Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Alt Country show

This week I focused on the alt country scene - mainly country fused with the spirit of punk but also some straight-up country from the underground. Nary a gratuitous American flag or cowboy hat in sight!

Download to the podcast of the show by request, just leave me a comment.

Playlist:
Hank Williams - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (40 Greatest Hits)
Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue (live 1969) (At San Quentin)
Jason & The Scorchers - Last Time Around (Essential Vol. 1)
The Mekons - Slightly South Of The Border (The Edge Of The World)
Uncle Tupelo - Give Me Back The Key To My Heart (Anodyne)
True Believers - Hard Road (Hard Road)
Lucinda Williams - Changed The Locks (Lucinda Williams)
Billy Bragg & Wilco - California Stars (Mermaid Avenue)
Whiskeytown - Losering (Strangers Almanac)
Bap Kennedy - Vampire (Domestic Blues)
Old 97s - Timebomb (Too Far To Care)
Chris Mills - Keep The Corpse Beautiful (Nobody's Favorite)
Neko Case - The Tigers Have Spoken (live) (The Tigers Have Spoken)
Jon Langford & Richard Buckner - Do You Wanna Go Somewhere? (Sir Dark Invader Vs. The Fanglord)
The Drive-By Truckers - Carl Perkins' Cadillac (The Dirty South)
The Waco Brothers - The Death Of Country Music (Cowboy In Flames)
Nora O'Connor - My Backyard (Til The Dawn)
Kelly Hogan & John Wesley Harding - A Little Bit Country (V/A - 20 More Explosive Fantastic Rockin' Mega Smash Hit Explosions!)
Sally Timms - Dreaming Cowboy (Cowboy Sally's Twilight Laments... For Lost Buckaroos)
Hem - Half Acre (Rabbit Songs)
Wheat Pool - Lefty (Hauntario)
The Meat Purveyors - Sunshine (V/A - Down To The Promised Land)
Robbie Fulks - Cigarette State (V/A - For A Life Of Sin)
Split Lip Rayfield - How Many Biscuits Can You Eat (V/A - For A Decade Of Sin)
Blanche - Red Head (V/A - For A Decade Of Sin)
Caitlin Cary - Shallow Heart, Shallow Water (While You Weren't Looking)
Handsome Family - The Dutch Boy (Milk And Scissors)
Jonathan Richman - You're Crazy For Taking The Bus (Jonathan Goes Country)
Tim Rogers & The Twin Set - Hi, We're The Support Band (What Rhymes With Cars And Girls)
Stan Ridgway - Luthor Played Guitar (Black Diamond)
Nick Cave - Let The Bells Ring (Abattoir Blues)
Emmylou Harris - Red Dirt Girl (Red Dirt Girl)
Edith Frost - My Window Faces The South (Pine Valley Cosmonauts - Salute The Majesty Of Bob Wills)

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