May 24th and May 31st, 2014

Hi All,

The 24th was all Bob Dylan...in honor of his 74th birthday.  For the 31st we turned to Johnny Cash--spent the morning with just one release--something we seldom do on the show but that seemed appropriate. 

Talked a bit today about David Letterman--I really enjoyed this article from that fancy magazine I read every so often.  

May 17th, 2015

Hi All,

Today's show featured John Prine's Record Store Day release.  We played the whole thing from start to finish...and it was great. 

Played a couple other songs just because the record didn't take up the entire show, including this one to start things off.  

Had a little time left and played a few from this, which is also something special. 

May 10th, 2015

Hi All,

The playlist on Mother's day featured surprisingly little music related to mothers and went like this...

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

2) Zoe Muth; Little Piece of History; World of Strangers
3) Sturgill Simpson; Voices; Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
4) Old Crow Medicine Show; Highway Halo; Tennessee Pusher

5) Holly Williams; The Highway; The Highway
6) Hurray for the Riff Raff; End of the Line; Small Town Heroes
7) Amanda Shires; Look Like a Bird; Down Fell the Doves

8)  Bob Dylan; Most of the Time; Oh Mercy
9) Bruce Springsteen; Growing Up; Greetings from Asbury Park
10) Jason Isbell; Flying Over Water; Southeastern
11) Bob Dylan; Where Teardrops Fall; Oh Mercy

11) Jamestown Revival; Paradise; The California ep
12) Drive By Truckers; Daddy's Little Pumpkin; Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows--The Songs of John Prine
13) Josh Ritter; Mexican Home; Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows

May 3rd, 2015

Hi All,

Had another new show this weekend.  But the playlist moved through the wash.

Played good stuff from this guy and played this really cool new artist  and followed her song with this one from this not so new artist.  In between played some new stuff from James McMurtry's real nice new record, complicated game and some stuff from Max Gomez, guy who warmed up for Mr. McMurtry the other night at the Fine Line Music Cafe. 

Thanks for listening...and for the help with the recent Spring Pledge Drive.

Dave

April 12th, 2015

Hi All,

Playlist for the 12th went like this...

1) Jason Isbell; Tour of Duty; Live in Alabama

2) Bob Dylan; Brownsville Girl; Knocked Out Loaded
3) Son Volt; Hearts and Minds; Honky Tonk

4) Alejandro Escovedo; Five Hearts Breaking Breaking; Gravity
5) Robert Earl Keen; Feelin' Good Again; Best of Robert Earl Keen
6) The Wallin' Jenny's Glory Bound; Firecracker

7) Steve Earle; Waitin' on the Sky; I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
8) Steve Earle; Little Emperor; I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
9) Shovels and Rope; O' Be Joyful; O' Be Joyful

10) Lyle Lovett; This Old Porch; Anthology Number One
11) John Hiatt; Train to Birmingham; Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns
12) James McMurtry; Ain't Got No Place; Complicated Game
 
13) John Prine; Illegal Smile; John Prine

April 5th, 2015

Hi All,

Happy Easter!  Still riding high after this guy visited town this past Monday and Tuesday.  Man, what a wonderful couple of days.  Thanks to everyone who came out to see him on Tuesday night.  We had about 500 people there--just a perfect night.

The playlist today wasn't half bad either...and it went like this.

1) James McMurtry; You Got to Me; Complicated Game

2) Iris Dement; I've Got That Old-Time Religion in My Heart; Lifeline
3) Iris Dement; Blessed Assurance; Lifeline
4) Bob Dylan; It's All Good; Together Through Life

5) Kevin Kling; Tickled Pink; State Fair
6) Guy Clark; The Cape; Dublin Blues
7) Townes Van Zandt; To Live is To Fly; Live at the Old Quarter

8) Rodney Crowell; The Long Journey Home; Tarpaper Sky
9) Richard Thompson; Wall of Death; Acoustic Classics
10) Patty Griffin; Go Wherever You Want to Go; American Kid

11) Sarah Jarosz; Simple Twist of Fate; Build Me up From Bones
12) John Prine; That's the Way the World Goes Round; Bruised Orange

13) Lucinda Williams; Compassion; Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone

March 29th, 2015

Hi All,

New shows have been on every week here, but I've been terrible with the blog.  Sorry about that.  The playlist today went like this...

