Show #249 – Leo Fender

Today marked the anniversary of the death of Leo Fender.  It was his guitar wizardry that gave the Bakersfield Sound it’s trademark twang and sound.  But the Tele wasn’t just a country music player’s guitar of choice.  It is widely use in blues, rock, anything that demands the clean tone a Tele provides.  With that, give a special listening ear to the Tele sound that defined the Bakersfield Sound.

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Tim Hus	Bakersfield Music	Bush Pilot Buckaroo	Stony Plain Records
Trevor McSpadden	Let’s Fall Together	Let’s Fall Together	Chaparral Street Music
Wanda Jackson	Funnel of Love	Heart Trouble	CMH Records
Wayne Moore	Guitar Pickin’ Man	Clarence White: Tuff & Stringy/Sessions 1966-68	Ace Records
Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives	Whole Lotta Highway (With A Million Miles to Go)	Whole Lotta Highway (With A Million Miles To Go)	Superlatone Records
Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives	Mojave	Way Out West	Superlatone Records
The Sadies	Cut Corners	Darker Circles	Yep Roc Records
Red Meat	Pretty Little Lights of Town	We Never Close	Ranchero Records
The Buckaroos	Before You Go	The Buckaroos Play Buck & Merle	Omnivore Recordings
Gene Clark	Tried So Hard (Album Version)	Gene Clark With The Gosdin Brothers + bonus tracks	SBCMG
Southern Culture on the Skids	Make Mayan A Hawaiian	Dirt Track Date	GEFFEN
Billy Joe Shaver	Ramblin’ Fever	Tulare Dust: A Songwriters’ Tribute to Merle Haggard	Shout!
Vince Gill	Branded Man	Bakersfield	Decca (UMO)
Rose Maddox	Conscience I’m Guilty	Swing West – Vol 1 – Bakersfield	Razor & Tie
Joe & Rose Lee Maphis	Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (and Loud, Loud Music)	Swing West Vol. 1 Bakersfield	RAZOR AND TIE
The Earps	Sam’s Place	Buckle Up	Big Bender Records
Dave Gleason’s Wasted Days	Pullin’ Up the Tracks	Midnight, California	Well Worn Records
Sturgill Simpson	I’d Have to Be Crazy	High Top Mountain	High Top Mountain Records
Dave Gleason	All Morning Long	Turn And Fade	326 Records
The Sadies	Empty The Chamber	Tremendous Efforts	Bloodshot,Ltd.
Don Rich	Walk Through This World With Me	Don Rich Sings George Jones	Omnivore Recordings
Buck Owens	Lady Madonna (Remastered)	The Warner Bros. Recordings	Rhino/Warner Bros.
Johnny Cash	I’m Leavin’ Now	American III: Solitary Man	American Recordings
The Byrds	Blue Canadian Rockies	Sweetheart Of The Rodeo (Legacy Edition)	Columbia
John Doe & The Sadies	Are The Good Times Really Over For Good?	Country Club	Yep Roc Records
Dwight Yoakam	The Sad Side Of Town	Tomorrow’s Sounds Today	Reprise
Merle Haggard	The Bottle Let Me Down	Country Past, Vol. 2	Shami Media Group
Buck Owens	Keeper Of The Key	Buck ‘Em: The Music Of Buck Owens (1955-1967)	Omnivore Recordings
Red Meat	Buckeye	Alameda County Line	Ranchero Records
Southern Culture on the Skids	Make Mayan A Hawaiian	Dirt Track Date	GEFFEN
Slim The Drifter	Streets of Bakersfield	Single	self
Nashville West	Mental Revenge	Nashville West (Featuring Clarence White)	Sierra Records
Wynn Stewart	Wishful Thinking	His Very Best	K-Tel
Lone Justice	Working Man’s Blues	This Is Lone Justice: The Vaught Tapes, 1983	Omnivore Recordings
Billy Mize	Take Me Back To Tulsa	A Salute to Swing	Billy Mize
The Derailers	Knee Deep In The Blues	Full Western Dress	Rhino/London-Sire
Marshall Crenshaw	Silver Wings	Tulare Dust: A Songwriters’ Tribute to Merle Haggard	Shout!
Southern Culture on the Skids	Make Mayan A Hawaiian	Dirt Track Date	GEFFEN
Ruby Dee And The Snakehandlers	Make It Last	North Of Bakersfield	Warner Music

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Show #248 – If Yer Spinnin’ Make It A Double

When spinning vinyl, it’s fun to find two tracks to play back to back and make the show a double-shot! So that is exactly what we did.

In face, after we played Gary Stewart’s Sweet-Tater and Cisco we commented on how it would make a good movie. Then we found this strange photo montage to tell the strange tale.

Artist Artist	Song Song	Release Release	Label Label
Tim Hus	Bakersfield Music	Bushpilot Buckaroo	Stony Plain Records
Patsy Montana	I’ve Traded My City Feller (For a Cowboy’s Sweetheart)	The Cowboy’s Sweetheart	Flying Fish
Patsy Montana	Western Medley: Streets of Laredo/Red River Valley/Home on the Range/The Cattle Call/Tex Owens, Cool Water	The Cowboy’s Sweetheart	Flying Fish
The Paladins	The Thing	Let’s Buzz!	Alligator Records
The Paladins	Lawdy Lawdy Miss Mary	Let’s Buzz!	Alligator Records
Buck Owens	Act Naturally	The Best Of Buck Owens	Capitol Records
Buck Owens	Under Your Spell Again	The Best Of Buck Owens	Capitol Records
Waylon Jennings	Bridge Over Troubled Water	Cedartown, Georgia	RCA Victor
Waylon Jennings	It’s All Over Now	Cedartown, Georgia	RCA
Merle Haggard & The Strangers	Medley: Swinging Doors, I’m A Lonesome Fugitive, Sing Me Back Home, Branded Man	Okie from Muskogee (Live)	Capitol
Dwight Yoakam	I’ll Be Gone	A Town South of Bakersfield	enigma
Tin Star	Happy Hour	A Town South of Bakersfield	enigma
Lone Justice	Working Man’s Blues	This Is Lone Justice: The Vaught Tapes, 1983	Omnivore Recordings
Lone Justice	Cactus Rose	This Is Lone Justice: The Vaught Tapes, 1983	Omnivore Recordings
Tommy Collins	Poor, Broke, Mixed up Mess of a Heart	The Dynamic Tommy Collins	Legacy Recordings
Tommy Collins	Be Serious, Ann	The Dynamic Tommy Collins	Legacy Recordings
Bonnie Owens	Why Don’t Daddy Live Here Anymore	Don’t Take Advantage of Me	Capitol
Bonnie Owens	Waggin Tongues	Don’t Take Advantage Of Me	Capitol Records
Elvis Costello & The Attractions	I’m Your Toy (Hot Burrito #1)	Almost Blue	Riviera Global Productions
Elvis Costello & The Attractions	Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down	Almost Blue	Riviera Global Productions
Gene Clark	Marylou	Two Sides To Every Story	RSO
Gene Clark	Hear The Wind	Two Sides To Every Story	RSO
Dave Gleason’s Wasted Days	Midnight, California	Midnight, California	Well Worn Records
Dave Gleason’s Wasted Days	Pullin’ Up the Tracks	Midnight, California	Well Worn Records
Gary Stewart	You’re Not the Woman You Used to Be	You’re Not the Woman You Used to Be	MCA
Gary Stewart	Sweet-Tater and Cisco	You’re Not The Woman You Used To Be	MCA Records
Ruby Dee & The Snakehandlers	Make It Last	North of Bakersfield	Dionysus Records