Last Cowtippers of '09!

We're heading into automation over the break, so I'll have to make due without you guys until January. Before then, though, tune into Melodically Challenged on Thursday night/Friday Morning from midnight to 2 this week. We'll be playing a bunch of cowboy poetry and cowboy music, and I hope you'll enjoy the show.

Happy Holidays!

Merle Haggard - If We Make It Through December
Roy Orbison - Pretty Paper
Charley Pride - Christmas In My Home Town
Elmo & Patsy - Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer
Gene Autry & Rosemary Clooney - The Night Before Christmas Song
Lynn Anderson - Don't Wish Me Merry Christmas
John Prine - Silent Night All Day Long
Marty Robins - Merry Christmas To You From Me
Tammy Wynette - It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

Loretta Lynn - Country Christmas
The Boxmasters - My Dream of Christmas
Slim Whitman - Winter Wonderland
Ray Price - The Little Drummer Boy
The Oak Ridge Boys - Uncle Luther Made the Stuffin'
Jimmy Boyd - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
George Strait - Merry Christmas Strait to You
Dolly Parton - Hard Candy Christmas
Jimmy Dean - Jingle Bells
Eddy Arnold - Jolly Old St. Nicholas

Johnny Cash - The Christmas Guest
Montgomery Gentry - Merry Christmas from the Family
Cactus Jim & The Wranglers - Pride of the Prairie Mary
Jim Nabors - I'll Be Home for Christmas
Bob Dylan - Must Be Santa
Los Straitjackets - Holiday Twist
Asleep at the Wheel - Mele Kalikimaka
Gene Autry - Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
The Revered Horton Heat - Santa Bring My Baby Back
George Jones & Tammy Wynette - The Greatest Christmas Gift

O! Santa - Chatham County Line
Old 97's - Here It Is Christmas Time
Jon Bon Jovi - Blue Christmas
The Decemberists - Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)
Rusty Bladen - Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy
Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers - The Greatest Gift of All
Elvis Presley - Merry Christmas Baby

12/8

Merle Haggard - That's the Way Love Goes
Jerry Jeff Walker - Cocaine Blues
Johnny Cash - My Treasure - The Sun Years
Hank Williams III - Lovin' and Huggin' - Lovesick, Broke & Driftin'
Jimmie Rodgers - Oh-Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again
John Prine - Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore - John Prine
The Hackensaw Boys - Gospel Plow - Look Out
BR-549 - Way Too Late (To Go Home Early Now) - Tangled in the Pines
Kev Russell's Junker - (Somebody Bring Me a Flower) I'm a Robot
Elvis Presley - He'll Have to Go

Ralph Stanley with Larry Sparks - Going Up Home to Live in Green Pastures
Richard Betts - Long Time Gone
Rebel Meets Rebel - One Night Stands - Rebel Meets Rebel
Jimmy Dean - Mind Your Own Business
Waylon Jennings - (That's What you Get) For Lovin' Me
The Flatlanders - Hello Stranger
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Ten Years
The Louvin Brothers - Satan and the Saint
Hank Williams - They'll Never Take Her Love from Me

Drive-By Truckers - Loaded Gun in the Closet - Decoration Day
Uncle Tupelo - Black Eye - March 16-20, 1992
Wayne Hancock - Friday and Saturday Night - Thunderstorms and Neon Signs
Million Dollar Quartet - That's When Your Heartaches Begin
Vernon Oxford - I'll Forgive You
Iron & Wine - Freedom Hangs Like Heaven - Woman King
Possessed By Paul James - Ferris Wheel - Cold and Blind

Emmylou Harris & Gram Parsons - Sin City
Rose Maddox - Take Me Back Again
Gear Daddies - Dream Vacation (In the Dells) - Can't Have Nothin' Nice
Old Crow Medicine Show - Down Home Girl - Big Iron World
George Jones - Who's Gonna Fill Their SHoes
Merle Haggard - Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down
Dillard & Clark - She Darked the Sun - The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark
Peter Kraus - Das Alte Haus von Rocky Docky - Deutsche Country Hits

Prison songs

David Allan Coe - You Never Even Called Me By My Name
The Byrds - Life in Prison (take #11)
Andy Griffith - The Midnight Special
Tex Ritter - Fort Worth Jail
Leon Russell - In the Jailhouse Now
Wanda Jackson - Riot in Cell Block Number Nine
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Mr. Bojangels
The Band - I Shall Be Released

Conway Twitty - Jailhouse Rock
Robbie Fulks and Joy Lynn White - Tupelo County Jail
Bobbie Gentry - Parchman Farm
Calexico/Iron & Wine - Prison on Route 41
Lonnie Donegan's Skiffle Group - Stewball
Dock Boggs - Cole Younger
Vernon Dalhart - The Prisoner's Song
Todd Snider - Tillamook County Jail
Merle Haggard - Mama Tried

Johnny Cash - I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail
Gene Autry - Dallas County Jail Blues
John Prine - Christmas in Prison
Chatham County Line - Birmingham Jail
Junior Brown - Parole Board
The Knitters - Baby Out of Jail (whoops!)
Lucinda Williams - Jailhouse Tears
Loretta Lynn - Women's Prison

Roger Miller - Dang Me
Black Death All Stars - Jail
The Charlie Daniels Band - Wichita Jail
Woody Guthrie - Warden in the Sky
Tom T. Hall - A Week in a Country Jail
Bob Dylan - Outlaw Blues
Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson - Folsom Prison Blues
James Carter & Prisoners - Po' Lazarus

Tuesday Night Live

It's (almost) all live recordings tonight. Hope you enjoyed it.
Osborne Brothers - Orange Blossom Special
Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels - California Cottonfields
Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors
Elvis Presley - Release Me
Gillian Welch - Tennessee Stud
Jerry Jeff Walker - Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother
Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys - Sunny Side of the Mountain
John Prine - Illegal Smile

Neko Case - Alone and Forsaken
Tammy Wynette - Medley: Amazing Grace, I'll Fly Away, Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Old Crow Medicine Show - My Bones Gonna Rise Again
Roy Clark - Thank God and Greyhound
The Flatlanders - Settin' the Woods on Fire
Pete Seeger - Midnight Special
Roy Orbison - Only the Lonely
The Del McCoury Band - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning

The Rolling Stones - Sweet Virgina
The Country Gentlemen - Hank Snow Medley
Steve Goodman - Lost Highway
Roger Miller - King of the Road
The Avett Brothers - I Killed Sally's Lover
The Stanley Brothers - Meet Me Tonight
Bob Wills Original Texas Playboys - San Antonio Rose
Buck Owens - Crying Time
Waylon Jennings - Buddy Holly Medley: Well All Right, It's So Easy, Maybe Baby, Peggy Sue

Devil Makes Three - Aces and Twos
Son Volt - Medicine Hat
Junior Brown - Broke Down South of Dallas
Yonder Mountain String Band - Bloody Mary Morning
Carl Perkins - Honey Don't
The Byrds - You Ain't Going Nowhere
Ray Charles ft. Willie Nelson - Busted

Halloween Part II and Chomp & Stomp

Only three sets tonight due to basketball and a delayed Tower of Song - Here ya go:
Charley Pride - The Snakes Crawl at Night
Doc Watson Family - The Triplett Tragedy
Tony Rice - Brown Mountain Light
Lefty Frizzell - I Never Go Around Mirrors
The Avett Brothers - Die Die Die
Tom T. Hall - Turn It On, Turn It On, Turn It On
Dolly Parton - Jeannie's Afraid of the Dark
The New Lost City Ramblers - Little Glass of Wine
Porter Wagoner - The Cold Hard Facts of Wine
The Packway Handle Band - There's Something Going On in the Graveyard

Joyce Brookshire - Cabbagetown
JJ Cale - Mama Don't
Slim Chance - Don't Sell Daddy No More Whiskey
The Honey Dewdrops - Bluest Blue Eyes
The Dappled Grays - Put You In My Pocket
Peachtree Station - Driving Nails in my Coffin
The Nashvillain Family Band - The Devil Begs

The Pea Ridge Ramblers - Indian Ate a Woodchuck
Aubrey Slackey - Radio Boogie
The Musselwhite Family - Run
Vortex Park - Gypsy Metropolis
The Packway Handle Band - Sinner, You Better Get Ready
Bouldercrest Singing Group - Louise
The Nashvillain Family Band - Angel From Montgomery
Johnny Roquemore - Roll in my Sweet Baby's Arms

The Halloween Show!

