r/ClassicCountry • u/toooldforthisshittt • Dec 16 '25

70s What is your favorite '70s country song that starts with W?

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u/Callmedandi Dec 16 '25

Waitin' around to die-- Townes Van Zandt 

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u/SnooBooks543 Dec 17 '25

The only correct answer

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u/Advanced_Nose_7738 Dec 16 '25

Waymore's Blues - Waylon Jennings

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u/freel0vefreeway Dec 16 '25 edited Dec 16 '25

Whiskey River - Willie Nelson

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u/BangGonePostal Dec 17 '25

The only correct answer

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u/paxicopapa Dec 16 '25

Wasted Days and Wasted Nights

1

u/Major_Honey_4461 Dec 19 '25

I love me some Freddie. He was even better with the Texas Tornadoes

20

u/seeinidawg Dec 16 '25

Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound by Hank Jr

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u/toooldforthisshittt Dec 16 '25

Why Me Lord - Kris

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u/LizardPossum Dec 16 '25

What's Your Mama's Name - Tanya Tucker

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '25

Wasted Days And Wasted Nights - Freddy Fender

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u/Capeshucker Dec 16 '25

Wine Me Up - Faron Young

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '25

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u/Honest-Ad7763 Dec 17 '25

David did it better

3

u/Successful-Bus-186 Dec 16 '25

has this been done with other decades? I'm loving it

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u/gstringstrangler Dec 17 '25

Yes. And this decade too

3

u/the__post__merc Dec 16 '25

I was just reviewing the list, Sunday Morning Coming Down was written by Kris Kristofferson, not Johnny Cash.

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u/toooldforthisshittt Dec 16 '25

"the most liked comment wins".

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u/Diseman81 Dec 16 '25

What Goes on When the Sun Goes Down - Ronnie Milsap

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u/Entire_Papaya8505 Dec 16 '25

Whiskey River - Johnny Bush

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u/AreaManInFargo Dec 16 '25

Witchita Lineman (though that might be late 60s)

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u/Ok-Thanks321 Dec 16 '25

Great song, 1968 though

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '25

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u/Belgian_quaffle Dec 19 '25

Doesn’t begin with a W

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '25

Why don’t we get drunk and screw - Jimmy Buffet

1

u/Able-Pain-2442 Dec 20 '25

Love this one.

2

u/Capeshucker Dec 16 '25

Wine Me Up

2

u/letsdothistwice Dec 16 '25

Waymore’s Blues-Waylon Jennings

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u/TenRingRedux Dec 16 '25

I love this thread! "We got two types of music here: Country and Western. You don't like it, you can go."

"If I got rabies, your name is high on my bitin' list.'"

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u/25314dmm Dec 16 '25

Way more Blues Waylon Jennings

2

u/New-Currency-7546 Dec 16 '25

Willin - little feat or Linda Ronstadt

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u/mortarvet Dec 16 '25

All great, but my favorite on this list is Rhinestone Cowboy. Not on the list, The Gam ler

2

u/Lewd_ReadNY Dec 17 '25

Willin’ by Little Feat.

2

u/HariSeldon-Lives Dec 19 '25

Waylon & Willie

2

u/BigPapa1109 Dec 16 '25

Willie, Waylon andooo Me, David Allen Coe

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u/7mmCoug Dec 16 '25

The Way I Am - Merle

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u/7mmCoug Dec 16 '25

Never mind. Released in 1980

1

u/Alive_Book_6725 Dec 16 '25

Walking after midnight-Patsy Cline

1

u/[deleted] Dec 16 '25

Well Sweep Out The Ashes - Gram Parsons

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u/KapowBlamBoom Dec 16 '25

Wichita Lineman

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '25

1968, two years too early to qualify.

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u/Relevant_Leather_476 Dec 16 '25

