Trackimage | Playbut | Trackname | Playbut | Trackname |
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8299719 | Play | Whiskey River | 00:00 Tools | |
51089192 | Play | Undo the Right | 00:00 Tools | |
8299720 | Play | What Made Milwaukee Famous | 00:00 Tools | |
8299844 | Play | Green Snakes (On the Ceiling) | 02:11 Tools | |
8299722 | Play | You Gave Me A Mountain | 04:00 Tools | |
8299723 | Play | Tonight Her Memory's Raisin' Hell | 00:00 Tools | |
8299724 | Play | Long Black Veil | 03:15 Tools | |
8299797 | Play | I'll Be There | 00:00 Tools | |
8299781 | Play | And God Created Texas | 02:03 Tools | |
8299774 | Play | JONES ON THEJUKEBOX | 00:00 Tools | |
8299791 | Play | Ol' What's Her Name | 00:00 Tools | |
8299726 | Play | Dos Tacos | 02:24 Tools | |
8299779 | Play | Apartment #9 | 02:08 Tools | |
8299820 | Play | Each Time | 03:19 Tools | |
8299770 | Play | Don't Sing Me No Songs About Texas | 02:36 Tools | |
8299847 | Play | Wino's Prayer | 00:00 Tools | |
8299778 | Play | Leave My Mama Out Of This | 00:00 Tools | |
8299786 | Play | The Door | 00:00 Tools | |
8299773 | Play | I Gotta Get Drunk | 00:00 Tools | |
8299750 | Play | Drivin' Nails In My Coffin | 02:21 Tools | |
51089193 | Play | Jones on the Jukebox | 00:00 Tools | |
8299782 | Play | Did We Have To Come This Far To Say Goodbye | 00:00 Tools | |
8299801 | Play | Some People Just Get Lucky | 00:00 Tools | |
8299808 | Play | Puttin' Out An Old Flame | 00:00 Tools | |
87151438 | Play | If I Say I Love You (Consider Me Drunk) | 00:00 Tools | |
8299762 | Play | Put Me Out Of My Memory | 00:00 Tools | |
8299732 | Play | Lost Highway Saloon | 04:29 Tools | |
8299819 | Play | New Road Under My Wheels | 02:33 Tools | |
8299807 | Play | The Same Ole Me | 02:52 Tools | |
8299799 | Play | I Wish That I Could Fall in Love Today | 00:00 Tools | |
8299790 | Play | An Eye For An Eye | 00:00 Tools | |
8299729 | Play | Unchained Melody | 00:00 Tools | |
8299753 | Play | Hands Can Say A Lot Beneath The Table | 00:00 Tools | |
8299731 | Play | Devil's Disciple | 02:08 Tools | |
8299809 | Play | Sweet Mental Revenge | 00:00 Tools | |
8299767 | Play | Amarillo Depot | 00:00 Tools | |
8299815 | Play | Time Changes Everything | 00:00 Tools | |
8299810 | Play | Bob Said It "Aw" (And Called It Western Swing) | 00:00 Tools | |
8299828 | Play | Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground | 00:00 Tools | |
8299805 | Play | I Can't See Texas From Here | 00:00 Tools | |
8299812 | Play | Half a Man | 00:00 Tools | |
8299866 | Play | Today I Started Loving You Again | 00:00 Tools | |
51089201 | Play | You'll Never Leave Me Completely | 00:00 Tools | |
8299756 | Play | Home To Texas | 00:00 Tools | |
8299834 | Play | Ain't Your Memory Got No Pride At All | 00:00 Tools | |
8299845 | Play | When My Conscience Hurts The Most | 00:00 Tools | |
8299798 | Play | Lonely Street | 00:00 Tools | |
8299843 | Play | Green Snakes On The Ceiling -- Re-recording | 00:00 Tools | |
51089194 | Play | What a Way to Live | 00:00 Tools | |
8299835 | Play | Where Were You Last Night | 00:00 Tools | |
8299743 | Play | Maybe, Maybe Not | 00:00 Tools | |
8299785 | Play | Genuine Healer of Time | 00:00 Tools | |
8299739 | Play | The Wall | 03:54 Tools | |
8299775 | Play | Good Deal Lucille | 00:00 Tools | |
