HONKY-TONG HUMOR, BARROOM WISDOM and WESTERN WEIRDNESS
VA - Possum Droppings (A Berni Special Presentation) (6 x CDs)
If country music is the sound of heartbreak, hard living, and dusty roads, then Possum Droppings is what happens when you add a few beers, a busted jukebox, and a possum with a wicked sense of humor. This six-disc compilation is a sprawling, laugh-out-loud, toe-tapping tribute to the irreverent side of western music, a place where satire meets sincerity, and the punchlines hit just as hard as the pedal steel.
Across 120 tracks, this set gathers the misfits, outlaws, and oddballs who’ve turned country music into a playground for storytelling and subversion. From Leon Russell’s banjo-fired take on The Ballad of Jed Clampett to Weird Al’s parody of Billy Ray Cyrus in Achy Breaky Song, the compilation opens with a wink and never lets up. You’ll find cult classics like Trashy Women and Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die) alongside deep cuts that rarely surface outside of regional radio or bootleg compilations.
But this isn’t just a novelty set. There’s real musical craft here, from the tight arrangements of Austin Lounge Lizards and the lyrical bite of Brandy Clark’s Stripes, to the genre-bending brilliance of Corb Lund and Hayes Carll’s Bible on the Dash. Even the raunchiest tracks, like Jesse Dayton’s I’m At Home Gettin’ Hammered (While She’s Out Gettin’ Nailed) or Kinky Friedman’s Get Your Biscuits in the Oven and Your Buns in Bed, carry a kind of outlaw poetry, rooted in tradition but unafraid to poke fun at it.
What makes Possum Droppings special is its commitment to preserving a corner of country music that’s often overlooked: the songs that make you laugh, cringe, and nod in recognition. These are the tunes that played in dive bars, truck stops, and late-night radio slots, the ones passed around on mixtapes and burned CDs, rarely given the archival respect they deserve. This set changes that. It’s a lovingly curated collection that treats comedy as a vital part of the western canon, not just a sideshow.
The sequencing is smart, the rarities are real, and the spirit is pure mischief. Whether it’s John Prine and Iris DeMent trading barbs in In Spite of Ourselves, or Ray Stevens narrating a squirrel-induced church revival, every track earns its place. Even the interludes, from Morgan Freeman’s Boogie Intro to Porky Pig’s closing “That’s All Folks”,add texture and charm.
So pour yourself a cheap beer, settle into a creaky lawn chair, and let the possum do the talking. This isn’t just a compilation, it’s a cultural archive of country music’s funniest, weirdest, and most wonderfully human moments. (BERNI)
PLEASE THANK BERNI FOR THE GREAT SET
==========================================================
ALL
OR
ALL
===========================================================
Track lists
CD1
01 Leon Russell - Ballad of Jed Clampett 2:39
02 Banjo & Sullivan - Dick Soup 2:27
03 Weird Al Yankovic - Achy Breaky Song 3:21
04 Jimmy Buffett - My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink and I Dont Love Jesus 2:35
05 Ashley Monroe - Weed Instead of Roses 3:19
06 Brad Paisley - I'm Gonna Miss Her 3:14
07 Brandy Clark - Stripes 3:16
08 Chicago Farmer - $13 Beers 3:17
09 Bottle Rockets - 1000 Dollar Car 3:37