Ralph Stanley - O Death
David Allan Coe - The Ride
Mac Wiseman - Bringing Mary Home
Seldom Scene & Louvin Brothers - I've Come to Take You Home
Johnny Cash - Delia's gone
Townes Van Zandt - Wreck on the Highway
Dolly Parton - Me and Little Andy
Porter Wagoner - The Carroll County Accident

Bill Monroe & Doc Watson - Banks of the Ohio
Elvis Presley - Long Black Limousine
Loretta Lynn - Dear Uncle Sam
David Ball - Riding with Private Malone
Norman & Nancy Blake - Black Jack David
Reverend Billy C Wirtz - The Visitor
B. Lilly, Chubby Anthony & Don Stover - Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me
Gram Parsons' International Submarine Band - Millers Cave

Red Sovine - Phantom 309
Larry Stephenson - Clinch Mountain Mystery
Little Jimmy Dickens - Raggedy Ann
Ralph Stanley - In the Pines
The Band - Long Black Veil
The Rolling Stones - Dead Flowers
The Charlie Daniels Band - The Legend of Wooley Swamp
Doc Watson - Matty Groves

Austin Lounge Lizards - Highway Cafe of the Damned
Violent Femmes - Country Death Song
The Stanley Brothers - Keep Them Cold Icy Fingers Off of Me
Marty Robbins - Ghost Riders in the Sky
Jack Kittel - Psycho
Ray Stevens - Sittin' Up With the Dead
Big Lister Bill - There's a Tear in my Beer

Tribute to Shel Silverstein

I played only a tiny fraction of the 800 songs Shel Silverstein has to his name. Some of the ones I skipped are kids songs, and others are so filthy I couldn't play them on the radio. Hopefully you liked this selection from the ones in between.

Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue
Tompall Glaser - Put Another Log on the Fire
Bobby Bare - The Mermaid
Loretta Lynn - One's on the Way
Old Dogs - Me & Jimmie Rodgers
Brenda Lee - Big Four Poster Bed
Shel Silverstein - A Front Row Seat to Hear Ole Johnny Sing
Waylon Jennings - Ned Kelly

Bobby Bare - The Winner
Dr. Hook - Sylvia's Mother
Emmylou Harris - Queen of the Silver Dollar
Shel Silverstein - Pathetic Way of Getting Over Me
Old Dogs - Rough on the Living
Kris Kristopherson - The Taker

Tompall Glaser - Oleander
Johnny Cash - 25 Minutes To Go
Burl Ives - Time
Bobby Bare, Mac Davis & Shel Silverstein - Alimony
Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - Cover of the Rolling Stone
Bobby Bare - Rosalie's Good Eats Cafe

Bobby Bare Jr - Things I Didn't Say
Dick Nolan - The Unicorn
Shel Silverstein - June 25th at the Fourth of July - Great Conch Train Robbery
Shel Silverstein - So Good to So Bad - Great Conch Train Robbery
Dennis Locorriere, Shel Silverstein, Waylon Jennings - A Couple More Years
Bobby Bare - Marie Lavaux
Old Dogs - Still Gonna Die

10/13

Here's the setlist, and thanks for listening.

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Down Yonder
Johnny Cash - Oney
George Jones & Tammy Wynette - My Elusive Dreams
Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Just Remember You're My Sunshine
Merle Travis - Barbara Allen
Patsy Cline - You Belong to Me
Jimmy Lee - I'm Diggin' a Hole to Bury My Heart
Merle Haggard - Nobody's Darlin' but Mine

Elvis Presley - Green, Green Grass of Home
Bobby Bare - 500 Miles Away from Home
Making Believe - Kitty Wells
Moe Bandy & Joe Stampley - Roll On Big Mama
Lacy J. Dalton - Hard Times
The Band - When I Paint My Masterpiece
Clarence White - Not Enough of Me to Go 'Round
Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed - I Saw the Light

The Flying Burrito Brothers - Do Right Woman
Frankie Laine - The 3:10 to Yuma
Old Crow Medicine Show
Stanley Brothers
Homer & Jethro - Battle of Kookamonga
John Prine - Hello In There

David Allen Coe - The Lost Highway
Red Foley - Tennessee Saturday Night
Glen Campbell - Galveston
Gillian Welch - Honey Now
Dillard & CLark - Train Leaves Here This Mornin'
Waylon & Willie - I Can Get Off On You
Jerry Jeff Walker - Jaded Lover
Unknown Hinson - Ugly Things

10/6

I dug through a few weeks of neglected requests for tonight - hope you enjoyed it!

Osborne Brothers - Ruby, Are You Mad at Your Man
Jerry Reed - Alabama Jubilee
Nick Lowe - A Man In Love
Hank Williams - I'm a Long Gone Daddy
Bobby Bare - Marie Laveaux
Ned Miller - From a Jack to a King
Drive-By Truckers - Little Bonnie
The Cox Family - Will There Be Any Stars in my Crown
Gary Stewart - She's Acting Single

Ray Stevens - Ballad of the Blue Cyclone Pts 1 & 2
Merle Haggard - Branded Man
Johnny Cash - 25 Minutes to Go
The Knitters - Poor Little Critter on the Road
Roger Miller - One Dyin' and a Buryin'
Roy Rogers & the Sons of the Pioneers - Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Sonny James - Empty Arms
The Carter Family - The Grave on the Green Hillside

The Rolling Stones - Far Away Eyes
Laura Cantrell - The Whisky Makes You Sweeter
Hank Williams, Jr. - Texas Women
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman
The Two Man Gentlemen Band - My Baby's Off the Market
Leon Russell - In the Jailhouse Now
Reverend Horton Heat - Please Don't Take the Baby to the Liquor Store
Hank 3 - 7 Months, 39 Days

Charley Pride - Why Baby Why
The Farmer Boys - Flash, Crash & Thunder
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Don't Let the Deal Go Down
Jerry Lee Lewis - Lewis Boogie
Old Crow Medicine Show - Cocaine Habit
Elvis Presley - Susan When She Tried
Avett Brothers - January Wedding
Kris Kristopherson - Sunday Morning Coming Down

9/29

Jerry Lee Lewis turns 74 today, so here's a happy birthday set for The Killer:

Jerry Lee Lewis Set -Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
You Win Again
Night Train to Memphis
Evening Gown
Another Place Another Time
No Headstone on my Grave
Nancy Griffith - Trouble with Roses
Kris Kristopherson - Jesus Was a Capricorn
Kitty Wells - Heartbreak USA
Lefty Frizzell - I Love You a Thousand Ways
The Statler Brothers - Flowers on the Wall

Waylon Jennings - Between Fathers and Sons
Doc Watson - St. James Infirmary
Johnny Cash - Sam Hall
Hank III - Nighttime Ramblin' Man
Avett Brothers - Pretty Girl from Chile
Loudon Wainwright III - Down Drinkin' at the Bar
Violent Femmes - Jesus Walking on the Water

Charlie Rich - The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn - Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man
Elvis Costello - He's Got You
Billy Joe Shaver - Fame
Stonewall Jackson - Waterloo
Kinky Friedman - Ride 'em Jewboy
John Prine - Angel from Montgomery

Old Crow Medicine Show - James River Blues
The Pointer Sisters - Fairytale
Dillard & Clark - The Radio Song
Tex Ritter - Hillbilly Heaven
John Hartford - Where Does an Old Time River Man Go - Live at Mountain Stage
Paul Overstreet - I Think She Only Loves Me for My Willie
Boxcar Willie - Move it on Over
Loretta Lynn - One's on the Way

9/22

Nothing much to say tonight, except thanks for all the calls!

Hank Williams - Move it on Over
The Byrds - All I Have are Memories - Sweetheart of the Radio
BR5-49 - A Little Good News
John Hartford - Julia Belle Swain - Mark Twang
Flying Burrito Brothers - Wild Horses
Johnny Horton - Honky Tonky Man
Bob Wills - Stay A Little Longer
Waylon Jennings - Stop the World (And Let Me Off)
Charlie Daniels Band - Way Down Yonder

Del McCoury Band - I'm Walking the Dog
Gillian Welch - Ruination Day
Richard Betts - Long Time Gone
Southern Culture on the Skids - Doublewide
Emmylou Harris - She - Luxury Liner
Bob Dylan - Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You - Nashville Skyline
Bobby Bare - The Streets of Baltimore
Buddy & Julie Miller - Rock Salt & Nails

The Hackensaw Boys - F.D.R.
George Jones - He Stopped Loving Her Today
Gillian Welch - Revelator
Iris DeMent - Let the Mystery Be
Jerry Reed - She Got the Gold Mine
Beck - Canceled Check
Elvis - Your Cheatin' Heart



Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will the Circle Be Unbroken Side 4:
Lonesome Fiddle Blues
Cannonball Rag
Avalanche
Flint Hill Special
Togary Mountain
Earl's Breakdown
Orange Blossom Special
Wabash Cannon Ball

Willie Nelson - Texas Flood

Ladies' Night

In honor of Patsy Cline's (belated) birthday, it's all ladies tonight.