8299839 | Play | Jim, Jack, and Rose | 00:00 Tools | |
8299802 | Play | Three Wooden Crosses | 00:00 Tools | |
8299737 | Play | I Want a Drink of That Water | 09:00 Tools | |
8299730 | Play | Born to Lose | 02:09 Tools | |
8299893 | Play | Lillie's White Lies | 00:00 Tools | |
51089195 | Play | Ol What's Her Name | 00:00 Tools | |
8299816 | Play | Honky Tonk Stardust Cowboy | 00:00 Tools | |
8299795 | Play | The Next Voice You Hear | 00:00 Tools | |
8299836 | Play | Blackjack County Chain | 00:00 Tools | |
51089196 | Play | Jim, Jack and Rose | 00:00 Tools | |
8299872 | Play | South Of The Border | 00:00 Tools | |
8299761 | Play | There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight | 00:00 Tools | |
8299776 | Play | Free Soul | 00:00 Tools | |
51089199 | Play | I'll Go To A Stranger | 00:00 Tools | |
8299740 | Play | My Mind Is A Bridge For Your Memory | 00:00 Tools | |
8299777 | Play | Cheatin' Fire | 00:00 Tools | |
87151429 | Play | The Last Thing I Needed (The First Thing This Morning) | 03:16 Tools | |
8299760 | Play | September In Your Eyes | 00:00 Tools | |
8299764 | Play | In My Frame Of Mind | 00:00 Tools | |
51089204 | Play | My Joy | 00:00 Tools | |
8299938 | Play | There Stands the Glass | 00:00 Tools | |
8299800 | Play | I'm Not Crazy Yet | 00:00 Tools | |
8299848 | Play | Jersey Bounce | 00:00 Tools | |
8299858 | Play | Think Of Me (When A Fool Is Talked About) | 00:00 Tools | |
8299912 | Play | A Moment Isn't Very Long | 00:00 Tools | |
8299772 | Play | Jethro | 00:00 Tools | |
8299749 | Play | Rainbow in Daddy's Eyes | 00:00 Tools | |
8299957 | Play | Driving Nails (In My Coffin) | 00:00 Tools | |
8299735 | Play | Mind Breakin' Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
8299765 | Play | Rainbow Colored Words | 00:00 Tools | |
8299751 | Play | Wine Into Water | 00:00 Tools | |
51089230 | Play | statue of a fool | 00:00 Tools | |
8299890 | Play | Jealously Insane | 00:00 Tools | |
8299768 | Play | Tonight He Laid Her Memory To Rest | 00:00 Tools | |
8299757 | Play | Crazy Dreams | 00:00 Tools | |
8299780 | Play | I Must Be Out Of Your Mind | 00:00 Tools | |
8299742 | Play | Wish I'd Seen Your Going Coming | 00:00 Tools | |
51089216 | Play | My Cup Runneth Over | 00:00 Tools | |
8299792 | Play | One Shot At A Time | 00:00 Tools | |
8299796 | Play | I Can't Get You Off My Mind | 00:00 Tools | |
8299734 | Play | Blaine's | 00:00 Tools | |
8299814 | Play | Has It Been That Bad For You | 00:00 Tools | |
89197742 | Play | neon nightmare | 00:00 Tools | |
87151430 | Play | Without a Song | 00:00 Tools | |
51089246 | Play | Man With No Soul At All | 00:00 Tools | |
8299804 | Play | The Women Make A Fool Out Of Me | 00:00 Tools | |
8299738 | Play | He Don't Deserve You Anymore | 03:16 Tools | |
8299898 | Play | Troubadour | 00:00 Tools | |
87151460 | Play | Ease Me To The Ground | 00:00 Tools | |
8299876 | Play | I Can Feel Him Touching You All Over Me | 00:00 Tools | |
87151449 | Play | You're Playing Hard To Forget | 00:00 Tools | |
8299833 | Play | When It's Your Turn To Fall | 00:00 Tools | |
8299918 | Play | She Just Made Me Love You More | 00:00 Tools | |
8299954 | Play | I Went Crazy For A While | 00:00 Tools | |
8299831 | Play | I Know Your Memory Well | 00:00 Tools | |
