy Collins' 'Don't Wipe The Tears That You Cry For Him,' a real tearjerker. We'll hear Johnnie Lee Wills' melancholic 'Your Love For Me Is Losing Light,' followed by the classic country duet of Carl...
Mar 22, 2025•55 min
Alright, pour yourself a stiff one, folks, because this episode is a deep dive into the heart of honky-tonk heartache and hard-livin' anthems! We're serving up a potent mix of classic country tunes all about drinkin' and the barroom blues. From Earl Wayne's "24 Twelve Ounce 1 Way Bottles" to George Jones' "Brothers Of A Bottle," we're exploring the stories behind the empty glasses and the overflowing sorrows. Get ready for tales of bloodshot eyes, lonesome whiskey, and the ever-present pull of t...
Mar 13, 2025•59 min
Dale Turner - Happy Honkin Honky Tonkin Truck Drivin Man ( Willex ) Rusty And Doug Kershaw - Going Down The Road ( Hickory ) Bob Eidson - Truck Drivers Life ( Dalton Junction ) Del Reeves - Truckers Paradise ( United Artists ) The Kendalls - Diesel Gypsy ( United Artists ) CW McCall - I've Trucked All Over This Land ( MGM ) Ray Pillow - Roll On Truckers ( ABC Dot ) Johnny Dollar - Big Rig Rollin Man ( Chart ) Merle Travis - The Super Highway ( Capitol ) Bobby Sykes - Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curv...
Mar 07, 2025•59 min
Dewey Groom - A Pair Of Fools ( Longhorn ) Jimmy Dry - You're Changing Your Heart ( Princess ) Donnie McDuff - What About My Hurt ( Trace ) Country Johnny Mathis - Sugar Thief ( Little Darlin ) Faron Young - That's The Way It's Gotta Be ( Capitol ) Norman Wade - If That Ain't Country ( NCR ) Al Horn - Come On In Mr. Blues ( BTR ) Lefty Frizzell - Love Looks Good On You ( Columbia ) Carl Butler And Pearl - Your Way Of Life ( Columbia ) Hughie Burns - If Cheatin's A Sickness ( Bee Line ) Bobby Aus...
Feb 23, 2025•52 min
Tony Hoda - Just Like That ( Magnolia ) The Clossey Brothers - House For Sale ( K Ark ) Bobby Barnett - End Of The Lyin ( Columbia ) Red Sovine - You Used To Be My Baby ( Decca ) Norma Jean - The Kind Of Needin I Need ( RCA ) Rose Maddox - The Bigger The Pride ( Starday ) Jimmy Work - Don't Give Me A Reason To Wonder Why ( Dot ) Skeets McDonald - Think Of Me ( Columbia ) Thomas Mitchell - If It Had Not Been For You ( Flash ) Buck Owens - You Left Her Lonely Too Long ( Capitol ) Perk Williams - O...
Feb 07, 2025•53 min
Faron Young - I Just Came In Here To Get My Baby ( Mercury ) Bill Wesley - Let's Live The Future ( Great ) Gene Watson - I Feel A Sin Coming On ( Stoneway ) Dorval Lynn - The Biggest Fool ( Avenue South ) Hank Cochran - Tootsie's Orchid Lounge ( Liberty ) Eddie McDuff - You're A Cheater ( Starday ) Country Johnny Mathis - I Could Never Forget Your Love ( Little Darlin ) Tex Williams - Talkin To The Blues ( Decca ) Eddie Hazelwood - A Rag, A Bone , A Hank Of Hair ( Intro ) Carl Butler And Pearl -...
Jan 30, 2025•54 min
Harold Casey Grim - Here Comes A Heartache ( Lavon ) Billy Walker - Mr Heartache ( Columbia ) Goldie Smith - I've Got Heartache And Tears ( Allandale ) Ray Price - I've Got A New Heartache ( Philips ) Lon Collins - Room For One More Heartache ( Monument ) Melba Montgomery - Big Big Heartaches ( United Artists ) Benny Barnes - Heartaches Comin ( Musicor ) Johnny & Linda Wakely - Temporary Relief Of A Heartache ( Shasta ) X Lincoln - Heartaches And Happiness ( Time ) Bobby Austin - I've Got A ...
Jan 23, 2025•56 min
Glenn Barber - Happy Birthday Broken Heart ( Starday ) Tommy Thompson - Whose Heart Are You Breaking ( Nashville ) George Jones - Aching Breaking Heart ( Mercury ) Sue Thompson - A Pair Of Broken Hearts ( Hickory ) Skeets McDonald - This Old Broken Heart ( Columbia ) Tommy Collins - Ernest Tubb 78's ( Music America ) Eddie McDuff - Day After Never ( Starday ) Ray Chaney - Where's That Forever ( Bo Kay ) John Griffin - Chasing Me ( Texas Record Co ) Moon Mullican - A 1001 Sleepless Nights ( King ...