Patsy Cline - Back in Baby's Arms
Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris & Gillian Welch - Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby
Loretta Lynn - You Ain't Woman Enough
Neko Case & Her Boyfriends - Thanks a Lot
Wanda Jackson - Hello Darlin'
Patsy Cline - Sweet Dreams of You
Pasty Cline - South of the Border, Down Mexico Way
Bobbie Gentry - Fancy
Dolly Parton - Daddy Come and Get Me
Patsy Cline - Crazy Arms
Donna Fargo - You Can't Be a Beacon (If Your Light Don't Shine)

Janis Martin - Drugstore Rock & Roll
Patsy Cline - Heartaches
Emmylou Harris - Hickory Wind
Iris DeMent - Our Town
Brenda Lee - Jambalaya
Patsy Cline - Just a Closer Walk With Thee
Dolly Parton - Jolene
Kitty Wells - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
June Carter Cash - A Good Man

Tanya Tucker - Strong Enough to Bend
Rosanne Cash - The Winding Stream
Patsy Cline - That's My Desire
Tammy Wynette - D.I.V.O.R.C.E.
Skeeter Davis - Mine Is a Lonely Life
Patsy Cline - Never No More
Dolly Parton - The Grass is Blue
Jim Reeves & Dottie West - Love Is No Excuse
Bobbie Gentry - Chickasaw County Child


Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley PTA
Patsy Cline - Wayward Wind
Wanda Jackson - Blue Moon of Kentucky
Neko Case & Her Boyfriends - Thrice All American
Mother Maybelle Carter & Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Keep on the Sunny Side
Patsy Cline - Wayward Wind
Connie Francis - Everybody's Somebody's Fool
Wanda Jackson - Let's Have a Party
Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man
Carter Family - I'm Thinking Tonight of Your Blue Eyes

2nd Annual Labor Day Show

Songs for working men and women, and for those still on the job hunt. Hope you enjoyed your Labor Day weekend.

Jerry Reed - East Bound and Down
Merle Haggard - Workin' Man Blues
Travis Tritt - Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man
Roy Orbison - Working for the Man
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver - Poor Boy Working Blues
Anne Feeney - We Just Come to Work Here, We Don't Come to Die
Drive-By Truckers - Outfit
Patsy Cline - Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home

The Dappled Grays - One More Dollar - Doin' My Job
Old Dogs - Young Man's Job
Elvis Presley - Big Boss Man
Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons
Bruce Springsteen - Erie Canal - We Shall Overcome: the Seeger Sessions
Doc Watson - John Henry
Pete Seeger and the Almanac Singers - Casey Jones (Union Scab)
Bob Dylan - Maggie's Farm
John Prine - Paradise

Del McCoury Band et al - Breadline Blues 2008
Loudon Wainwright III - Tip That Waitress
Merle Travis - Dark as a Dungeon
Hazel Dickens - Coal Tattoo
R.E.M. - Wichita Lineman
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
The Devil Makes THree - Working Man's Blues
Old Crow Medicine Show - Union Maid
Jim Croce - Workin' at the Car Wash Blues

Downhill - Joe Hill
Drive-By Truckers - Puttin' People on the Moon
Jose Feliciano - Mule Skinner Blues
Gillian Welch - Miner's Refrain
Johnny Cash - One Piece at a Time
Nine Pound Hammer - Townes Van Zandt
Johnny Paycheck - Take This Job and Shove It

9/1

Here's tonight's setlist. Stay tuned next week for the second annual Labor Day Recovery special!

Johnny Bond - Ten Little Bottles
Lynn Anderson - I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Buck Owens - Act Naturally
Country Joe McDonald - C-O-U-N-T-R-Y
Porter Wagoner - A Satisfied Mind
Million Dollar Quartet - Just a Little Walk with Jesus
Dillard & Clark - Lyin' Down the Middle
Gene Autry - Back in the Saddle Again
Marty Robins - South of the Border

David Allan Coe - Monkey David Wine
The Del McCoury Band - Rambling Boy
Hank Williams Jr. - Family Tradition
Johnny Cash - Wide Open Road
Merle Haggard - The Fugitive
Elvis Presley - Always on My Mind
The Flatlanders - Homeland Refugee

Junior Brown - Peelin' Taters
Kitty Wells - A Mansion on the Hill
Drive-By Truckers - Decoration Day
Lionel Cartwright - That Heart Belongs to Me
Hank Williams III - Whiskey, Weed & Women
Johnny Horton - When It's Springtime in Alaska
Charlie Louvin - Great Atomic Power
Via Chicago - Wilco

Robert Earl Keen - Copenhagen
The Rolling Stones - Love in Vain
Son Volt - Windfall
Stanley Brothers - I Just Came From Your Wedding
The Browns - The Three Bells
Charley Pride - Is Anybody Going to San Antone
Webb Pierce - I Ain't Never
Don Williams - It Must Be Love
Jack Rose & The Black Twig Pickers - Hand Me Down My Walking Cane

Trains!

Billy Joe Shaver - Georgia on a Fast Train
Hank III - Wreck of the Old '97
Boxcar Willie - Big Freight Train Carry Me Home
Southern Culture on the Skids - Engine Engine #9
Merle Haggard & Vernon Oxford - Hobo's Meditation
Del McCoury - Trainwreck of Emotion
Merle Travis - Nine Pound Hammer
Andrews Sisters - Chatanooga Choo Choo
BR5-49 - No Train to Memphis
Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train
Elvis Presley - Mystery Train

Kinky Friedman & The Texas Jewboys - Hobo's Lullaby
John Fogerty - Big Train from Memphis
Asleep at the Wheel - My Baby Thinks She's a Train
Johnny Cash - Train of Love
Leo Kottke - Last Steam Engine Train

Uncle Tupelo - Train
The Highwaymen - Desperados Waiting for a Train
The Rolling Stones - Silver Train
Johnny Cash - Engine One-Forty-Three
Leadbelly - Rock Island Line
Osborne Brothers - Orange Blossom Special
Doc Watosn - Blue Railroad Train

Carl Sandburg - Casey Jones
The Monkees - What Am I Doin' Hangin' Round
Johnny Cash - On the Evening Train
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
Sam Bush - Bringing in the Georgia Mail
The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
David Hasselhoff - City of New Orleans

Looking California

Tonight's show was mostly California-centric, with a sendoff for Les Paul and birthday greetings to Martin Mull. Hope you had fun.

Chet Atkins & Les Paul - Lover Come Back to Me - Chester & Lester
Freddy Fender - Before the Next Teardrop Falls
Buck Owens - Open Up Your Heart
Doye O'Dell - Shut Up and Drink Your Beer
Bobby Austin, Johnny Paycheck & Tammy Wynette
Hank Snow - Ninety Miles an Hour
Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels - California Cottonfields
Loretta Lynn - Fist City
Johnny Cash - Two Timin' Woman
Mickey Gilley - Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys - Uncle Penn

Steve Goodman - Gotta Hand It To You
Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty - You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly
Neko Case - In California - Canadian Amp
Dwight Yoakam & Buck Owens - Streets of Bakersfield
Kris Kristofferson - The Taker - The Silver Tongued Devil and I
Emmylou Harris - Luxury Liner - Luxury Liner
Merle Haggard - Okie From Muskogee
Billy Bragg & Wilco - California Stars - Mermaid Avenue

The Maddox Brothers & Rose - Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down
Kitty Wells & Red Foley - My Happiness
Martin Mull - Licks Off of Records - Martin Mull & His Fabulous Furniture
Southern Culture On The Skids - Nitty Gritty
The Byrds - Life In Prison (rehearsal version)
The Packway Handle Band - There's Something Going On In the Graveyard - Sinner You Better Get Ready
Larry Stephenson - Clinch Mountain Mystery
Ween - Fluffy - 12 Golden Country Greats
New Riders of the Purple Sage - Panama Red

Commander Cody - Down To Seeds and Stems Again Blues - Live From Deep In the Heart Of Texas
First National Band - Keys To the Car
Fred Price, Clint Howard, Doc Watson - Daniel Prayed
Ned Miller - From a Jack to a King
Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors
Patsy Cline - Just a Closer Walk With Thee
Jerry Jeff Walker - LA Freeway
Beck - Your Cheatin' Heart

Cowtippers celebrates Woodstock and Jimmy Dean's birthday

Tonight was, as they teach us to say here in school, an exercise in contrasts: the first set was Woodstock, the second Jimmy Dean. The rest was, well, Cowtippers. Thanks for all the calls.

