Confederate Railroad
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Search complete. 17 mentions across 9 episodes found for "Confederate Railroad".
Oct 9, 2026
Landrum RobertsHOST
Yes.
Landrum RobertsHOST
Rusty is here, plays guitar for Confederate Railroad.
Landrum RobertsHOST
They're about to hit the road.
Landrum RobertsHOST
They have a show in Kentucky.
Petros PapadakisHOST
...
Petros PapadakisHOST
the Confederate Railroad, one of the great country bands of all time, with the great song, White Label and...
Petros PapadakisHOST
Or no.
Petros PapadakisHOST
Red Lab- No. It's, uh-
Brent BaxterHOST
Today's guest has written the kind of songs that become part of country music's permanent vocabulary.
Brent BaxterHOST
His credits include Alabama's Jukebox In My Mind, Joe Diffie's Ships That Don't Come In, Tanya Tucker's If It Don't Come Easy, Confederate Railroad's Queen of Memphis, and Pam Tillis' Do You Know Where Your Man Is? He also funded the ACM-winning Gibson Miller Band and has earned multiple BMI and NSAI honors.
Brent BaxterHOST
He understands how a powerful title can open a door to character, story, and emotion.
Brent BaxterHOST
And today, we're going to explore some of that.
Lyal StricklandGUEST
I believe it was the Kentucky Headhunters.
Lyal StricklandGUEST
It might've been Confederate or Confederate Railroad.
Lyal StricklandGUEST
Um, but a concert, um, I think maybe the Doobie Brothers were there as well.
Lyal StricklandGUEST
Um, but I remember going to the show, and my mom was in radio, um, in Memphis way back in the day.
Michael BerryHOST
[upbeat music] Fun fact about that song.
Michael BerryHOST
You know it as a song by, say it out loud, Confederate Railroad.
Michael BerryHOST
That's correct.
Michael BerryHOST
Who also sang Jesus and Mama earlier in the show.
Michael BerryHOST
You know that as a Confederate Railroad song.
Michael BerryHOST
It was written by Chris Wall, but it was not recorded by Confederate Railroad when it first hit the chart.
Michael BerryHOST
It was recorded by a Texan Think about a Texan with an audience bigger than Texas.
Michael BerryHOST
He's a New Yorker by birth.
AlabamaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
If you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band.
Dylan StoneHOST
Now, Confederate Railroad came out of Marietta, Georgia, and by the early 90s, they figured out something important.
Dylan StoneHOST
Country music didn't need another guy singing about how pretty the girl was.
Dylan StoneHOST
Sometimes you just need to tell the truth.
Dylan StoneHOST
Trashy Women became their signature hit, with a chorus that basically guaranteed somebody's mother would change the station.
Dylan StoneHOST
And live, Confederate Railroad knew exactly what they were doing.
Dylan StoneHOST
Play this song in a bar, and suddenly everybody's standards get lowered, including the dress code.
Dylan StoneHOST
Here is Confederate Railroad.
Lynn LoweGUEST
We were together for a couple years and got married, and then he started getting some cuts, and I probably signed the first mechanical agreement, um, that I signed.
Lynn LoweGUEST
He had a Confederate Railroad cut and then a, a Kenny Chesney cut, and I know that I signed...
Lynn LoweGUEST
Well, it was the Confederate Railroad one because that's the one we had publishing on.
Betsy BrumleyHOST
Yeah.
Lynn LoweGUEST
And I didn't know what I was doing.
BlackhawkSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Goodbye says it all.
Dylan StoneHOST
Okay, friends, grab your cowboy boots and a cold one because Confederate Railroad is about to introduce you to the Queen of Memphis.
Dylan StoneHOST
And no, she's not handing out tiaras at Beale Street.
Dylan StoneHOST
This song hit the charts back in 1992, cementing the band's reputation for storytelling that's equal parts rowdy and hard on your sleeve.
Dylan StoneHOST
Legend has it, these guys wrote about the kind of wild, magnetic woman who could walk into a honky-tonk and instantly make the jukebox blush.
Dylan StoneHOST
And somehow, Confederate Railroad made it feel like your buddy at the bar is narrating the whole thing.
Dylan StoneHOST
Gritty guitar, swaggering vocals, and a story that sticks.
Dylan StoneHOST
Here's Confederate Railroad.
James PietragalloHOST
Don't know what happens there.
James PietragalloHOST
And the lineup musically will be Confederate Railroad, which-
Jimmie WhismanHOST
That sounds no.
James PietragalloHOST
[laughs] I know.