1) Bob Dylan; Love Minus Zero/No Limit; Bringing it All Back Home

2) Bob Dylan; She Belongs to Me; Bringing it All Back Home
3) Guy Clark; Hanging Your Life on the Wall; Dublin Blues
4) Steve Earle; Poncho and Lefty; Townes

5) John Prine (with Iris Dement); We're Not the Jet Set;  In Spite of Ourselves
6) John Prine (with Connie Smith); So Sad (To Watch a Good Love Go Bad); In Spite of Ourselves
7) John Prine (with Lucinda Willaims); Wedding Bells/Let's Turn Back the Years; In Spite of Ourselves

8) Bruce Springsteen; Racing in the Streets; The Promise
9) Bruce Springsteen; Gotta Get That Feeling; The Promise
10) Jeffery Foucault; Northbound 35; Thunder Road--Tracks Inspired by the Boss

11) John Hiatt; Through Your Hands; Hiatt Comes Alive at Budokan
12) John Hiatt; Like Your Dad Did; Hiatt Comes Alive at Budokan

13) Rodney Crowell; Closer to Heaven; Sex & Gasoline

March 1st, 2015

The playlist for the 1st went like this...

1) Todd Snider; Laying My Life On the Line; Time as We Know It:  The Songs of Jerry Jeff Walker

2) Bob Dylan; Restless Farewell; The Times They Are a Changin'
3) Jeffery Foucault; Billy the Bum; Shoot the Moon
4) John Prine; That's the Way the World Goes Round; Bruised Orange

5) Hurray for the Riff Raff; End of the Line; Small Town Heroes
6) Lucinda Williams; Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
7) Sarah Jarosz; Over the Edge; Build Me Up From the Bones

Songs 8-11--Played the first four songs from James McMurtry's brilliant new record, Complicated Game.  Man, is he good.  He's in Minneapolis on April 25th. 

12) Billy Bragg; Nobody Knows Nothing Anymore; Tooth & Nail
13) Richard Thompson; Down Where the Drunkards Roll; Acoustic Classics

February 22nd, 2015

Hi All,

The playlist for the 22nd went like this...

1) Bob Dylan; Most of the Time; Oh Mercy

2) Bruce Springsteen; Stolen Car; The River
3) Poke LaFarge; Day After Day; Pokey LaFare
4) Lyle Lovett; Straighten Up and Fly Right; Smile

5) John Hiatt; Long Time Comin'; Terms of My Surrender
6) Shovels and Rope; Birmingham;
7) Doug Seegers; Going Down to the River; Going Down to the River

8) James McMurtry; No More Buffalo; Life in Aught Three
9) Jason Isbell; Alabama Pines; Live From Alabama
10) Old Crow Medicine Show; Highway Halo; Tennessee Pusher

11) Robert Earl Keen; This World is Not My Home; Happy Prisoner
12) John Prine; Iron Ore Betty; Bruised Orange
13) Bob Dylan; Autumn Leaves; Shadows in the Night

February 15th, 2015

Hi All,

New shows almost every week here, but I've been doing a bad job with the blog in 2015. 

Lost the playlist for the 15th, but here's some of the stuff we did.

Talked about Bob's delightfully complex speech , listened to the Mellencamp song he quotes, said I was pretty excited that James McMurtry has a new record coming out (man is he somethin' special...watch the video on the link), talked about this guy and his upcoming visit to MSU, Mankato (man, is he something special...), and we played lots of stuff from Robert Earl Keen's new bluegrass record.  A fun morning.  Thanks for listening.

February 8th, 2015

Ok, I admit it.  I've been terrible with the blog here in 2015.  I shall improve.  We've had new shows nearly every weekend, but I lose the playlist, I forget to post, etc.  In short, I'm getting old.

But today's show went like this...