Grateful Dead - Mama Tried - Grateful Dead
Arlo Guthrie - Alice's Restaurant - Alice's Restaurant
Country Joe McDonald - Talkin' Dust Bowl -Vanguard Visionaries
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Hello Mary Lou
The Band - Long Black Veil - Music From Big Pink
The Flying Burrito Brothers - My Uncle - Gilded Palace of Sin
Uncle Tupelo - Mercedes Benz - Covers and Oddities '88-'93

Happy 81st Birthday, Jimmy Dean:
PT 109
Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette
Basin Street Blues
Sixteen Tons
Please Pass The Biscuits
Make The Waterwheel Roll
Steel Men

Asleep At The Wheel - Sugarfoot Rag
Jerry Lee Lewis - Working Man Blues - Killer Country
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel - O.C.M.S
Jerry Reed - Ko-Ko Joe
Lefty Frizzell - Don't Think It Ain't Been Fun, Dear
Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys - Sunny Side Of The Mountain
John Prine - Spanish Pipedream - John Prine
Jeannie C. Riley - Yesterday All Day Long - Harper Valley P.T.A.
Townes Van Zandt - Rex's Blues
Homer & Jethro - Hart Brake Hotel - At The Country Club

Don Gibson - Oh Lonesome Me
The Del McCoury Band - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning - All-Star Bluegrass Celebration
The Seldom Scene - California Blues - Act Four
Avett Brothers - Die Die Die - Emotionalism
The Stanley Brothers - Angel Band - O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Ida Red Likes The Boogie
Hayes Carll - She Left Me For Jesus - Trouble In Mind
Waylon Jennings - Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line

Texas Extravaganza

Tonight's show was (almost) all Texas, (almost) all the time. Thanks for all your calls!

Also, have you checked out Nashville or Bust over at The Onion AV Club? Nathan Rabin, a music critic but country music neophyte, is spending a year immersing himself in the classics. There are 17 entries so far, from Dolly to Johnny to Billy Joe Shaver.

Bob Wills - Deep In The Heart Of Texas
Asleep At The Wheel - Boogie Back To Texas
Waylon Jennings - T Is For Texas
Ernest Tubb - Waltz Across Texas
Sonny James - Abilene
Roy Rogers - Yellow Rose Of Texas
Marty Robbins - El Paso
Jimmie Rodgers & The Carter Family -

Gale Garnett - We'll Sing In The Sunshine
Billy Joe Shaver - Black Rose
George Jones - You Can't Get the Hell Out of Texas
Kinky Friedman - We Reserve The Right To Refuse Service To You
Kenneth Threadgill - Coming Back To Texas
Jerry Reed - Texas Bound And Flyin'
Beach Boys - Long Tall Texan
Asleep At The Wheel - Miles And Miles Of Texas
Willie Nelson - Me and Paul

Hank Williams Jr. - Texas Women
Roy Clark - Thank God And Greyhound
David Allan Coe - Longhaired Redneck
Junior Brown - My Wife Thinks You're Dead
The Earl Scruggs Review - Tall Texas Woman
Willie Nelson - Till I Gain Control Again
Jerry Jeff Walker - Northeast Texas Women

Elvis Presley - The Yellow Rose Of Texas/The Eyes Of Texas
Jimmy Dean - Little Bitty Big John
The Flaming Lips - Thank You Jack White (For The Fiberoptic Jesus That You Gave Me)
Townes Van Zandt - Waitin' Around To Die
Tex Ritter - High Noon
George Strait - All My Exes Live In Texas
Waylon Jennings - People in Dallas Got Hair
Robert Earl Keene - Corpus Christi Bay
Sons Of The San Joaquin - Texas Plains
Medium Terzett - Texas Rose

7/28

Thanks for listening-
John Prine - Illegal Smile
Waylon Jennings - Bob Wills Is Still the King
The Mashville Brigade - Take This Hammer
Junior Brown - Catfish and Collard Greens
Elizabeth LaPrelle - Little Darling Pal of Mine
Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Standin' on the Corner
Gillian Welch - Look At Miss Ohio
Jerry Lee Louis - Sweet Thang

Dean Armstrong and the Arizona Dance Hands - Don't Fence Me In
Beck - Rowboat
Rolling Stones - Sway
Mac Wiseman - Medley: I Wonder How the Old Folks Are At Home/I'd Rather Live By the Side Of the Road
Jerry Douglas & Peter Rowan - When You and I Were Young, Maggie
Whiskeytown - Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight
Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers - Johnny Cash Is Dead (And His House Burned Down)
Bruce Springsteen - Mansion on the Hill

Johnny Cash - Delia's Gone
Sara Watkins - Pony
Loretta Lynn - Mad Mrs. Leroy Brown
Robert Earl Keen
Robbie Fulks - She Took a Lot of Pills (and Died)
Billy Joe Shaver - Old Chunk of Coal
Osborne Brothers - Ruby, Are You Mad At Your Man
Roy Rogers - Lovenworth


Frank Black - Dirty Old Town (With Marty Brown)
Stonewall Jackson - Why I'm Walkin'
George Jones - Why Baby Why
Wilco - 100 Years From Now
Ramblin' Jack Elliot - Driving Nails in my Coffin
Hank Thompson - A Six Pack to Go
Willie Nelson & Ray Price - I'm Still Not Over You
The Byrds - Hickory Wind
Merle Haggard - As Time Goes By

A lot from the '40s & '50s tonight

Hope you enjoyed the show!

Merle Haggard - Workin' Man Blues
Jerry Lee Lewis - What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)
Jim Reeves - I Guess I'm Crazy
Charley Pride - All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)
Tennessee Ernie Ford - Mule Train
Conway Twitty - The Image of Me
Buck Owens - My Heart Skips a Beat
Loretta Lynn - Fist City
Connie Smith - Once a Day
Johnny Cash - Daddy Sang Bass


Bill Monroe - Footprints in the Snow
Ernest Tubb - Have You Ever Been Lonely
Lefty Frizzell - I Love You a Thousand Ways
Floyd Tillman - Slipping Around
Pee Wee King - Slow Poke
Hank Thompson & His Brazo Valley Boys - I've Got a Humpty Dumpty Heart
The Maddox Brothers & Rose -Philadelphia Lawyer
Tammy Wynette - Singing My Song
Tex Williams - That's What I Like About the West
Eddy Arnold - Bouquet of Roses

Tennessee Ernie Ford & Kay Starr - I'll Never Be Free
The Carter Family - Can the Circle Be Unbroken
Nickel Creek - Stumptown
Elton Britt - Chime Bells
Tommy Duncan - Gamblin' Polka Dot Blues
Harry McClintock - Big Rock Candy Mountain
Glen Campbell - Galveston
Hank Snow - I'm Movin' On
Hank Williams - Lovesick Blues
Merle Travis - No Vacancy
Leon Russell - The Window Up Above

Peggy Lee - Riders in the Sky
The Sons of the Pioneers - Rollin' Dust
Slim Whitman - Song of the Old Waterwheel
Arthur Smith - Guitar Boogie
Tex Ritter - I'm Wastin' My Tears On You
Webb Pierce - There Stands the Glass
Red Foley - M-i-s-s-i-p-p-i
Hank Williams - Kaw-Liga
Hank Williams - Long Gone Lonesome Blues

Even more new music, and plenty of old stuff too

Music from a couple of new albums tonight. In case you missed it, Neko Case was interviewed on last week's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me. She's charming and hilarious, and you'll finally learn why she sounds so weird on Letter From an Occupant.

