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Another Luke Combs heartbreak heater incoming. This afternoon, he shared a teaser of the studio cut of “Wish Upon a Whiskey,” which is a song he actually debuted it in Australia and New Zealand last February. And with his new album The Way I Am set to release on March 30th, I have to imagine he might be planning to drop this song before the full record is out, but at the very least, I think fans will be excited to hear some of the studio of this one. The lyrics tell the story of a man who didn’t do enough to keep his woman around, he paints a beautifully heartbreaking picture of how he’s tried everything, even “the back pew of that church” and reading “every chapter, every verse” of the Bible, though nothing seems to work. So he decides to “pull that bottle out and wish upon a whiskey” instead: “The silence, so quiet, It’s filling my mind with everything we were that wasn’t, Once again I fall to pieces, I gave up on a shooting star, It’d have to fall down way too far, To fix this kind of feeling that I’m feeling, I tried the back pew of that church, Read every chapter, every verse, But all my prayers, they always hit the ceiling, So I do the only thing that don’t make me feel empty, Pull that bottle out and wish upon a whiskey” Luke is just so good at these kind of soul-crushingly sad ballads, and the story telling and lyricism here is just top notch. I can’t wait to hear the full song, and hopefully it will be sooner rather than later: View this post on Instagram He’s released several songs from the 22-song tracklist thus far including “Back in the Saddle,” “My Kinda Saturday Night,” “15 Minutes,” “Days Like These,” and most recently, a stunning love song inspired by his wife Nicole, “Be By You.” The album was produced by Combs, Jonathan Singleton and Chip Matthews, and it will feature just one other artist on the song “Ever Mine,” as we get to hear Combs and Alison Krauss team up for the first time and I’m sure that will be incredible. The Way I Am Tracklist “Back in the Saddle” “My Kinda Saturday Night” “Days Like These” “15 Minutes” “Alcohol of Fame” “Daytona 499” “The Way I Am” “Wish Upon Whiskey” “Soon As I Get Home” “Rethink Some Things” “Giving Her Away” “Seeing Someone” “Sleepless in a Hotel Room” “I Ain’t No Cowboy” “Ever Mine” (feat. Alison Krauss) “Can’t Tell Me I’m Wrong” “Miss You Here” “Tell ‘Em About Tonight” “Be By You” “The Me Part of You” “Rich Man” “A Man Was Born” “Be By You” The post Luke Combs Teases Studio Cut Of Stone Cold Country Heartbreaker, “Wish Upon A Whiskey” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

50 years ago, almost to the day in 1976, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson were topping the country charts with “Good Hearted Woman.” Of course, they have so many country hits to their name, from tracks like “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys”, and “Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love),” which they’ve penned, performed, and recorded together. But I’m not sure any of them have a story as good as this one behind it… Waylon first recorded the song as the title track for his 1972 album Good Hearted Woman, where it peaked at #3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. In 1975, he remixed the song and added vocals from Willie, as well as fake crowd noise, to give it a live feel for their iconic Wanted: The Outlaws! album. That version went #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1976. And the story behind this country classic is, as you would expect, as cool and timeless as the song itself. Willie and Waylon wrote it together in 1969 in a motel room in Fort Worth, Texas, during a poker game. Waylon was reading an ad about Ike and Tina Turner, and it mentioned how a lot of her songs were about good-hearted women loving two-timing men. That’s when it hit him that the concept would make for a fantastic country song, and he asked his friend and expert songwriter, Willie Nelson, to help him write it. Willie’s then-wife, Connie Koepke, was writing down the lyrics while they finished their poker game, simultaneously trying to finish the song… ironically, Willie and Waylon both ended up losing the game, but they did write a hell of a song. In addition to Connie, Waylon’s wife, Jessi Colter, was also a big inspiration behind the track, as they detailed just how much their wives had to put up with by being married to two pioneers of the country outlaw movement. I mean, Lord only knows what those women went through (beyond what is well-documented), and the song is as authentic and honest as a country song can be. Willie says it was obviously inspired by their real-life relationships, especially considering this was on the cusp of the 1970’s outlaw country movement they pioneered and they weren’t always sterling husbands: “I think Connie and Jessi both were the object of that song. Naturally, we started thinking about the ones who were having to put up with us at that particular time.” Willie Nelson actually only wrote two lines of the song, but received half of all the royalties that they originally agreed upon, which is cool because it goes to show just how good of a man Waylon really was at heart… even with the bad boy, outlaw image he maintained throughout his career. For the #1 version on Wanted! The Outlaws, Waylon directed the mixing engineers on exactly how to add Willie’s voice in, because they actually didn’t go into the studio together to record it. So Willie’s vocals you hear on the song are actually edited in, like when Waylon shouts “Willie!” in the middle of the first verse to introduce his part of the song. Of course, there’s nothing like watching the two of them sing it at live together, and their 1987 live performance is incredible… the amount of charisma each of these two have is just unreal: Waylon’s original studio version: And Tina Turner later recorded the song for her 1988 album, Goes Country:  The post How Ike & Tina Turner Inspired This Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson Hit first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Giving back to the fans. Megan Moroney released her third studio album Cloud 9 this past Friday, and of course, fans have been buzzing about “Who Hurt You?” and I’ve had “I Only Miss You,” her duet with Ed Sheeran, on repeat. While she is doing a full tour run this spring and summer to celebrate the album, she’s also doing a limited run of more intimate shows where she’ll be stopping in nine cities, nine days in a row, starting on Cloud 9‘s release day. She of course played a few songs from the album, but she had an even bigger surprise for fans at shows in New York and Richmond this weekend, as she told the crowd she would be signing something for every single person there, and it looked like a huge crowd, so it’s really cool that she gave them all a moment to say hello and get something signed by her in person that they’ll keep forever: “I was gonna play three songs for y’all which I just did, and now, I am going to sign something for every single person here tonight. CDs and vinyl available for purchase, and I’m gonna stay here until I sign something for every single one of y’all. Thank you so much for being the best fans in the world, I love y’all so much, and thank you so much. I love you.” You can hear how excited they were by the screams in the background, and from what I read in the comments section, it sounds like she did it at both shows this weekend and likely will at the rest of the seven concerts on this run. Megan does a lot for her fans, and she goes above and beyond to include them in album drops, and ahead of this small tour, she held several album listening parties for some of her biggest fans where they got to hang out with her and hear all the music first. It seems rare in this day and age for an artist to do these kinds of things, especially one of her caliber, and Megan is consistently one of the best about this in mainstream country, and it’s clear how much she genuinely appreciates her fans which doesn’t go unnoticed in 2026: @missy_lynn84 #meganmoroney #cloud9 #9cities9days #richmond #concert@Megan Moroney ♬ original sound – Missy_Lynn You have to give these a listen while you’re here, too: “I Only Miss You” “Bells & Whistles” “Who Hurt You?” Meet Megan Moroney On Cloud 9 2/20 | New York, NY – Rough Trade 2/21 | Richmond, VA – The National 2/22 | Nashville, TN – The Pinnacle 2/23 | Athens, GA – Akins Ford Arena 2/24 | Newport, KY – MegaCorp Pavilion 2/25 | Kansas City, MO – The Midland Theatre 2/26 | Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom 2/27 | Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex 2/28 | Scottsdale, AZ – Venue TBA Cloud 9 Tour Dates: MAY 29 | Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center 30 | Indianapolis, IN – Gainbridge Fieldhouse JUNE 2 | Chicago, IL – United Center 3 | Chicago, IL – United Center – NEW 5 | Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena 6 | Greensboro, NC – First Horizon Coliseum 8 | Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena 9 | Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena – NEW 12 | Louisville, KY – KFC Yum! Center 13 | St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center 16 | Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena 18 | Milwaukee, WI – Summerfest 19 | Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena 20 | Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena JULY 6 | Boston, MA – TD Garden – NEW 7 | Boston, MA – TD Garden 9 | Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center 10 | Newark, NJ – Prudential Center 11 | Philadelphia, PA – Xfinity Mobile Arena 14 | Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center 16 | Orlando, FL – Kia Center 17 | Tampa, FL – Benchmark International Arena 18 | Sunrise, FL – Amerant Bank Arena 24 | Monticello, IA – Great Jones County Fair 25 | Minneapolis, MN – Target Center 26 | Lincoln, NE – Pinnacle Bank Arena 28 | Denver, CO – Ball Arena AUGUST 1 | Portland, OR – Moda Center 2 | Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena 5 | Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center 7 | Los Angeles, CA – Crypto.com Arena 8 | Los Angeles, CA – Crypto.com Arena – NEW 11 | Glendale, AZ – Desert Diamond Arena 14 | Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center 15 | Tulsa, OK – BOK Center 16 | Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center 18 | Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena 21 | Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena 22 | Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena – NEW SEPTEMBER 13 | Oslo, NO – Sentrum Scene 15 | Stockholm, SE – Annexet 18 | Cologne, DE – Carlswerk Victoria 19 | Tilburg, NL – 013 Poppodium 21 | Paris, FR – Le Trianon 23 | London, UK – Eventim Apollo 26 | Manchester, UK – O2 Apollo 27 | Glasgow, UK – O2 Academy 28 | Glasgow, UK – O2 Academy – NEW OCTOBER 1 | Belfast, UK – SSE ArenaThe post Megan Moroney Gives Fans A Huge Surprise During ‘Meet Me On Cloud 9’ Tour: “I’m Gonna Sign Something For Every Single Person” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.