“We like punk rock and country.”

Last week an interview we did with “Bakersfield Life” came out on line and soon after we got a few messages from Bakersfield folks.  One from Jerry D. Hobbs came with the offer of a CD of his music.  Thanks, Jerry.  We got it and played a track tonight.  We dug it.  We also got a message here on the blog that said simply “Slim the Drifter lived here in Bakersfield. He lived hard and fast, but he had a big heart.”  This was followed by an mp3 of his cover of “Streets of Bakersfield.”  In one of the youtube clips below, Slim the Drifter says “we like punk rock and country.”  That could be summed up in many ways.  Bakersfield country is the punk rock to Nashville’s countrypolitan.  Thanks for turning us on to Slim the Drifter, his music, and his life that ended too young.

And it was Johnny Cash’s birthday yesterday.  Happy birthday, John R. Cash.

Artist	Cut	Album	Label
Tim Hus	Bakersfield Music	Bushpilot Buckaroo	Stony Plain Records
Blake Berglund	Oceanman	Coyote	Oceanman Records
RJ Jones	Ozark Mountain Lullaby	self	Self Produced
Jerry D. Hobbs	Until Freezes Over, I’ll Still Be Loving You	Bakersfield A”Workin” Man’s Country”	JDH Records
Soulajar	Love’s a Funny Thing	Love’s a Funny Thing – Single	Aum Studio Music
Junior Brown	Hang Up And Drive	Volume Ten	JRB
Hank III	Wreck of the Old ’97	Dressed In Black – A Tribute to Johnny Cash	Dualtone
Robbie Fulks	Cry, Cry, Cry	Dressed In Black – A Tribute to Johnny Cash	Dualtone
Johnny Cash	I Hung My Head	cash vol II	Universal
Vince Gill & Paul Franklin	Branded Man	Bakersfield	MCA Nashville
Suzy Bogguss	Today I Started Loving You Again	Lucky	Loyal Dutchess Records
Buck Owens	Open Up Your Heart	Buck Owens: 21 #1 Hits: The Ultimate Collection	Rhino
Buck Owens	Where Does the Good Times Go	Buck Owens: 21 #1 Hits: The Ultimate Collection	Rhino
Buck Owens	Sam’s Place	Buck Owens: 21 #1 Hits: The Ultimate Collection	Rhino
Tom Russell	Bakersfield	Hotwalker	Red Music
Slim The Drifter	Streets of Bakersfield	Single	Self
Social Distortion	Bakersfield	Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes	Epitaph
The Jazz Butcher	Bakersfield	The Jazz Butcher’s Free Lunch	Rev-Ola
Merle Haggard	A Bar In Bakersfield	Merle Haggard: Best of the 90’s, Vol. Two	Curb
Fat Kat and the Von Zippers	Birth of Bakersfield	That Bakerbilly Sound	Self
Son Volt	Bakersfield	Honky Tonk	Rounder
Neko Case	I’m From Nowhere	The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You	Anti Records
Lydia Loveless	Wine Lips	Somewhere Else	Bloodshot Records
Wanda Jackson	You Know I’m No Good	The Party Ain’t Over	Nonesuch
Cindylee Berryhill	Bars, Booze, and Boysclubs	Beloved Stranger	Populuxe Records
David Luning	Whiskey Bottle	Just Drop On By	David Luning
Ruby Dee & The Snakehandlers	Make It Last	North of Bakersfield	Dionysus

Day Before Valentine’s Day

Day before Valentine’s Day and nary a love song in the bunch.  But then aren’t all country songs love songs – I love my dog, I love my truck, I love my country.  Yep.  We started off with a few songs about rain since we finally had ourselves a gully washer that broke a very long dry spell.  In 3 days we had more rain than all of last year.  We’re feeling mighty refreshed and hope we played some fresh songs for y’all.

And a big happy birthday to J.P. Harris of J.P. Harris & The Tough Choices today!

Artist	Cut	Album	Label
Tim Hus	Bakersfield Music	Bushpilot Buckaroo	Stony Plain Records
Buck Owens	The Bridge Washed Out	Honky Tonk Man, Buck Sings Country Classics	Omnivore Records
77 El Deora	Rain	The Crown & The Crow’s Confession	Western Independent Recordings
77 El Deora	Get Up	The Crown & The Crow’s Confession	Western Independent Recordings
Dwight Yoakam	If Teardrops Were Diamonds (with Willie Nelson)	21st Century Hits: Best of 2000-2012	New West Records
Wanda Jackson	Let Me Explain	Wanda Jackson, The Best of the Classic Capitol Singles	Omnivore Records
Don Rich	White Lightning	Don Rich Sings George Jones	Omnivore Recordings
Tom Armstrong	This Honky Tonkin’ Life	Wine Stained Heart	Carswell
Lone Justice	Vigilante	This Is Lone Justice: The Vaught Tapes, 1983	Omnivore Records
Lone Justice	Working Man’s Blues	This Is Lone Justice: The Vaught Tapes, 1983	Omnivore Records
Tony Joe White	Holed Up	Hoodoo	Yep Roc Records
Jim Lauderdale	Honky Tonk Mood Again	Country Super Hits Vol. 1	Yep Roc Records
The International Submarine Band	Blue Eyes	Safe At Home	Sundazed
Merle Haggard	I’m Gonna Break Every Heart	Merle Haggard, The Complete 60s Capitol Singles	Omnivore Recordings
Mike Beck	Rock & Roll Cowgirl	Mike Beck and The Bohemian Saint	Reata Records
Tim Hus	Church of Country Music	Western Star	Stony Plain Records
George Jones	The Race Is On	George Jones, The Complete United Artist Solo Singles	Omnivore Recordings
Tin Star	American Summer	Somebody’s Dreams	Tin Star
Suzy Bogguss	I Think I’ll Just Stay Here and Drink	Lucky	Loyal Dutchess Records
Suzy Bogguss	Sing Me Back Home	Lucky	Loyal Dutchess Records
JP Harris and the Tough Choices	Two For The Road	I’ll Keep Calling	Cow Island Music
JP Harris and the Tough Choices	Badly Bent	I’ll Keep Calling	Cow Island Music
Don Rich	Buckersfield Breakdown	That Fiddlin’ Man	Omnivore Recordings
Buck Owens	Sweethearts In Heaven	Buck Em! The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967)	Omnivore Records
The Knitters	Poor Little Critter On the Road	Poor Little Critter on the Road	Rhino/Slash
Blake Berglund	High Water or Hell	Coyote	Oceanman Records
Gary Stewart	Stone Wall (Around Your Heart)	The Essential Gary Stewart	RCA
Johnny Paycheck	A11	This Is Country Music	Delta
Gene Clark	White Light	Gene Clark, Here Tonight, The White Light Demos	Omnivore Records
Red Meat	Midwest Blues	Alameda County Line	Ranchero Records
Ruby Dee & The Snakehandlers	Make It Last	North Of Bakersfield	Dionysus Records