10-10:30
Sons of the Pioneers - Cigareetes, Whusky and Wild, Wild Women
Hank Williams Jr. - The Blues Man
Tom T Hall - Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine
Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt - Rosewood Casket
Uncle Tupelo - Movin' On
Jimmy Dean - Mind Your Own Business
Gillian Welch - Miner's Refrain - Hell Among the Yearlings
Albert Lee - Another Useless Day - Albert Lee - Black Claw & Country Fever

10:30-11
Elvis Presley - I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
Johnny Cash - Thirteen
Bonnie Guitar - Dark Moon
BR5-49 - Poison - Dog Days
Tim & Mollie O'Brien - My Old Cottage Home
Robbie Fulks - Away Out On the Old Saint Sabbath - Revenge
The Stanley Brothers - The Story of the Lawson Family
Jimmie Dale Gilmore - These Blues - Mountain Stage Live #2
David Baerwald - Why

11:00-11:30
Elizabeth LaPrelle - Casey Jones - Lizard in the Spring
Mel Tillis - She Got the Hoss
Steve Goodman - This Hotel Room
Neko Case - Things That Scare Me - Blacklisted

New(ish) Album Time:
Calexico - Frank's Tavern - Man of Somebody's Dreams

11:30-12:00
Big Sandy & Los Straitjackets - Silent Partner - Man of Somebody's Dreams
Chris Gaffney - The Guitars of My Dead Friends - Man of Somebody's Dreams
The Devil Makes Three - Gracefully Facedown - Do Wrong Right
The Devil Makes Three - For Good Again - Do Wrong Right
The Jayhawks - Clouds - Hollywood Town Hall (and Music from the North Country)
The Jayhakws - Blue - Tomorrow the Green Grass (and Music from the North Country)
Leon Russell - The Window Up Above
Waylon Jennings - Cedartown, Georgia

New Music Explosion

There's a whole lotta new music out, and I played a bunch of it. Hope you liked it.

Elvis Costello - Sulphur to Sugarcane - Secret, Profane and Sugarcane
Johnny Cash - The Gambler
Willie Nelson - Johnny One Time - Naked Willie
Buzz Cason - Donuts - Busload of Love
Hazel Dickens - Busted
Tractor - Up Jumped the Boogie - Trade Union
Willie Nelson - Sunday Morning Coming Down - Naked Willie

Wilco Set: from Wilco (The Album)
Deeper Down
One Wing
Solitaire
Wilco (the song)
Hank Williams - I'm a Long Gone Daddy
Merle Haggard - Going Where the Lonely Go
Johnny Cash - Sam Hall
Dolly Parton - Just Because I'm A Woman

Son Volt Set: from American Central Dust
Dust of Daylight
Roll On
Dynamite
Down to the Wire
Hank III - Country Heroes
Unknown Hinson - Satan in a Thong
Elvis Costello - Down Among the Wines and Spirits - Secret, Profane and Sugarcane
John Prine - He Was In Heaven Before He Died

Patterson Hood Set: from Murdering Oscar (and Other Love Songs)
I Understand Now
Pollyanna
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Gold Watch and Chain
Dale Watson - Truck Stop in LaGrange - The Truckin' Sessions Vol 2
June Carter Cash - Hold Fast to the Right
The Belleville Outfit - Good as It Gets - Time to Stand
Emmylou Harris - On the Sea of Galilee
Hank III - My Drinkin' Problem
Todd Snider - Slim Chance - The Excitement Plan

It's nice to be back, y'all

10:00-10:30
Waylon Jennings/Johnny Cash - There Ain't No Good Chain Gang
Hankshaw Hawkins - Lonesome 7-7203
Lefty Frizzell - Saginaw, Michigan
George Jones - He Stopped Lovin' Her Today
Webb Pierce - Backstreet Affair
Sandy Posey - Didn't Leave Nobody But The Baby
Statler Brothes - Ruthless
Claude King - I Wonder Who She Missed Me With Today
Johnny Cash - Ballad of a Teenage Queen
Porter Wagoner - Wayfaring Stranger

10:30 - 11:00
Jerry Lee Lewis - One Minute Past Eternity
Ray Price - Crazy Arms
Bobby Bare - Detroit City
Unknown Hinson - Alkyhol Withdrawl
Leon Ashley - What's He Got That I Ain't Got
Ray Stevens - The Battle of the Blue Cyclone (Parts 1 & 2)

11:00 - 11:30
Mac Wiseman - Rocky Top
Johnny Horton - North To Alaska
Hank Locklin - Send me The Pillow You Dream On
Ben Colder - Hello Walls #2
Wanda Jackson - The Last Days of Love
George Jones - Good Year For the Roses
Jean Shepard - Many Happy Hangovers to You
Mel Tillis - Wine
Billy Walker - Cross the Brazos at Waco
Stonewall Jackson - Don't Be Angry

11:30 - 12:00
Ernest Tubb - Soldier's Last Letter
Marty Stuart - Never Let the Devil Get the Upper Hand of You
Tom T. Hall - Faster Horses (The Cowboy and the Poet)
The Louvin Brothers - I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver - Carolina In the Pines
Loretta Lynn - You Ain't Woman Enough to Take My Man
Fountains of Wayne - Hung Up On You
Dick Brave & The Backbeats - Black or White

Guitar/Banjo/Dobro/Mandolin Heroes

Tonight's set is in honor of Les Paul's 90th birthday. Hope you enjoyed it.

Les Paul & Mary Ford - How High The Moon
Jerry Reed - John Hardy
Brad Paisley feat James Burton, Vince Gill, Albert Lee, et al. - Cluster Pluck
Albert Lee - 6 Days on the Road
Sam Bush - Molly and Tenbrooks
Roy Clark - Under the Double Eagle
Chet Atkins & Les Paul - Deed I Do
Gillian Welch - Caleb Meyer
Jerry Reed - In The Pines

Doc & Merle Watson - John Henry
Earl Scruggs - Rock Salt & Nails
Merle Travis - Merle's Boogie Woogie
Clarence White - Guitar Pickin' Man
Normon & Nancy Blake - More Good Women Gone Wrong
Chet Atkins - Galloping On the Guitar
Joe Maphis & Merle Travis - Back In The Sadle Again

Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed - Tennessee Stud
Albert Lee - Long Gone
Chet Atkins & Les Paul - Lover Come Back to Me
Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler - There'll Be Some Changes Made
Roy Clark feat. Jimmy Henley - Dueling Banjos
Jerry Reed - Bluegrass (With Guts)
Merle Travis - Steel Guitar Rag

Gillian Welch - Red Clay Halo
Joe Maphis & Merle Travis - San Antonio Rose
Roy Clark - Malaguena
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will the Circle Be Unbroken Mini-Set
You Are My Flower
The Precious Jewel
Dark As The Dungeon
I Saw The Light
Les Paul & Mary Ford - Vaya Con Dios

6/2/09

Thanks for listening!

Ralph Stanley - O Death
Jack Cadillac - You've Changed
Gene Autry - Old Soldiers Never Die, They Just Fade Away
Del McCoury Band with Mac Wiseman - Breadline Blues 2008
Eddy Arnold - Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
Merle Haggard - Are The Good Times Really Over
Unknown Hinson - Alkyhol Withdrawl
Tennessee Ernie Ford - Old Time Religion
Townes Van Zandt - Quicksilver Dreams of Maria

Mandy Barnett - Wayfaring Stranger
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Gold Watch and Chain
Gus Backus - Tom Dooley
Bruce Springsteen - John Henry
Ernest Tubb - Soldier's Last Letter
Old Dogs - I Don't do It No More

John Hartford - Turn Your Radio On
Lonzo & Oscar - I'm My Own Grandpa
Cowboy Copas - Tennessee Waltz
Glen Campbell - Gentle on my Mind
Faron Young - Almost Persuaded
The Gourds - Ants on the Melon
Smokey's Farmland Band - Sundance
Neko Case - Thanks A Lot
John Prine & Connie Smith - Loose Talk

Hank Williams Jr. - The Blues Man
Lucinda Williams - Knowing
Johnny Cash - Tennessee Stud
Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty - Lead Me On
Sonney James - Empty Arms
George Jones - The Race is On
Jerry Reed - Alabama Jubilee
Robbie Fluks - Tears at the Grand Ol' Opry

6 Degrees of Jeff Tweedy

Here's an addendum to the Cowtippers Delight blog; the setlist for today's freeform.

