August 24th, 2008

Hey Folks,

The playlist for the 24th went like this...

1) Merle Haggard; All My Friends are Gonna be Strangers; Oh Boy Classics

2) Emmylou Harris; The Wildwood Flower; All I Intended to Be
3) Chris Smither; Real Fine Love; Rollin' Into Memphis--Songs of John Hiatt
4) Hayes Carll; I Don't Wanna Grow Up; Trouble in Mind

5) Loudon Wainwright III; Last Man on Earth; Last Man on Earth
6) Cheryl Wheeler; Makes Good Sense to Me; Mrs. Pinocci's Guitar
7) Will Kimbrough; Less Polite; Americanitus

8) Donnie Fritts; Oldest Baby in the World; Everybody's Got a Song
9) Keith Sykes; You Can't Lie About Love; Let it Roll
10) Todd Snider; Combover Blues; Peace, Love & Anarchy
11) Bruce Springsteen; Better Days; Live--Unplugged

A few songs from Paste Magazine's sampler--vol. 46

12) Bon Iver; Fume
13) Luke Doucet; Blood's Too Rich
14) Johnny Flynn; The Box

August 17th, 2008

Hey All,

On today's show I mentioned a book I'm finding quite interesting--Why We Hate Us by Dick Meyer. I learned of it through this interview on NPR.

The show today featured seven of my favorite records--cds I still find myself listening to in their entirety--year-after year...

1) Dave Alvin; What I'm Worth; King of California

2) Steve Goodman; You're the Girl I Love; Live Wire
3) Dave Alvin; King of California; King of California
4) Steve Goodman; The One That Got Away; Live Wire

5) John Hiatt; Back of My Mind; Stolen Moments
6) Waylon Jennings; Stop the World; Waylon Live
7) John Hiatt; One Kiss; Stolen Moments
8) Waylon Jennings; It's Not Supposed to be That Way; Waylon Live

9) Lyle Lovett; This Porch; Lyle Lovett
10) Wilco; Box of Letters; A.M.
11) Lyle Lovett; Can't Resist It; Lyle Lovett
12) Wilco; Must be High; A.M.

13) Warren Zevon; The Vast Indifference of Heaven; Learning to Flinch
14) Warren Zevon; Hasten Down the Wind; Learning to Flinch

August 10, 2008

Hi All,

The playlist for the 10th went like this...

1) Donnie Fritts; Why is My Day So Long; Everybody's Got a Song

2) Greg Brown; Canned Goods; One Night
3) Maura O'Connell; Waltzing's for Dreamers; Live at the Iron Horse
4) Richard Thompson; From Galloway to Graceland; Live at the Iron Horse

5) The Flatlanders; My Wildest Dreams Grow Wilder Everyday; Now Again
6) Steve Earle; Some Dreams; Sidetracks
7) Donnie Fritts; My Life Would Make a Damn Good Country Song; Everybody's Got a Song

8) Todd Snider; My Generation (Part II); Songs for the Daily Planet
9) Todd Snider; You Think You Know Somebody; Songs for the Daily Planet
10) Mary Chapin Carpenter; I am a Town; Live at the Iron Horse

11) Don McCalister Jr.; Brand New Ways; Brand New Ways
12) Dwight Yoakam; Near You; Gone
13) John Prine; Lulu Walls; German Afternoons

Thanks for listening...