1) Bob Dylan; Stay With Me; Shadows in the Night

2) Lucinda Williams; Cold, Cold, Heart; Timeless
3) Keb Mo; I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry; Timeless
4) Tom Petty; You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave); Timeless

5) Greg Brown; 1952 Vincent Black Lightening; The Live One
6) Tom Russell; U.S. Steel; The Long Way Around
7) Ryan Bingham; The Weary Kind; The Weary Kind (theme from Crazy Heart)

8) Bob Dylan; The Night We Called it a Day; Shadows in the Night
9) Bob Dylan; That Lucky Old Sun; Shadows in the Night
10) Bob Dylan; Where are You? Shadows in the Night

11) Zoe Muth; Little Piece of History; World of Strangers
12) Billy Bragg; Handyman Blues; Tooth & Nail

13) Steve Earle; 21st Century Blues; The Low Highway

January 18th, 2015

Hi All,

There was a new show last week as well, but where the setlist went is anybody's guess.  But today went like this.

1) Sarah Jarosz; Simple Twist of Fate; Build Me Up From the Bones

2) Lyle Lovett; Step Inside This House; Step Inside This House
3) James McMurtry; Off and Running; Where'd You Hide the Body
4) Zoe Muth; Little Piece of History; World of Strangers

5) John Hiatt; Crossing Muddy Waters; Crossing Muddy Waters
6) John Hiatt; Lift Up Every Stone; Crossing Muddy Waters
7) Robert Earl Keen; I Still Miss Someone; Live in Austin
8) Robert Earl Keen; Dreadful Selfish Crime; Live in Austin

9) Guy Clark; Analog Girl; Workbench Songs
10) Lucinda Williams; Big Red Sun Blues; Lucinda Williams
11) Fred Eaglesmith; Carmelita; Ralph's Last Show
12) Uncle Tupelo; We've Been Had; 89/93 Anthology

13)  Zoe Muth; Annabelle; World of Strangers

January 3rd, 2015

Hi All,

Everything today came from this little Christmas gift. 

1) Growing Up; Greetings From Asbury Park

2) Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street; Greetings...
3) The E-Street Shuffle; The Wild, The Innocent, and The E-Street Shuffle
4) Incident on 57th Street; The Wild...

5) Thunder Road; Born to Run
6) Night; Born to Run
7) The Factory; Darkness on the Edge of Town
8) Darkness on the Edge of Town; Darkness

9) I'm a Rocker; The River
10) Wreck on the Highway; The River
11) Atlantic City; Nebraska
12) Reason to Believe; Born to Run

13) No Surrender; Born in the USA

Decmeber 28th, 2014

Hi Everyone,

The last playlist for 2014 came from releases on the year-end No Depression Reader's Poll.  The playlist went like this. 

1) Sturgill Simpson; Voices; Metamodern Sounds in Country Music

2) Sturgill Simpson; Turtles all the Way Down; Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
3) Sturgill Simpson; Life of Sin; Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
4) Lucinda Williams; Protection; Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone
5) Lucinda Williams; East Side of Town; Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone

6) Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin; All by Myself; Common Ground--Songs of Big Bill Broonzy
7 Hurray for the Riff Raff; Good Time Blues; Small Town Heroes
8) Drive by Truckers; First Air of Autumn; Crossing English Oceans

9) Justin Townes Earle; Worried About the Weather; Single Mothers
10) Richard Thompson; Walking On a Wire; Acoustic Classics (not on the list, but should have been)
11) John Hiatt; Come Back Home; Terms of My Surrender
12) John Hiatt; Long Time Comin'; Terms of My Surrender

13) Rodney Crowell; Fever on the Bayou; Tarpaper Sky
14) Sturgill Simpson; Long White Line; Metamodern Sounds in Country Music

December 21st, 2014

Hi Everyone,

Last week was an encore presentation of the Dylan show from late November of this year. 

This week's show went like this...

1) Townes Van Zandt; Colorado Bound; In the Beginning...

Four from the recent special music issue of the Oxford American

2) Billy Joe Shaver; Hill Country Love Song
3) JT "Funny Paper" Smith; Fool's Blues
4) Joe Ely; You Can Bet I'm Gone
5) Ruthie Foster; Death Came A-Knockin' (Travelin' Shoes)

6) Bob Dylan; Here Comes Santa Clause; Christmas in the Heart
7) John Mellencamp; I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause; A Very Special Christmas vol. 1
8)Suzy Bogguss; Beautiful Dreamer; American Folk Songbook
9) Patty Griffin; Go Wherever You Want to Go; American Kid

10) The Avett Brothers; Spanish Pipedream; Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows (John Prine tribute)
11) Jamestown Revival; Paradise; The California EP
12) Guy Clark; The Carpenter; Live from Dixie's Bar and Bus Stop

13) Bob Dylan; O' Little Town of Bethlehem; Christmas in the Heart
14) Iris Dement; Fill My Way with Love; Lifeline
15) Indigo Girls; Your Holiday Song; Holly Happy Days

16) Old Crow Medicine Show; Ain't it Enough; Carry Me Back

December 7, 2014

Hi All,

Today's show featured just one release--Badlands:  A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

Got to thinking about Bruce this week after this...

