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"Close Up The Honky Tonks" with mark (archive)

WXDU's rotating-host weekly Americana show!
Saturday, November 1, 2014 | 12:00 to 14:00 | Specialty
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Artist Song Album Label Comments
Buck Owens Close Up The Honky Tonks Together Again/My Heart Skips A Beat Capitol
Link Wray Slow Drag Big City After Dark - Missing Links Vol. 2 Norton (talkset music) http://www.discogs.com/Link-Wray-Missing-Links-Vol-2-Big-City-After-Dark/release/929594
The Byrds Lazy Days [alt. version] Sweetheart of the Rodeo Columbia/Legacy 1967. http://www.discogs.com/Byrds-Sweetheart-Of-The-Rodeo/master/29947
Flying Burrito Brothers Hippie Boy The Gilded Palace of Sin A&M 1969. http://www.discogs.com/Flying-Burrito-Bros-The-Gilded-Place-Of-Sin/master/12299
David Alan Coe Longhaired Redneck The Essential David Alan Coe Columbia/Legacy 1976. http://www.discogs.com/David-Allan-Coe-Longhaired-Redneck/release/2133727
Mac Davis Lucas Was A Redneck (VA) Country Funk 1969-1975 Light In The Attic 1974. http://www.discogs.com/Various-Country-Funk-1969-1975/master/638546
Johnny Russell Rednecks, White Socks, & Blue Ribbon Beer Rednecks, White Socks, & Blue Ribbon Beer RCA 1973. http://www.discogs.com/Johnny-Russell-Rednecks-White-Socks-And-Blue-Ribbon-Beer/master/287998
Eugene Chadbourne & Evan Johns Redneck Jazz Terror Has Some Strange Kinfolk Alternative Tentacles 1992. http://www.discogs.com/Eugene-Chadbourne--Evan-Johns-Terror-Has-Some-Strange-Kinfolk/master/60831
Sir Doug & The Texas Tornados You Can't Hide A Redneck (Under That Hippy Hair) Texas Rock for Country Rollers Edsel 1976. http://www.discogs.com/Sir-Doug-The-Texas-Tornados-Texas-Rock-For-Country-Rollers/release/490910
Jerry Miller Round 'Em Up New Road Under My Wheels Signature Sounds (talkset music)
Lee Hazlewood Hey Cowboy Cowboy In Sweden LHI 1970. It's either Nina Lizell or Suzi Jane Hokom singin' along w/Lee. http://www.discogs.com/Lee-Hazlewood-Cowboy-In-Sweden/master/100428
Tammy Wynette Forever Yours Stand By Your Man Epic 1969. http://www.discogs.com/Tammy-Wynette-Stand-By-Your-Man/master/369824
Loretta Lynn Before The Next Teardrop Falls Home MCA 1975. http://www.discogs.com/Loretta-Lynn-Home/master/320030
Kelly Hogan & The Pine Valley Cosmonauts Wild Mountain Berries Beneath The Country Underdog Bloodshot 2000. Covering Loretta & Conway! http://www.discogs.com/Kelly-Hogan-Pine-Valley-Cosmonauts-Beneath-The-Country-Underdog/release/1944615
The Pine Valley Cosmonauts w/ The Meat Purveyors John Hardy The Executioner's Last Songs Vol. 2 & 3 Bloodshot
Neko Case No Need To Cry Furnace Room Lullaby Bloodshot/Mint 2000. Still my favorite Neko album. http://www.discogs.com/Neko-Case-Her-Boyfriends-Furnace-Room-Lullaby/master/33153
Link Wray Vendetta Hillbilly Wolf - Missing Links vol. 1 Norton (talkset music)
Pine State There Stands The Glass Pine State's Mellow Madness / Rollin' With The Low Rollers Hollow Bunny rec. in 1995 by WXDU's own Ross Grady, at WKNC back then.
- old Falstaff beer ad - - -
Hugh Bob & The Hustle This Bar Is A Prison Hugh Bob & The Hustle self-released 2013. from No. Wisc. http://www.hughbobandthehustle.com/albums/index.html
T. Tex Edwards & Out On Parole The Rubber Room Pardon Me, I've Got Someone To Kill SFTRI 1989. Channeling Porter Wagoner. http://www.discogs.com/Tex-Edwards-Out-On-Parole-Pardon-Me-Ive-Got-Someone-To-Kill/master/326186
D.O.A. Folsom Prison Blues Punk Rock Singles 1978-99 Sudden Death Johnny Cash song, of course. http://www.discogs.com/DOA-Punk-Rock-Singles-1978-99/master/327177
Range Rats Prison Train Range Rats Mississippi Fred 'n' Toody of Dead Moon, back in 1985. http://www.discogs.com/Range-Rats-Range-Rats/release/2279087
Link Wray The Outlaw Big City After Dark - Missing Links Vol. 2 Norton (talkset music)
Merle Haggard Life In Prison Prison Capitol comp of Merle's prison songs.
Marty Stuart & Loretta Lynn Will You Visit Me On Sundays Compadres: An Anthology of Duets Superlatone 2007. http://www.discogs.com/Marty-Stuart-Compadres-An-Anthology-Of-Duets/release/3443876
Jack Rose w/ D. Charles Speer & The Helix Prison Song Ragged and Right Thrill Jockey 2010. Song by Link Wray's brother, Vernon. http://www.thrilljockey.com/thrill/Jack-Rose-With-D-Charles-Speer-and-The-Helix/Ragged-and-Right#.VFUVQd6tpaE
Tom T. Hall A Week In A Country Jail Storyteller, Poet, Philosopher Mercury Nashville excellent box set.
Webb Pierce Tupelo County Jail King of the Honky-Tonk Country Music Foundation 1958. http://www.discogs.com/Webb-Pierce-King-Of-The-Honky-Tonk-From-The-Original-Decca-Masters-1952-1959/release/1657777
Merle Haggard Branded Man Prison Capitol
Davy Miller Jailhouse Rag (VA) Imaginational Anthem vol.6: Origins of American Primitive Guitar Tompkins Square (talkset music)
Lyle Lovett In My Own Mind My Baby Don't Tolerate Lost Highway 2003. Happy Birthday to Lyle Lovett. 57 today! http://www.discogs.com/Lyle-Lovett-My-Baby-Dont-Tolerate/master/411645
Lyle Lovett Give Back My Heart Pontiac Curb 1987. http://www.discogs.com/Lyle-Lovett-Pontiac/master/75657
Lyle Lovett & His Large Band Don't Cry A Tear It's Not Big It's Large Lost Highway 2007. http://www.discogs.com/Lyle-Lovett-Its-Not-Big-Its-Large/master/715030
Robbie Fulks Snake Chapman's Tune Gone Away Backward Bloodshot (talkset music)
David Childers & The Modern Don Juans Bottom Of My Bottle Jailhouse Religion Little King 2006. Excellent singer & writer & performer from Mt. Holly, NC. http://www.discogs.com/David-Childers-And-The-Modern-Don-Juans-Jailhouse-Religion/release/3313075
David Childers & The Modern Don Juans Room 23 Culpepper Virginia Room #23 Silver Meteor/Ramseur 2005. www.davidchilders.com
Johnny Cash Further On Up The Road American V: A Hundred Highways American/Lost Highway http://www.discogs.com/Johnny-Cash-American-V-A-Hundred-Highways/master/27807