April 8th, 2018

Hi Everyone,

Repeat last week, but otherwise mostly new shows.  Not always so great on the playlist, but here's one for the 8th.

1) Todd Snider; Class of 85; New Connection

2) John Prine; LakeMarie; Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings
3) John Prine; Storm Windows; Live on Tour
4) John Prine; God Only Knows; Tree of Forgiveness

Three from Betty LaVette's new record full of Bob Dylan Tunes, Things Have Changed

4) Do Right to Me Baby (Do Unto Others)
5) Don't Fall Apart on Me Tonight
6) The Times They Are a Chagin'

7) Jason Isbell; Hope the High Road; The Nashville Sound
8) Loudon Wainwright III; Last Man on Earth; Last Man on Earth
9) Brandi Carlile; I Hear That Song; By the Way, I Forgive You

10) Fred Eaglesmith; 18 Wheels; Milly's Cafe
11) Todd Snider; Close Enough to You; New Connection

March 17th, 2018

Hey Everyone,

The playlist for the 17th went about like this...

1) Paul Thorn; You Got to Move; Don't Let the Devil Ride

2) Blaze Foley; Clay Pigeons; Live at the Austin Outhouse
3) John Prine; Crazy as a Loon; Fair & Square
4) Steve Earle; You're Still Standing There; I Feel Alright

5) The Decemberists; Once in My Life; I'll Be Your Girl
6) John Moreland; It Don't Suit Me (Like Before); Big Bad Luv
7) Joan Osborne; Buckets of Rain; Songs of Bob Dylan

8) Lyle Lovett; L.A. County; Pontiac
9) Lyle Lovett; Farther Down the Line; Greatest Hits
10) Guy Clark; Out in the Parking Lot; Best of the Dualtone Years

11) Esme Patterson; Never Chase a Man; Woman to Woman
12) First Aid Kit; My Silver Lining; Stay Gold
13) Joe Pug; Not So Sure; Messenger

March 10th, 2018

An encore presentation last week...new stuff this week.  The playlist went like this.

1) Kasey Chambers; Talkin' Baby Blues; Dragonfly

2) Lucinda Williams; Sweet Old World; Sweet Old World
3) Bob Dylan; Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum; Love & Theft
4) John Prine; Summer's End; The Tree of Forgiveness

5) Steve Earle; The Low Highway; The Low Highway
6) Erik Koskinen; Broke Down; Cruising Paradise
7) Lilly Hiatt; Records; Trinity Lane

Three from Blaze Foley's The Lost Muscle Shoals Recordings (feat. the Muscle Shoals Horns)

8) Girl Scout Cookies
9) The Way You Smile
10) Rainbows and Ridges

11) Rodney Crowell; It Ain't Over Yet; Close Ties
12) The Wood Brothers; Strange as it Seems; One Drop of Truth

13) Zoe Muth; Too Shiny; World of Strangers

February 25th

Playlist for the 25th went like this...

1) The Replacements; Talent Show; Don't Tell a Soul

2) The Avett Brothers; Ain't No Man; True Sadness
3) The Avett Brothers; Shame; Emotionalism
4) The Avett Brothers; Spanish Pipedream; Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows (John Prine Tribute)

5) Jim Boyd & Sherman Alexie; Father and Farther; Reservation Blues
6) John Hiatt; Hold On for Your Love; Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymms
7) Lord Huron; End of the Earth; Lonesome Dreams

Three from Brandi Carlile's new one, By the way, I Forgive You

8) Every Time I Hear That Song
9) The Joke
10) Hold Out Your Hand

11) Bob Dylan; Absolutely Sweet Marie (Take 1); The Cutting Edge, 1965-1968
12) John Prine; Crazy as a Loon; Fair & Square

February 18th, 2018

The playlist for the 18th went like this...

