Show #179 – Random Show

Going into tonight without a set plan.  Yes, Guy Clark recently passed away and we could have done a bit to commemorate his music, but honestly, neither of us are very familiar with Mr. Clark.  After his death, we did find out that he was really a songwriter’s songwriter.  One of the songwriters who other songwriters hold in high esteem.  He wasn’t really involved with the Bakersfield Sound, but, was separated by probably one or two degrees.  Maybe we’ll learn more about him and get into his music at some future show.

What we did do was play a set of music chosen at random by a computer based on past playlists because, well, we both have been pretty dang busy with our day jobs.  We thought it was a good show.  We dug the music.  Hope y’all did too.

Artist	Cut	Album	Label
Tim Hus	Bakersfield Music	Bushpilot Buckaroo	Stony Plain Records
77 El Deora	My Old Address Book	Sirens	Western Independent Recordings
Lefty Frizzell	You Want Everything But Me	Look What Thoughts Will Do	Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Speedy West	Speedin’ West	Speedy West (feat. Jimmy Bryant): There’s Gonna Be a Party…	Jasmine Records
Mekons	Chivalry	Fear and Whiskey	Quarterstick Records
Bobby Bare	Drop Kick Me Jesus	20 Greatest Hits	Gusto Records
Glen Campbell	Wichita Lineman	Glen Campbell: See You There	Surfdog
Glenn Hansard and Marketa Irglova	I’m Not There	I’M Not There	Columbia
Vince Gill & Paul Franklin	Branded Man	Bakersfield	MCA Nashville
Red Meat	Kiss the Children	Live At The World’s Smallest Honky Tonk	Ranchero Records
Jessi Colter and Waylon Jennings	Suspicious Minds	Wanted! Outlaws	BMG Entertainment
Doyle Holly	Sam’s Place	Together Again	OMS Records
Tommy Collins	Whatcha Gonna Do Now	The Best of Tommy Collins	Curb Records
Lefty Fizzell	Always Late (With Your Kisses)	25 No.1 Country Hits (1951-1953) Vol. 3	Nostalga Records
The Knitters	Someone Like You	Poor Little Critter on the Road	Rhino/Slash
Dwight Yoakam	Understand Your Man	Kindred Spirits – A Tribute to the Songs of Johnny Cash	Luck Dog
Merle Haggard	Sing Me Back Home	Best of Merle Haggard	EMI
Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash	If I Were A Carpenter	The Essential Johnny Cash	Columbia
Gary Stewart	Honky Tonkin	Gary Stewart: The Essential	RLG
Son Volt	Drown	Trace	Warner Bros.
John Doe & The Sadies	’til I Get It Right	Country Club	Yep Roc Records
Eagles	Take It Easy	Greatest Hits	Elektra Records
Shelby Lynne	I walk the Line	Cash Covered	MOJO
Don Rich	White Lightning	Don Rich Sings George Jones	Omnivore Recordings
Merle Haggard	Kern River Blues	Single	Hagg Records LLC
Blackie Farrell	Jim Donny’s Gold	Cold Country Blues	Drifter Music
John Doe	Go Baby Go	The Westerner	Cool Rock Records
John Doe	Alone in Arizona	The Westerner	Cool Rock Records
The Beat Farmers	Powderfinger	Tales of the New West	Rhino
Ruby Dee and The Snake Handlers	Make it Last	North of Bakersfield	Dionysus

Show #178 – Fire In Ft. McMurray

We start off every show with Canadian artist Tim Hus’ song “Bakersfield Music.”  The opening lines are:

Sittin’ in a bar in Ft. McMurray
Buck, and Merle, and me
The music on the jukebox
Brings us to Bakersfield
For every round there’s another town
And a barroom crowd somewhere
We’re all wishin’ we were long gone
And they’re wishin’ they were here

When I first heard of the devastating wildfires in Canada earlier this week, and more specifically, in Ft. McMurray, I felt a bit of the pain.  After 178 Bakersfield & Beyond shows and hearing that song, it felt like we had been sitting in a bar in Ft. McMurray too.  It’s part of us after seven years.  So, tonight’s show featured Canadian musicians, songs by Canadian songwriters, bands from Canada, you get the idea.  We wanted to celebrate Canada and express our sympathies with those who are displaced from the fires in Ft. McMurray.  This show was for y’all.

Artist	Cut	Album	Label
Tim Hus	Bakersfield Music	Bushpilot Buckaroo	Stony Plain Records
Neil Young	Southern Man	After The Gold Rush	Reprise
Janis Martin	I Don’t Hurt Anymore	The Female Elvis – Complete Recordings 1956-60	Bear Family Records GmbH
Tom Phillips & The Men of Constant Sorrow	Play Hank Williams ‘Till I Die	Downtown Cowboy	Independent
k.d. Lang	Luck In My Eyes	Absolute Torch and Twang	Sire
The Band	The Night They Drove Ol’ Dixie Down	The Best of the Band	Capitol
Lindi Ortega	Cigarettes & Truckstops	Cigarettes & Truckstops	Last Gang
Tim Hus	Cattlerack Cadillac	Bush Pilot Buckaroo	Stony Plain Records
The Deep Dark Woods	Back Alley Blues	The Place I Left Behind	SUGAR HILL
Johnny Cash duet with Waylon Jennings	I’m Movin’ On	Out Among The Stars	Sony Music Entertainment
The Sadies	Another Year Again	Darker Circles	Yep Roc
Cowboy Junkies	I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry	The Trinity Sessions	RCA
Luther Wright & The Wrongs	Comfortably Numb	Rebuild the Wall	Snakeye Muzak
Neko Case	If You Knew	The Tigers Have Spoken	Anti/Epitaph
Neko Case	Soulful Shade of Blue	The Tigers Have Spoken	Anti/Epitaph
Reggae Cowboys	Reggae Rodeo	Stone Ranger	Tumbleweed Records
Gordon Lightfoot	Early Morning Rain	The United Artists Collection	Capitol Records
The Guess Who	American Woman	Greatest Hits	RCA Records Label
Johnny Cash	I’ve Been Everywhere	Unchained	American Recordings
K.d. Lang	Honky Tonk Angels Medley	Shadowland	Sire
Neil Young	From Hank to Hendrix	Harvest Moon	Reprise
John Doe & The Sadies	(Now And Then) There’s A Fool Such As I	Country Club	Yep Roc Records
The Knitters	Born To Be Wild	The Modern Sounds of The Knitters	Universal Music
Dwight Yoakam (with k.d. lang)	Sin City	Just Lookin’ For A Hit	Warner
Rush	Closer To The Heart	A Farewell to Kings	Island Def Jam
Ruby Dee & The Snakehandlers	Make it Last	North of Bakersfield	Dionysus