Jan 05, 2025•55 min
Don Walser - I'll Hold You In My Heart ( No Lie ) Joe Carson - Take Me In Your Arms ( Capitol ) Autry Inman - Wish in One Hand ( Epic ) Justin Trevino - If Teardrops Were Pennies ( Misty ) Jimmie Collins - I Let My Heart Do My Talking For Me ( Westar ) Cal Smith - It Takes Me All Night Long ( Kapp ) Connie Hall - Date Night Rendezvous ( Mercury ) Tex Williams - Don't Make Love To Mary ( Capitol ) Bobby Barnett - Moanin The Blues ( Sims ) Cecil Moore - Diamond Back ( Sarg ) Warren Smith - Judge A...
Dec 28, 2024•53 min
Buck Owens - Santa's Gonna Come In A Stagecoach ( Capitol ) Sonny James - Barefoot Santa Claus ( Capitol ) Larry Cartell - Cowboy Santa ( Glenolden ) Scott Alexander - Will Santa Come To Shanty Town ( Grand Prize ) George Jones - My Mom And Santa Claus ( Musicor ) Johnny Horton - They Shined Up Rudolph's Nose ( Columbia ) Dave Dudley - Six Tons Of Toys ( Mercury ) Brenda Lee - Papa Noel ( MCA ) Sid Stromme - It's That Happy Time Of Year ( Hilltop ) Ricky G & The Dreamglows - Tu Feliz Navidad...
Dec 15, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Webb Pierce - Is It Wrong ( Decca ) Glenn Barber - Let's Take The Fear Out Of Being Close ( Starday ) Ernest Tubb - It's A Lonely World ( Decca ) Bill Pitcock - She's Hurt Much More Than She Pretends To Be ( Royal American ) Tommy Collins - All The Monkeys Ain't In The Zoo ( Capitol ) Vern Stovall - Code Alarm 7 ( Monument ) Joe Carson - Three Little Words Too Late ( Liberty ) Charlie & Honey Bear - Trouble In My Arms ( C&W Hits ) Justin Tubb - Within Your Arms ( Decca ) Bobby Helms - Ju...
Dec 06, 2024•57 min
Hangover Tavern No Help Wanted Honky Tonk Girl A Fooler, A Faker We've Gone Too Far Honey, Honey Bee Ball Breakin' In Another Heart If Lovin' You Is Wrong Rockin' In The Congo I've Run Out Of Tomorrows Total Strangers Mama Don't 'Low Drivin Nails In My Coffin I See Them Everywhere Just My Truckin Luck Pick Me Up On Your Way Down The Wild Side Of Life Lost John A Six Pack To Go Deep Elem Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/thehonkytonkjukebox/exclusive-content...
Nov 26, 2024•50 min
Skeets McDonald - Gotta Get You From That Crowd ( Columbia ) Norman Wade - Crying At 3am ( Spinn Bill Cleaton - Lovers Hall Of Shame ( Kanwic ) Justin Tubb - All Alone ( Decca ) Tommy Collins - I Wish I Had Died In My Cradle ( Capitol ) Dean Charles - Window Pain ( Discus ) Warren Smith - 160 lbs Of Hurt ( Liberty ) Stonewall Jackson - Thirty Links Of Chain ( Columbia ) Elton Travis - All Those Lies ( Toppa ) Faron Young - If I Ever Fall In Love With A Honky Tonk Girl ( Mercury ) Leon McAuliffe ...
Nov 10, 2024•53 min
Ray Chaney - You Wouldn't Cross The Street ( Bo Kay ) Jimmy Harris - Trying To Forget You ( Jamaka ) Rex Allen - Lonesome Letter Blues ( Hacienda ) Ronnie Tackett - Darlin Don't Go ( Banner ) Mark Scott - To Know You Loved A Cheater ( Custom ) Orville Couch - Cheat On Me Now ( Bollman International ) Al Dean - Cigarettes And Whiskey ( Kik R ) Dan Kingcade - Your Turn To Cry ( Bennett ) Tex Thurman - I'm Having My Laugh Now ( Gold Standard ) Gary P Nunn - Where There's A Willie There's A Way ( Br...
Nov 01, 2024•57 min
Hank Thompson - Drivin Nails In My Coffin ( Churchill ) Jerry Irby Benny Griffith - A 11 ( Soundwaves ) Paycheck Ron Sweet - I'm The Only Hell My Momma Ever Raised ( Godak ) Paycheck Dude Mowrey - Honky Tonk Song ( Capitol ) Webb Terri Lane & Jimmy Nall - The Way You Do The Things You Do ( Monument ) Temptations Conway Twitty - Honky Tonk Man ( Decca ) Horton Gary Stewart - Ain't Living Long Like This ( RCA ) Crowell Paul Torres - Wild Side Of Life ( RCA ) Thompson Gary Morris - Working Man ...
