Johnny Bush
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.
Biography and early career
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.
Podcasts:
Johnny Bush & His Texas Plainsmen
ALBUMS
- Rock & Roll With Piano, Volume 6 released:
Rock & Roll With Piano, Volume 6
- Wait Till the Sun Comes Down
- Ballad of Big Otis
- My Baby Can
- What'cha Gonna Do
- Death Valley (Inst.)
- The Kilt Twist
- Dance With Me
- That's Alright Mama
- Rock All Night
- Want-Ad for You
- Naughty Naughty Baby
- Rosie Lee
- The Badman (Inst.)
- Heart Breaker & a Lover
- Let's Go Rock and Roll
- So Wild Over You
- I'm Confused
- Tree Top (Alt.)
- Smokey (Inst.)
- Jenny Jenny
- Time Will Tell (Alt.)
- Your Kind of Love
- Combo-Bird Dog
- Pinball Boogie
- What Is It
- Dave's Blues (Inst.)
- Go on Home
- Good Better Best (live)
- I've Got a Notion
- Go Go Go (Johnny Go) (live)
Johnny Bush
ALBUMS
- 14 Greatest Hits released:
- Greatest Hits, Volume 1 released:
- Green Snakes released:
Greatest Hits, Volume 1
- Green Snakes on the Ceiling
- Texas Dance Hall Girl
- Home in San Antone
- Here Comes the World Again
- That Rain Makin' Baby of Mine
- Pass Me By
- Lord Let a Lie Come True
- Muscatel Memories
- Haven't I Always
- I Can Feel Him Touching You All Over Me
- There Stands the Glass
- Wine Friend of Mine, Stand by Me
- We're Back in Love Again
- Whiskey River
- Toy Telephone
- I've Just Destroyed the World
- Jennifer
- Half a World
- I Really Don't Want to Know
- Something Seems to Fall Apart Inside
- Man With No Soul at All
- Secret Love
- Ease Me to the Ground
- From Tennessee to Texas
Green Snakes
- Green Snakes (On the Ceiling)
- When Did You Stop Lovin' Me
- I Wish That I Could Fall in Love Today
- Driving Nails (In My Coffin)
- Rainbow in Daddy's Eyes
- Dos Tacos
- The Next Voice You Hear
- He Dont' Deserve You Anymore
- Glory Train (Holy Train)
- Cheatin' Fire
- Nobody's Business (But My Own)
- The Truth About You
- You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry
- Moon Mullican Story
- The Pipeliner Blues
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Green Snakes On The Ceiling
by: Johnny BushOne fool on a stool is what I heard the bartender say.
I never thought my own life would ever turn out this
way.....
Green snakes on the ceiling, Walking walls I can see.
One fool on a stool and on this stool sits this fool me.
One fool on a stool, one drink to a hand.
No thread for your needle, no ma’am I ain’t seen your
man.
Anything you want to tell me, I got no time for.
Just order your drink, I’ll make room for more.
One fool on a stool is what I heard the bartender say.
I never thought my own life would ever turn out this
way.....
Green snakes on the ceiling, Walking walls I can see.
One fool on a stool and on this stool sits this fool me.
One fool to a stool is what I heard the bartender say.
I never thought my own life would ever turn out this
way.....
Green snakes on the ceiling, Walking walls I can see.
One fool to a stool and on this stool sits this fool me.