June 2006 Archives

New Music:
The Bottle Rockets - Zoysia
Sam Bush - Laps in Seven
Drag the River - It's Crazy
Pete Seeger - American Favorite Ballads Vol. 4
Various Artists: Classic Labor Songs

The Twang:
Fly-Rite Boys - Straight 8 Boogie - Big Sandy Presents... (Hightone)
Jim Reeves - Welcome to My World
Hank Thompson - Simple Simon - Hank World (Bloodshot)
Big Sandy - Tequila Calling - Night Tide (Hightone)
The Stumbleweeds - The Trouble with Girls - Evil on Your Mind (Spinout)*
Old 97s - Doreen - Hit By a Train (Rhino)*
Merle Jagger - Ranch Party - Rancho Los Angeles (LPJ)*
The Bottle Rockets - Where I'm From - Zoysia (Bloodshot)*
Drag the River - dirty lips - It's Crazy (Suburban Home)*
Supersuckers - Alabama, Louisiana or Maybe Tennessee - Live at the Tractor Tavern (mid-fi)
Shooter Jennings - Little White Lines - Electric Rodeo (Universal)*
Reverend Horton Heat - Bales of Cocaine - Full Custom Gospel (SubPop)
Rose's Pawn Shop - Lone Rider - The Arsonist (self)*
Rhonda Vincent - Heartbreaker's Alibi - All American Bluegrass Girl (Rounder)*
Dolly Parton - I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby - Little Sparrow (Sugar Hill)
The Derailers - Soldier of Love - Soldier of Love (Palo Duro)*
James Intveld - Love Calls - Down the Road (Molenaart)
Fred Eaglesmith - 18 Wheels - Milly's Cafe (Bluewater)*
The Handsome Family - Your Great Journey - Last Days Of Wonder (Carrot Top)*
Tim Easton - I Wish You Well - Ammunition (New West)*
Red Devils - Tearin' My Hair Out - L.A. Rockabilly (Rhino)
Dave Alvin & the Red Devils - Lafayette - L.A. Rockabilly (Rhino)
Chicken Coupe DeVille - Hog Wild
Wanda Jackson - Let's Have a Party - Wanda Jackson (Capitol)
Haywoods - You Burn Me Up - Drinkin', Cryin' and Moanin' (Wormtone)
Ronnie Dawson - Toe Up from the Flo Up - More Bad Habits (YepRoc)
Roy Orbison - Go! Go! Go! - The Essential ... (Legacy)*
Miss Lauren Marie -
Trailer Bride - Wildness - Smelling Salts (Bloodshot)
Flametrick Subs - Haunted House - Voodoo Doo (Texas Lizard)

New Music:
Fred Eaglesmith - Milly's Cafe
Tim Easton - Ammunition (New West)
Dave Knudsen - The Weeping City (Boronda)
Various: Classic African-American Ballads (Smithsonian)
Various: Masters of Old-Time Country Autoharp (Smithsonian)

The Twang:
VA: Old Time Country Autoharp
Jim Reeves - Welcome to My World
Ernest Tubb - Slippin' Around
Cornell Hurd - We're Not Married Anymore - Texas By Night (Behemoth)*
Hank McCoy & the Dead Ringers - Big Old Heartache - Still Feeling Blue
Red Meat - Deep Water - 13 (Ranchero)
Merle Jagger - Trash Tornado - Rancho Los Angeles (LPJ)*
Fred Eaglesmith - Mrs. Hank Williams - Milly's Cafe*
Tim Easton - Back to the Pain - Ammunition (New West)*
Charlie Musselwhite - Church Is Out - Delta Hardware (Realworld)*
Rose's Pawn Shop - Blood Running Rivers - The Arsonist*
The Handsome Family - All the Time in Airports - Last Days of Wonder (Carrot Top)*
The Wilders - Belshazzar - Throw Down (Rural Grit)*
Rhonda Vincent - Don't Act - All-American Bluegrass Girl (Rounder)*
Del McCoury - Don't Put Off Until Tomorrow - The Promised Land (McCoury)*
Yonder Mountain String Band - Midwest Gospel Radio (instrumental)(Vanguard)*
Johnny Cash - Unclouded Day - VA: Voice of the Spirit (Dualtone)*
Caitlan Cary & Ryan Adams - The Battle - VA: No Depression Vol. 2 (Dualtone)*
Pinmonkey - Coldest Fire in Town - Big Shiny Cars (Back Porch)*
The Derailers - The One Before Me - Soldiers of Love (Palo Duro)*
Tom T. Hall - I Love ...
Shooter Jennings - Manifesto No. 2 - Electric Rodeo (Universal)*
Red Meat - I'm No Stranger - 13 (Ranchero)
The Stumbleweeds - Hard Times Ahead - Evil On Your Mind (Spinout)*
Miss Lauren Marie - Please Take a Picture - Introducing... (Texas Jamboree)*
Roy Orbison - Mean Woman Blues - The Essential (Legacy)*
Glen Glenn - One Cup of Coffee and a Cigarette - Glen Rocks (Bear)*
Deke Dickerson - Knoxville Boogie - 3-Dimensions (Major Label)
Big Sandy - You Say You Don't (But You Do) - Swingin' West (Hightone)
The Belew Twins - Rockin' Bones - VA: The Big D Live (Dragon Street)
Flametrick Subs - What Makes a Good Girl Go Bad? - Something in Japanese
The Blue Chieftains - Punk Rockin' Honky Tonk Girl
Merle Jagger - Ranch Party - Rancho Los Angeles (LPJ)*
Claire Lynch - Train Long Gone - New Day (Rounder)*
The Tallboys - Cumberland Gap - Yeah Buddy*
The Little Willies - Roly Poly (Milking Bull)*