Uncle Tupelo - No Depression - No Depression

Uncle Tupelo - Postcard - Still Fell Gone
Uncle Tupelo - Screen Door - 89/93: An Anthology
Loose Fur - Elegant Transaction - Loose Fur
Uncle Tupelo - Atomic Power - March 16-20, 1992
Jay Bennett, Jeff Tweedy & Roger McGuinn - The Harry Smith Connection
Uncle Tupelo - Moonshiner - The Best of Mountain Stage Vol 7
Uncle Tupelo - New Madrid - Anodyne

Uncle Tupelo - New Madrid - Anodyne
Jay Bennett - Overexcusers - The Magnificent Defeat
Wilco - It's Just That Simple - A.M.
Wilco - That's Not the Issue - A.M.
Son Volt - Tear Stained Eye - Trace
Son Volt - Windfall - Trace - Steve Earle covered it
Laurie & John - When You're Not Mine - Arabella John Stirratt bassist for wilco/UT only member still in the band
Son Volt - Creosote - Straightaways

Wilco - I Can't Stand It - Summerteeth
Wilco - Someday Soon - Being There
Wilco - California Stars - Farm Aid 98
The Autumn Defense - Make It Through the Summer - The Green Hour
Son Volt - Medicine Hat - Son Volt - A Retrospective 1995-2000
Son Volt - Afterglow 61 - Okemah & the Melody of Riot
Wilco - At My Window (Ft. Billy Bragg) - Mermaid Avenue

Wilco - I Am Trying to Break Your Heart - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Golden Smog - Please Tell My Brother - Weird Tales
Jay Bennet - Replace You - The Magnificent Defeat
Loose Fur - The Ruling Class - Born Again in the USA
Son Volt - Highways and Cigarettes - The Search
The Jayhawks - Blue - Tomorrow the Green Grass
Uncle Tupelo - Steal the Crumbs - Anodyne

Decoration Day

Here's tonight's set. Also, some shameless self-promotion: Sunday from 4-6pm, I'll be doing a freeform called "6 Degrees of Jeff Tweedy". See you then!


Drive-By Truckers - Decoration Day
Johnny Horton - Battle of New Orleans
Johnny Cash - The Ballad of Ira Hayes
Loretta Lynn - Dear Uncle Sam
Statler Brothers - More Than a Name On a Wall
Gary Allan - Riding With Private Andrew Malone


Dolly Parton - Ballad of the Green Beret
Robin & Linda Williams - 50,000 Names
The Kissers - American Folk Song
Kenny Rodgers & the First Edition - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
John Prine - Sam Stone
J.D. Crowe - Down Where the River Bends
Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson - Drive On
Billy Bragg - Everywhere

Townes Van Zandt - Waitin' Round to DIe
Bob Dylan - Country Pie
Nanci Griffith - Roseville Fair
The Pretenders - Boots of Chinese Plastic - Break Up the Concrete
The Sacred Shakers - Ready to Go Home
BeauSoleil - Little Darlin' - Alligator Purse
Emmylou Harris - When I Stop Dreaming

Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John
Steve Goodman - You Never Even Call Me By My Name
Have Gun, Will Travel - Blessing and a Curse - Casting Shadows Tall as Giants
The Weight - The Weight Are Men
John Doe & The Sadies - The Sudbury Nickel - Country Club
Commander Cody - Midnight Man
Lester Flatt & Mac Wiseman - You're the Best of All the Leading Brands
David Bromberg Quartet - Ookpik Waltz - Live, New York City 1982
Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet - Oh Me, Oh My

Cowtippers' Nod to Bob

Tonight is my little tribute to Bob Dylan leading up to his 68th birthday this Sunday. Thanks everyone for your requests; they were great as always. Mark your calendars: Sunday the 31st, from 4-6pm I'll be hosting a freeform entitled 6 Degrees of Jeff Tweedy. If there's anything you want to hear by him or anyone associated to him (which is basically any alt-country band, for starters), shoot me an email.

Doc & Merle Watson - Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash - Blue Yodel
Neko Case - Buckets of Rain
The Byrds - You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
Jerry Jeff Walker - One Too Many Mornings
The Rolling Stones - Like A Rolling Stone
Bob Dylan - I Can't Get You Off of My Mind
Hank Williams Jr. - All For the Love of Sunshine (Not a Dylan song, I goofed)

Earl Scruggs & the Earl Scruggs Review - Most Likely You Go Your Own Way
Norman Blake & Peter Ostroushko - Restless Farewell
Jeff Tweedy - Simple Twist of Fate
Bob Dylan - Wigwam
George Jones - If Not For You
Kris Kristofferson - I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
Bob Dylan - House Carpenter

The Byrds - The Times They Are A-Changin'
The Traveling Wilburys - Tweeter and the Monkey Man
Johnny Cash & Bob Dylan - Girl from the North Country
George Harrison - Absolutely Sweet Marie
Nanci Griffith - Boots of Spanish Leather
Bob Dylan - Man of Constant Sorrow
The Byrds - My Back Pages

Audra Mae - Forever Young
The Band - I Shall Be Released (Last Waltz version)
Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash - Nashville Skyline Rag
Emmylou Harris - When I Paint My Masterpiece
Bob Dylan - The Water is Wide
The Clancy Brothers, Robbie O'Connell, Tommy Makem - When the Ship Comes In

Mother's Day Set

This one's for yo' Mama.

10-10:30
Merle Haggard - Mama Tried
Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors
Jimmy Dean - Mom IOU
Waylon & Willie - Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
Carter Family - I Have No Loving Mother Now
Linda Ronstadt - The Only Mama That'll Walk the Line
Gillian Welch - I Had a Real Good Mother & Father
Johnny Paycheck - I'm the Only Hell (My Mama Ever Raised)

10:30-11
John Prine & Mac Wiseman - Pistol Packin' Mama
Kitty Wells & Roy Acuff - If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again
The Lonesome Sisters - I Have No Mother Now
Bill Anderson - Mama Sang a Song
Molly O'Day - I Heard My Mother Weeping
Ralph Stanley - Mother's Only Sleeping
The Whites with Ricky Skaggs - Will My Mother Know Me THere
Eddy Arnold - Rocking Alone in an Old Rockin' Chair
The Everly Brothers - Put My Little Shoes Away

11:00-11:30
Red Sovine - Roses for Mama
The Judds - Mama He's Crazy
Jimmie Rodgers - Mother, the Queen of My Heart
Tennessee Ernie Ford - Just Before the Battle Mother
Melba Montgomery - No Charge
Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch - Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby
Loretta Lynn - One's on the Way
Loretta Lynn - The Pill

11:30-12:00
David Allan Coe - Papa Loved Mama
Jerry Jeff Walker - Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother
Clarence White - Mother In Law
Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother the Mountain
Unknown Hinson - I Won't Live In Sin
Jack Kittel - Psycho
The Oak Ridge Boys - Seven Nation Army
Leonard Nimoy - I Walk the Line
Leonard Nimoy - Gentle On My Mind

I'm working a double tonight

Tune in early, since I'll be hosting Tower of Song tonight as well, from 8-10pm. Then stick around for a special Mother's Day edition of Cowtippers.

I did post this last night...

but I put it on the wrong blog accidentally. So here goes...


Two sets in one night tonight!

April 28th:
10-10:30
Forgot to write down the artist - Ballad of Davy Crocket
Boxcar Willie - Big Freight Train Carry Me Home
Asleep at the Wheel - Walking the Floor Over You
Junior Brown - Hillbilly Hula Girl
Boxcar Willie - Smoke Smoke Smoke That Cigarette
Arizona Wranglers - Strawberry Roan
Louvin Brothers - The Last Old SHovel
Al Anderson - Someone to Give My Love To
the Allman Brothers Band - Win Lose or Draw

10:30-11
Dave Dudley - Diesel Smoke
Audra Mae - Forever Young
The Rolling Stones - Far Away Eyes
The Highwaymen - Born and Raised in Black and White
The Bottle Rockets - Gravity Fails
Willie Nelson - Whiskey River
Charlie Pride - Me and Bobby McGee

11-11:30
Hee Haw Gospel Quartet - Power in the Blood
The Jayhawks - Waiting for the Sun
Kathleen Edwards - Six O'Clock News
Pinkard & Bowden - Momma She's Lazy and She Thinks I Steal Cars
Son Volt - Caryatid Easy
Mandy Barnett - The Whispering Wind
Ernest Tubb/Loretta Lynn - Our Hearts are Holding Hands