8299838 | Play | Pride Goes Before A Fall | 00:00 Tools | |
8299895 | Play | I Didn't Every Chance I Had | 00:00 Tools | |
51089217 | Play | Add Fool To The Flame | 00:00 Tools | |
51089222 | Play | It's All In The Game | 00:00 Tools | |
8299754 | Play | You've Got 'Til Sundown | 00:00 Tools | |
8299736 | Play | Ain't It Easy | 03:44 Tools | |
8299827 | Play | In My Dreams | 00:00 Tools | |
8299829 | Play | The Truth About You | 00:00 Tools | |
87151446 | Play | She Thinks I Still Care | 00:00 Tools | |
87151455 | Play | Deja Vu | 00:00 Tools | |
51089225 | Play | All Rage In Paris | 00:00 Tools | |
51089242 | Play | You're Turning Down The Flame (Of Love Too Low) | 00:00 Tools | |
8299900 | Play | My Next Bottle of Wine | 00:00 Tools | |
8299908 | Play | Am I That Easy to Forget | 00:00 Tools | |
8299830 | Play | Until My Dreams Come True | 00:00 Tools | |
87151451 | Play | Where Were You | 00:00 Tools | |
87151431 | Play | Right Back In Your Arms Again | 00:00 Tools | |
8299944 | Play | Loud Music and Strong Wine | 00:00 Tools | |
8299733 | Play | Play "Together Again" Again | 00:00 Tools | |
87151433 | Play | If I Say I Love You | 00:00 Tools | |
87151470 | Play | She's The Trip | 00:00 Tools | |
8299747 | Play | I'll Never Be Free | 00:00 Tools | |
8299744 | Play | Kashmere Gardens Mud | 00:00 Tools | |
8299840 | Play | Opportunity to Cry | 00:00 Tools | |
8299766 | Play | Moon Mullican Story | 00:00 Tools | |
8299806 | Play | Texas State of Mind | 00:00 Tools | |
87151432 | Play | This Has Gotta Last a Long Time | 00:00 Tools | |
87151456 | Play | As Long As I'm Dreaming (It Might As Well Be Good) | 00:00 Tools | |
8299934 | Play | Hell Stays Open All Night Long | 00:00 Tools | |
8299813 | Play | Spurrin' the Chrome Off the Barstool | 00:00 Tools | |
87151442 | Play | I Feel You In His Arms | 00:00 Tools | |
51089221 | Play | When The Grass Grows Over Me | 00:00 Tools | |
8299850 | Play | They're Hanging Me Tonight | 00:00 Tools | |
8299849 | Play | If I Were Me | 00:00 Tools | |
8299928 | Play | Green Snakes On The Ceiling | 00:00 Tools | |
8299855 | Play | I'm Still Not Over You | 00:00 Tools | |
8299793 | Play | Mental Revenge | 00:00 Tools | |
8299852 | Play | Rio Grande Runs Red | 00:00 Tools | |
51089212 | Play | Darkness On The Face Of The Earth | 00:00 Tools | |
8299950 | Play | Drinking Champagne | 00:00 Tools | |
8299789 | Play | When Did You Stop Lovin' Me | 00:00 Tools | |
8299826 | Play | There Stands The Glass -- Re-recording | 00:00 Tools | |
87151450 | Play | Ain't No Honky Tonks in Jail | 00:00 Tools | |
87151443 | Play | What a Way To Love | 00:00 Tools | |
87151437 | Play | Deepening Snow | 00:00 Tools | |
8299916 | Play | I've Got a New Heartache | 00:00 Tools | |
51089215 | Play | Another Bridge to Burn | 00:00 Tools | |
8299842 | Play | Home In San Antone | 00:00 Tools | |
87151434 | Play | The Genuine Healer Of Time | 00:00 Tools | |
87151441 | Play | These Lips Don't Know How To Say Goodbye | 00:00 Tools | |
51089206 | Play | So This Is The Fall (That Pride Goes Before) | 00:00 Tools | |
8299823 | Play | Bob Said It Aw (And Called It Wetern Swing) | 00:00 Tools | |
87151436 | Play | I Can Feel Him Touching You (All Over Me) | 00:00 Tools | |
8299955 | Play | Death in the Family | 00:00 Tools | |