Thanks to Jeff Cope for sitting in while I was in Las Vegas with my mom! Jeff played a nice blend of early honky tonk tunes and his own contemporary favorites. A damn fine show if I do say so myself! Check out Jeff's blend of high energy rock and roll every Wednesday from Wednesday from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. on Punk Becomes Eclectic.

The Twang:
1. LINK WRAY - RAW-HIDE
2. JUNIOR BROWN - HIGHWAY PATROL
3. DALE WATSON - I DON'T FEEL TOO LUCKY TODAY
4. GEORGE JONES - SHE THINKS I STILL CARE
5. TAMMY WYNETTE - APARTMENT #9
6. TAMMY WYNETTE - STAND BY YOUR MAN
7. LORETTA LYNN - VAN LEAR ROSE
8. PATSY CLINE - TENNESSEE WALTZ
9. PATSY CLINE - BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY
10. WANDA JACKSON - IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE
11. CHRIS GAFFNEY - COWBOYS TO GIRLS
12. SHIVAREE - BOSSA NOVA
13. THE BASTARD SONS OF JOHNNY CASH - MARFA LIGHTS
14. DWIGHT YOAKAM - STREETS OF BAKERSFIELD
15. BUCK OWENS - TOGETHER AGAIN
16. MARTY ROBBINS - BIG IRON
17. MARTY ROBBINS - EL PASO
18. JOHNNY PAYCHECK - FIFTEEN BEERS
19. JOHNNY PAYCHECK - COLORADO COOL-AID
20. WAYLON & WILLIE - GOOD HEARTED WOMAN
21. THE HIGHWAYMEN - THE ROAD GOES ON FOREVER
22. WAYNE HANCOCK - GOING BACK TO TEXAS
23. BR5-49 - HONKY TONK SONG
24. EARLIMART - THE HIDDEN SONG
25. THE SUPERSUCKERS - MEAN-EYED CAT
26. THE JUNKYARD DOGS - BREAKIN' THE LAW
27. EDDIE SPAGHETTI - HEY SEXY
28. THE SUPERSUCKERS - EAST BOUND AND DOWN (REQUEST)
29. CHARLEY HORSE - EASTBOUND AND DOWN (REQUEST)
30. SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS - TOO MUCH PORK....
31. THE FLAMETRICK SUBS - URANIUM ROCK
32. HANK III - STRAIGHT TO HELL

New Music:
Casey Driessen - 3D
The Handsome Family -
Kris Kristofferson - This Old Road
Rhonda Vincent - All American Bluegrass Girl
Yonder Mountain String Band

The Twang:Fly-Rite Boys - Straight-8 Boogie - Big Sandy Presents... (Hightone)
The Lucky Stars - Stay Out Late - Stay Out Late (Fate)
The Lucky Stars - White Lie Blues - Hollywood and Western (Ipecac)
Dave Stuckey - Wake Up Babe - Get a Load of This (HMG)
Pee Wee King - Ramblin' Blues - Country Hoedown (Bloodshot Soundies)
Sons of the Pioneers - South in My Soul - Symphonies of the Sage (Soudies)
Stumbleweeds - Saving My Love - Evil on Your Mind (Spinout)*
The Derailers - Cold Beer, Hot Women & Cool Country Music - Soldiers of Love (Palo Duro)*
Dale Watson - Sit and Drink and Cry - Whiskey or God (Palo Duro)*
The Wilders - Honky Tonk Habit - Throw Down (Rural Grit)*
Little Willies - Roly Poly (Milking Bull)*
Merle Jagger - Hillbilly No. 9 - Rancho Los Angeles (LPJ)*
Rhonda Vincent - All American Bluegrass Girl (Rounder)*
Casey Driessen - Snowflake Reel (Sugar Hill)*
Yonder Mountain String Band - Troubled Mind (Vanguard)*
Patty Loveless - Sounds of Loneliness - VA: No Depression (Dualtone)*
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (Anti)*
The Handsome Family - After We Shot the Grizzly (Carrot Top)*

**INTERVIEW WITH MARK CHRISTIAN FROM MERLE JAGGER**
Merle Jagger - Trash Tornado - Rancho Los Angeles (LPJ)*