10 Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn - Your The Reason Are Kids Are Ugly 2:32
11 Confederate Railroad - Trashy Women 3:14
12 Corb Lund - Cows Around 4:30
13 Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks - How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away 2:38
14 Eleven Hundred Springs - Where in The Hell Did You Go With My Toothbrush? 3:36
15 Austin Lounge Lizards - Stupid Texas Song 3:33
16 Fred "August" Campbell & The Spur of The Moment Band - The I-95 "Asshole" Song 3:12
17 Garry Lee and Showdown - The Rodeo Song 2:04
18 Gear Daddies - (I Wanna Drive The) Zamboni 2:38
19 Hellroys - Asshole Dog 3:26
20 Wheeler Walker Jr. - She's A Country Music Fan 3:06
CD2
01 Alan Jackson - I Don't Even Know Your Name 3:50
02 Clark W. - Farmer's Tan 3:31
03 Dave Wilbert - It’s All Yours 2:37
04 Gerry House - My Jeans Are Too Tight 3:11
05 Hayseed Dixie - Alien Abduction Probe 3:29
06 Hellbound Glory - Can't Wait to Never See You Again 2:52
07 Hellroys - Sodomy By The Lake 2:23
08 Hot Country Knights - You Make it Hard 3:22
09 Jaron and The Long Road to Love - Pray for You 3:12
10 Jeff Linden and The Black Spot Society - Sallie Mae 4:09
11 Fools of The Trade - El Guapo's Weed (Don't Go to The Donkey Show) 4:34
12 Jesse Dayton - I'm at Home Gettin' Hammered (While She's Out Gettin' Nailed) 2:13
13 Joe Diffie - Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox (If I Die) 3:49
14 John Prine With Iris DeMent - In Spite of Ourselves 3:33
15 Junior Brown - My Wife Thinks You're Dead 3:48
16 Kevin Fowler - Don't Touch My Willie 4:24
17 Kinky Friedman - Get Your Biscuits in The Oven and Your Buns in Bed 2:26
18 Luke Combs - When it Rains it Pours 4:03
19 Matraca Berg - Back in The Saddle 3:20
20 Tompall Glaser - Put Another Log on The Fire 2:18
CD3
01 The Big Lebowski Quote - Let's Go Bowling 0:03
02 Arrogant Worms - Let's Go Bowling 2:32
03 Confederate Railroad - She Took it Like A Man 2:47
04 Croy and The Boys - Don't Let Me Die in Waco 5:04
05 Corb Lund feat. Hayes Carll - Bible on The Dash 4:30
06 Dale Houston - What The Buck (Happened to Country Music) 2:48
07 David Allan Coe - You Never Even Called Me By My Name 5:17
08 Dillon Carmichael - Hot Beer 3:10
09 Doug Supernaw - Long Tall Texan 4:04
10 Hayseed Dixie - I'm Keeping Your Poop 2:21
11 Monty Python - Radio 4 Announcer 0:17
12 Holy Modal Rounders - Boobs A Lot 2:52
13 Jerry Reed - She Got The Goldmine (I Got The Shaft) 3:19
14 Jock McBastard - Bucking Broncos 3:32
15 'Little' Jimmy Dickens - May The Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose 2:25
16 Luke Winslow-King - Fish Ain't Biting 4:11
17 Mark Chesnutt - Bubba Shot The Jukebox 3:03
18 Nick Nace - White Trash Southern Belle 3:07
19 Roger Miller - You Can't Roller Skate in A Buffalo Herd 1:54
20 Ray Stevens - The Mississippi Squirrel Revival 3:45
CD4
01 Morgan Freeman - Boogie Intro 0:03
02 Austin Lounge Lizards - We Always Fight When We Drink Gin 2:40
03 Brodie and The Oxy Clinic - I Don't Wanna Grow A Beard 2:32
04 Corb Lund - Old Familiar Drunken Feeling 5:08
05 Dana Lyons - Cows With Guns 5:16
06 Delbert McClinton, John Prine & Lyle Lovett - Too Much Stuff 4:15
05 Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys - Backdoor Dan 2:53
08 Greg Klyma - Ex-Girlfriends Cost Less Money Than Ex-Wives 4:01
09 Hayes Carll - Another Like You (Album Version) 3:19