87151435 | Play | The Wrong Side OF The World | 00:00 Tools | |
8299832 | Play | Goin' Away Party | 00:00 Tools | |
8299877 | Play | Ode to the Hole in Willie's Guitar | 00:00 Tools | |
51089209 | Play | Funny How Time Slips Away | 00:00 Tools | |
8299882 | Play | wine me up | 00:00 Tools | |
8299888 | Play | Deep in Love and Buried in the Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
8299745 | Play | Lillies White Lies | 00:00 Tools | |
8299948 | Play | Conscience I'm Guilty | 00:00 Tools | |
51089197 | Play | Warmth of the Wine | 00:00 Tools | |
8299881 | Play | You Ought to Hear Me Cry | 00:00 Tools | |
8299725 | Play | Jole Blon | 02:39 Tools | |
8299748 | Play | Pancho and Lefty | 00:00 Tools | |
8299741 | Play | Family Bible | 00:00 Tools | |
51089208 | Play | Way To Survive | 00:00 Tools | |
8299886 | Play | City Lights | 00:00 Tools | |
87151439 | Play | Pop a Top | 00:00 Tools | |
51089227 | Play | Back From The Wine | 00:00 Tools | |
8299880 | Play | When Loving Me Was Wrong | 00:00 Tools | |
8299728 | Play | I Will Sail My Ship Alone | 02:45 Tools | |
8299818 | Play | Shell Of A Man | 00:00 Tools | |
8299825 | Play | Spring Won't Pass Me By | 00:00 Tools | |
51089211 | Play | please talk to my heart | 00:00 Tools | |
87151440 | Play | Danny Boy | 00:00 Tools | |
8299867 | Play | I've Come Back to Say I Love You | 00:00 Tools | |
8299727 | Play | Green Snakes | 02:13 Tools | |
8299854 | Play | Warm Red Wine | 00:00 Tools | |
8299787 | Play | You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry | 00:00 Tools | |
8299859 | Play | The Pipeliner Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
51089198 | Play | Whisky River | 00:00 Tools | |
8299863 | Play | The Least I Can Do Is Try | 00:00 Tools | |
8299868 | Play | Pour the Wine | 00:00 Tools | |
87151453 | Play | Farewell Party | 00:00 Tools | |
51089223 | Play | Don't You Ever Get Tired of Hurting Me | 00:00 Tools | |
8299923 | Play | Glory Train (Holy Train) | 00:00 Tools | |
87151444 | Play | Who'll Buy My Memories | 00:00 Tools | |
87151445 | Play | If You'd Love Me Like You Loved Me | 00:00 Tools | |
8299841 | Play | Your Kind Of Love | 00:00 Tools | |
87151458 | Play | My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You | 00:00 Tools | |
87151447 | Play | The Devil's Desciple | 00:00 Tools | |
87151448 | Play | Any Fool Could See | 00:00 Tools | |
87151459 | Play | Ain't No Honky-Tonks in Jail | 00:00 Tools | |
51089243 | Play | I Miss You Already | 00:00 Tools | |
8299911 | Play | Beneath A Neon Star | 00:00 Tools | |
8299755 | Play | These Hands | 00:00 Tools | |
8299746 | Play | Kashmere Gardens Reprise | 00:00 Tools | |
8299929 | Play | Mama's Hungry eyes | 00:00 Tools | |
51089236 | Play | the sound a breaking heart makes | 00:00 Tools | |
8299869 | Play | It's All Over But The Crying | 00:00 Tools | |
8299871 | Play | Undo The Right -- Re-recording | 00:00 Tools | |
87151457 | Play | Soul Of The Wine | 00:00 Tools | |
51089200 | Play | Nobody's Business (But My Own) | 00:00 Tools | |
51089203 | Play | Life Turned Her That Way | 00:00 Tools | |
87151454 | Play | Woman (Sensuous Woman) | 00:00 Tools | |
8299758 | Play | Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On | 00:00 Tools | |
87151471 | Play | the winds of change | 00:00 Tools | |