1) Diana Krall; Simple Twist of Fate; Chimes of Freedom:  The Songs of Bob Dylan

2) Bettye Lavette; It Ain't Me Babe; Things Have Changed
3) John Prine; Summer's End; The Tree of Forgiveness
4) Bonnie Raitt; Angel From Montgomery; Streetlights

5) Dawes; Stories Don't End; Stories Don't End
6) Jason Isbell; Hope the High Road; The Nashville Sound
7) Lilly Hiatt & Aaron Lee Tasjan; Dublin Blues; Luck Mansion Sessions

8) Guy Clark; L.A. Freeway;
9) Hurray for the Riff Raff; Hungry Ghost; The Navigator
10) Jimmy LaFave; Car Outside; Cimarron Manifesto

11) Van Halen; Running with the Devil; Van Halen
12) Lyle Lovett; All Downhill: It's Not Big, It's Large

February 11th, 2018

Hi All,

The playlist on the 11th went like this...

1) Joe Pug; Not So Sure; Messenger

2) James McMurtry; Where'd You Hide the Body; Where'd You Hide the Body
3) John Moreland; Love is Not the Answer; Big Bad Luv
4) John Melencamp; My Soul's Got Wings; Sad Clowns and Hillbillies

This book is so crazy good...

5) Margo Price; Do Right by Me; All American Made
6) Margo Price; For Years of Chances; Midwest Farmers Daughter
7) Brandi Carlile; The Joke; By the Way I Forgive You

8) Bob Dylan; Girl From the North Country; Trouble No More
9) Elvis Costello; Good Year for the Roses; Almost Blue
10) Randy Newman; Marie; Good Old Boys

11) Fred Eaglesmith; Cigarrettte Machine; 6 Volts
12) Gillian Welch; Barrom Girls; The Official Revival Bootleg

February 4th, 2018

Today's show featured Americana and Roots music nominated for or winning a Grammy in 2018

We started with songs nominated for best American Roots Performance

1) Alabama Shakes; Killer Diller Blues; American Epic (Winner)

2) Glen Campbell; Arkansas Farmboy; Adios 

3) Alison Krauss; I Never Cared for You; Windy City

And then songs from the Best Americana Song Category...

5) David Rawlings Cumberland Gap

6) Rodney Crowell; It Ain't Over Yet; Close Ties

7) The Mavericks; I Wish You Well; Brand New Day

8) Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit; If We Were Vampires; The Nashville sound

And from the best Americana Album category...

9) Greg Allman; I Love the Life I Live; Southern Blood

10) Iron and Wine; Call it Dreaming; Beast Epic

11) Brent Cobb; Solving Problems; Shine on Rainy Day

And given it seems the Grammy Awards for Americana artist were kinda male-dominated, we closed the show with a couple good ones not nominated (in fairness, I haven't a clue if these records were released at a time that allowed for being nominated).

12) Amanda Shires; Harmless; My Piece of Land

13) Margo Price; Loner; All American Made

January 28th, 2018

The playlist for the 28th went like this...

1) Joe Cocker; Girl From the North Country; Mad dogs and Englishmen

Three from the really nice new record by Tommy Emmanuel

2) Deep River Blues (with Jason Isbell)
3) Looking Forward to the Past (with Rodney Crowell)
4) Borderline (with Amanda Shires)

5) Lee Ann Womack; The Lonely, Lonesome, and the Gone; The Lonely, Lonesome, and the Gone
6) Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams; Contraband Love; Contraband Love
7) Lyle Lovett; If I Had a Boat; Live in Texas

8) John Dee Graham; E. 11th Street; The Great Battle
9) John Hiatt; Circle Back; Beneath this Gruff Exterior
10) John Prine; Crooked Piece of Time; Bruised Orange

11) Joe Ely; Magdalene; Panhandle Rambler
12) Alejandro Escovedo; Redemption Blues; Burn Something Beautiful

13) Richie Havens; Just Like a Woman; The 30th Anniversary Concert

January 7th, 2018

Hi All,

A couple holiday shows, live and not so live here in the last month.  But back to it now...

