Blue Highway

Music historian Greil Marcus called music of the 19th and early 20th century songs of “the old, weird America.” Your friends at Balcony Radio are starting this new Season 18 of programs finding tunes from the new, weird America. Welcome to the Blue Highway EP 18, our show dedicated to all the dusty roads of Country music. This time out, we hit up all the hollers, truck stops, trailer parks, and Wal-Mart parking lots of ‘Merica for some the best artists Nashville just don’t get.

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PLAYLIST:
WORKIN’ FOR SOMEBODY ELSE: THE BROTHERS COMATOSE
FEATHERED INDIANS: TYLER CHILDERS
TOO OLD TO DREAM: NICK SHOULDERS
THE BALLAD OF SISSY AND PORTER: THE WHITMORE SISTERS
SLEEPING ON THE BLACKTOP: COLTER WALL
DUST IN A BAGGIE: BILLY STRINGS
SEND THE SUN: NIKKI LANE
AND IT’S STILL ALRIGHT: DANIEL RATELIFF
CATTAILS: BIG THIEF
DUMP ROAD YODEL: THE LEGENDARY SHACK SHAKERS
ALL AROUND YOU: STURGILL SIMPSON
EMPTY CUPS: AMANDA SHIRES (FEAT. MAREN MORRIS)
LETTING ME DOWN: MARGO PRICE
ONLY CHILDREN: JASON ISBELL
SILVER DOLLAR: SIERRA FERRELL
WHAT THE ROCKS DON’T KNOW: WILLI CARLISLE
THE LAST PHARAOH: DAVE RAWLINGS MACHINE
FAR AWAY SKIES: DEAN JOHNSON
BIG TIME: ANGEL OLSEN
TIME TO SWITCH TO WHISKEY: CORB LUND
IT’S SO HARD TO HOLD ON: TRAMPLED BY TURTLES

Howdy, howdy, cowgirls and cowpokes! BalconyRadio is back for its 17th season!! Light ’em up, pour some drinks and snort whatever you got, BalconyRadio is ready to ride shotgun down the dusty paths of Americana. This time out on episode 17 of Blue Highway, we’re featuring the best and brightest of neo-traditional Country and Western music. Foot stompers, high lonesome twang, ladies done with your ass . . . the faces and voices are new, but the topics are old as rhinestone and nudie suits. Those new voices and faces also have plenty of merch to purch as evidenced by the play list below.

PLAYLIST:
HUNTER HICKS: HOUSE NEXT DOOR (DEAD BIRDS)
TYLER CHILDERS DEADMAN’S CURVE (LIVE ON RED BARN RADIO)
THE HIGHWOMEN: LOOSE CHANGE (SELF)
NICK SHOULDERS: SNAKES AND WATERFALLS (LONELY LIKE ME)
COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS: IT MUST BE SOMEONE ELSE’S FAULT (OLD FLOWERS)
STURGILL SIMPSON: YOU CAN HAVE THE CROWN (HIGH TOP MOUNTAIN)
SIERRA FERRELL: THE SEA (LONG TIME COMING)
THE LOSTINES: PLAYING THE FOOL (MASHED POTATO RECORDS VOL 1)
COLTER WALL: MOTORCYCLE (SELF)
MARGO PRICE: GONE TO STAY (THAT’S HOW RUMORS GET STARTED)
VINCENT NEIL EMERSON: 25 AND WASTIN’ TIME (FRIED CHICKEN AND EVIL WOMEN)
HANNAH JUANITA: TIME TO SAY GOODBYE (HARDLINER)
RIDDY ARMAN: TOO LATE TO WRITE A LOVE SONG (TITLE)
KASSI VELAZZA: VERDE RIVER (DEAR DEAD DAYS)
SHAWN HESS: TEARDROP ON THE FLOOR (WORLD AWAY)
ESTHER ROSS: WHEN YOU GO (HOW MANY TEARS)
SPLIT MY TOOTH: JADE BRODIE (TITLE)
WILLI CARLISLE: CHEAP COCAINE (TOO NICE TO MEAN MUCH)
GUS CLARK & THE LEAST OF HIS PROBLEMS: SICK, SOBER AND SORRY (A BIT OF COUNTRY MUSIC)
BELLA WHITE: JUST LIKE LEAVING (TITLE)
THE LOCAL HONEYS: CIGARETTE TREES (LITTLE GIRLS ACTIN’ LIKE MEN)
LUKE BELL: GLORY AND THE GRACE (SELF)
SARAH SHOOK & THE DISARMERS: YEARS

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Time to rev up the ol’ engine for a new season of Balcony Radio. As always, we start by traveling down the dustier roads of Americana with our country music show Blue Highway. Join us for a couple dozen of the best live performances we could find to fit your quarantine music needs. The guitars are tuned, the flannel is buttoned, joints are rolled, the tattoo ink is dry . . . get ready for the real music. The music for today’s show comes courtesy of YouTube. Check out the playlist below to search them out and purchase the products of these great artists at your local retailer.

