You’d be surprised how well a cowboy hat fits a mop top. All 10 gallons are required. Your pardners at Balcony Radio are known to be fond of two things: Country music and The Beatles. For episode 18 of High Tea with The Beatles, we bring you the best of both worlds. Pull up some room on the hay bale, we’ve got a couple dozen twangy versions of Beatles tunes done by Nashville’s finest.
LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS: BILL EVANS (IN GOOD COMPANY)
HELP!: DOLLY PARTON (GREAT BALLS OF FIRE)
LADY MADONNA: BUCK OWENS (THE WARNER BROS. RECORDINGS)
I’M LOOKING THROUGH YOU: STEVE EARLE (TRAIN A COMIN’)
I DON’T WANT TO SPOIL THE PARTY: ROSANNE CASH (HITS 1979-1989)
PAPERBACK WRITER: THE CHARLES RIVER VALLEY BOYS (BEATLE COUNTRY)
THINGS WE SAID TODAY: DWIGHT YOAKEM (LA CROIX D’AMOUR)
I’M A LOSER: DOUG KERSHAW (FLIP, FLOP AND FLY)
COME TOGETHER: DELBERT MCCLINTON (THE GREAT SONGS/COME TOGETHER)
HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE: EMMYLOU HARRIS (ELITE HOTEL)
LET IT BE: JOHN DENVER (POEMS, PRAYER AND PROMISES)
YOU’VE GOT TO HIDE YOUR LOVE AWAY: WAYLON JENNINGS (LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE)
NORWEGIAN WOOD (THIS BIRD HAS FLOWN): HANK WILLIAMS, JR (HIGH NOTES)
YOU WON’T SEE ME: ANNE MURRAY (A LOVE SONG)
CAN’T BUY ME LOVE: CHET ATKINS (PICK ON THE BEATLES)
I FEEL FINE: SWEETHEARTS OF THE RODEO (ONE TIME, ONE NIGHT)
IF I FELL: SAMMY KERSHAW (COVERS THE HITS)
EIGHT DAYS A WEEK: LONNIE MORGAN (LEAVE THE LIGHT ON)
SOMETHING: WILLIE NELSON (PARTNERS)
THE FOOL ON THE HILL: BOBBIE GENTRY (LOCAL GENTRY)
CHILD OF NATURE: MASON JENNINGS (MINNESOTA BEATLE PROJECT, VOL. 2)
I’V JUST SEEN A FACE: THE DILLARDS (RHINO HI-FIVE)
DON’T LET ME DOWN: DILLARD & CLARK (THROUGH THE MORNING, THROUGH THE NIGHT)
WHAT GOES ON: NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND (UNCLE CHARLIE AND HIS DOG TEDDY)
BABY’S IN BLACK: TRAMPLES BY TURTLES (MINNESOTA BEATLE PROJECT, VOL, 4)
I WILL: ALISON KRAUSS (NOW THAT I’VE FOUND YOU: A COLLECTION)
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