A little Bakersfield, a little Beyond

After a long time away, our good buddy Dr. BLT called in tonight from Bakersfield.  We were pleased to know all is well in Bakersfield.  We decided to cite creative license and play on the “beyond” side of Bakersfield.  In the first hour of the show, we came up with a couple of sets of music.  The first one was based on a higher being image from the song title or in the lyrics.  For the second set, who doesn’t want to be a cowboy?  We found a bunch of “cowboy” songs that fit the bill nicely.  Thanks to everyone for listening.

There’s several versions of “God’s Gonna Cut You Down” on YouTube.  This was the only one I watched all the way through because it was pretty damn cool.

Artist	Cut	Album	Label
Tim Hus	Bakersfield Music	Bushpilot Buckaroo	Stony Plain Records
Rolling Stones	Far Away Eyes	Some Girls	Atlantic
Michelle Shocked	God Is a Real Estate Developer	Captain Swing	Mighty Sound
Johnny Cash	God’s Gonna Cut You Down	American V: A Hundred Highways	American Recordings/Lost Highway
Neil Diamond	Thank The Lord For The Night Time	Neil Diamond – The Bang Years	Legacy/Columbia
R.E.M.	Losing My Religion	Out Of Time	Warner Bros.
Waylon Jennings	Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys	The Essential Waylon Jennings	Legacy Recordings
Chris Gaffney	Cowboys To Girls	Loser’s Paradise	Hightone
Dixie Chicks	Cowboy Take Me Away	Fly	Monument
Reverend Horton Heat	Cowboy Love	It’s Martini Time	Interscope
Glen Campbell	Rhinestone Cowboy	20 Greatest Hits	Nashville Catalog
Buck Owens	Love is a Warm Cowboy	Warner Bros. Recording	Warner Brothers
Merle Haggard & The Strangers	Better Off When I Was Hungry	If We Make It Through December	Nashville Catalog
Lydia Loveless	Steve Earle	Indestructable Machine	Bloodshot
Peter Rowan and Don Edwards	Ramblin’ Cowboy	High Lonesome Cowboy	WJRC
Dave Alvin	Run Conejo Run	Eleven Eleven	Yep Roc Records
Gary Stewart	Your Place Or Mine	Gary Stewart: The Essential	RLG
The Knitters	Dry River	The Modern Sounds of The Knitters	New Rounder
Gary S. Paxton	Bakersfield	Bakersfield Rebels	Ace
Rosie Flores	Heartbreak Train	A Town South of Bakersfield	Enigma Records
John Doe	Painting the Town Blue	Keeper	Yep Roc Records
Red Meat	Lolita	Alameda County Line	Ranchero Records
Big House	Honky Tonk With You	Never Ending Train	Big House Records
Gram Parsons	Streets Of Baltimore	GP	Rhino/Warner Bros.
Dwight Yoakam	Long White Cadillac	Just Lookin’ for a Hit	Warner 1061
Ruby Dee & The Snakehandlers	Make It Last	North of Bakersfield	Dionysus Records

Upcoming shows and tonight’s playlist

There’s a lot of great shows coming up in the next couple of weeks.  We spun some tunes to get folks in the mood to check the shows out.  Let’s see, Dave Alvin is playing McNear’s Mystic Theater on Saturday October 15.  The next day, Sunday October 17, 77 El Deora is playing a dinner show at Rancho Nicasio.  Later in the week, John Doe is playing the Great American Music Hall on October 20.  Here in Pt. Reyes Station on October 22, Red Meat is playing at the Old Western Saloon – a guaranteed good time.  Hope you can catch some of this great music coming up.

We played a song off the Chris Gaffney tribute CD, A Man Of Somebody’s Dreams, by the band Calexico.  I’d heard their version of Gaffney’s Frank’s Tavern several times and always thought I’d remember to play that.  Tonight was the night to remember.  The band has a good sound.  Check them out.

Artist	Cut	Album	Label
Tim Hus	Bushpilot Buckaroo	Bushpilot Buckaroo	Stony Plain Records
Tim Hus	Bakersfield Music	Bushpilot Buckaroo	Stony Plain Records
Johnny Paycheck	Heaven’s Almost As Big As Texas	Johnny Paycheck	Golden Lane
Merle Haggard	Laugh It Off	Working In Tennessee	Vanguard
John Doe and the Sadies	Stop The World And Let Me Off	Country Club	Yep Rock
Buck Owens	I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail	Buck Owens: 21 #1 Hits: The Ultimate Collection	Rhino
Dave Alvin	Black Rose of Texas	Eleven Eleven	Yep Roc Records
Amy Farris	Pretty Dresses	Anyway	Yep Roc Records
Red Meat	Pretty Little Lights of Town	We Never Close	Ranchero Records
Nashville West	Sing Me Back Home	Nashville West Featuring Clarence White	Microwerks
Jones Family Fortune	COME WITH ME	Single	Thin Silver Records
The Sadies	Translucent Sparrow	Favourite Colours	Yep Roc
77 El Deora	Lucky Tonight	Sirens	Western Independent Recordings
Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men	Highway 99	Out In California	Hightone
Calexico	Frank’s Tavern	Chris Gaffney Tribute: The Man of Somebody’s Dreams	Yep Roc Records
Dave Gleason	Blue Side of the World	Turn and Fade	326 Records
The Golden Cadillacs	BROKEN	The Golden Cadillacs	self
Nick 13	Carry My Body Down	Nick 13	Sugar Hill Records
Kit and the Branded Men	Everyday, Everynight	Mean Old City	self
Raul Malo	Sinners And Saints	Sinners & Saints	concord music group
Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women	California’s Burning	Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women	Yep Roc
The Mavericks	Hot Burrito #1	Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons	Almo
John Doe	Little Tiger	Keeper	Yep Roc
RJ Jones	Ozark Mountain Lullaby	Self	Rio Nuevo Entertainment
Rosie Flores	Chauffeur	Girl Of The Century	Bloodshot
Guilbeau & Parsons	Sweet Sugar Blues	Louisiana Rain	Ace Records
Ruby Dee and The Snake Handlers	Make It Last	North of Bakersfield	Dionysus