8299857 | Play | the cheatin' line | 00:00 Tools | |
8299788 | Play | This House Has No Doors | 00:00 Tools | |
8299885 | Play | Jim Jack And Rose -- Re-recording | 00:00 Tools | |
8299901 | Play | Raindrops Falling In A River | 00:00 Tools | |
51089210 | Play | Together Again | 00:00 Tools | |
87151452 | Play | She Still Comes Around (To Love What's Left Of Me) | 00:00 Tools | |
8299783 | Play | Bloody Mary Morning | 00:00 Tools | |
87151465 | Play | Daddy Lived In Houston | 00:00 Tools | |
87151466 | Play | It Sure Feels Good (No to Feel So Bad) | 00:00 Tools | |
51089202 | Play | Jethro (She Gave Her Heart) | 00:00 Tools | |
87151467 | Play | Conscience Turn Your Back | 00:00 Tools | |
8299875 | Play | Texas On A Saturday Night | 00:00 Tools | |
87151462 | Play | Sound Of A Heartache | 00:00 Tools | |
8299771 | Play | You're Turning Down The Flame Of Love Too Low | 00:00 Tools | |
87151472 | Play | This Has Got To Last | 00:00 Tools | |
8299822 | Play | Texas Dance Hall Girl | 00:00 Tools | |
8299922 | Play | Pathway To Your Door | 00:00 Tools | |
87151463 | Play | I Can Feel You In His Arms | 00:00 Tools | |
8299769 | Play | Add Another Fool To The Flame | 00:00 Tools | |
87151464 | Play | play 'together again' again | 00:00 Tools | |
8299821 | Play | Tequila and Teardrops | 00:00 Tools | |
87151461 | Play | as long as there's women like you | 00:00 Tools | |
51089205 | Play | Here Comes The World Again | 00:00 Tools | |
8299811 | Play | Lord Let A Lie Come True | 00:00 Tools | |
8299853 | Play | One Fool On A Stool | 00:00 Tools | |
8299763 | Play | Glory Train | 00:00 Tools | |
8299903 | Play | This Hell You've Put Me In | 00:00 Tools | |
8299752 | Play | So This Is The Fall | 00:00 Tools | |
8299759 | Play | Nobody's Business | 00:00 Tools | |
8299884 | Play | Tonight I'll Break The Bottle Out | 00:00 Tools | |
8299913 | Play | You Gave Me A Mountain -- Re-recording | 00:00 Tools | |
51089234 | Play | Darling, You Know I Wouldn't Lie | 00:00 Tools | |
8299887 | Play | Whiskey River -- Re-recording | 00:00 Tools | |
8299817 | Play | Toy Telephone | 00:00 Tools | |
51089220 | Play | My Mind All The Time | 00:00 Tools | |
87151468 | Play | Tonight, I'm Going Home To An Angel | 00:00 Tools | |
8299906 | Play | Curtain In The Window | 00:00 Tools | |
8299856 | Play | Swinging Doors | 00:00 Tools | |
51089207 | Play | My Joy -- Re-recording | 00:00 Tools | |
8299874 | Play | Pass Me By | 00:00 Tools | |
51089213 | Play | Cold, Cold Hands | 00:00 Tools | |
51089237 | Play | Blind Eye Of Love | 00:00 Tools | |
87151473 | Play | It's The Last Time I'll Ever Cheat On You | 00:00 Tools | |
8299952 | Play | I'll Be There -- Re-recording | 00:00 Tools | |
8299892 | Play | Jim, Jack & Rose | 00:00 Tools | |
8299837 | Play | If She Could See Me Now | 00:00 Tools | |
8299873 | Play | Mr. Record Man | 00:00 Tools | |
8299784 | Play | It Sure Feels Good | 00:00 Tools | |
87151469 | Play | The Bottle Your Memory & Me | 00:00 Tools | |
51089219 | Play | He Dont' Deserve You Anymore | 00:00 Tools | |
51089214 | Play | So This Is The Fall (That {Pride Goes Before) | 00:00 Tools | |
51089224 | Play | Bottle, Bottle | 00:00 Tools | |
51089226 | Play | I'll Sail My Ship Alone | 00:00 Tools | |
51089228 | Play | Rainbow Colored World Or Happy Ever After | 00:00 Tools | |