PLAYLIST:
TYLER CHILDERS: COUNTRY SQUIRE
MAREN MORRIS: A SONG FOR EVERYTHING
JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT: CUMBERLAND GAP
RL BURNSIDE: SEE MY JUMPER HANGING ON THE LINE
NANCY GRIFFITH: LISTEN TO THE RADIO
PISTOL ANNIES: GOT MY NAME CHANGED BACK
STEVE EARLE & RODNEY CROWELL: STAY A LITTLE LONGER
SISTER ROSETTA THARPE: DIDN’T IT RAIN
ROBERT EARL KEEN: FEELIN’ GOOD AGAIN
KACEY MUSGRAVES: MERRY GO ‘ROUND
TOWNES VAN ZANDT: PANCHO & LEFTY
COLTER WALL: 13 SILVER DOLLARS
SIERRA FERREL: ROSEMARY
FRAZEY FORD: SEPTEMBER FIELDS
LEGENDARY SHACK SHAKERS: MUD
ALABAMA SHAKES: HOLD ON
HANK WILLIAMS & ANITA CARTER: I CAN’T HELP IT I’M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU
NIKKI LANE: RIGHT TIME
BRANDI CARLISLE: MURDER IN THE CITY
LITTLE DARLINS: AIN’T AFFRAID
STURGILL SIMPSON: OH SARAH
SARAH SHOOK & THE DISARMERS: YEARS
GARTH BROOKS: FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES

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Brush the cocaine out of your sequined suit, it’s time to celebrate the best country music of the 70s. Balcony Radio is here with episode 15 of Blue Highway, our testament to the dusty avenues and dirt roads of Americana. This time out, we spin the best music of the decade that gave country music a mellow shine. Sunglasses won’t take care of the glare from the glistening rhinestones. You should be able to read the playlist below so you can by a few things from your local music distributor.

PLAYLIST:
CHARLEY PRIDE: KISS AN ANGEL GOOD MORNIN’ (SINGS HEART SONGS)
GEORGE JONES/TAMMY WYNETTE: GOLDEN RING (16 BIGGEST HITS)
CONWAY TWITTY/LORETTA LYNN: AFTER THE FIRE IS GONE (20 GREATEST HITS)
DOLLY PARTON: HERE YOU COME AGAIN (TITLE)
KENNY ROGERS: DAYDREAMS ABOUT NIGHT THINGS (KENNY ROGERS)
RONNIE MILSAP: DAYDREAMS ABOUT NIGHT THINGS (NIGHT THINGS)
EDDIE RABBITT: EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE (NUMBER 1 HITS)
THE BELLAMY BROS: LET YOUR LOVE FLOW (SELF)
CHARLIE RICH: HAVE A HEART (BOSS MAN)
JOHNNY CASH/LYNN ANDERSON: I’VE BEEN EVERYWHERE
WILLIE NELSON: MAMAS DON’T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE CDOWBOYS (GREATEST HITS)
GLEN CAMBELL: RHINESTONE COWBOY (TITLE)
DAVID ALLAN COE: YOU NEVER EVEN CALLED ME BY MY NAME (ONCE UPON A RHYME)
DON WILLIAMS: IT MUST BE LOVE (EXPRESSIONS)
FREDDY FENDER: BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS (TITLE)
CAL SMITH: COUNTRY BUMPKIN (SELF)
MARTY ROBBINS: MY WOMAN, MY WOMAN, MY LIFE (16 GREATEST HITS)
EMMYLOU HARRIS: TWO MORE BOTTLES OF WINE (QUARTER MOON IN A TEN CENT TOWN)
RAY PRICE: FOR THE GOOD TIMES (ESSENTIAL RAY PRICE)
C.W. MCCALL: WOLF CREEK PASS (GREATEST HITS)
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON: WHY MY (JESUS WAS A CAPRICORN)

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Well, howdy there, old friend. It’s time to pitch up around the old internet campfire and listen to a couple dozen bad ass country songs. In episode 14 of Blue Highway, we head back over to the weird side of the family with some of the best alt-country you can shake a bolo tie at. For an accurate impression check out the playlist below and purchase some tunes TODAY!!