November 30, 2014

Hi All,

All Bob Dylan today...playlist went like this.

1) Wiggle Wiggle; Under a Red Sky

2) Something There is About You; Planet Waves
3) Dark Eyes; Empire Burlesque
4) Mississippi; "Love and Theft"

5) Don't Fall Apart on Me; Infidels
6) Shooting Star; Oh Mercy
7) Queen Jane Approximately; Dylan and the Dead

8) Working Man's Blues #2; Modern Times
9) World Gone Wrong; World Gone Wrong
10) Forever Young; Side Tracks

11) Changing of the Guards; Street Legal

November 23rd, 2014

Hi All,

There have been some new shows as of late...technical difficulty last week.  But we'll get back to this blog gosh darn it.

Today featured all John Prine and Steve Goodman.  Love both these guys and was in the mood for them--hope you were as well.

Playlist went like this...

1) Steve Goodman; Between the Lines; No Big Surprise--The Steve Goodman Anthology

2) John Prine; You've Got Gold; Live on Tour
3) Steve Goodman; Would You Like to Learn to Dance; No Big Surprise
4) John Prine; You Mean so Much to Me; Live on Tour

5) Steve Goodman; Lincoln Park Pirates; Live at the Earle of Old Town
6) John Prine; Illegal Smile; Great Days--The John Prine Anthology
7) Steve Goodman; Grand Canyon Song; Live at the Earle of Old Town
8) John Prine; Glory of True Love; Fair and Square

9) Steve Goodman; Turnpike Tom; No Big Surprise
10) John Prine; Christmas in Prison; The John Prine Anthnology
11) Steve Goodman; Just Lucky I Guess; No Big Surprise
12) John Prine; Space Monkey; Live on Tour

13) Steve Goodman; Six Hours Ahead of the Sun; Somebody Else's Troubles

October 26th, 2014

Hi All,

Got a bit behind on posts...but back to it here.

The playlist for the 26th went like this...

1) Justin Townes Earle; Time Shows Fools; Single Mothers

2) Sarah Jarosz; Simple Twist of Fate; Build Me Up From the Bones
3) Bob Dylan; Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum; "Love and Theft"
4) Dave Alvin; Between the Cracks; West of the West

5) Guy Clark; Cornmeal Waltz; My Favorite Picture of You
6) Robert Earl Keen; Lonely Feeling; Gringo Honeymoon

7) Mandolin Orange; Hose of Stone; This Side of Jordan
8) Tim O'Brien & Darrel Scott (with John Prine); Paradise; Memories and Stories
9) John Fullbright; All the Time in the World; From the Ground Up

10) Lyle Lovett; All Downhill; It's Not Big It's Large
11) Old Crow Medicine Show; Carry Me Back; Carry Me Back

12) Guy Clark; Heartbroke; Live at Dixie's Bar and Bus Stop

October 5th, 2014

Hey Everyone,

New show today after a repeat least week.  Playlist went like this...

1) The Avett Brothers; Spanish Pipedream; Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows

2) John Mellencamp; Troubled Man; Plain Spoken
3) John Mellencamp; Sometimes There's a God
4) John Hiatt; Baby's Gonna Kick; Terms of My Surrender
5) John Hiatt; Nothin' I Love; Terms of M Surrender

6) Lucinda Williams; Compassion; Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone
7) Lucinda Williams; Protection; Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone

8) Justin Townes Earle; Worried About the Weather; Single Mothers
9) Justin Townes Earle; Single Mothers; Single Mothers
10) Hurray for the Riff Raff; No One Else; Small Town Heroes
11) Rodney Crowell; Fever on the Bayou; Tarpaper Sky

12) Jason Isbell; Flying Over Water; Southeastern
13) Joe Pug; Silver Harps and Violins; The Great Despiser

14) Wood Guthrie; This Land is Your Land; Woody at 100