FSOC: April 2, 2011

The volume levels are quite uneven on this show, so you will need to turn up the volume if you want to hear my take on the songs being played, which is, of course, why you listen to the show in the first place :).

Enjoy,



Badass with a Heart of Gold: Jason Morphew
Help Me Scrape the Mucous off My Brain: Ween
Highway Patrolman: Dar Williams
1952 Vincent Black Lightening: Del McCoury Band
Suspicious Minds: Dwight Yoakam
Cocaine Blues: Johnny Cash
Country Blues: Doc Watson
Powderfinger: Cowboy Junkies
Tear It Down: Old Crow Medicine Show
I Wanna Be Your Dog: Uncle Tupelo
Choctaw Bingo: James McMurtry and the Heartless Bastards
I Learned to Dance in Mississippi: Southern Culture on the Skids
Little Sadie: Tony Rice Unit
Too Much Sex, Too Little Jesus: Drive By Truckers
Illegal Smile: John Prine
Hardluck Story: Whiskeytown
Ripple: Grateful Dead

FSOC: March 27, 2011

The glorious return of The Far Side of Country!

Enjoy,



Let's Burn ol' Nashville Down: Jello Biafra and Mojo Nixon
Break My Mind: The Flying Burrito Brothers
Amazing Grace: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (Victor Wooten)
My Father's House: Ben Harper
Dueling Banjos: Hayseed Dixie
Methamphetamine: Old Crow Medicine Show
Things You Didn't Know: The Bottle Rockets
Drive South: John Hiatt
Snake Oil: Steve Earle
Honky Tonk Blues: Hank Williams
Are You Sure Hank Done it This Way: Waylon Jennings
Walk Like a Camel: Southern Culture on the Skids
Crazy Mama: JJ Cale
Friend of the Devil: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
American Music: Violent Femmes
1979: Lucero
Ziggy Stardust: The Gourds

FSOC: November 8, 2010

I goofed the beginning again, so the recording starts well into the first song.

Enjoy,



That's the Way that World Goes Round: John Prine
Windfall: Son Volt
Aint' Wastin Time No More: Allman Brothers
Paint Me On Velvet: The Austin Lounge Lizards
Extraordinary Girl: Honeywagon
Alabama Bound: Doc and Merle Watson
Crazy Man: Freakwater
A Song For You: Whiskeytown
Are you Drinking With Me Jesus: Jello Biafra and Mojo Nixon
Wrecking Ball: Gillian Welch
Liqoured Up and Lacquered Down: SCOTS
Copperhead Road: Steve Earle
Far Away Eyes: The Rolling Stones
Blue Railroad Train: Tony Rice Unit
New Madrid: Uncle Tupelo
If I Needed You: Townes Van Zandt

FSOC: November 1, 2010

This the Election Day (or at least Election Day Eve) edition of the Far Side of the Country.

Enjoy,



Election Day: Blaze Foley
Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore: John Prine
Sugar and Salt: Bob Grevey
Man in Black: Johnny Cash
Looks Like I'm Up Shit Creek Again: Tom Waits
No Depression: Uncle Tupelo
Talkin John Birch Blues: Bob Dylan
No Power Without Accountability: Billy Bragg
One Step Over the Line: John Hiatt and Rosanne Cash
A)Elightenment B)Endarkenment ((Hint: There is no C)): Ray Wiley Hubbard
What Do You Know?: Wishpenny
Amerika V. 6.0 (The Best We Can Do)
All the Same To Me: Lucero
Talkin Bout a Revolution: Tracy Chapman
Keep on the Sunny Side: The Whites
This Land is Your Land: Woody Guthrie

FSOC: October 25, 2010

This is the Halloween edition of the Far Side of Country. For this show I used an internet music streaming site (Grooveshark. It has what appears to be an unlimited catalogue of songs), and unfortunately on several occasions it took what seemed like hours to load the song. Because of this you will encounter several uncomfortably long periods of dead air (probably not more than 30 seconds in the most extreme case). If you listen closely you can hear me sigh in frustration several times.

Enjoy,



Halloween Parade: Lou Reed
Monster Mash: Hayseed Dixie
O'Death: Ralph Stanley
Helter Skelter: Carolyn Alroy
Chocolate Jesus: Tom Waits
I Put a Spell on You: Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Angel of Death: Hank Williams
Science Fiction Double Feature: Rocky Horror Picture Show
Voodoo Cadillac: Southern Culture on the Skids
War Pigs: Hayseed Dixie
Werewolves of London: Grateful Dead
Time Warp: Rocky Horror Picture
The Perfect Country and Western Song: David Allen Coe
Highway to Hell: Hayseed Dixie
Sympathy for the Devil: Bryan Clark and Honeywagon

FSOC: October 18, 2010

Enjoy,



Freed: Lauris Vidal
Hesitating Beauty: Wilco
Get Right With God: Lucinda Williams
Ophelia: The Band
Sunday Morning Coming Down: Kris Kristofferson
Lazy Dog: Magda Hiller
Our Town: Iris Dement
How Mountain Girls Can Love: The Tony Rice Unit
Barricades and Brick Walls: Kasey Chambers
Tell It To Me: Old Crow Medicine Show
The Price of Love: BR549
The Other Kind: Steve Earle
Lo-Fi Tennessee Mountain Angel: Whiskeytown
Doing My Time: Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, Ricky Skaggs
Myrna Lee: Blue Mountain

FSOC: October 4, 2010

YES! I started the recording before the actual beginning of the show. Look, when you have low standards the little victories matter. There is a bit of echo in the first few minutes of the show. I was able, thanks to an email from Mike King, to get the problem fixed by the second song.

Enjoy



Dublin Blues: Guy Clark
XOK: NQ Arbuckle
Rough and Rowdy Ways: Doc and Merle Watson
Conservative Christian, Right Wing Republican: Todd Snider
We Reserve the Right to Refuse Service to You: Kinky Friedman and His Texas Jewboys
I'm On Fire: Johnny Cash
Pissin' In the Wind: Jerry Jeff Walker
Drunken Poet's Dream: Ray Wiley Hubbard
Day Old Banana Puddin': SCOTS
Stay All Night, Stay A Little Longer: Willie Nelson
Girls Who Smoke: Drive By Truckers
Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink: Merle Haggard
Clay Pigeons: Blaze Foley
Live Free: Son Volt
Magnolia: JJ Cale
The Girl I Left Behind: Levon Helm
Somewhere Out There: Steve Earle