Wild Country.

December 3, 2017 7:52 PM

Wild Country.
Essays on the weirder side of country music, including peculiar covers of Country Western songs and Country songs about weird themes.

Topics include:

ATOMIC COWBOYS
Country songs in response to the atom bomb.

BOY BANDIT KING
Country songs about Billy the Kid.

CELEBRITIES SING COUNTRY PT. 1
Film and television actors try their hands at country music, including Carol Channing, Lorne Greene, and Eddie Albert.

CELEBRITIES SING COUNTRY PT. 2
More country music from television and film stars, including Andy Griffith, Jim Nabors, and Leonard Nimoy.

COCAINE COWBOYS
Country songs about cocaine, cocaine users, and what happens when you use cocaine.

FRONTIER CANNIBALS
Country songs about what happens when you run out of food in the Wild West.

THE HILLS HAVE BIGFOOT
Country songs about Sasquach.

JEWISH COUNTRY
Country songs with explicitly Jewish themes.

PUNKS ON THE PRAIRIE
Punk covers of Country Western songs.

RAT PACK COUNTRY
When Sinatra and his cronies tackle Country Western songs.

SMOOTH IN THE SADDLE
Easy listening covers of country songs.

TAKE THE COWBOY BOWLING
Country songs about love, murder, and other things that happen when you play 10-pin.

Role: author

posted by maxsparber (2 comments total)

THIS. IS. AWESOME.
posted by capricorn at 1:53 PM on December 4, 2017 [1 favorite]

Country songs about Sasquach.

Oh hell yes.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 2:54 PM on December 11, 2017 [1 favorite]