11:30-12
Waylon Jennings - Big Mamou
Faron Young - Hello Walls
Webb Pierce & Wanda Jackson - Sweet Lips
Uncle Tupelo - No Depression
The Del McCoury Band - Rambling Boy
Bob Wills Original Texas Playboys - San Antonio Rose
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Mr. Bojangels
The Soggy Bottom Boys - I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow


And then here's last week's, without set breaks, as I haven't a clue when they were

Buck Owens - Truck Driving Man
Patsy Cline - You Belong to Me
John Hartford - Steam Powered Aereo Plane
BR5-49 - I'm All Right (For the Shape I'm In)
Weird Al Yankovic (Yes, really) - Truck Drivin' Song
Conway Twitty - I See the Want To in Your Eyes
Danny Gatton - Truck Driving Romance
Drive-By Truckers - Outfit
Willie Nelson - Maria (Shut Up and Kill Me)
Alice in Chains and Johnny Cash - Time of the Preacher
Red Sovine - Daddy's Girl
Jerry Reed - East Bound and Down
The Hackensaw Boys - Sweet Petunia
Hank Snow - I've Been Everywhere
The Gatlin Brothers - Talkin' to the Moon
Dave Dudley - Asphalt Cowboy
Jimmy Dean - Ringo
Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels - California Cottonfields
Gillian Welch - Wrecking Ball
Hank III - 7 Months 39 Days
Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around
Jeff Buckley - Lost Highway
Iris DeMent - Our Town
Pedro the Lion - Big Trucks
Kris Kristoferson - Why Me Lord
Norman Blake - You Are My Sunshine
Jim Reeves - Trouble in the Amen Corner
They Might Be Giants - Alienation's for the Rich
Calexico/Iron & Wine - A History of Lovers
Loudon Wainwright III - Dead Skunk
Old Crow Medicine Show - Poor Man


Thanks for listening! The boys from the Crossroads will be taking over next week, but I'll be back the week after.

April 7th

10-10:30
"Little" Jimmy Dickens - May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose
Merle Haggard - I Always Get Lucky With You
Tex Ritter - Big Rock Candy Mountain
The GOat Dirt Road Band - Flowers of Edinburgh
Cowboy Copas - Signed Sealed & Delivered
Marty Robbins - El Paso
The Hackensaw Boys - Baltimore
Wanda Jackson - One Night With You
10:30-11
Don Gibson - If My Heart had Windows
Faron Young - I Overlooked An Orcid
Wayne Hancock - Knocked Out Rhythm
The Avett Brothers - The Day That Marvin Gaye Died
Charlie Pride - Kawliga
Dale Watson and His Lonestars - Lee's Liquor Lounge
John Prine - Souvenirs
Gordon Lightfoot - Miguel

11-11:30
Hank III - Pills I Took
Slim Chance - Don't Sell Daddy No More Whiskey
John Hartford - Tear Down the Grand Ole Opry
The Charlie Daniels Band - Drinkin' My Baby Goodbye
Moe Bandy - Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind
Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter - Weary Blues from Waiting
Jim Ed Brown & The Browns - Looking Back to See
Neko Case - In California
Willie Nelson - Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
Dave Edmunds - Crawling from the Wreckage
Waylon Jennings - I'm a Ramblin' Movie

11:30-12
Robert Earl Keene - The Road Goes On Forever
Emmylou Harris - When I Paint My Masterpiece
Son Volt - Medicine Hat (Live)
The Hackensaw Boys - Oh, Girl
The Two Man Gentlemen Band - The Square Root of Two

Setlist, April Fools Edition

10-10:30
John Hartford - Boogie
Marie Laveaux - Bobby Bare
Minnie Pearl - How to Catch a Man
Unknown Hinson - I Ain't Afraid of Your Husband
Loretta Lynn - The Pill
David Frizzell & Shelly West - I'm Gonna Hire a Wino
Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty - You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly
Holy Modal Rounders - Do You Like Boobs a Lot
Vernon Oxford - The Redneck National Anthem
Loudon Wainwright III - Wine With Denner

10:30 - 11
Old Dogs - Still Gonna Die
Southern Culture on the Skids - My House Has Wheels
Tompall Glaser - Put Another Log on the Fire
Ween - Japanese Cowboy
Jerry Reed - She Got the Goldmine, I Got the Shaft
Waylon Jennings - Ain't No God in Mexico
Johnny Russell - Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer
Junior Brown - Joe the Singing Janitor
George Jones - The King is Gone (And So Are You)

11-11:30
Hank Williams Jr - We don't use the F-word in Country Music
Big Lister Bill- There's a Tear in My Beer
Homer & Jethro - Yaller Rose of Texas Y'all
Kinky Friedman - Get Your Biscuits in the Oven & Your Buns in the Bed
Elvis Costello - Psycho
Hank Williams Jr - This Ain't Dallas
Ray Stevens - The Streak
Roger Miller - You Can't Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd
Merle Travis - I'm Sick and Tired of You Little Darlin'
Merle Travis - I Like My Chicken Fryin' Size

11:30-12
Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper - Elvis is Everywhere
The Statler Brothers - Flowers on the Wall
Asleep at the Wheel - Big Balls in Cowtown
Johnny Cash - One Piece at a Time
Rick Moranis - Four More Beers
Homer & Jethro - The Billboard Song

Setlist, 3/25

Here's last night's show. See you next week.

Carl Perkins - Honey Don't
Cowboys Copas - Alabam
Grandpa Jones - Eight More Miles to Louisville
Tex Williams - Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
Dav Zanes & Suzanne Vega - Erie Canal
Buster B Jones & Thom Bresh - I'll See You In My Dreams
Don Williams - Good Ole Boys Like Me
Unknown Hinson - Alkyhol Withdrawl
Asleep at the Wheel & Reba McEntire - Right or Wrong

Jerry Jeff Walker - LA Freeway
Red Foley - Tennessee Saturday Night
Flatt & Scruggs - Your Love is Like A Flower
Earl Scruggs & the Earl Scruggs Review - Rambling Round Your City
Fred Eaglesmith - I Shot Your Dog
Tex Ritter - Froggy Went A-Courtin
AL Dexter & His Troopers
Mell Tillis - Woman in the back of my mind
Porter Wagoner - Eleven Cent Cotton

George Jones - He Stopped Loving Her Today
Gene Autry - South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)
Merle Haggard - That's the Way Love Goes
Ernest Tubb - In the Jailhouse Now
Southern Culture on the Skids - Nitty Gritty
Old Crow Medicine Show - Methamphetamine
Rosie Flores & The Jordinaires - I Ain't Never
Tammy Wynette - Satin Sheets
Del McCoury - All Aboard

Eddy Arnold - The Cattle Call
Billy Joe Shaver - Georgia On a Fast Train
Jason & the Scorchers - 19th Nervous Breakdown
Waylon Jennings - Lonesome, On'ry & Mean
Neko Case - Brown-Eyed Handsome Man
Eddie Rabbitt - I Love a Rainy Night
Claude King - Wolverton Mountain
Skeeter Davis - Mine is a Lonely Life

Here's the show. Thanks for Listening!
10-10:30
Johnny Cash - Danny Boy
David Allan Coe - Longhaired Redneck
Dottie West - Country Sunshine
Tex Ritter - High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)
Towns Van Zandt - Waitin' Round to Die
Waylon Jennings - Luckenbach, Texas
Hank Williams - My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
Elvis Presley - Your Cheatin' Heart
Johnny Horton - Battle of New Orleans
The Flaming Lips - Thank You Jack White (For the Fiberoptic Jesus That You Gave Me)

10:30-11
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
Roy Rogers - Don't Fence Me In
Happy Birthday Charlie Pride:
Why Baby Why
Tennessee Girl
You're My Jamaica
It's So Good to be Together
I discovered You
Let Me Live

11-11:30
Hank Williams Jr. - Big Mamou
Bob Dylan - Talkin Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues
Tex Williams - Big Bad John
Donna Fargo - The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA
David Allan Coe - You Never Even Called Me By My Name
Kitty Wells - A Dear John Letter
Hee Haw Gospel Quartet - Turn Your Radio On
Merle Travis - Sixteen Tons
Roy Acuff - Dust on the Bible
Peter Rowan - Before the Streets Were Paved
Tanya Tucker - Delta Dawn

11:30-12
Mel Tillis - I Ain't Never
Bellemy Brothers - Redneck Girl
Emmylou Harris - Pancho and Lefty
Roy Orbison - Only the Lonely
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - I Ain't Got Nobody
Bryan Bowers - The Scotsman

Here's tonight's setlist. Also, if anybody out there is in need of a kitten, shoot me an email! I picked up 3 extras in my neighborhood and got them all fixed and vaccinated. I've got adorable pictures if you want them.