The setlist for the first show of 2018 went like this,

1) Kate Wolf; Across the Great Divide; Close to You

2) Brandi Carlile; The Joke; By the way, I Forgive You
3) Lilly Hiatt; All Kinds of People; Trinity Lane
4) Ani Difranco; Angry Anymore; Up Up UP...

5) Bob Dylan; When You Gonna Wake Up; Trouble No More
6) Bob Dylan; Solid Rock; Trouble No More

7) Blitzen Trapper; Rebel; Wild and Reckless
8) Buddy and Julie Miller; The River's Gonna Run;
9) Son Volt; Rex's Blues; Retrospective 1995-2000

10) Robert Plant; Dance With You Tonight; Carry Fire
11) Shovels and Rope; Blue Eyes Crying and the Rain (with John Moreland); Busted Jukebox vol. 2

12) I forget

December 17th, 2017

Hi All,

The playlist for the 17th went like this...

1) Greg Brown; Morning Coffee; If I Had Known

2) Bob Dylan; Winder Wonderland; Christmas in the Heart
3) Brandi Carlile; Wherever is Your Heart; The Firewatcher's Daughter
4) Sarah Jarosz; House of Mercy; Undercurrent

Here's a link to the documentary I mentioned on the show--I really enjoyed it.  The Parking Lot Movie

And one more...Levitated Mass

5) Warren Zevon; My Ride's Here; My Ride's Here
6) Jason Isbell; Hope the High Road; The Nashville sound
7) Lilly Hiatt; Trinity Lane; Trinity Lande

8) Indigo Girls; The Holiday Song
9) Otis Redding; Merry Christmas Baby; Pure Southern Soul
10) Greg Tropper; Muhammad Ali (the Meaning of Christmas); Christmas Americana

11) Lawrence Welk; Friendly Tavern Polka; The Essential Tavern Polka (one for dad)
12) Patty Griffin; Go Wherever You Want to Go; American Kid
13) Bob Dylan; That Lucky Old Son; Shadows in the Night

14) The Avett Brothers; Spanish Pipedream; Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows
15) John Prine; Silver Bells; A John Prine Christmas

December 10th, 2017

Hi Everyone,

The show has been going strong, but the blog not so much.  Couldn't get into the darn program with the darn new computer.  You know the story.  But let's try it again.

The setlist for the 10th of December went like this...

1) Brandi Carlile; Keep Your Heart Young; Bear Creak

2) Chris Stapleton; Millionaire; From A Room Vol. II
3) JD McPherson; Style (is a losing game); Undivided Heart and Soul
4) Shovels & Rope with JD McPherson; Nothing Takes the Place of You; Busted Juke Box

5) Warren Zevon; The Indifference of Heaven; Mutineer
6) The Tallest Man on Earth; Love is All; The Wild Hunt
7) Lucinda Williams; Sweet Old World; Sweet Old World

8) Bob Dylan; Lay Down Your Weary Tune; Biograph
9) Bob Dylan; Subterranean Homesick Blues; Biograph
10) Drive by Truckers; George Jones Talkin' Cell Phone Blues; The Fine Print

11) Esme Patterson; Never Chase a Man; Woman. to Woman
12) Esme Patterson; No River; We Were Wild
13) Esme Patterson; Francine; We Were Wild

14) Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires; Mutineer; Sea Songs

June 11th, 2017

Spent the entire morning with Bob and his new release, Triplicate

The playlist went like this...

1) Braggin'

2) Sentimental Journey
3) As Time Goes By
4) Guess I'll Have to Change My Plans

5) Imagination
6) How Deep is the Ocean
7) The Best is Yet to Come

8) September of My Years
9) I Could Have Told You
10) Once Upon a Time
11) Stormy Weather

12) Day In, Day Out
13) I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night
14) Somewhere Along the Way

15) There's a Flaw in my Flue
16) Why Was I Born

May 28th, 2017

The playlist for the 28th went like this...

