Harlan Howard
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Nov 9, 2026
Jason MatthewsHOST
I just feel bad for them because they're not going to get the experiences I had when I first got to town.
Jason MatthewsHOST
I remember hanging out with Harlan Howard at the bar.
speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Right.
Jason MatthewsHOST
And I mean, you talk about it.
Jason MatthewsHOST
He said, you want to know why? I said, why? He said, they all drank straight liquor and smoked unfiltered cigarettes.
Jason MatthewsHOST
And he said, me, I'm sitting here with a Marlboro light and a screwdriver, and I'm still here.
Debbie MatthewsHOST
Harlan Howard.
Jason MatthewsHOST
He
Clint BlackGUEST
And I think the only reason I was so adamant about it is because the artists I respected most wrote their own songs.
Clint BlackGUEST
And I loved all the songwriters, all the Harlan Howard stuff and Dean Dillon and, you know, Don Schlitz, you know, you name it.
Clint BlackGUEST
All the writers who wrote and weren't known to most of us.
Buzz KnightHOST
Unsung heroes.
Zeth LundyHOST
So let's include the song Streets of Baltimore.
Zeth LundyHOST
This was written by Tompo Glazier and Harlan Howard, but we're not going to do the Bobby Bear version.
Zeth LundyHOST
We're not going to do the Willie Nelson version or the Lemonheads version.
Zeth LundyHOST
We're going to do the best version of this song, in my opinion, which is by Graham Parsons from his debut solo album, GP, 1973.
Bryan QuinnGUEST
So, yes, I did cross out Truth.
Bryan QuinnGUEST
And, you know, that phrase, three chords and the truth, was coined by Harlan Howard in the late 50s or 60s.
Bryan QuinnGUEST
He was a famous, very accomplished songwriter in Nashville.
Bryan QuinnGUEST
And he came up with that phrase to... describe the simplicity and honesty that he believed made a good country song.
Andrew PopeHOST
Absolutely.
Clinton GregoryGUEST
And through him, I got to meet Mickey Newberry, Harlan Howard, and them folks.
Clinton GregoryGUEST
It was a...
Clinton GregoryGUEST
A lot of times I've been amazed at the company I was able to just be in a room with and watch and learn from.
Sean BurnsHOST
ARC Records No. 518.
Sean BurnsHOST
Written by Harlan Howard and Fuzzy Owen.
Sean BurnsHOST
Originally recorded by Jan Howard.
Sean BurnsHOST
Was married to Harlan and released in 1959.
Bobby TomberlinGUEST
I mean, I remember the first month I was in town.
Bobby TomberlinGUEST
Someone introduced me to the legendary songwriter Harlan Howard, who wrote songs like, gosh, I Fall to Pieces, Betsy Cline.
Bobby TomberlinGUEST
And then he had hits in the 90s, like Patty Loveless, you know, You're Lying, Cheating, Barely Beat, whatever, Broken Heart.
Bobby TomberlinGUEST
And I was introduced to him, and I won't ever forget, he looked at me, oh, you're a new writer in town? He said...
Loudon Wainwright IIIGUEST
I think there are good melodies in the songs, but it's pretty simple stuff.
Loudon Wainwright IIIGUEST
I'm a great fan of the quote by the great... country songwriter Harlan Howard, who famously said, country music is three chords and the truth.
Loudon Wainwright IIIGUEST
And so for me, it's five chords and the truth.
Andrew FordHOST
So you don't need any more than that.
Ricky SkaggsGUEST
My daddy, your great-grandpa, showed me G and C and D, the three major chords.
Ricky SkaggsGUEST
That's what Harlan Howard said, you know, three chords and the truth is country music, you know.
Ricky SkaggsGUEST
Yes, sir.
Ricky SkaggsGUEST
But dad showed me those three chords, and he got snowed in in Ohio where he's working, brought me that little old mandolin.
Sean BurnsHOST
And not to take anything away from anyone else.
Sean BurnsHOST
let us not disrespect miss kitty wells there she was with the title track to a beautiful 1961 record heartbreak usa that one uh written by harlan howard one of so many that he wrote not just hits but deep album cuts and top flight country music for deca records of course produced by owen bradley just sounds so beautiful in these headphones let me tell you And I'm almost certain that early on there in that first verse, the bass player makes a mistake.
Sean BurnsHOST
And, you know, I guess in those days, even in these days, not, well, not in these days really ever, but you got a good take, everyone else nails it, you live with it.
Sean BurnsHOST
I have to listen to it again closely under the headphones here, but pretty sure he makes a mistake.
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