51089218 | Play | Under the Influence of Love | 00:00 Tools | |
8299927 | Play | Who'll Buy My Memories? | 00:00 Tools | |
8299909 | Play | It's All In The Game -- Re-recording | 00:00 Tools | |
89197743 | Play | That Rain Makin' Baby Of Mine | 00:00 Tools | |
87151477 | Play | As Long as I Am Dreaming | 00:00 Tools | |
8299794 | Play | Muscatel Memories | 00:00 Tools | |
89197744 | Play | All I Have To Offer You Is Me | 00:00 Tools | |
51089229 | Play | We're Back In Love Again | 00:00 Tools | |
8299865 | Play | (Wine Friend Of Mine) Stand By Me | 00:00 Tools | |
8299915 | Play | Wrong Side Of The World | 00:00 Tools | |
8299897 | Play | The Part Where I Cry | 00:00 Tools | |
87151474 | Play | Honky Tonk Town | 00:00 Tools | |
8299824 | Play | Took the Stars Out of Heaven | 00:00 Tools | |
8299953 | Play | That's What It's Like To Be Lonesome | 00:00 Tools | |
8299851 | Play | Leave My Momma Out Of This | 00:00 Tools | |
51089231 | Play | I Threw Away The Rose | 00:00 Tools | |
8299846 | Play | But I Didn't Every Chance I Had | 00:00 Tools | |
51089232 | Play | Johnny Bush introduces ... | 00:00 Tools | |
51089233 | Play | Whiskey River (original - 1972) | 00:00 Tools | |
51089235 | Play | Cuando Caliiente Del Sol | 00:00 Tools | |
89197745 | Play | Beartooth | 00:00 Tools | |
87151475 | Play | Bob Said It "Aw" (and Called It Wetern Swing) | 00:00 Tools | |
89197746 | Play | This Has Gotta Last | 00:00 Tools | |
8299883 | Play | Cold Cold Hands | 00:00 Tools | |
87151479 | Play | Tonight We Steal Heaven Again | 00:00 Tools | |
51089238 | Play | Cuando Caliente el Sol | 00:00 Tools | |
51089239 | Play | I'll Warm The Flame | 00:00 Tools | |
51089240 | Play | Half A World | 00:00 Tools | |
51089241 | Play | Apt. #9 | 00:00 Tools | |
87151476 | Play | When Daddy Lived In Houston | 00:00 Tools | |
89197747 | Play | They Took The Stars Out Of Heaven | 00:00 Tools | |
87151478 | Play | Play Together Again Again | 00:00 Tools | |
8299924 | Play | There's a Little Bit of Everything in Texas | 00:00 Tools | |
8299935 | Play | Pop a Top (feat. Jim Ed Brown) | 00:00 Tools | |
8299803 | Play | Wine Friend Of Mine-Stand By Me | 00:00 Tools | |
51089244 | Play | Bottle Bottle | 00:00 Tools | |
51089245 | Play | Ol' What's Her Name (w/Kevin Fowler) | 00:00 Tools | |
89197748 | Play | He Don’t Deserve You Anymore | 00:00 Tools | |
51089247 | Play | Tonight We Steal Heaven Once Again | 00:00 Tools |
Johnny Bush, born February 17, 1935 as John Bush Shinn III in Houston, Texas, is a country music singer, songwriter, and drummer. Bush, nicknamed the "Country Caruso," is best-known for his distinctive voice and as the writer of "Whiskey River," a top-ten hit for himself and Willie Nelson's signature song. He is still popular in his native Texas. Born John Bush Shinn III in the blue-collar neighborhood of Kashmere Gardens in Houston, Texas, Bush listened to the western swing music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys and the honky-tonk sounds of artists like Ernest Tubb, Lefty Frizzell and Hank Thompson. Thanks to a disc jockey uncle, Bush got a taste for performance. In 1952 he moved to San Antonio, Texas, where he began solo career in area honky-tonks like the Texas Star Inn before switching to drums. It was during this period