10-10:30
Jerry Reed - When You're Hot, You're Hot
Roy Orbison - Workin for the Man
Lefty Frizzell - If You've Got the money
Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John
Skeeter Davis - Lost You to a Geisha Girl
Charlie Pride - Ol
Tony Rice - Church Street Blues
Charlie Haden & Elvis Costello - You Win Again
Willie Nelson - Old Chunk of Coal
Merle Haggard - Ghost Story

10:30-11:00
Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man
Two Man Gentleman Band - William Howard Taft
Dolly Parton - Touch Your Woman
Hank III - Whiskey, Weed & Women
The Byrds - You Ain't Goin Nowhere
Pat Boone - Memphis
John Hartford - Nobody Eats at Linebaugh's Anymore
Unknown Hinson - From Jail to Hell

11-11:30
John Prine - Pretty Good
Kris Kristopherson - If It's All the Same to You
Waylon Jennings - Drinkin' and Dreamin'
Junior Brown - My Wife Thinks You're Dead
Rolling Stones - Dear Doctor
Whiskeytown - Mirror, Mirror
Conway Twitty - I See the Want to in Your Eyes
Steve Goodman - A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request

11:30-12
The Star Room Boys - Was There Something in Her Eye
Stanley Brothers - I Just Came From Your Wedding
The Derailers - Bad, Bad Girl
Roy Rogers & The Sons of the Pioneers - Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Twilight Hotel - Viva La Vinyl
Vernon Oxford - Bringing Mary Home
Milton - Night Driving
Old Crow Medicine Show - Tear It Down
Jerry Reed - East Bound & Down

The Patsy Cline Evening:
10-10:30
Walkin' After Midnight
I Fall to Pieces
Blue Moon of Kentucky
Bill Bailey
Crazy Arms
She Made Me Love You
Never No More
Just A Closer Walk With Thee
Heartaches
Got A Lot of Rhythm in My Soul
Tennessee Waltz

10:30-11:00
When Your House Is Not a Home
Faded Love
Your Cheatin' Heart
Lovesick Blues
That's How the Heartache Begins
That's My Desire
Does Your Heart Beat For Me
Anytime
Wayward Wind

11-11:30
Ferlin Husky - Gone
Ray Price - City Lights
Faron Young - Love Letters in the Sand
Kitty Wells - Searching
Don Gibson - Oh Lonesome Me
Leroy Van Dyke - Auctioneer
Jim Lowe - The Green Door
Ricky Nelson - Poor Little Fool
Johnny Horton - Springtime in Alaska
Buck Owens - Act Naturally
George Jones - White Lightning

11:30-12
Wanda Jackson - Hello Darlin'
Hank Snow - Miller's Cave
Ned Miller - From a jack to a king
Marty Robins - El Paso
Bobby Bare - Detroit City
Teresa Brewer - Sad Movies Make Me Cry
Don Gibson - It's a Sin
Faron Young - Tomorrow Never Comes
Roy Rogers & Sons of the pioneers - Oh Susanna

Tonight's Mardi Gras Show

In honor of Mardi Gras, it's all about sinnin' tonight:
10-10:30
Porter Wagoner - Eat Drink & Be Merry
Loretta Lynn - Don't Come Home Drinkin'
Asleep at the Wheel - Dance With Who Brung Ya
BR5-49 - Too Lazy to Work, Too Nervous to Steal
Neko Case - We've Never Met
George Jones - If Drinking Don't Kill Me
Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters - Don't Fence Me In
David Allan Coe - Now I Lay Me Down to Cheat

10:30-11
Robert Earl Keen - Copenhagen
Redbird - I Gotta Get Drunk
Bob Wills - A Big Ball in Cowtown
Hank Jr. - All My Rowdy Friends
Sonny Burgess - Hell Yes I Cheated
Charlie Pride - Six Days on the Road
Roger Miller - Dang Me
Louvin Brothers - The Kneeling Drunkard's Plea
Pattie Page - Tenessee Waltz

11-11:30
Merle Haggard - Mama Tried
Old Crow Medicine Show - Tell It to Me
Johnny Cash - 25 Minutes to Go
The Kendalls - Heaven's Just a Sin Away
Lefty Frizzell - I Never Go Around Mirrors
Hank III - Cocaine Blues
Uncle Tupelo - Sin City
Loretta Lynn - The Pill
Drive-by Truckers - 18 Wheels of Love

11:30 - 12:00
The Soggy Bottom Boys - In The Jailhouse Now
Tammy Wynette - DIVORCE
Ralph Stanley - Rose Conley
Old Crow Medicine Show - Methamphetamine
Southern Culture on the Skids - 8 Piece Box
Merle Haggard - I Threw Away the Rose
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
Willie Nelson - Whiskey River

Setlist, 2/17

It was a Duet theme. Here's the setlist:
Dewey Cox - Let's Duet
Waylon & Willie - Pancho & Lefty
Joaquin Phoenix & Reese Witherspoon - Jackson
Jean Shepard - Why Don't You Haul Off & Love Me
Gillian Welch & Allison Krauss - I'll Fly Away
Merle Haggard - Just Between the Two of Us
Conway & Loretta - Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man
Gene Pitney & George Jones - Why Baby Why
John Prine & Bonnie Raitt - Angel from Montgomery
Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely - Slipping Around
Caitlin Cary with Ryan Adams - The Battle
Buddy & Julie Miller - Rock Salt & Nails
Kitty Wells & Red Foley - As Long as I Live
Ray Charles & Willie Nelson - Seven Spanish Angels
David Frizzell & Connie Lee - You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma
Moe Bandy & Janie Fricke - It's A Cheating Situation
Waylon Jennings & Jessi Coulter - Suspicious Minds
John Prine & Trisha Yearwood - When Two Worlds Collide
Carl & Pearl Butler - Don't Let Me Cross Over
Hank Williams & Hank III - Moanin' the Blues
George Jones & Elvis Costello - Stranger in the House
Gram Parson & Emmylou Harris - Return of the Grievous Angel
Porter & Dolly - No Love Left
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings - Orphan Girl
Conway & Loretta - You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly
Johnny Cash & Bob Dylan - Girl From the North Country
John Prine & Mac Weissman - Blue Eyed Elane
June Carter Cash & Johnny Cash - Far Side Banks of Jordan
Garrison Keillor & Meryl Streep - Gold Watch & Chain
Bjøro Håland - En Flyktig Drøm
Willie Nelson & Ray Price - Night Life
Willie Nelson, Ryan Adams, Hank III & Keith Richards - Dead Flowers

Tuesday, 2/10/09

Welcome to the new home of WRAS's own Cowtippers Delight. Here's the playlist for last night's show:
10:00 - 10:30:
Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris - Love Hurts
Bob Wills & Texas Playboys - Faded Love
Tom T. Hall - I Love
Donna Fargo - The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.
George Strait - All My Ex's Live in Texas
Boxcar Willie - Blue Moon of Kentucky
Vernon Oxford - I Just Want Somebody to Love Me
Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man

10:30-11:00
Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard - The One I Love Is Gone
Don Williams - Amanda
Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden
Hank Snow - I'm Moving On
Walter Hyatt - Teach Me About Love
Waylon & Willie - Lukenback, Texas
David Allan Coe - Pledging My Love
Connie Smith - Ain't Had No Love

11:00-11:30
Old Crow Medicine Show - Hard To Love
Tammy Wynette - He Loves Me All The Way
Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys - Honky Tonk Queen
George Jones - He Stopped Loving Her Today
Merle Haggard - Silver Wings
Jimmie Rodgers - Oh-Oh, I'm Falling In Love Again
The Avett Brothers - The New Love Song
Asleep At The Wheel - My Baby Thinks She's A Train
Gail Davies - Love Love Love
Slim Whitman - Indian Love Call
BR5-49 - That's What I Get

11:30-12
Hank Williams - Lovesick Blues
Charlie Rich - The Most Beautiful Girl
Dolly Parton - The Grass is Blue
Connie Francis - Just Walk On By
Will Handsome - Weary Blues from Waitin'
George Jones & Tammy Wynette - Golden Ring
Don Gibson - Old Lonesome Me
David Allan Coe - Papa Loved Mama
Porter Wagoner - Your Old Love Letters

Thanks for listening!