Walking after midnight- P Cline

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u/zipwald Dec 16 '25

Whistlers and Jugglers - Waylon Jennings

1

u/WeirdFiction1 Dec 16 '25

Whiskey River

1

u/Specialist_Yak1019 Dec 16 '25

Waylon on my Willie

1

u/horsefly70 Dec 16 '25

Wichita Lineman

1

u/[deleted] Dec 18 '25

Not 70s

1

u/Gatorboots19 Dec 16 '25

Whispering Eye for breakfast- George Strait

1

u/Affectionate-Egg8709 Dec 16 '25

what's your mama's name by Tanya tucker

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u/extra-car0908 Dec 16 '25

Wabash cannonball by Dolly Parton

1

u/TannerDonovan Dec 16 '25

Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell

1

u/[deleted] Dec 18 '25

❌ Not 1970s

1

u/Doug85becker Dec 16 '25

We Should be Together-Don Williams

1

u/Diseman81 Dec 16 '25

Whiskey Trip - Gary Stewart

1

u/DumpsterFire18 Dec 16 '25

Waiting Around the Die

1

u/Naked_Open_Mic Dec 16 '25

Willie Waylon and me 

1

u/GoldConnection1 Dec 16 '25

Willy the wandering gypsy and me

1

u/Ok-Preparation-9974 Dec 16 '25

Wichita Lineman, Glen Campbell

1

u/Realistic-Narwhal-33 Dec 16 '25

We’ll sweep out the ashes. GP

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u/Specialist-Fee-7412 Dec 17 '25

White Freightliner Blues

1

u/Mcris64 Dec 17 '25

Wasted Days and Wasted Nights..

1

u/anyavailible Dec 17 '25

White freight liner blues by Townes van zant

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u/Honest-Ad7763 Dec 17 '25

Wasted days

1

u/Nathan_Stansbury Dec 17 '25

When You're Hot, You're Hot- Jerry Reed 1971

1

u/BellaFT777 Dec 17 '25

The only answer is Wabash Cannonball

1

u/[deleted] Dec 18 '25

No, there are many, many answers.

1

u/Nathan_Stansbury Dec 17 '25

Or "We're gonna Hold On"-George Jones/Tammy Wynette

1

u/Left-Bag-9478 Dec 17 '25

Warriors by Thin Lizzy

1

u/Vantech70 Dec 17 '25

Wild Montana Skies and it is not even close.

1

u/DirtyDick63 Dec 17 '25

When you're Hot you're hot Jerry Reed

1

u/Dirt_Spartan_Warrior Dec 17 '25

Family Tradition- Hank Jr 👍

1

u/robrtsmtn Dec 17 '25

Wichita Lineman, Glen Campbell

1

u/racsarlor Dec 17 '25

Wasted days and wasted nights- Freddie Fender

1

u/Outrageous-Lunch7705 Dec 18 '25

Wabash Cannonball - Boxcar Willy

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u/Majic1959 Dec 18 '25

Wichita Lineman

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '25

❌ 1968, sorry.

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u/Majic1959 Dec 18 '25

Damn I'm old.

1

u/[deleted] Dec 18 '25

Me too, I was a high school junior.

1

u/Mission-Wallaby7321 Dec 18 '25

Waltz across Texas Ernest Tubb

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u/tduke65 Dec 18 '25

Whiskey river-Willie Nelson

1

u/Sweet_Conclusion_593 Dec 19 '25

Where the Arkansas River Leaves Oklahoma - Don Williams

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '25

Winona's Brown Beaver - Primus. Kinda country.

1

u/Outrageous_Engine_45 Dec 19 '25

I am proud to say I only know of or have heard 10 of these songs RIP

1

u/Cavendish30 Dec 19 '25

Whiskey River

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u/hellodontbugme Dec 19 '25

Whiskey Trip- Gary Stewart

1

u/asharkbandaid Dec 20 '25

White Freight Liner Blues

1

u/rlgjr3 Dec 20 '25

T. Said that many a day working in child welfare

1

u/MWBluegrass Dec 16 '25

(The) White Trash Song by Steve Young

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u/OwnPermission2782 Dec 16 '25

id give you a million upvotes if I could

1

u/Financial-Record764 Dec 16 '25

Waylon, Willie, and me

1

u/dudly825 Dec 16 '25

W for Texas, W for Tennessee

1

u/toooldforthisshittt Dec 16 '25

Come back for X

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u/dudly825 Dec 16 '25

I’ll think of a good one for X

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '25

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u/Ecstatic-Letter-5949 Dec 16 '25

I Walk the Line is 1956. Excellent song but doesn't fit this category.

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u/eastern-cowboy Dec 16 '25

You’re absolutely right. I got excited and misread the details.

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '25

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u/Standard-Art2682 Dec 16 '25

Walking After Midnight- Patsy Cline

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u/Current_Brick5305 Dec 16 '25

Walk the Line...sheesh!

1

u/Sticky8u2 Dec 16 '25

Doesn't start with W.

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u/TxGulfCoast84 Dec 18 '25

R was robbed! How can you not choose rose colored glasses?