that he earned his stage name, when an announcer mistakenly introduced him as "Johnny Bush." As a drummer he worked for bands like the Mission City Playboys, the Texas Plainsmen and the Texas Top Hands. A series of regional hits on the Stop label, including Marty Robbins's "You Gave Me a Mountain", "Undo the Right", "What A Way To Live" and "I'll Be There", soon followed. Rock critic Robert Christgau said that Bush's version of "You Gave Me A Mountain" "brings a catch to the throat and a tear to the eye." These songs did very well in Bush's native Texas, and reached the national top twenty. In 1972 he was signed to RCA Records, whose Nashville division was helmed by legendary guitarist Chet Atkins. His first RCA single, "Whiskey River," was climbing the charts with airplay on countless radio stations when his voice began faltering. Bush even felt he was being punished by God for his sins. Bush has since said: "I thought because of my promiscuous behavior and bad choices and being raised as a Baptist, that it was a punishment from God." Bush lost half of his vocal range and was sometimes unable to talk. RCA dropped him in 1974 after three albums, he developed a drug habit, and was often stricken with performance anxiety when he was able to perform at all. After several misdiagnoses, doctors diagnosed the cause in 1978, when they discovered he had a rare neurological disorder called spasmodic dysphonia. Although this did not prevent him from recording, Bush's career began to take a downturn. He worked with a vocal coach in 1985, and was able to regain seventy percent of his original voice. In 1986, Bush teamed up with Darrell McCall, recording a successful honky-tonk album Hot Texas Country, and began assembling a large country band (as did Willie Nelson), performing around south Texas. In 1994 the band released Time Changes Everything, the same year that RCA released a greatest hits album. A major tour soon followed. Johnny Bush continues to tour regularly, often performing with Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard. Several albums on local Texas labels soon followed. His renewed visibility made him a mentor figure to younger Texas musicians who revered the honky-tonk/hardcore country sound that Bush has done so much to keep in the public eye. Austin musicians like Dale Watson and Cornell Hurd sought him out to play on their albums. In 2003, he was inducted into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame with his life-long friend Willie Nelson on hand to induct him. In 2007 he released his autobiography, with the aide of Rick Mitchell: Whiskey River (Take My Mind): The True Story of Texas Honky Tonk, published by University of Texas Press. A new album, Kashmere Garden Mud: A Tribute to Houston’s Country Soul was released on the Icehouse label at the same time. With the success of his recent Botox treatments for his vocal condition, and his successful career revival, Bush is a spokesman for people afflicted with vocal disorders. In 2002 he was honored in 2002 with the Annie Glenn Award, named for the wife of the John Glenn, by the National Council of Communicative Disorders for his work in bringing attention to the condition of spasmodic dysphonia. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.