Tossin' Pineapples

school me, please.

lilianag:

i have decided i need an education with regard to old-school country.  i’m talkin’ hank, waylon, merle, and maybe even some tanya and emmylou.  got any recs for me? must-hear songs/albums?

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Merle: 

• If We Make it Through December
• Mama Tried
• I Think I’ll Just Stay Here and Drink
• Sing Me Back Home

Waylon: 

• Black Rose
• Lonesome, On’ry, and Mean
• Old Timer
• I’ve Always Been Crazy
• Waymore’s Blues
• Don’t You Think This Outlaw Bit’s Done Got Out Of Hand
• There Ain’t No Good Chain Gang (w/ Johnny Cash)
• Laid Back Country Picker
• One to Many Mornings (w/ Johnny Cash)

Hank Jr: 

• The Conversation
• Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound
• All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down
• Outlaw Women

Jerry Reed:

• East Bound and Down
• Amos Moses
• She Got the Goldmine (I got the Shaft)

George Jones: 

• The Race is On
• White Lighting 
• He Stopped Loving Her Today
• I Don’t Need Your Rocking Chair
• She Thinks I Still Care

Conway Twitty: 

• You’ve Never Been This Far Before
• I’d Love to Lay You Down
• Hello Darling
• Tight Fitting Jeans

Don Williams: 

• Lord I Hope This Day is Good
• Some Broken Hearts Never Mend
• I’m Just A Country Boy
• Good Ol’ Boys Like Me

Marty Robbins: 

• Big Iron
• El Paso
• The Streets of Laredo
• Feelena (From El Paso)

Vern Gosdin

• Chiseled in Stone
• This Ain’t My First Rodeo
• If You’re Gonna Do Me Wrong, Do it Right

Willie Nelson

• Whiskey River
• Seven Spanish Angels (w/ Ray Charles)
• Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain
• You Were Always On My Mind
• Angel Flying Too Close To the Ground
• My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
• Sad Songs and Waltzes 

Ray Price

• Heartaches By the Numbers
• City Lights

Ernest Tubb

• Waltz Across Texas
• I’m Walking the Floor Over You
• Hello Trouble

—-FML forgot Johnny Cash and Hank Williams Sr.—-

Hank Williams

• Hey Good Lookin
• Your Cheatin’ Heart
• Lost Highway
• I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive
• Six More Miles (To the Graveyard)

Johnny Cash

• Ghostriders In the Sky
• I Hung My Head
• God is Gonna Cut You Down
• Folsom Prison Blues
• A Boy Named Sue
• I’ve Been Everywhere
• The Man Comes Around
• Ain’t No Grave
• Man in Black
• Cocaine Blues
• Cry, Cry, Cry
• Get Rhythm