10 Jimmy Buffett & The Muppetts - Mr. Spaceman 2:58
11 Joe Stamm Band - Blame it on The Dog 3:29
12 Lavender Country - Stand on Your Man 3:06
13 Loudon Wainwright III - Dead Skunk 3:05
14 The Number 9 Blacktops - Stereotypical Mid-Tempo Rockabilly Song (Acoustic) 3:55
15 The North Star Band - Redneck Hippie 3:05
16 NRBQ - Yes I Have A Banana 2:34
17 Orville Peck - You're an Asshole, I Can't Stand You (And I Want A Divorce) 3:13
18 Toby Keith & Willie Nelson - Beer for My Horses 3:30
19 Wheeler Walker Jr. - I Like Smokin' Pot (A Lot) 3:28
20 Austin Lounge Lizards - Momma Don't Allow 0:45
CD5
01 BR5-49 - Me 'n' Opie 3:47
02 Arlo Guthrie - The Motorcycle Song (Live at The Church) 2:53
03 Arrogant Worms - Kill The Dog Next Door 3:31
04 Austin Lounge Lizards - Life is Hard, but Life is Hardest When You're Dumb 3:00
05 The Devil Makes Three - I Love Doing Drugs 3:10
06 The Doohickeys - I Wish My Truck Was Bigger 3:14
07 Vince Gill - One More Last Chance 3:11
08 Grandpa's Cough Medicine - Feelin' Low 2:34
09 Hellroys - Stole My Heart (And My Kidney) 2:30
10 Cheech & Chong - Evelyn Woodhead Speed Reading Course 0:38
11 Hoyt Axton - Boney Fingers 3:11
12 Jesse Welles - Ozempic 1:58
13 John Prine - (We're Not) The Jet Set (feat. Iris DeMent) 2:36
14 Kyle Eldridge & The Rhythm Rounders - The Tattooed Lady 2:37
15 Lyle Lovett - Don't Touch My Hat 3:46
16 Hot Country Knights - Herassmeant 3:49
17 The Notorious Cherry Bombs - It's Hard to Kiss The Lips at Night That Chew Your Ass Off All Day Long 4:26
18 Charlie Worsham feat. Old Crow Medicine Show - I Hope I'm Stoned (When Jesus Takes Me Home) 3:53
19 Shinyribs - I Don't Give A Shit 3:08
20 Pinkard & Bowden - Elvis Was a Narc 1:52
CD6
01 The Snake Oil Willie Band - I Don't Look Good Naked Anymore 2:54
02 Arrogant Worms - Let There Be Guns 2:08
03 Austin Lounge Lizards - The Car Hank Died In 3:56
04 Brad Paisley - Alcohol 4:52
05 Cledus T. Judd - Goodbye Squirrel 3:58
06 Dolly Parton & Ronnie McDowell - I Dreamed About Elvis 3:36
07 The Doohickeys - Too Ugly to Hitchhike 3:11
08 Graham Nancarrow and The Goddamn Saints - You're The Reason I Drink 2:48
09 Lord Huron - (One Helluva Performer) 0:21
10 Hayes Carll - She Left Me for Jesus 4:04
11 Hayseed Dixie - Big Bottom 3:21
12 Hickoids - Driftwood 40-23 3:32
13 Cledus T. Judd - Cledus T. Judd- How Do You Milk A Cow 3:07
14 Kinky Friedman - Men's Room, L.A. 2:13
15 Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - Tennessee Bird Walk (Re-Recording) 2:40
16 Jim Stafford - Wildwood Weed 2:39
17 John Prine - Let's Talk Dirty in Hawaiian 3:13
18 Junior Brown - My Baby Don't Dance to Nothing But Ernest Tubb 2:12
19 Lasers Lasers Birmingham - Trippin' Balls at The Honky Tonk 3:11
20 Weird Al Yankovic - Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies 3:13
21 Porky Pig - That's All Folks 0:25
=============================================================
=============================================================
Music weaves itself into the fabric of our emotions, dances through the corridors of memory, and whispers to the soul of who we are. Sharing these stories deepens the connection, turning the experience into something timeless and profound.
=============================================================
=============================================================