Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Tribute to Shel Silverstein

I played only a tiny fraction of the 800 songs Shel Silverstein has to his name. Some of the ones I skipped are kids songs, and others are so filthy I couldn't play them on the radio. Hopefully you liked this selection from the ones in between.

Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue
Tompall Glaser - Put Another Log on the Fire
Bobby Bare - The Mermaid
Loretta Lynn - One's on the Way
Old Dogs - Me & Jimmie Rodgers
Brenda Lee - Big Four Poster Bed
Shel Silverstein - A Front Row Seat to Hear Ole Johnny Sing
Waylon Jennings - Ned Kelly

Bobby Bare - The Winner
Dr. Hook - Sylvia's Mother
Emmylou Harris - Queen of the Silver Dollar
Shel Silverstein - Pathetic Way of Getting Over Me
Old Dogs - Rough on the Living
Kris Kristopherson - The Taker

Tompall Glaser - Oleander
Johnny Cash - 25 Minutes To Go
Burl Ives - Time
Bobby Bare, Mac Davis & Shel Silverstein - Alimony
Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - Cover of the Rolling Stone
Bobby Bare - Rosalie's Good Eats Cafe

Bobby Bare Jr - Things I Didn't Say
Dick Nolan - The Unicorn
Shel Silverstein - June 25th at the Fourth of July - Great Conch Train Robbery
Shel Silverstein - So Good to So Bad - Great Conch Train Robbery
Dennis Locorriere, Shel Silverstein, Waylon Jennings - A Couple More Years
Bobby Bare - Marie Lavaux
Old Dogs - Still Gonna Die

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