Routes and Branches Play List 04/11/09

In Honor of Merle Hagard turning 72 this past week, I made him the feature artist on this week's show. Merle Hagard was one of the first country style artists that I started listening to as a teenager. I always liked him for his songs like "Mama Tried" and "Workin' Man Blues", to his Honky Tonk songs and of course "Okie From Muskogee".
Speaking of old timers, JJ Cale put on a great show last weekend to a sold out crowd at the WOW Hall. With a show made up of mostly classics with a couple of tunes from his new CD "Roll On" mixed in, JJ showed us he still could rock.

New music keeps rollin' in these days. A couple of local mentions are; The Whopner County Country Allstars new CD "It's To Loud" and "Destinations" the new CD by the local Americana band Sideroads. Editors Note: I said that Sideroads would be at the Saturday Market next week (4/18), that is incorrect. The correct date is Saturday 4/25 at 2:00pm.


Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Merle Hagard - Always Late With Your Kisses - Roots Vol. 1
Merle Hagard - Mama Tried - The Best Of Merle Hagard
Willie Nelson - Sunday Morning Coming Down - Naked Willie
Delbert McClinton - Texas Me - Keep Your Soul: A Tribute To Doug Sahm
Son Volt - Windfall - Trace
Dave Alvin - Everett Ruess - Ashgrove
Ramblin' Jack Elliot - Rising High Water Blues - A Stranger Here
Drew Emmitt - Take The Highway - Long Road
Merle Hagard - Workin' Man's Blues - The Best Of Merle Hagard
Merle Hagard - If You've Got The Money - Roots Vol. 1
Guy Clark - Tornado Time In Texas - Workbench Songs
JJ Cale - Roll On - Roll On
Justin Townes Earle - Mama's Eyes - Midnight At The Movies
One Horse - World On Fire - One Horse

4pm.
Cowboy Junkies - Ooh Las Vegas - Return Of The Grievous Angel
Whopner County Country Allstars - Don't Lie To Me - It's Too Loud
Drive By Truckers - Checkout Time In Vegas - Brighter Than Creations Dark
Yonder Mountain String Band - Left Me In A Hole - Mountain Tracks Vol. 3
Samantha Crain And The Midnight Shivers - Devil's In Boston - Songs Of The Night
Merle Hagard - More Than My Old Guitar - Roots Vol. 1
Merle Hagard w/ Willie Nelson - Pancho & Lefty - The Best Of Merle Hagard
Sideroads - Don't Ask Me To Dance - Destinations
Scott Miller & The Commonwealth - Appalachian Refugee - For Crying Out Loud
Slaid Cleaves - Hard To Believe - Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away
James McMurtry - We Can't Make It Here - Childish Things
Chuckanut Drive - The Ballad Of Becky & Bobby - Fidelity Grange
Merle Hagard - Okie From Muskogee - The Best Of Merle Hagard