Oct 05, 2024•1 hr
Johnny Horton - Let's Take The Long Way Home ( Columbia ) Tommy Collins - A 100 Years From Now ( Capitol ) Sandy Lee Fields - Slippin Out ( Longhorn ) Orville Couch - Did I Miss You ( Vee Jay ) Sue Thompson - You Two Timed Me One Time Too Often ( Hickory ) Johnny Selph - My Gal's Outa Her Tree Again ( KAM ) Green Gray - Welcome To The Club ( Daralina Ray Hawthorne - Cowboys Love The Honky Tonks ( Armadillo ) Cal Langford - Heartbreaker Of The Year ( Longhorn ) Larry Ballard - One More Hurtin Son...
Sep 24, 2024•58 min
Arkey Blue - Somewhere Between Haggard And Jones ( Grande ) Lefty Frizzell - Get This Stranger Out Of Me ( Columbia ) David Frizzell - 500 Times ( Cartwheel ) Steve Michaels - City Girls ( Christy ) Freddie & The Vaqueros - Living In The Past ( B& J ) Connie Hall - You Deserved Your Invitation To The Blues ( Mercury ) Sandra Faye - As I Linger Alone ( Hal A Jac ) Paul Cloudman - Live This Life So Lonely ( Arctic ) Jack Tucker - Surrounded By Sorrow ( Bel Aire ) Stoney Edwards- I Bought T...
Aug 29, 2024•58 min
Wade Ray - Let Me Go, Devil ( RCA ) David Frizzell - Shake Hands With The Devil ( Cartwheel ) Claude Gray - Your Devil Memory ( Decca ) Tommy Dixon - Devil's Daughter ( Fence Post ) Hank Williams Jr - Jesus Loved The Devil Out Of Me ( MGM ) Johnny Lewis - Take This Ring ( Lewis ) Carl Smith - Take My Ring Off Your Finger ( Columbia ) Osborne Brothers - One Tear ( Decca ) Glen Eddy - There's No way To Drown A Memory ( Able ) Jimmy Harris - Trying To Forget You ( Jamaka ) Ramblin Jimmie Dolan - Ho...
Aug 13, 2024•59 min
Bob Luman - 100 Songs On The Jukebox ( Epic ) Ernest Tubb - Mr Jukebox ( Decca ) Dow Jones - Tears on The Jukebox ( CCR ) Charlie Walker - Soft Lips And Hard Liquor ( RCA ) Red Simpson - Honky Tonk Women ( Capitol ) Johnny Paycheck - Motel Time Again ( Little Darlin ) Bill Brewer - A Prison Built For Two ( CLW ) Bobby Reidhar - Let Those Tears Burn Our Eyes ( Alley ) Kathy Rowe - Come On Over And Have A Tear ( Hilltop ) Jerry Gordon - No One's At Home ( Pantego ) Edward Swint - Bullets From The ...
Jul 16, 2024•58 min
Harlan Howard - Uncle Sam I'm A Patriot ( Nugget ) Jerry Naill - Face The Music ( Americountry ) Dean Dillon - Back In The Swing Of Things ( Capitol ) Billy Teague - Will You Love Me When I'm Old ( Kee Note ) L.E. White - Knoxville, Tennessee ( Music City ) Sonny Throckmorton - Friday Night Blues ( Mercury ) Tony Toliver - Bar Stool Fool ( Curb ) Keith Reedy - Drinking Billy's Beer ( Country Gould ) Stonewall jackson - Drinking And Driving ( Columbia ) George Jones - Hell Stays Open All Night Lo...
Jul 07, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Red Sovine - Hold Everything ( Decca ) Charlie Moore & Bill Napier - Johnny On The Spot ( King ) Bobby Wright - My Home Away From Home ( Decca ) Jack Greene - Honey Love ( Decca ) Nat Stuckey - Oh Woman ( Paula ) Wayne Kemp - Just To Know She'd Let Me Leave Her ( Decca ) Kitty Wells & Red Foley - Hello Number One ( Decca ) Carl Ferrell - Call Me Lonesome ( Pet Rock ) Ron Montgomery - Your Last Birthday Candle ( Inferno ) Jean Shepard - The One You Slip Around With ( Capitol ) Benjamin Je...
Jun 27, 2024•55 min
20 songs of hard living and hard drinking Hank Thompson - Hangover Tavern ( Capitol ) Wayne Kemp - Bar Room Habits ( Decca ) Jim Vowell - A Jug Of Wine, A Jukebox and Me ( Jewel ) Lonnie Dean - When The Bottle Runs Dry ( Sound Track ) Harlan Sanders - Them Booze Drinkin Buddies Of Mine ( Shannon ) Johnny Manne And The Caravans - Happy Hours ( Tokalon ) Russ Mann - Seat Belts On Bar Stools ( Dearborn ) Dennis Ledbetter - If You Drive Me To Drinkin I'll Buy The Gas ( THE ) Johnny Wright - Nickels,...
May 23, 2024•52 min