PLAYLIST:
THE GOURDS: LOWER 48 (BLOOD OF THE RAM)
ROSE MADDOX: MOVE IT ON OVER (THE ONE ROSE)
LUCERO: SWEET LITTLE THING (TENNESSEE)
DOLLY PARTON/EMMYLOU HARRIS/LINDA RONSTADT: THOSE MEMORIES OF YOU (TRIO)
J.D. WILKES: WALK BETWEEN THE RAINDROPS (FIRE DREAM)
THE KNITTERS: SILVER WINGS (POOR LITTLE CRITTER ON THE ROAD)
THOSE DARLINS: MAMA’S HEART (SELF)
JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT: IF WE WERE VAMPIRES (THE NASHVILLE SOUND)
MARGO PRICE: WEAKNESS (EP)
RANK & FILE: TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER (LAME DUCK)
CHARLENE ARTHUR: BURN THE CANDLE (COWBOY SWING CLASSICS VOL. 2)
TYLER CHILDERS: TATTOOS (PURGATORY)
VIC CHESTNUTT: WHEN THE BOTTOM FELL OUT (AT THE CUT)
HASIL ATKINS: SHE SAID (OUT TO LUNCH)
JOHNNY PAYCHECK: COLORADO COOL-AID (TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT)
DALE WARSON: I LIE WHEN I DRINK (EL RANCHA AZUL)
SARAH SHOOK & THE DISARMERS: KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING (SIDELONG)
JESSICA LEA MAYFIELD: WE’VE NEVER LIED (WITH BLASPHAMY SO HEARTFRELT)
HAYES CARLL: BEAUMONT (TROUBLE IN MIND)
SOUTHER CULTURE ON THE SKIDS: DADDY WAS A PREACHER (PECKIN’ PARTY)
LINK WRAY: FIRE AND BRIMSTONE (SELF)
THE DERAILERS: THE RIGHT PLACE (FULL WESTERN DRESS)
JIM WHITE: PALYING GUITARS (WAFFLES, TRIANGLES AND JESUS)

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Well, howdy there, little shavers. Thanks for mosey-in’ up here to the campfire. We got coffee on the brew and our guitars are tuned to perfection. Time for some Americana. We got tunes covering about the last 60 years. So if you know the tune sing along. If not, well, it’s good to have your company, and your welcome to a plate of beans. If you get a hankerin’ check out the playlist the below and stop by the outpost and patronize our good friends.