1) The Allman Brothers Band; Ain't Waistin' No More Time; Eat a Peach

2) Blitzen Trapper; Working on the Highway; Dead Man's Town
3) Linda Ronstadt; Hasten Down the Wind; Hasten Down the Wind
4) Warren Zevon; Splendid Isolation; Learning to Flinch

5) Townes Van Zandt; To Live is to Fly; Sunshine Boy
6) Son Volt; The Storm; Notes of Blue
7) Shovels and Rope; This Ride; Little Seeds

8) Slightly longer version of this "Happy Birthday Bob" piece from 2016
9) Bob Dylan; Queen Jane Approximately (Take 5); The Cutting Edge

10) The Allman Brothers Band; Melissa; Eat a Peach
11) The Allman Brothers Band; Statesboro Blues; At the Fillmore East
12) The Allman Brothers Band; Don't Keep Me Wondering'; At the Fillmore East

13) Billy Bragg & Wilco; California Stars; Mermaid Avenue

May 21st, 2017

The playlist for the 21st went like this...

1) James McMurtry; Copper Canteen; Complicated Game

2) Jason Isbell; Hope the High Road; That Nashville Sound
3) Ryan Adams; Prisoner; Prisoner
4) William Elliott Whitmore; Who Stole the Soul; Animals in the Dark

5) Merle Haggard; If I Could Fly
6) Bonnie "Prince" Billy; The Fugitive; Best Troubadour
7) Willie Nelson; He Won't Ever Be Gone; God's Problem Child

8) Chris Stapleton; Broken Halos; From a Room. Vol. 1
9) Sarah Shook & the Disarmers; Keep the Home Fires Burnin'
10) Angaleena Presley; American Middle Class; American Middle Class

11) Bruce Robison & The Back Porch Band; Long Time Comin'; Bruce Robison & The Back Porch Band
12) Old Crow Medicine Show; I Want You; 50 Years of Blonde on Blonde

May 7th, 2017

Hi All,

The playlist for May 7th went like this...

1) Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion; When the Lilacs are in Bloom; Folksong

2) Willie Nelson; Still Not Dead; God's Problem Child
3) Rodney Crowell; East Houston Blues; Close Ties
4) Bob Dylan; New Morning; New Morning

5) Old Crow Medicine Show; Sad Eyed Lady of the Low Lands; 50 Years of Blonde on Blonde

6) Alison Krauss; Gentle on My Mind; Windy City
7) Shovels and Rope; St. Anne's Parade; Little Seeds
8) Jason Isbell; Flagship; Something More than Free

9) Warren Zevon; Hit Somebody; My Ride's Here
10) Shawn Colvin; Tenderness on the Block; Fat City

11) Bob Dylan; Things Have Changed; Wonder Boys Soundtrack

April 30th, 2017

Hi Everyone,

Hey...thanks for the huge help on the pledge drive.  Something like $42,000 raised.  Way above our goal. Much appreciated.

The playlist for the 30th went like this...

1) Joe Pug; Bright Beginnings; Windfall

2) Ray Davies; Americana; Americana
3) Steve Earle; San Antonio Girl; Live from Austin Texas
4) Charlie Parr; Over the Red Cedar; Stumpjumper

Side Two from Old Crow Medicine Show's brand new Blonde on Blonde

5) I Want You
6) Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again
7) Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
8) Just Like a Woman

9) Rodney Crowell; Nashville 1972; Close Ties
10) Tom T. Hall; Balled of Forty Dollars; The Definitive Connection
11) Lucinda Williams; Nothin'; Poet:  A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt
12) Guy Clark; Hemingway's Whiskey; Best of the Dualtone Years

13) Buddy and Julie Miller; The River's Gonna Run; Buddy & Julie Miller

April 16th, 2017

Hi All,

The playlist for Easter Sunday went like this...

1) John Prine; Just Waitin'; For Better, For Worse

2) Loretta Lynn; Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven; Full Circle
3) Margo Price; Weekender; Midwest Farmer's Daughter
4) Robert Earl Keen; Daddy Had a Buick; Bigger Piece of the Sky

5) Rodney Crowell; Ain't Over Yet; Close Ties
6) Rosanne Cash; Sea of Heartbreak; The List
7) Fred Eaglesmith; The Cold War; Falling Stars and Broken Hearts

8) Bill Bragg; Sing Their Souls Back Home; Mr. Love and Justice
9) Shovels and Rope (with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band); Perfect Day; Busted Jukebox (Vol. 1)
10) John Hiatt; I Love That Girl; Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns

11) Bob Dylan; Queen Jane Approximately; The Cutting Edge
12) Loudon Wainwright; Older Than My Old Man Now; Older Than My Old Many Now
13) Leo Kottke; Why Can't You Fix My Car; My Father's Face

14) Guy Clark; Time; The Best of the Dualtone Years

April 9th, 2017

Playlist for the 9th went like this...

1) Bob Dylan; If You Ever Go to Houston; Together Through Life

2) Alison Krauss; Gentle on My Mind; Windy City
3) Greg Brown; Freak Flag; Freak Flag
4) John Prine; That's How Every Empire Falls; Fair and Square (extra stuff)

5) Margo Price; Hurtin' (on the bottle); Midwest Farmer's Daughter
6) Amanda Shires; Harmless; My Piece of Land
7) Rosanne Cash; I'm Movin' On; The List

8) Parker Millsap; Hades Pleades; The Very Last Day
9) Mandolin Orange; Hey Stranger; Blindfaller
10) Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers; Tired Worker's Song; Starlight Hotel

11) Guy Clark; Maybe I Can Paint of That; The Best of the Dualtone Years
12) John Hiatt; Like Your Dad Did;

April 2nd

Hi Everyone,

The playlist on the 2nd went like this...

1) Bob Dylan; The Best is Yet to Come; Triplicate

2) Dead Man Winter; Destroyer; Furnace
3) Son Volt; BackAgainst the Wall; Notes of Blue
4) Jason Isbell; If it Takes a Lifetime; Something More than Free

5) Richard and Linda Thompson; Together Again; I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (Live)
6) Shovels & Rope (with Shakey Graves); Unknown Legend; Busted Jukebox vol. 1
7) Steve Martin & Edie Brickell; When You Get to Asheville; Love Has Come for You

8) Lambchop; Six O'Clock News; Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows--Songs of John Prine
9) Alejandro Escovedo; Suit of Lights; Burn Something Beautiful
10) Charlie Parr; Over the Red Cedar; Stumpjumper

11) Billy Bragg & Joe Henry; Lonesome Whistle; Shine a Light
12) Blaze Foley; Clay Pigeons; Wanted More Dead than Alive
13) Brandi Carlile; Mainstream Kid; The Firewalker's Daughter

14) Bob Dylan; Once Upon a Time; Triplicate

March 26, 2017

Hi Everyone,

New shows every week...new posts not so much.  But the show on March 26th went like this...

1) Fred Eaglesmith; At Your Door; Standard

2) Guy Clark; The Last Hobo (unreleased demo); The Best of the Dualtone Years
3) Guy Clark; Time (unreleased demo); The Best of the Dualtone Years
4) Bob Dylan; That Lucky Old Son; Shadows in the Night

5) Steve Earle; Hillbilly Highway; Live from Austin TX
6) Jason Isbell and Elizabeth Cook; Tecumseh Valley
7) Mirinda Lambert; Greyhound Bound for Nowhere; Kerosene

8) Holly Williams; No Surrender; Dead Man's Town
9) Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion; In Lieu of Flowers; Folksong (Live)
10) Keb Mo; More Than One Way Home; The Hot Pink Album

11) Wilco; One Hundred Years From Now; Return of the Grievous Angel
12) Chris Smither; Killing the Blues; Live at Caffe Lena
13) Peter Case; A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today; Tulare Dust

14) Fred Eaglemith; Mr. Rainbow; Standard