PLAYLIST:
NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE: RED HOT WOMEN & ICE COLD BEER (WHO ARE THOSE GUYS?)
JERRY GARCIA & DAVID GRISMAN: FRIEND OF THE DEVIL (LATE SHOW)
LYLE LOVETT: L.A. COUNTY (PONTIAC)
MERLE HAGGARD: WALKING THE FLOOR OVER YOU (STRANGERS)
NEKO CASE: THIS TORNADO LOVE YOU (MIDDLE CYCLONE)
LOUVIN BROS: THERE’S A HIGHER POWER (SATAN IS REAL)
LUCINDA WILLIAMS: CAR WHEELS ON A GRAVEL ROAD (LIVE) (TITLE)
KATE & ANNE MCGARRIGLE: TRAVELIN’ ON FOR JESUS (SELF)
HANK WILLIAMS: I’M A LONG GONE DADDY (COMPLETE HW)
ROBERT EARL KEEN: LUANN (NO KINDA DANGER)
KITTY WELLS: WILL YOUR LAWYER TALK TO GOD? (20TH CENT. MASTERS)
WILLIE NELSON: BLOODY MARY MORNING (PHASES AND STAGES)
LEFTY FRIZZELL: THE LONG BLACK VEIL (16 BIGGEST HITS)
UNCLE TUPELO: ATOMIC POWER (MARCH 16-20, 1992)
BE GOOD TANYAS: THE LITTLEST BIRDS (BLUE HORSE)
JOE ELY: TONIGHT I THINK I’M GONNA GO DOWNTOWN (HONKEY TONK MASQUERADE)
MARSHALL TUCKER BAND: SEARCHIN’ FOR A RAINBOW (TITLE)
KELLY WILLIS: HEAVEN’S JUST A SIN AWAY (KELLY WILLIS)
LORETTA LYNN: THE PILL (DEFINITIVE COLLECTION)
TIFT MERRITT: I AM YOU TAMBORINE (TAMBORINE)
JIMMIE DALE GILMORE: BLUE MOON WALTZ (AFTER AWHILE)
STEVE EARLE: TOME AME’S PRAYER (TRAIN A-COMIN’)
GOB IRON: LITTLE GIRL & A DREADFUL SNAKE (DEATH SONGS FOR THE LIVINFG)
TOWNES VAN ZANT: SNAKE MOUNTAIN BLUES (OUR MOTHER, THE MOUNTAIN)
GILLIAN WELCH: I WANT TO SING THAT ROCK ‘N’ ROLL (NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL 2009)
NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND: WILDWOOD FLOWER (WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN)
JOLIE HOLLAND: ADIEU FALSE HEART (SPRINGTIME CAN KILL YOU)
DOUG SAHM: WALLFLOWER (BEST OF..)
JIMMIE ROGERS: IN THE JAILHOUSE NOW (ESSENTIAL JR)
JOHNNY CASH: MY SHOES KEEP WALKING BACK TO YOU (NOW, THERE WAS A SONG)
THE HIGHWAYMEN: THE DEVIL’S RIGHT HAND (THE ROAD GOES ON FOREVER)
WHITE MANSIONS: ONE MORE SHOT (CONFEDERATE TALES)
DAVE VAN RONK: FIXIN’ TO DIE (INSIDE DVR)

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Our first venture down the dusty roads of Americana, alt-folk and classic country, tumbleweeds and all.
Get some twangy music in your life. It is good for you. (Believe us.). Check out the playlist below and go buy some tunes. You know you want it!

PLAYLIST:
Del McCoury Band: My Love Will Not Change (It’s Just The Night)
Kasey Chambers: Last Hard Bible (The Captain)
White Mansions: No One Would Believe (Confederate Tales)
Hank Williams, Jr: Family Tradition (Best of…)
Handsome Family: So Much Wine (Live at Schubas’s)
Glen Campbell: Wichita Lineman (All The Best)
Shelby Lynn: Sleep (Suit Yourself)
Allison Moorer: A Soft Place To Fall (The Definitive Collection)
Kitty Wells: I Gave My Wedding Dress Away (Country Music HOF)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys: Take Me Back To Tulsa (Best of…)
Marty Robbins: Big Iron (More Greatest Hits)
Cullen Galyean & Bobby Harrison: Let Me Fall (Let Me Fall)
Bobby Bare: Quaaludes Again (Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends & Lies)
Dolly Parton: She Never Met A Man (She Didn’t Like) (Coat Of Many Colors)
Loretta Lynn: Portland, OR (Van Lear Rose)
Hank Williams: 6 More Miles (Complete Hank Williams)
Gene Clark: I Know I’d Wamt You (Echoes)
Neko Case: Wayfaring Stranger (The Tigers Have Spoken)
Lonesome Sisters: Elkhorn Ridge (Lonesome Sisters)
Johnny Cash: Mean Eyes Cat (The Sun Years)
Steve Earle: Telephone Road (El Corazon)
George Jones: The Window Above (Definitive Collection)
Levon Helm False Hearted Lover Blues (Dirt Farmer)
John Doe & The Sadies: Before I Wake (Country Club)
Uncle Tupelo: Give Back The Keys To My Heart (Anodyne)
Jerry Jeff Walker: Up Against The Wall, Redneck (Viva Terlingua)
Jimmie Rogers: T.B. Blues (Essential…)
The Flatlanders: Deep Eddy Blues (Wheel Of Fortune)
Townes Van Zant: If I Needed You (High, Low & In Between)
George Strait: Take Me Back To Tulsa (Saugus, MA 8/23/1983)
Gram Parson: Your Angel Step Out Of Heaven (GLH)
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys: Heavy Traffin Ahead (Columbia Historic Recordings)
Jimmie Dale Gilmore: tonight I think I Gonna Go Downtown (After Awhile)
Hank Williams III: 7 Months, 39 Days (Lovesick, Broke & Drifting)

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